tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285026999855417119.post8522445307003813154..comments2023-10-24T03:24:02.093-07:00Comments on At the Corner: Spring Traing Baseball...I love itGregg Shields, The Commissionerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08126116444515992910noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285026999855417119.post-73460049151316443302012-04-02T11:03:50.583-07:002012-04-02T11:03:50.583-07:00For you younger folks, you can see the fight Jeff ...For you younger folks, you can see the fight Jeff mentioned at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zwDkrGKlCg<br />Actually Ryan probably only landed one good punch, most of the time he was pounded the Top of Ventura's head! In the replay you can see that both Ventura and Ryan came away looking pretty undamaged. White Sox coach Mickey Hatcher came out of the dogpile with a nice gash under his eye.<br />Random trivia question for you Tiger fans: who was the young Ranger catcher who bear-hugged Ventura, enabling Ryan to beat the bedaylights out of Ventura?<br />Pudge Rodriguez.<br />According the Dallas Morning News the other day, Ryan and Ventura have not met or spoken since the fight. They'll certainly get the chance this summer, as Ventura is managing the Sox, and Ryan attends almost every game.Gregg Shields, The Commissionerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126116444515992910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285026999855417119.post-43174879001879245022012-03-29T06:27:53.724-07:002012-03-29T06:27:53.724-07:00Yes Ryan was an excellent pitcher. No I never like...Yes Ryan was an excellent pitcher. No I never liked him, regardless of where he pitched.Tom Hagertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07579309471222526625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285026999855417119.post-15940105132512959492012-03-28T07:01:35.466-07:002012-03-28T07:01:35.466-07:00Loved your post. Great stuff. My favorite Ryan sto...Loved your post. Great stuff. My favorite Ryan story involved the Tigers (of course), when he was working on his second no-hitter in 1973, and with two outs in the ninth Norm Cash stepped to the plate holding a table leg. When Ron Luciano told him he couldn't use it, Cash said, "Why not? I can't hit him anyway." Funny stuff. I wonder Ryan's take on that old story. Bet it wouldn't have been so funny if Cash had gotten a hit. Scary enough stepping in against Ryan; wouldn't have wanted to face him when he was angry. Oh wait, Robin Ventura can tell us how that feels. Haha.Jeff Peekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351418502512327523noreply@blogger.com