I'm not sure where removing your own tooth ranks in order to stay in the game ranks with having a doctor remove your finger so you can make the next game, but the Capitals' Eric Belanger is one tough customer.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
THE TOOTH-FAIRY DOES COVER THIS: A few years ago, I ran into Ronnie Lott outside the Bank of America building in San Francisco. Along with one of my colleagues, we said hello, did our best not to be fanboys, and let him go on his way. My friend said, "even now, that man could kill me with one finger. Including the one he no longer has."
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I know Ronnie Lott a little bit, and I've talked to him about the finger incident. He's completely non-chalant about the whole thing. There was no way he was going to miss the next game, and even with reconstruction, the finger would have been messed up. It's funny that he's known for the finger thing, becuase Ronnie is a really smart, very engaging guy, and the "tough stuff" was only a part of his personality.
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of Ronnie Lott, mind you. The time I met him, he was charming, obviously bright, and completely solicitous of a couple of idiotic 35 year old lawyers saying hello. He had somewhere else to go, but was way too generous with his time.
ReplyDeleteBelanger lost 7 teeth that game.
ReplyDeleteMiguel Olivo, apparently, passed a kidney stone in the eighth inning of the Rockies game on Monday. I've never had a kidney stone, but I'm guessing that's pretty badass.
ReplyDeleteTo compare the toughness of Miguel Olivo, Mike Cameron, new centerfielder for the Red Sox, missed games and was pulled from games for kidney stones this season. He is now on the DL for something "unrelated," I think. Olivo is a stud. And Lott is a beast.
ReplyDeleteI watched roughly a season and change worth of Miguel Olivo chopping balls into the infield grass and striking out four times as often as he walked. We've had some terrible catchers, but USS Mariner ranks Olivo's 2005 as the worst catcher season in Mariners history. He had an OBP of .172! My eyes are bleeding! It was so bad that USSM picked Olivo's 2005 as both the starter and the backup on the worst Mariner seasons of all time list. Literally (and I mean "literally" literally, not figuratively) every time I hear that Miguel Olivo is still playing, I think, "wow, I can't believe he is still playing."
ReplyDeleteI never thought the day would come when I heard somebody describe Olivo as a stud. MADNESS.
And Olivo singled, flied out, and struck out twice in a loss, so, I don't know, maybe he could have had the day off without hurting the team?
Mike Cameron, man, that dude is a stud. Not joking about that. Incredible defense, and I watched on TV when he had his four-homer game.
i had the exact same reactions as isaac -- miguel olivo is still playing!?!?! and mmm...mike cameron is awesome.
ReplyDeleteUrlg. At some point in my life, losing teeth became possibly the most nauseating thing to watch. To the point that the thought of my non-existant children running up to me to show me their loose teeth falling out of their heads is enough to give me nightmares and make me lose considerable sleep. This video is having a similar effect. *shuddertoinfinity*
ReplyDeleteLet me tell you, that is indeed pretty badass. I've passed a stone on two separate occasions, and (a) it's the most pain I've ever experienced, and (b) the lead-up to passing the stone is very nearly as bad. For Olivo to start the game, much less stay in while in what -- for me at least -- was pretty significant distress, and then return....Wow. That's a high tolerance for pain. Or a gigantic urethra.
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