jmh@ltuxa.UUCP (cecw 64lt503310-Jon Mcecw) (07/23/85)
Since some poeple like interesting occurrences I thought I'd post this one. Last Saturday at County Stadium in Milwaukee, Seattle was in town to play the Brewers (by the way - Bernie Brewer got his walking papers this year - so the Brew Crew does not have a mascot. The Barrel is gone also). Anyway, Mariner Stormin' Gorman Thomas clouted atowering shot to left and the fans cheered until Gorman came out for a tip of the cap. After three years the fans of Wisconsin still love Gorman. My point is, how many times do you see a visiting player have to come out of the dug out to tip his cap? Sure if an opposing pitcher strikes out his 3000th, or a batter hits his 500th, but this was just for hitting a regular home run. I know that Pittsburgh loves Richie Hebner (now of the Cubs), but Milwaukee it totally loyal to Gorman. Side note: Gorman hit another homerun in that game, and the fans went wild, but he didn't come out again, of course. Also he hit another on Sunday and it hit about 6 feet away from me. I think he likes Milwaukee as much as Milwaukee likes him. Jon Hanrath ihnp4!ltuxa!jmh