Tallet Used to Drink, That Game Made Me Want To
I learn more and more about these boys everyday. Scott Rolen reads. Dick Hayhurst writes. And Brian Tallet used to get shitfaced more often than Parkes and Stoeten put together.
While at LSU, Tallet lost a childhood friend to suicide and had elbow surgery. Depressed, he drank. A ton. And nearly fucked himself. His coach Skip Bertman (a legendary skip actually named Skip) says "He was missing class, he was late to class, he was dogging." Tallet got yelled at for wasting his talent and he went to a counsellor for his issues. And quit drinking "for three months." (Which I guess means he's free to get shitfaced again, just not "excessively." You can vomit, you just can't awake in a pool of vomit.)
Bertman says Tallet's teammates helped him out with his school work, and that it was generally fantastic. “I’m as proud of Brian as I am of any kid I’ve coached because of what he came through and what he has accomplished,” says Bertman.
Random trivia: Tallet became the only active major-league player to have been drafted four times. Also, he's the only player ever to play with wooden legs.
And with that warm note, I want to say that that game yesterday blew. Do not rally to a tie game at home and then fail. Do you boys realize the advantage you have in a tie game at home?
But Adam Lind, Mr 5 for 5, I still love you. Maybe all you boys should gather around Cito.
My favourite talented bonehead was suspended 6 games for throwing a fastball near Nelson Cruz's head in retaliation for Vincente Padilla plunking Teixeira twice. Ever notice how Teixeira puckers up while he's in his stance? Padilla was probably concerned that Teixeira wanted to make out. Vinnie don't play that.
I mention all this because obviously, it's AJ and also the quotes he gave are kinda funny, man.
While at LSU, Tallet lost a childhood friend to suicide and had elbow surgery. Depressed, he drank. A ton. And nearly fucked himself. His coach Skip Bertman (a legendary skip actually named Skip) says "He was missing class, he was late to class, he was dogging." Tallet got yelled at for wasting his talent and he went to a counsellor for his issues. And quit drinking "for three months." (Which I guess means he's free to get shitfaced again, just not "excessively." You can vomit, you just can't awake in a pool of vomit.)
Bertman says Tallet's teammates helped him out with his school work, and that it was generally fantastic. “I’m as proud of Brian as I am of any kid I’ve coached because of what he came through and what he has accomplished,” says Bertman.
Random trivia: Tallet became the only active major-league player to have been drafted four times. Also, he's the only player ever to play with wooden legs.
And with that warm note, I want to say that that game yesterday blew. Do not rally to a tie game at home and then fail. Do you boys realize the advantage you have in a tie game at home?
But Adam Lind, Mr 5 for 5, I still love you. Maybe all you boys should gather around Cito.
My favourite talented bonehead was suspended 6 games for throwing a fastball near Nelson Cruz's head in retaliation for Vincente Padilla plunking Teixeira twice. Ever notice how Teixeira puckers up while he's in his stance? Padilla was probably concerned that Teixeira wanted to make out. Vinnie don't play that.
I mention all this because obviously, it's AJ and also the quotes he gave are kinda funny, man.
“That’s a fastball in, man, whether it got knocked down or not. I mean, that’s where it’s going.
Warnings are warnings, man. You’ve still got to go about your business and pitch in, don’t pitch in.”
That shit's deep, man.