Odd incidents and humorous quotes from the 2006 Baseball season
March 16: Barry Bonds lays down a sacrifice bunt during a spring training game, which is one more than he's had in the last 16 seasons.
April 6: In his first game after converting into a knuckleballer, Texas pitcher R. A. Dickey tied a Major League record by allowing six homers.
April 6: An Adam Dunn homer clears the CF wall in Cincinnati and strikes a passing car, the driver stops, picks up the ball, and drives off.
April 8: Padres pitcher Dewon Brazleton allows a hit to every Rockies starter…before the end of the second inning.
April 12: Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera walks nine Devil Rays hitters, strikes out ten, throws three wild pitches and 117 pitches total in five innings, and allows one run.
April 13: Cody Ross joins Craig Counsell as the only major leaguers in history whose first two major league homers were grand slams.
April 18: For the first time in his career, after starting 151-0, Randy Johnson is the losing pitcher in a game in which he had a four run lead.
April 23: The Orioles Miguel Tejada becomes the first player since 1969 to get his teams only four hits in a game.
April 26: The Yankees draw 14 walks in a game vs. Tampa Bay, and none of them score.
May 3: Jay Payton steals second as Dan Johnson goes to first base…on ball three. Since everyone lost track of the count, Payton walks the entire distance to second with no play.
May 14: Mark Buehrle is the first American League pitcher to win a game despite giving up seven first inning runs.
May 16: For the third time in less than two weeks, Jacques Jones is doubled off base after a fly out.
May 17: Mike Thompson of the Padres makes his major league debut against the Diamondbacks, and has a nine run lead before he throws his first pitch.
May 31: The Yankees Miguel Cairo has five assists and one putout in the first six batters of the game.
June 11: Ex-Red Sox Kevin Millar leaves a bag of dog poop on the managers desk in Minnesota, a gift for Terry Francona, whose Red Sox come in for the next series.
June 14: Two Devil Rays players reach first base after striking out in the same inning.
June 18: The Orioles Adam Loewen faces a former Cy Young winner in each of his first four major league starts.
June 22: The Marlins get a walk off win vs Baltimore when Miguel Cabrera singles to right, on an intentional walk pitch.
July 1: Boston's ML record 17 game errorless streak ends when they make two on consecutive batted balls.
July 15: For the first time in 28 years, when each team plays on the schedule, no saves are recorded.
July 18: Braves pitcher Jorge Sosa gets his third hit of the season in 20 at bats, all homers.
July 19: Tony Gwynn Jr. doubles for his first major league hit, 24 years to the day his father doubled for his first hit.
July 22: Ryan Zimmerman hits into two double plays with one of the outs recorded at home, Alfonso Soriano was the runner both times.
July 24: Cole Hamels records 12 of his 16 outs by strikeout, but allows three homers and seven runs in a loss to the Braves.
Aug 11: The Rangers join the Braves as the second team to score seven runs in an inning on just two hits.
Aug 23: The Royals score 10 runs in the first inning, and lose the game.
Aug 26: A Yankees bat boy rushes a bottle of water to home plate so Robinson Cano can wash down a mouthful of sunflower seeds he suddenly started choking on.
Sept 2: Miguel Tejada catches a liner and sprints for the dugout with six teammates following him. It was the second out.
Sept 2: The Drays pull off the first 2-6-2 triple play in history.
Sept 21: The Cubs win a game vs the Dodgers in which they trailed 7-0, commit six errors and leave 21 men on base.
Sept 23: The Orioles Jay Gibbons hammers a pitch into the stands behind the dugout and injures a fan, which turns out to be his wife.
Quotes:
"Your not even close to being number one." Royals pitcher Zach Greinke to his girlfriend explaining his love for baseball.
" I could get two mannequins at Sears and they could umpire better than you." Minor League manager Joe Mikulik, who was miked for the game, to the umpiring crew during an argument.
"Know your place, rook." A sign hung in Lasting Milledge's locker after he had mouthed off to a veteran player. Milledge was later seen crying in manager Willie Randolph's office.
During a Twins game last April, pitcher Scott Baker summoned catcher Joe Mauer to the mound. "My cup is down to my knee", Baker said. "Sorry, man, can't help you there," replied Mauer.
"Scenario games, like, would you rather open mouth kiss a bum or get into a sleeping bag with your manager." Rockies reliever Brian Fuentes describing what goes on in the bullpen.
"My little league coach could tell you, I would show up at practice driving an old '89 Cutlass." Padres pitcher Dewon Brazelton explaining due to family issues he learned to drive when he was 12.
"If you know that, you're a nerd." Adam Dunn to a sportwriter after being told his walk-off grand slam was the second in Reds history when trailing by three runs.
