Comments on: Why Duane Kuiper is my hero

By: Geenaan25

Geenaan25 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:11:05 +0000

When some people are stuck with free term papers composing, therefore I would recommend to buy essay writing from some professional custom classification essays service under such circumstances.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:33:20 +0000

I’m so glad to find you. Duane Kuiper is also my all-time favorite player.

It all started when my husband took me to my first Giants game eons ago. Kuiper came up to bat with runners on, and my husband groaned, saying something about how Kuiper was a no good SOB. Well, naturally being the good wife that I am, I decided to disagree with my husband, so I said, “Just watch. He’s going to get a hit.”

“No way,” said The Husband.

Of course, Kuiper got a hit and drove in a runner.

The next time he came up to bat, my husband said, “Now watch, this time he’ll choke.”

I said, “I don’t think so, Hon.” And of course Kuiper got another hit.
I think he even had another hit later in that game, but I don’t remember for sure anymore.

And then when I found out that he’d only hit one home run in his whole career, well, that sealed my adoration.
(But I do believe he once hit another home run, but it doesn’t count because it was in some sort of an exhibition game at a college field somewhere. Does anyone know for sure?)

One of the highlights of my time as a Giants fan was the day I got to get my picture taken with Duane Kuiper. He put his arm around me, and I put mine around him, but I was so excited that I grabbed him real hard and probably left him with a bruise, if not a broken rib. Poor guy! But I’ll treasure the picture always.

Kuiper forever!

By: David Graesing

David Graesing — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:19:48 +0000

Played ball against Kuip when he attended Centerville C.C…………he was a keeper then and was always played a good clean game of baseball. A true Pro. Listen to him every chance i can. A good old country boy. Such a breath of fresh air. Thanks Kuip.

By: Shane

Shane — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:49:29 +0000

I read this as a “random post” (love that feature by the way), I have never heard of Duane Kuiper before this outside of this blog, but I don’t remember ever smiling so much while reading an article. This was truly enjoyable.

By: DannonK

DannonK — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:16:58 +0000

Hello! I just wanted to let you know that I showed this to my dad and he couldn’t stop grinning. HE WAS COMPLETELY HONORED. Thank you for this. It’s awesome.

By: Paul Evans

Paul Evans — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:48:11 +0000

Great piece, Joe.

The summer of ‘75 is etched in my consciousness for two reasons. My parents split up and, thanks to the new Sundays with Dad program, I was granted my first trip to the stadium, a doubleheader with the A’s. One glimpse of “The Fro” and my fate was sealed. I was hooked on Oscar Gamble. He put up good numbers in ‘74, less so in ‘75, but I think my fascination was more about the anxiety that at any moment his helmet was going to explode off his head like a giant champagne cork. I was heartbroken when he was traded that November to the Yanks for Pat Dobson…and Steinbrenner made him cut his hair.

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/columnists/jimbaumbach/blog/hair_3.jpg

By: charles miles

charles miles — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:13:45 +0000

Moneyhawk couldn’t be more wrong. Brett is the most hated opposing player by Yankee fans of the last 50 years. I happened to be sitting behind the Royals on-deck circle while George was waiting to hit, his last at bat at Yankee Stadium. He lingered to go to the plate, waiting for his applause. It wasn’t gonna happen. I clearly remember some fan yelling, “Get your hemorrhoid filled ass up to the plate, Brett. You ain’t gettin’ no ovation” with a few curse words to pepper the conversation. That fan was a jerk, but he was right. Brett didn’t get any acknowledgement from the crowd (it had thinned by that time with the Royals up 7-0 in the 9th), but he hit a single through the middle

There is no way in hell that ANY Yankee fan would want George Brett to wear the pinstripes.

Your blog is tops.

By: nylarch

nylarch — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:08:53 +0000

oh man. I remember sitting through double headers at the old Stadium in the 80’s and being so bored during the second game everyone would just be trying to see we could make a paper airplane fly down from the second deck onto the field.

Frank Duffy was my man. Someone always had a banner that said “Do your stuff Duff!”.

By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:48:00 +0000

It’s ironic that one paragraph of the Kuiper article mentions the terrible field condition of the old Municipal Stadium, and two paragraphs later veers into a seeming non sequitur about an intentionally dropped pop-up. Ironic, because Kuiper has told a story of once letting a pop-up drop in front of him (so he could start a DP) and seeing it bounce over his head and down the line for an extra-base hit.

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:35:38 +0000

My Kuiper was the Exposâ€™ John Boccabella. He didnâ€™t hit for average, and didnâ€™t have much more power than Duane did, but I remember he hit two home runs in one inning against the Astros on 7-6-73. I loved how the Jarry Park PA man would announce his name (as mentioned above): â€œJohn Bocc-a-BELL-a!â€ And those early Expos pinwheel hats were great.

I would open packs and packs of Topps cards, only to find Reggie Jackson, Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Pete Rose, and Carl Yastrzemski. No Boccabella.

Later my hero was Carlton Fisk, and like Jeremy L., I couldnâ€™t stand Ron Karkovice either, even though I was much older and understood why Pudge couldnâ€™t play every day.

By the way, â€œcrumb bumâ€ was used in a M*A*S*H episode, by the paranoid, conspiracy-seeking Colonel Flagg. The quote was, â€œYou saved that commie crumb bum â€“ why?â€