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TOPIC: Hey "ihaveaboner" are you out there? |
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| OG
May 29, 2008
10:44:56 PM
Entry #: 2770704
| Just curious as to who you are because you always seem to find me out on this forum regardless of the title I throw out there.
Perhaps you are of the umpire variety? Atleast that is what I have been told
I just want to know who you are dammmmmit!....:)
Lets just say I am more then likely the oldest pitcher still flipping outs in Class A and have a ton of classic town ball stories that have been gathered in my mind during 21 years of town ball.
I even have really good ones of umpires good and bad but mostly bad umps, tourney drinking out at Hamel, water being thrown on umps, guys being told to leave dugouts by their own team members, back-to-back jacks with lumber......pitchers throwing drunk, a guy throwing 19 innings in a row in back to back games in the tourney.....oh man "bonerless" I have many. Hey who knows you may even be a part of one of my stories.
Peaaace to all and I hope all you guys looking for clubs found one.
OG
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| ihaveaboner
May 30, 2008
12:50:47 PM
Entry #: 2771353
| I already told you OG, I'm Jim Botten. I'm riding my Harley right now while typing this...
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| OG
June 2, 2008
11:44:27 PM
Entry #: 2775579
| boner are you really Jim Botten? If you are I do have a story for you and about you that actually involves yourself and I (1988).
I have a hard time believing you are the one and only JB.........if you are then I will tell the story. If you are not and say you are I will still fall for it and tell the story anyway.
OG=Keelan Conley
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| ihaveaboner
June 4, 2008
9:58:29 AM
Entry #: 2777817
| I want to hear the story. You know perfectly well that JB is down in AZ blissfully unaware of what a computer is, so that makes me not him. But I did play with him for 3 years. I got used to directions to fields that did not include streets or highways
JB: Go straight until you come to Old Man Jenkins well which burned down in 1976, then head south. If you go by the Wendy's which closed in 1942, you'll know you've gone too far.
Me: Ummmmmmm....
I learned a lot about Minnesota geography from Botts...
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| OG
June 5, 2008
12:34:58 AM
Entry #: 2779261
| ....boner I heard tell that you are indeed an umpire with the initials BR. I heard that from a fatter shorter umpire who has been wearing two casts; one on each arm lately.
Plus I beleive that last fall you came on to this forum and actually/almost told me who you were.
Just the same here is the J. Botten story.
The year was 1988 and I was pitching for Hamel, we had a game agaisnt "Botts" club. Back then I threw hard for the time (high 80's and perhaps maybe clipping a 90). I was a young buck and saw this silver haired guy in the on deck circle swinging literally four bats, two of which at weights on them.
I laughed to myself and probably even smiled and though who is this geezer joke......
.....long story short and I remeber it nearly vividly because it was a defining moment in my playing days as it was a humbling experience.
First AB he had against me I blew cheddar right by him on two of however many pitches. with two strikes I tried to do it again, shaking off my catcher and JB promptly suck the bat out to get a bloddy ball base hit to the right side.
Second AB I got him out.....third AB he started his old man swing (powerful as it was though) probably about the time my arm was coming forward and he raked a doub sack of me.
Third AB I walked him and fourth AB he got another hit. I was beside myself even though we won the game just because some gray haired "old man" went out and knocked me around.
Litle did I know then what I know now.
JB was probably, well who knows really but early to late 40's and I was 20.
the learning lessons that wa provided to me was duely noted but not completely until about 15 years later.
Now I do the same things to young buck hitters who think I am an old man at 39.
In closing and for the record I will not be pitching into my 50's.
Peace Out,
OG
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| ihaveaboner
June 6, 2008
11:37:07 AM
Entry #: 2781515
| Botts started hitting with a double flapped helmet against hard throwing lefties at the end, and it infuriated him to do it. He called himself a pussy, and he never swore. It was pretty funny, but he double flapped it against Edstrom I think, when he played for the Pub. I may be mistaken, but that's my memory.
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| Alfonso Allegre
June 6, 2008
2:53:18 PM
Entry #: 2781843
| He drives an ice cream truck covered in human skulls!
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| Rhino
June 10, 2008
8:01:42 AM
Entry #: 2786100
| nothing like seeing Botts driving on his hog with leather and having the uni underneath. Legend has it, he was once asked how many HRs he hit at a particular field--his answer? "Many, many."
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| ihaveaboner
June 11, 2008
3:50:54 PM
Entry #: 2788580
| "Many, many" with that bat of his from 1972 that was made from 6000 nickels welded together. It didn't even have a brand name.
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