Big Heads and Foul Balls

Welcome back baseball fans! In my efforts to bring the weird and different side of the greatest game on the planet I have found two very fun little chips.

In a strange twist, let's have the slugger Barry Bonds bat lead off today. It can easily be said that few players could do what Bonds did with his bat. With or without PEDs, Bonds had a killer's instinct at the plate and he could certainly crush the ball a country mile. In the field and during his prime, he was no slouch of an outfielder either. With seven MVP nods, eight Gold Gloves, twelve Silver Slugger awards, fourteen All Star Game appearances, and two batting titles (career .298 average) his talent is plain to see. What is also plain to see are his own opinions of the stats he compiled and the ability he displayed. What? You didn't think I was writing a Barry Bonds butt kiss did you? Throughout his career, Bonds made it obvious that he not only wanted to be the best, but that he also thought he was just that. All of the above comes together to create one of the biggest names and biggest heads in baseball history. Just how big did his head get? This big: When he started his MLB career in 1986 his hat size was a 7.5. When he finished in 2008, his hat size was a gianormous size 16! To put that into perspective, two '86 Barry Bonds' heads can fit into the hat of the '08 Barry Bonds hat! With room to spare! *insert your own big head jokes here*

As a big fan of baseball, I love watching a classic pitcher vs. batter duel. An at bat that just doesn't want to end can be such a treat to see. Though the tension is certainly different depending on the perspective of both players and fans, it's great baseball either way. Dustin Pedroia can work an at bat like few others, perhaps he took a page from Roy Thomas's book. It is reported that (in 1900) Roy Thomas fouled off 22 pitches in one at bat! Talk about a pitcher's nightmare! In a era when pitch counts are seemingly the most important stat for a pitcher come game time, 22 foul balls in one at bat is almost a quarter of that magic 100 pitches. 22 foul balls. In the same at bat. Damn!

With that, two more runs will score. Stay with me baseball fans!

Welcome to the Show!

Welcome to my exciting and new blog: "Things Found in Brian Wilson's Beard!" This will be a site for all things baseball! Well, all things baseball with an interesting twist. Instead of posting "normal" baseball news and commentary, this will be a site for the weird, wacky, and wonderfully bizarre baseball moments. I hope this will be a fun adventure for us all!

To lead off, here is a tidbit I found on Lone Pine Publishing's web site: In one of the strangest trades in baseball history, pitching great Cy Young (yeah, the guy the award is named after), was traded for a SUIT! Yup, a suit.

There you have it, the first run is on the board! Stay tuned for more!