Carl Everett's Crazy Hall Of Fame
Welcome to Carl Everett's Crazy Hall of Fame. You have to be absolutely bat shit crazy to get inducted. The offenses must have occurred on the field of play so arrests for DUI, dog fighting and other things aren't eligible.
Here are the athletes and coaches so honored as Charter Members of the Hall:
Carl Everett - Well you had to figure the guy it's named after is in it right? Carl head butted and basically went mental on an innocent umpire while arguing about his foot position in the batter's box.
Ron Artest - You could have almost named it after him instead. Maybe someday it will be the Carl Everett/Ron Artest Crazy Hall of Fame but for now he just has to be happy with being inducted for his part in a brawl in Detroit in which players went into the stands.
Mike Tyson - Yet another bat shit crazy heavyweight. The guy who has an effin' face tattoo bit part of Evander Holyfield's ear off during a fight. I'm surprised he didn't try to kill Jimmy Kimmel in shower scene for the 2007 ESPY Awards.
The next inductee is actually a duo. Billy Martin and Reggie Jackson - Martin pulled Jackson off the field in the middle of an inning for "dogging it" and they practically came to blows in the dugout on national television. Only Yogi Berra and Elston Howard prevented a beating. Personally I think Martin would have killed Reggie.
Juan Marichal - Took a bat to catcher John Roseboro's head when he thought Roseboro's return throws to the mound were buzzing his head.
Todd Bertuzzi - Nearly killed Steve Moore during an on ice altercation in which he hunted him down, hit him from behind and drove his head into the ice as he beat him.
Roberto Alomar - Spit in the face of an umpire after being ejected for arguing balls and strikes.
Frank Francisco - Decided he couldn't take the heckling in the bullpen from Oakland A's fans and beat a woman with a folding chair.
Albert Haynesworth - Stomped on the unhelmeted head and face of Andre Gurode while he was laying on the ground defenseless.
Jose Offerman - Attacked pitcher Matt Beech and catcher John Nathans with a bat on the mound after he was hit by a pitch during a minor league game.
Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett (Courtesy of Texy) - Our second dual induction. After getting hammered during an inning of a game at Wrigley Field Zambrano decided to take his fury out on Barrett's pitch calling. Barrett then told "Z" to look at the scoreboard because he was the one throwing the pitches. Zambrano took offense and began a beat down of his catcher in the dugout. After they were separated they somehow ended up unsupervised in the clubhouse where Zambrano once again kicked his catchers ass requiring stitches. Shortly there after Barrett was exiled to San Diego to cuddle up with David Wells.
Bill Romanowski - The Connecticut native and former NFL player has been involved in numerous on-field incidents that qualify him as totally bat shit crazy. Among them he once kicked Larry Centers in the head during a game earning an ejection and a fine. He spit in the face of wide receiver J.J. Stokes in response to Stokes' taunting him. And he was sued by a teammate, Marcus Williams, for punching him in the face during practice and breaking his eye socket causing Williams to retire prematurely.
Izzy Alcantara (Courtesy of Ian) - After being brushed aside by pitch in a Triple A game, Izzy went Jet Li on the catcher kicking him in the face and then charged the mound only to have no one home. he then ran around like a mad man as the benches emptied with his fists cocked looking for a partner.
These people have gained Regular Membership in the Hall:
The Class of 2007
John Cheney - Actually told John Calipari at a post game press conference he was going to kill him. Cheney flipped out over the chippiness of the NCAA game and walked into Calipari's press conference to threaten him. I think UMass and New Jersey Nets fans wish Cheney had followed through.
Marty McSorley - Took a hockey stick to the side of Donald Brashear's head nearly killing Brashear and earning an assault conviction.
David Wells - Known for his confrontations with umpires and calling out Bud Selig only to run home to mommy like a lil bitch afer being spanked. Wells had two memorable confrontations with umpires. First, he was thrown out by second base umpire Chris Guccione for saying some bad words that Guccione felt was directed at the home plate umpire even though Wells back was to the plate. Wells went ballistic upon being thrown out. Second incident occurred after Wells had words for plate umpire Wally Bell. He was thrown out for asking about the strike zone and proceded to hurl the baseball at the backstop.
George Bell (Courtesy of Texy) - Nominated because he was the guy that got hammered by a Mo Vaughn blindside when he charged Aaron Sele on the mound. But he really belongs here because of his 1985 incident in which after being hit by a pitch he charged the mound and took a flying karate kick at Bruce Kison. He missed though as Kison stepped aside and when Bell fell to the ground Kison hammered him. I think if we look somewhere it's possible that Alcantara listed Bell as one of his heroes.
Bill Madlock - Suspended for an entire Eastern League season and later reduced to two weeks for swinging bats at opposing players.
Kevin Mitchell - Was suspended for 9 games after punching the opposing team's owner in the mouth after a Western League brawl. As a manager in the same league was suspended for 7 games for punching the opposition's third base coach for stealing signs.
Latrell Sprewell (Courtesy of Ken) - Put a chokehold on coach P.J. Carlesimo and thottled him during a practice session and was later traded.
Chan Ho Park (Courtesy of Glenn) - After twice hitting Randy Velarde, Park while hitting bunted and was tagged hard in the chest by Tim Belcher. Park took exception and kicked Belcher like Bruce Lee. Belcher knocked Park to the ground and kicked his ass. Park was suspended for 7 games.
Jeff Tarango (Courtesy of Ben) - In 1995 at Wimbledon, Tarango melted down over several bad referee's calls and refused to continue. Tarango shouted: "That's it, I'm not playing", and turned to Bruno Rebeuh and yelled: "You are one of the most corrupt officials in the game and you cannot get away with this". After having his appeal to have the umpire remove denied he packed up and left the court. His wife, Benedicte, then walked up to Rebeuh and slapped him twice in the face. He was fined $63,000 and suspended for two Grand Slam events, including the following years Wimbledon.
Delmon Young (Courtesy of Ian) - While playing in the Triple A International League, Young was ejected for arguing a called third strike in the first inning. Young took his time leaving the batters box and flipped his bat underhanded end over end and it struck the home plate umpire. Young was given a 50-game suspension, the longest in the history of the then 123-year old league.
Julian Tavarez (Courtesy of JB) - Where do you start with a guy nicknamed Yo-Yo? Do you start with the 2006 Grapefruit League game when he punched Joey Gathright? The 1996 body slamming of an umpire? 1998 when he threw his glove down and then got into a chest bumping incident with the home plate ump? Taking a flying kick at former teammate Russ Davis during a bench clearing brawl? Calling the fans in San Francisco assholes and faggots? Generating a bench clearing for buzzing Jeff Bagwell's head during the 2004 NLCS? Or coming out of the bullpen to escalate a fight that had calmed down? Which ever one you use one thing is certain he maybe bat shit crazy but he is cuddly too.
Chris Simon (Courtesy of Mary) - On the third anniversary of the Bertuzzi incident, Simon in retaliation for an earlier hit by Ryan Hollweg, skated up to Hollweg and two handed him with a stick to the face. Simon was ejected and suspended for 25 games. Then in December of 2007 he used his skate as a weapon and stepped on a player who was prone on the ice attempting to injury him. He was suspended for the league maximum of 30 games.
Zinedine Zidane (Courtesy of Ian) - Ejected from the 2006 World Cup Final after head butting Marco Materazzi after Materazzi told him "I prefer the whore who is your sister".
Albert Belle (Courtesy of Doug) - Once called Mike Tyson in cleats, Belle upon being taunted with "Hey Joey there's a keg party at my place after the game, come over". Belle, was so incensed after having spent time in alcohol rehab, gunned a baseball at the heckler and hit him in the chest so hard it left stitch marks from the baseball. He was suspended for one week.
Pat Corrales (Courtesy of Doug) - In 1986 Corrales charged the mound and attempted to kick Dave Stewart but ended up getting his ass kicked by "Smoke".
Josh Bard - The Padres catcher stormed from the dugout and got in the face of the entire umpiring crew and bumped an ump after he had a homerun ruled a groundrule double because the umpiring crew made the incorrect call and failed to get it right. Bard was ejected and got a thee game suspension.
Milton Bradley - One of the most unstable athletes in any sport. We were introduced to the "Game Boy" when he after having a beer bottle thrown at him in Dodger Stadium he walked over to the offending fan and in front of teammates and the umpires he gunned the bottle at the fan. He also has gotten into a dugout face-to-face with teammate Jeff Kent and after being ejected once threw an entire bag of baseballs at umpire Terry Craft.
Rasheed Wallace - Also another unstable kind of guy, was once fined $10,000 and suspended two games for throwing the towel in the face of a referee. has also had numerous other ref incidents as well as encounters with teammates and opponents.
John McEnroe - Once one of the world's very best tennis players but learned to take his on court antics to a new level with the way he continually berated umpires. McEnroe is not inducted for any on singular incident but his entire body of work over his career.
Vernon Maxwell - The man earned the nickname "Mad Max" that should be all you really need to know. Has thrown free weights at teammates, ice and gum at refs and once went into the stands to beat a heckler.
Joe Mikulik - While managing the Ashville Tourists Mikulik had a big league meltdown that earned him a 7-game suspension and $1,000 fine. Upset that an umpire called a runner safe, Mikulik slid head first into second and pulled up the bag and threw it into rightfield. But he wasn't done. He also threw a rosin bag, several bats and blocked the umpires room in addition to beating a few water coolers and cleaning off homeplate.
Phillip Wellman - Usually when you talk about a Braves manager and ejections it's Bobby Cox but the Double A Braves manager certainly is entertaining. He earned an ejection in June of 2007, when tossed third base, covered home plate in dirt, crawled through the infield on his stomach and pretended to pull the pin on a rosin bag grenade as he heaved toward home plate and then left via a gate in the outfield fence.
Daniel Cabrera - The Baltimore Orioles pitcher gets inducted for his actions on September 7, 2007 against the Boston Red Sox. Cabrera got pissed at Coco Crisp for attempting to bunt for a hit in a 2-0 game. Crisp got all the way to third and with Dustin Pedroia hitting he stated to dance as if he was going to steal home. In mid-windup Cabrera stopped and was called for a balk scoring Crisp. The very next pitch he tried to hit Pedroia in the head with a fastball and was ejected but not until after the benches and bullpens cleared and Cabrera decided to reprise the tough guy role of Derek Lee where he calls for someone but there's like 50 guys between them. Welcome aboard, Daniel Cabrera you unstable freak. You deserve it. The most entertaining part of all this was fellow Hall of Famer Julian Tavarez playing peace maker and talking to Cabrera to try to calm him down.
The Class of 2008
The Oregon Duck who beat the crap out of the Houston Cougar on the sideline after the Cougar decided to do pushups after a Houston touchdown is the only member of the regular membership category as he garnered 71% of the vote.
The Veteran's Wing of the Hall has four new members they are:
Don Zimmer, (71%) the senior citizen, is nominated for charging at Pedro Martinez in a bench clearing brawl between the Red Sox and Yankees and being grabbed by his gerbil ears and hurled to the ground by possibly the best pitcher in Red Sox history.
Jim Calhoun (57%) for his overall achievements in the way he deals with the officials and how he treats his players on the sideline after an error. Plus there will always be his "I fucked up" tirade at media regarding the recruitment of Ryan Gomes, a true classic.
Bobby Knight (57%) for his overall achievements of media and player berating. Some of the greatest Knight moments are post game press conferences especially come tournament time. He was Latrell Spreewell before Latrell was and of course the defining moment may possibly the throwing of the chair at the free throw shooter.
Robin Ventura (57%) for charging Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan after the "Express" drilled him with a pitch. The fight wasn't very fair as Ryan, also a cattle rancher, put Ventura in a headlock and kicked his ever loving ass right on the mound as the benches emptied
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