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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Sunday, May 29, 2005

Leon Knows Baseball

Nigel Thatch, the actor who plays Terrell Owens...I mean Leon in the excellent Budweiser ads recently signed a contract to play minor league baseball with the Schaumburg Flyers of the independent Northern League. According to the Flyers web site, Thatch was a pitcher at the University of Florida, but according to the Gators athletic department they haven't ever heard of the guy.

While this has all of the ringings of a publicity stunt, it appear Thatch does actually have some talent. On May 22nd he made his debut appearance against the St. Paul Saints pitching an inning of scoreless relief, striking out one and allowing only a 'wind-aided' double. Then again, the Saints are letting ESPN2's Cold Pizza host Jay Crawford pitch for them, so I guess the whole league can't be taken too seriously.

posted by Jamie at 9:28 PM

1 Comments:

Blogger Jamie said...

Looks like "Leon" just got traded for a case of beer.

05/01/2006 Schaumburg Assigned the contract of RHP Nigel Thatch (Rookie) to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 1 pallet (60 cases) of Budweiser beer.

12:48 AM

 

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