International Pastime will look at baseball's influence outside the U.S.
You may have forgotten that Felix Jose existed. I sure as heck did. But the Korean Baseball Blog points us to a 1999 playoff series between the Lotte Giants (Jose's team) and the Samsung Lions. The above video, from Game 7 of their series, featured Jose, a former Athletic, Cardinal, and Royal, hitting a home run and being pelted with various objects while trotting around the bases. Jose, in a completely calm, cool, and mature manner, proceeded to hurl his bat into the stands. Then, he used another bat to try to bust through a protective fence and knock a fan into next week.
And you thought the Roger Clemens/Mike Piazza incident was bad.
Jose almost won the triple crown that year in the KBO and that earned him another shot at the majors. He played a bit for the Yankees in 2000, and also had cups of coffee with Arizona in '02 and '03 on the strength of his 1999 season. Jose, believe it or not, was still playing baseball in July of 2007 in the Atlantic League ... after being suspended 50 games from the Mexican league for steroid use, of course.
Arm Bash: Korean Baseball Blog
International Pastime: Felix Jose Goes Berserk
Oct 11, 2007 – 4:00 PM
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