OT: New Tiger Norris could be the next coming of the Bird
You never know how a "top-prospect" is going to pan out on the field, but this kid is a truly eccentric and thoughtful dude. Actually, the more apt comparison rather than Mark Fidrych would be Bill "Spaceman" Lee--except without the drugs and alcohol. Perhaps a cross of the two...The Spacebird, as it were.
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Good enough for me.
Upvoted for Spacebird.
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He tweeted: "Brad Ausmus is my second cousin."
in their farm system. Boyd is #11. So a solid haul for the Tigers.
What a year he had in 76 before he hurt his knee in 77 (goofing around in the outfield), came back too soon, and hurt his arm.
He threw about 90, but he was always at knee-level with crazy slider-like movement on his ball.
i was there with my dad. got home really late. we even watched the yankings board their bus after. standing by yogi berra was surreal.
The bleachers in Tiger stadium were electric that Summer.
That should've made sitting on them uncomfortable
it just made you tingle for 2 hours
I like this guy. I love the story about how all of the Jays prospects, after getting their signing bonus $$$$ deposited into their accounts, went on a shopping orgy. Norris bought a t-shirt...that's all. His signing bonus money is tucked away in an investment account. That's music to my ears. This guy's a tad eccentric, but he's got his priorities straight in so many ways.
living a simple life is tagged as eccentric.
He doesn't talk to the baseball, he's not Fidrych.
C'mon, that's a bit odd for 2015.
when he's hiking, not every day
That's a bit odd for 1815.
Had to log in to agree with you. Loved Fidrych and there will not be another. There was an "iron on" decal/picture in the newspaper that said "The Bird Is The Word" and my mom put it on a white t-shirt for me. It probably looked pretty lame, but I didn't care--I couldn't have been happier to have that shirt. It can never again be like it was in those days when we were that age.
Yeah, Norris seems a slightly different brand of eccentric than Bill Lee, but there are elements of Lee-type behavior in there. After all, Lee was the same person who wanted the Red Sox to give him 337 as a number so when people asked who he was all he had to do was stand on his head (I don't know that this would be Norris' style, but then I could be wrong). He also threw some great quotes in mix in his career too, and I can see Norris doing that as well actually. I mean, he did in this article.
maybe the Tigers can find the next Ron LeFlore, too.
Thanks for those memories, Ron!