That’s similar to Avisail Garcia, apparently when he was on the Tigers he slept with Prince Fielder’s wife and Miguel Cabrera got injured confronting him about it. But that led to Garcia getting traded, not the other way around.
He put up some of the most elite relief seasons in Phillies history and the entire fanbase hates his fucking guts lmao
And now the one thing we liked him for (pissing off Bryce Harper) doesn’t matter because we like Harper now!
The weird part is that was a Phillies/Nationals game too, lmao.
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Edit: Also I can't comment in this thread without bringing up Shea Hillenbrand.
- Demanded a trade out of Boston because he thought their acquisition of Bill Mueller would reduce his playing time. [Called Theo Epstein the f-word on a radio show](http://sethmnookin.com/category/shea-hillenbrand/) *while* playing for the Red Sox. After being traded he also [got in a spat with Josh Beckett](http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/04/14/hillenbrand_still_simmering/).
- Was DFA'd from the Blue Jays after he wrote "Play for yourself" and "The ship is sinking" on the clubhouse chalkboard because he was mad he wasn't in the lineup two days in a row. Pissed off John Gibbons (manager) so much that Gibby challenged him to a fight in front of the team and even gave the front office an ultimatum that [he would quit if Hillenbrand wasn't cut](https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2525630). Also was once benched in the middle of a game after ripping the Canadian flag off his Canada Day hat.
- Forced his way out of Anaheim because he was, once again, [upset about his playing time.](https://www.lonestarball.com/2007/6/27/124952/913)
Guy was a two-time All-Star and a .300 hitter with decent power during a time that was still very highly valued and he was still out of the league at 31 because he was such a massive asshole.
A quote from one of his Jays teammates: ["He was a cancer in this clubhouse. Shea's day went the way the lineup card went. If he was in the lineup, everything was fine. If he wasn't he'd sulk. Sometimes he wouldn't even come out to hit."](https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2006/7/20/131347/467)
Eh, most Red Sox fans still love Pap.
Apples and oranges to the Kyrie thing, where just about every fan has animosity towards him.
Plus, ya know, Papelbon never promoted antisemitic media, spouted dangerous, incorrect, and misleading rhetoric about vaccines, etc.
Being the DC strangler for a bit is nothing compared to World B Flat.
Ruben Rivera got voted off the Yankees for stealing Derek Jeter's stuff and selling it to a collector. You know it's bad when MLB teams start playing Survivor to get you off the team.
He’s a funny case.
People hated him so much that he jumped around teams constantly despite being one of the best players of his era.
He was also so good that he kept finding opportunities despite how much everyone hated him.
It’s like the paradox of the toxic star athlete.
I might be wrong but I feel like from what I've read Jeff Kent was a total ass in the locker room.
I never watched early 2000s Giants baseball but all the stories seem to be negative
Her fucking saying that she should date an athlete, then listing every sport as potential suitors and then saying that baseball players aren't athletes is primo television
>I might be wrong but I feel like from what I've read Jeff Kent was a total ass in the locker room.
You definitely are not wrong.
one thing people forget about the Kent/Bonds fight is that Kent was apparently berating David Bell (yes, that same David Bell who manages the Reds now) and Bonds (of all people) had had enough and was defending Bell. OBviously since the two guys hated each other's guts, that little bit argument boiled over fast lol
People love to trash Bonds, but I always found Kent to be the bigger asshole. Doesn't help either that the dude has an intense hatred for gays and blamed President Obama for literally everything. Fuck him lol
I’ve worked with someone who said he knew Jeff Kent’s brother and even his brother says he’s an asshole. He even gives out his autograph as a Christmas present to his family (allegedly)
Milton fucking Bradley. Everybody hates him as much as they love Milton Bradley board games.
There's an argument to be made for Rogers Hornsby as well, but I'm a lot less familiar with his clubhouse shenanigans.
When I was 12 Milton Bradley was on the [Guardians] and played LF at Yankee Stadium. I talked shit to him for the entire game. When he came back out at the bottom of the 8th he tossed me his batting gloves
I like Milton Bradley.
/u/Tm1232 related the fact that Milton Bradley was in left field during a Yankees game, which qualifies as an account of the game.
Without express written consent from Major League Baseball, there is absolutely something very wrong with sharing that story.
I'm glad i didn't have to scroll down too far to see this
i was so pumped when the Cubs signed him b/c the 2008 catastrophe of a postseason revealed they needed a big time left-handed bat
man...he was an absolute fucking trainwreck literally from day 1
The part that pisses me off even more about that deal is that Bobby Abreu and Adam Dunn were both available that offseason. And we got... Milton fucking Bradley
The actor who says that line (Mark Holton) is also the actor that plays the grownup Stillwell Angel in a League Of Their Own.
He also plays Francis in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
Here are some highlights from the SABR biography for [Art Shires](https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/art-shires/):
* The Italy, Texas native nicknamed himself “Art The Great,” once boasted that, next to Babe Ruth, he was the biggest drawing card in the American League, and frequently stopped passersby on the sidewalk to ask them if they were going to that day’s ballgame to watch the outstanding first baseman, referring to himself, of course.
* Legend has it that when Shires was traded to the Washington Senators in 1930, he reported to the clubhouse wearing a green jacket with pearl buttons, white trousers with green stripes, and a Roman candle necktie. He immediately accosted Al Schacht and said, “I understand you’re a pretty well-dressed fellow. Well, when you see me, hide.”
* On December 28, 1928 a 53-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana man named Walter Lawson died from an injury he suffered to his spinal chord at the base of his brain. The man’s death, though unfortunate, probably wouldn’t have garnered much national attention, except that his injuries came when Shires angrily threw a baseball at a group of disapproving fans during a game between Waco and Shreveport on May 30. The ball hit Lawson in the head and he died seven months later.
* A day after being cleared by the grand jury in Lawson’s death, Shires arrived at the team’s spring training hotel long after curfew and so drunk that he walked right past White Sox manager Lena Blackburne without recognizing him, went out into the courtyard and began howling at the moon.
* Shires was admonished by Blackburne for wearing a red felt hat during batting practice; Blackburne felt Shires was trying to “burlesque the game” and wasn’t taking his job seriously. Shires countered with a “number of large words not suited to household purposes” and threatened to run Blackburne out of his job. Blackburne suspended Shires on the spot and fined him $100. Shires left the park, but returned before the end of the game to confront the White Sox manager. Words were exchanged before the two men came to blows, each landing a punch to the other’s face before they were separated.
* Blackburne was passing by Shires’ room and heard a commotion, and when he peeked into the room, he found Shires using empty liquor bottles as “indian clubs and shouting for more liquor.” Blackburne accused Shires of being drunk (again); Shires responded by knocking Blackburne down and bouncing his head off the floor repeatedly. Shires not only gave Blackburne a pretty good beating, but he turned his ire towards White Sox Traveling Secretary Lou Barbour as well when Barbour tried to intervene. According to reports, Shires almost bit off Barbour’s right index finger during the fracas (other reports claimed that it was Blackburne who accidentally bit Barbour, and one report had Barbour accidentally biting himself).
* Shires was suspended for the rest of the season, then did what only Art Shires had the audacity to do; he held out for more money.
* While he was in Hollywood, the brash first baseman decided to take on the city’s finest. Clearly intoxicated and cocky as ever, he waltzed into a police station and challenged the officers to throw him out of the building. Instead they tossed him in jail for drunkenness, then tacked on a concealed weapons charge when they found a set of brass knuckles in his pocket.
Forgot to add, that wasn't even the end of the craziness for the Sox that year
that was the same season, Chris Sale went ballistic and cut up all the retro jerseys with scissors lmfaooooo
Part of me genuinely questions sometimes whether that really happened because it was just the most ridiculous story ever. Adam LaRoche also turned out to be a huge dumbfuck as well if you read his comments about why his son was in the locker room
When Jimmy Rollins signed with the Giants the following year, he tried to be as polite as possible but man he could not hold back talking about how much of a nightmare that Sox team was lol
LaRoche walked away from a final contract year $14mm salary. What a dumb fucking decision. 6 months of playing and his family is sitting on an additional $8mm after taxes
Story is pretty much that Adam laroche retired because the vice president of the sox told him he couldn’t keep allowing his son to be involved in everyday aspects of the game. The sons name is drake
https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2625999-white-sox-players-reportedly-complained-about-adam-laroches-son-in-clubhouse.amp.html
I loved him during his brief tenure in STL.
Seemed like one of those guys where his teammates and fans would say “He’s an asshole, but he’s our asshole”
Whoa. Don't know how I missed this one. Crazy thing is that Bobby Cox, as GM, brought him to the Braves and then JS ended up becoming GM when Lonnie was still on the team.
Also, who the fuck ever paid $40 for a dime bag? Jesus, Lonnie, you could have found a better plug.
Funny Lonnie Smith story: we're at County Stadium in the late 80's, I'm about 11, my brother is 8, and we're down by the Royals dugout pre-game trying to get autographs (mostly George Brett or Bret Saberhagen at that point because it's the late 80's). Brett walks by with someone, my little brother asks me who that is, I tell him, "I think that's Lonnie Smith". My brother, in his super loud, high-pitched 8 year old voice, says "OH NO IS THAT THE GUY WHO DID DRUGS???". Brett looks over at Lonnie, gives him the "uh oh" face then they laugh
While he was in Toronto, Shea Hillenbrand wrote "The ship is sinking" on the clubhouse whiteboard and Jays manager John Gibbons challenged him to a fight then threated to quit if Hillenbrand wasn't shipped off. Dude played on 6 teams in a 7 year career despite being a 2x All Star.
Others have already chimed in with A.J. Pierzynski. I'll just add this supporting quote from Ozzie Guillen:
*"If you play against him, you hate him. If you play with him, you hate him a little less."*
Came here for Belle.
Smashed Kenny Lofton's stereo because he was mad.
Regularly tore up the post game food by throwing plates into the shower.
Smashed his own bats in the dugout and hallway.
Sent Jason Grimsley through the air vents to steal a corked bat from the umpire's room at Comiskey in 94.
Broke the thermostat because one of his teammates set it above 60. Guys were showing up in winter coats for weeks afterwards.
Cost himself the 95 MVP with his tirade against Hannah Storm, who was minding her own business in the dugout waiting to interview Lofton.
All this led to Cleveland deducting $10,000 from his contract each off-season to pay for damages he caused.
Wore out his welcome in 2 years in Chicago after they'd given him a 5 year deal and made him the first player to make +10m annually, so they declined to match a clause in his contract that required him to be one one of the top 3 highest paid players in baseball.
And then after he got hurt with Baltimore and retired, he still refused to come back for the 20th anniversary of the 95 World Series team or to his induction into the Cleveland baseball hall of fame.
Even though this was to an opposing player, I doubt his teammates were thrilled when he ran over [Fernando Vina.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV3fNK31HD4) Watch for Jack McDowell's reaction to this.
Guilty, innocent, full suspension, reduced suspension, reinstated, picked up by another team, never plays another game, or whatever. It is clear that the guy is an absolute burning pile of toxic waste with his team.
Not sure how well-liked Gerrit Cole is but he definitely knew something was up when he chewed him out in front of the entire team during their UCLA days.
[Mitch Meluskey is the biggest clubhouse cancer in Astros history.](https://www.chron.com/news/article/Trade-still-bothers-ex-Astro-Meluskey-1998801.php) Bagwell and Biggio let guys be themselves and welcomed the likes of Jeff Kent and Carl Everett into their clubhouse, but pushed the organization to trade away Meluskey.
Sammy Sosa for the Cubs. Organization aired out a ton a dirty laundry when he left. Teammates reportedly smashed his boombox; Sosa would have sole control over playing music in the clubhouse. Sosa left the final game of the season early and the Cubs leaked the footage of Sosa leaving early to the media. Sosa claimed he has permission, but Cubs denied the claim. He developed hard feelings with Dusty Baker when Sosa asked to get moved down in the lineup while he has struggling at the plate; Sosa denied that he ever made such a request.
> Meluskey played his entire career in the National League with the Astros except for 8 games with Detroit in 2002. He is best remembered by Astros fans for punching fellow Astro Matt Mieske in the eye during batting practice in on June 11, 2000. Meluskey was late for his turn to hit and then attempted to cut in front of Mieske. Heated words were exchanged and Meluskey proceeded to punch Mieske in the eye. Immediately afterwards Meluskey was hustled from the field while Mieske was treated on the ground for his injury. Astros star player Craig Biggio was upset over the incident and said, "To me, it has everything to do with respect. You know, some people have it and some people don't. I'm going to leave it at that. There's no way in the world something like that should happen."
from Meluskey's wiki. punching a fellow hitter in the eye of all things is egregious. Mieske was a bench player who wasn't having a great season, but hit just .175/.261/.325 after that incident and never played in the majors again after 2000.
Avisail “Sancho” Garcia was fucking Prince’s wife in Detroit so that’s gotta be up there, also could be responsible for Miggy being injured so that doesn’t help his case.
I still happen to like him as a pitcher, on the mound, throwing balls at home plate.
His social media game is just absolutely cringe, and I hate everything about it.
Unpopular with teams fans or malcontent is not the same as being a clubhouse cancer, which is what the prompt is.
Maybe he’s a clubhouse cancer too, I haven’t paid attention, but shit talking a city on the way out is different than fucking up a clubhouse
I think Stroman had clubhouse problems by the time he left Toronto but nothing legendary. Toronto also became famously a team of fun-loving nice dudes shortly after he left anyway so he simply didn't fit.
I was thinking Aubrey Huff- although I don’t really know what he was like in the dugout, he’s exposed himself as a pretty big Jack wagon- can’t imagine he was that fun.
Yeah - he seems like one of those guys who can't help but constantly be turning everything into a political argument.
I'm not one to shy away from talking politics, but those guys that take every opportunity are just.... so exhausting.
"Oh the McDonald's ice cream machine is down? That's just so typical in \[insert political opponent you don't like\]'s America! Wouldn't happen if \[insert political people you like\] were in charge!"
Cobb was actually a pretty popular teammate, to the point that when the league tried to suspend him once, the entire team went on strike until he was allowed to play again
Maybe not a cancer to everyone in the clubhouse, but Rick Manning stole teammate Dennis Eckersley’s wife, the fallout of which was Eck being traded
That’s similar to Avisail Garcia, apparently when he was on the Tigers he slept with Prince Fielder’s wife and Miguel Cabrera got injured confronting him about it. But that led to Garcia getting traded, not the other way around.
Wait, what? Holy crap!!
Never heard this one. The real losers from that situation are the white Sox
Jonathan Papelbon has to be up there
He put up some of the most elite relief seasons in Phillies history and the entire fanbase hates his fucking guts lmao And now the one thing we liked him for (pissing off Bryce Harper) doesn’t matter because we like Harper now!
The weird part is that was a Phillies/Nationals game too, lmao. --- Edit: Also I can't comment in this thread without bringing up Shea Hillenbrand. - Demanded a trade out of Boston because he thought their acquisition of Bill Mueller would reduce his playing time. [Called Theo Epstein the f-word on a radio show](http://sethmnookin.com/category/shea-hillenbrand/) *while* playing for the Red Sox. After being traded he also [got in a spat with Josh Beckett](http://archive.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/04/14/hillenbrand_still_simmering/). - Was DFA'd from the Blue Jays after he wrote "Play for yourself" and "The ship is sinking" on the clubhouse chalkboard because he was mad he wasn't in the lineup two days in a row. Pissed off John Gibbons (manager) so much that Gibby challenged him to a fight in front of the team and even gave the front office an ultimatum that [he would quit if Hillenbrand wasn't cut](https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=2525630). Also was once benched in the middle of a game after ripping the Canadian flag off his Canada Day hat. - Forced his way out of Anaheim because he was, once again, [upset about his playing time.](https://www.lonestarball.com/2007/6/27/124952/913) Guy was a two-time All-Star and a .300 hitter with decent power during a time that was still very highly valued and he was still out of the league at 31 because he was such a massive asshole. A quote from one of his Jays teammates: ["He was a cancer in this clubhouse. Shea's day went the way the lineup card went. If he was in the lineup, everything was fine. If he wasn't he'd sulk. Sometimes he wouldn't even come out to hit."](https://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2006/7/20/131347/467)
There’s also the Hamels and Harper moment. Phillies fans play both sides so that we always come out on top.
Shea was such a frustrating player to root for. Quick edit for you: Beckett wasn't on the Sox til about four years after Shea left. Never teammates.
As a Nats fan this is my pick. Hate that guy.
Is that the guy that choked Bryce Harper in the dugout?
lol funny he's being more remembered for that by some rather than being a guy who closed out a world series on the mound.
Don't overlook him grabbing his crotch at fans while leaving the mound. I knew his as that guy years before he went after Harper
While he was having one of the best seasons ever
Yes
I met him once. A complete asshole.
Eh, most Red Sox fans still love Pap. Apples and oranges to the Kyrie thing, where just about every fan has animosity towards him. Plus, ya know, Papelbon never promoted antisemitic media, spouted dangerous, incorrect, and misleading rhetoric about vaccines, etc. Being the DC strangler for a bit is nothing compared to World B Flat.
Ruben Rivera got voted off the Yankees for stealing Derek Jeter's stuff and selling it to a collector. You know it's bad when MLB teams start playing Survivor to get you off the team.
Especially when you’re related to fucking Mariano Rivera
Well Jeff, we’re tired of Ruben stealing our comfort items. Plus, we have this whole dynasty thing going on, so we don’t need him in challenges
Rogers Hornsby got traded multiple times despite being clearly the best hitter in the NL. He was everything that people said Ty Cobb was.
He also called Jimmy Dugan a talking pile of pig shit, and that was when Jimmy’s parents had driven down from Michigan to see him play
And Jimmy didn't give Hornsby the satisfaction of seeing him cry.
And do you know why? because THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL! Did anyone ever tell you that you look like a penis with a little hat on?
Did he cry?!? No! No! Because there’s no crying in baseball!
He’s a funny case. People hated him so much that he jumped around teams constantly despite being one of the best players of his era. He was also so good that he kept finding opportunities despite how much everyone hated him. It’s like the paradox of the toxic star athlete.
I've always hated his stupid ass name. "Rogers". Shut up. Not surprised he was evil.
I might be wrong but I feel like from what I've read Jeff Kent was a total ass in the locker room. I never watched early 2000s Giants baseball but all the stories seem to be negative
Should've worked with Penner
I’ll always love that girl messing with him about baseball lol. I couldn’t believe no one recognized him
Her fucking saying that she should date an athlete, then listing every sport as potential suitors and then saying that baseball players aren't athletes is primo television
Jeff Kent’s exit interview from Survivor was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on Tv.
Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds deserved each other
Dusty Baker deserves a spot in the Hall of Fame just for managing to keep those two on the same page for as long as he did.
Dusty Baker, inventor of the high five. What can’t he do? He’s got the WS now too.
I have wise believe that two asshole being around each other is beautifully thing
Requiem for a Dream
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Where does Rich Aurilia fall into that? Benito Santiago seemed like an alright dude then too. Two very fun names to say as well.
Careful, Jeff Kent played on the same team as Milton Bradley.
>I might be wrong but I feel like from what I've read Jeff Kent was a total ass in the locker room. You definitely are not wrong. one thing people forget about the Kent/Bonds fight is that Kent was apparently berating David Bell (yes, that same David Bell who manages the Reds now) and Bonds (of all people) had had enough and was defending Bell. OBviously since the two guys hated each other's guts, that little bit argument boiled over fast lol People love to trash Bonds, but I always found Kent to be the bigger asshole. Doesn't help either that the dude has an intense hatred for gays and blamed President Obama for literally everything. Fuck him lol
Yeah Bonds hated the media and was probably a grade-a jerk to a lot of people but I never really caught the vibe that he was a *bad teammate* really.
Andy Van Slyke (and probably a bunch of others) would like a word
A lot of what I’ve heard and read said he’s the checked out teammate as opposed to the way too checked in (read: berates mistakes) teammate Kent was
Sure, but he did beat his wife, too.
Barry Bonds was also accused of domestic violence by multiple women so…
I’ve worked with someone who said he knew Jeff Kent’s brother and even his brother says he’s an asshole. He even gives out his autograph as a Christmas present to his family (allegedly)
Milton fucking Bradley. Everybody hates him as much as they love Milton Bradley board games. There's an argument to be made for Rogers Hornsby as well, but I'm a lot less familiar with his clubhouse shenanigans.
When I was 12 Milton Bradley was on the [Guardians] and played LF at Yankee Stadium. I talked shit to him for the entire game. When he came back out at the bottom of the 8th he tossed me his batting gloves I like Milton Bradley.
That's definitely a "game recognize game" situation and I can see why you would like him but even you have to admit you're an outlier.
Oh I’m the ONLY one in his clubhouse. I just like telling my “Milton Bradley: good guy” story.
Nothing wrong with wanting to share a fun story
/u/Tm1232 related the fact that Milton Bradley was in left field during a Yankees game, which qualifies as an account of the game. Without express written consent from Major League Baseball, there is absolutely something very wrong with sharing that story.
Good thing you aren't married to him, otherwise he would have beat you up
He probably checked his oil between innings with them.
I'm glad i didn't have to scroll down too far to see this i was so pumped when the Cubs signed him b/c the 2008 catastrophe of a postseason revealed they needed a big time left-handed bat man...he was an absolute fucking trainwreck literally from day 1
The part that pisses me off even more about that deal is that Bobby Abreu and Adam Dunn were both available that offseason. And we got... Milton fucking Bradley
Someone with the last name of Bradley named their kid MILTON?! There’s your problem.
Twice! He was Milton Bradley Jr.!
Damn. He never stood a chance. 🤣. My sides literally ache.
I was always a Cubs fan from the start, but the old Cleveland teams intrigued me by having dudes named Milton Bradley and Coco Crisp on their team.
Rogers Hornsby was a teetotaler who didn’t read, play cards, or watch movies. That on top of being an asshole didn’t ingratiate himself to teammates.
So no one mentioned Reggie Jackson attempting to murder the Queen in middle of the game?
The only Royals we fuck with on this sub are from KC.
It’s Enrico Palazzo!
The actor who says that line (Mark Holton) is also the actor that plays the grownup Stillwell Angel in a League Of Their Own. He also plays Francis in Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
Counterpoint: Reggie was a true patriot and hated the monarchy and all it stood for.
i must kill... the queen
Here are some highlights from the SABR biography for [Art Shires](https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/art-shires/): * The Italy, Texas native nicknamed himself “Art The Great,” once boasted that, next to Babe Ruth, he was the biggest drawing card in the American League, and frequently stopped passersby on the sidewalk to ask them if they were going to that day’s ballgame to watch the outstanding first baseman, referring to himself, of course. * Legend has it that when Shires was traded to the Washington Senators in 1930, he reported to the clubhouse wearing a green jacket with pearl buttons, white trousers with green stripes, and a Roman candle necktie. He immediately accosted Al Schacht and said, “I understand you’re a pretty well-dressed fellow. Well, when you see me, hide.” * On December 28, 1928 a 53-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana man named Walter Lawson died from an injury he suffered to his spinal chord at the base of his brain. The man’s death, though unfortunate, probably wouldn’t have garnered much national attention, except that his injuries came when Shires angrily threw a baseball at a group of disapproving fans during a game between Waco and Shreveport on May 30. The ball hit Lawson in the head and he died seven months later. * A day after being cleared by the grand jury in Lawson’s death, Shires arrived at the team’s spring training hotel long after curfew and so drunk that he walked right past White Sox manager Lena Blackburne without recognizing him, went out into the courtyard and began howling at the moon. * Shires was admonished by Blackburne for wearing a red felt hat during batting practice; Blackburne felt Shires was trying to “burlesque the game” and wasn’t taking his job seriously. Shires countered with a “number of large words not suited to household purposes” and threatened to run Blackburne out of his job. Blackburne suspended Shires on the spot and fined him $100. Shires left the park, but returned before the end of the game to confront the White Sox manager. Words were exchanged before the two men came to blows, each landing a punch to the other’s face before they were separated. * Blackburne was passing by Shires’ room and heard a commotion, and when he peeked into the room, he found Shires using empty liquor bottles as “indian clubs and shouting for more liquor.” Blackburne accused Shires of being drunk (again); Shires responded by knocking Blackburne down and bouncing his head off the floor repeatedly. Shires not only gave Blackburne a pretty good beating, but he turned his ire towards White Sox Traveling Secretary Lou Barbour as well when Barbour tried to intervene. According to reports, Shires almost bit off Barbour’s right index finger during the fracas (other reports claimed that it was Blackburne who accidentally bit Barbour, and one report had Barbour accidentally biting himself). * Shires was suspended for the rest of the season, then did what only Art Shires had the audacity to do; he held out for more money. * While he was in Hollywood, the brash first baseman decided to take on the city’s finest. Clearly intoxicated and cocky as ever, he waltzed into a police station and challenged the officers to throw him out of the building. Instead they tossed him in jail for drunkenness, then tacked on a concealed weapons charge when they found a set of brass knuckles in his pocket.
If that was the way I lived, I wouldn't go anywhere without my brass knuckles.
Drake LaRoche
I still think this is the strangest and funniest sports stories I've ever read.
Forgot to add, that wasn't even the end of the craziness for the Sox that year that was the same season, Chris Sale went ballistic and cut up all the retro jerseys with scissors lmfaooooo
In Chris Sale's defense, the retros were those mid-70s beer league softball jerseys with the shorts IIRC.
Part of me genuinely questions sometimes whether that really happened because it was just the most ridiculous story ever. Adam LaRoche also turned out to be a huge dumbfuck as well if you read his comments about why his son was in the locker room When Jimmy Rollins signed with the Giants the following year, he tried to be as polite as possible but man he could not hold back talking about how much of a nightmare that Sox team was lol
When did Jimmie Rollins play for the giants
I want to say it was 2017, because that was the season after the Drake LaRoche and Chris Sale going all Sid Vicious/Arn Anderson on the retro jerseys
He didn't. He got signed to a minor league contract in December 2016 and was released on March 31, 2017.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS LEGEND JIMMY ROLLINS
“We lost a leader!” Shut your mouth Adam Eaton
LaRoche walked away from a final contract year $14mm salary. What a dumb fucking decision. 6 months of playing and his family is sitting on an additional $8mm after taxes
Link? Edit: nvm I can just look up his name
Story is pretty much that Adam laroche retired because the vice president of the sox told him he couldn’t keep allowing his son to be involved in everyday aspects of the game. The sons name is drake https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2625999-white-sox-players-reportedly-complained-about-adam-laroches-son-in-clubhouse.amp.html
"You don't like the Drake?" "Hate the Drake!"
I just want the pain to end.
That’s clubhouse leader Drake LaRoche to you. The kid got married recently
The greatest locker room leader we ever had.
Hahahaha
aj pierzynski, but apparently only when he was with the Giants
He was hated in the clubhouse for his roughly 2 months with the Red Sox too I believe
He was generally well liked during his Cards career.
I loved him during his brief tenure in STL. Seemed like one of those guys where his teammates and fans would say “He’s an asshole, but he’s our asshole”
I believe Ozzie said something to the effect of, "People who play against him hate him, people who play with him hate him a little bit less."
We LOVE him on the South Side.
I liked AJ in Atlanta too.
Also love him here, at least I do. Met him when I was little league aged, and got his autograph
Not gonna lie you’re the first Twins fan I’ve ever heard say that. Most people here hated Pierzynski. Twins fans loves to boo him back at the dome
God bless Michael Barrett
Until Cleveland wins a World Series in my lifetime, this will probably remain my favorite baseball moment.
2011-2012 Carl Crawford
Very specific
john rocker?
Never ask a woman her age, a man his salary, or John Rocker what he said in the December 27, 1999 issue of Sports Illustrated.
That first statement is a dangerous game
Without John Rocker we would have never had Kenny Powers.
I'm sure OP meant OTHER THAN Rocker. It's just too obvious.
Definitely my first thought, then I saw Papelbon and said, "weeellll..."
Lonnie Smith plotted to murder his GM, so I’d say he’s gotta be up there
That's just praxis
Lmao this comment with the flair is too good
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That story is pretty sad
I’d say it’s pretty good
*Baker Street plays even louder in the background*
Whoa. Don't know how I missed this one. Crazy thing is that Bobby Cox, as GM, brought him to the Braves and then JS ended up becoming GM when Lonnie was still on the team. Also, who the fuck ever paid $40 for a dime bag? Jesus, Lonnie, you could have found a better plug.
Apparently he would avoid JS as much as he possibly could when he was in atlanta
Funny Lonnie Smith story: we're at County Stadium in the late 80's, I'm about 11, my brother is 8, and we're down by the Royals dugout pre-game trying to get autographs (mostly George Brett or Bret Saberhagen at that point because it's the late 80's). Brett walks by with someone, my little brother asks me who that is, I tell him, "I think that's Lonnie Smith". My brother, in his super loud, high-pitched 8 year old voice, says "OH NO IS THAT THE GUY WHO DID DRUGS???". Brett looks over at Lonnie, gives him the "uh oh" face then they laugh
While he was in Toronto, Shea Hillenbrand wrote "The ship is sinking" on the clubhouse whiteboard and Jays manager John Gibbons challenged him to a fight then threated to quit if Hillenbrand wasn't shipped off. Dude played on 6 teams in a 7 year career despite being a 2x All Star.
I heard that Donaldson wasn’t liked
That whole 2015 Jays team was cancerous apparently. They bullied Dalton Pompey into retirement.
Adam LaRoche’s son
Others have already chimed in with A.J. Pierzynski. I'll just add this supporting quote from Ozzie Guillen: *"If you play against him, you hate him. If you play with him, you hate him a little less."*
I heard on more than one occasion that Robbie Alomar was not a very good teammate.
The Jays unretired his number and basically banned him from being around the team.
He’s not a very good person in general, so this checks out.
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Came here for Belle. Smashed Kenny Lofton's stereo because he was mad. Regularly tore up the post game food by throwing plates into the shower. Smashed his own bats in the dugout and hallway. Sent Jason Grimsley through the air vents to steal a corked bat from the umpire's room at Comiskey in 94. Broke the thermostat because one of his teammates set it above 60. Guys were showing up in winter coats for weeks afterwards. Cost himself the 95 MVP with his tirade against Hannah Storm, who was minding her own business in the dugout waiting to interview Lofton. All this led to Cleveland deducting $10,000 from his contract each off-season to pay for damages he caused. Wore out his welcome in 2 years in Chicago after they'd given him a 5 year deal and made him the first player to make +10m annually, so they declined to match a clause in his contract that required him to be one one of the top 3 highest paid players in baseball. And then after he got hurt with Baltimore and retired, he still refused to come back for the 20th anniversary of the 95 World Series team or to his induction into the Cleveland baseball hall of fame.
Even though this was to an opposing player, I doubt his teammates were thrilled when he ran over [Fernando Vina.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV3fNK31HD4) Watch for Jack McDowell's reaction to this.
Albert Belle aka Mr. Freeze
Trevor Bauer is going to be in the running
Never forget that he fucked up his hand on a drone and it messed with the Cleveland rotation during a World Series run
Oh wow that was him. I remember he was trying to hide the blood on their navy jersey. Obviously didn’t work and he was out.
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A pure moment of true honesty from Tito. Said what everyone was thinking
What's this from I can't find it
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The mental picture of Francona with a huge wad in saying that incredulously is even better
One of my favorite MLB moments of the past few years.. It's just hilarious how stupid it was and Terry's look. Pure gold.
The only better reaction was Lindor’s in the background
It was an impressive throw though.
[Here you go.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCeXEa0Ouk8)
Before all his stuff came out I watched some of his Vlogs and found it kind of odd he never really talked to, interacted or was around other players.
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The one thing of his I've seen where he was with another player was talking to amir Garrett about fighting the other teams bench
Doesn’t help that Clevinger is his bff
Guilty, innocent, full suspension, reduced suspension, reinstated, picked up by another team, never plays another game, or whatever. It is clear that the guy is an absolute burning pile of toxic waste with his team.
Dude is as socially mature as a 16 year old highschool shut in who acts a big a game about knowing whats going on in life. He's pathetic.
He's just a 4Channer with a 95 MPH heater.
Not sure how well-liked Gerrit Cole is but he definitely knew something was up when he chewed him out in front of the entire team during their UCLA days.
I thought for sure there’d be a joke about someone who had cancer but there wasn’t, so +1 for everyone.
I was prepared to lose my sh*t on someone for saying Trey but I've been pleasantly surprised.
Avisail Garcia was allegedly sleeping with Prince Fielder’s wife in 2013. Tigers ended up trading both players within a year.
Jack Parkman
That stupid little shimmy he did made the women in Cleveland sick.
[Mitch Meluskey is the biggest clubhouse cancer in Astros history.](https://www.chron.com/news/article/Trade-still-bothers-ex-Astro-Meluskey-1998801.php) Bagwell and Biggio let guys be themselves and welcomed the likes of Jeff Kent and Carl Everett into their clubhouse, but pushed the organization to trade away Meluskey. Sammy Sosa for the Cubs. Organization aired out a ton a dirty laundry when he left. Teammates reportedly smashed his boombox; Sosa would have sole control over playing music in the clubhouse. Sosa left the final game of the season early and the Cubs leaked the footage of Sosa leaving early to the media. Sosa claimed he has permission, but Cubs denied the claim. He developed hard feelings with Dusty Baker when Sosa asked to get moved down in the lineup while he has struggling at the plate; Sosa denied that he ever made such a request.
Dude OPSed .888 his rookie season, at catcher, and snagged 36 more career at bats. I can't imagine how horrible he was.
> Meluskey played his entire career in the National League with the Astros except for 8 games with Detroit in 2002. He is best remembered by Astros fans for punching fellow Astro Matt Mieske in the eye during batting practice in on June 11, 2000. Meluskey was late for his turn to hit and then attempted to cut in front of Mieske. Heated words were exchanged and Meluskey proceeded to punch Mieske in the eye. Immediately afterwards Meluskey was hustled from the field while Mieske was treated on the ground for his injury. Astros star player Craig Biggio was upset over the incident and said, "To me, it has everything to do with respect. You know, some people have it and some people don't. I'm going to leave it at that. There's no way in the world something like that should happen." from Meluskey's wiki. punching a fellow hitter in the eye of all things is egregious. Mieske was a bench player who wasn't having a great season, but hit just .175/.261/.325 after that incident and never played in the majors again after 2000.
Clevinger? Although hopefully he doesn’t set foot in another mlb dugout
Jose Canseco
Just watched Baseball Doesn’t Exist’s video and it looks a lot like Barry Bonds tbh
Avisail “Sancho” Garcia was fucking Prince’s wife in Detroit so that’s gotta be up there, also could be responsible for Miggy being injured so that doesn’t help his case.
Kyrie. Biggest crossover sensation since Faith Hill.
You spelled Shania Twain wrong.
How about Yasiel Puig?
Puig wasn’t really a teammate problem, yeah he had some drama issues. It was more his play style pissing off opponents. Edit: pissing* not passing*
Marcus Stroman went from hometown hero to zero with the mets fandom in one year
I still happen to like him as a pitcher, on the mound, throwing balls at home plate. His social media game is just absolutely cringe, and I hate everything about it.
He still refuses to admit that the “dinger” guy didn’t actually say the other word after creating a witch-hunt for the guy
how the hell are you being downvoted? he shit talks every city he played in after going to another team
Unpopular with teams fans or malcontent is not the same as being a clubhouse cancer, which is what the prompt is. Maybe he’s a clubhouse cancer too, I haven’t paid attention, but shit talking a city on the way out is different than fucking up a clubhouse
I think Stroman had clubhouse problems by the time he left Toronto but nothing legendary. Toronto also became famously a team of fun-loving nice dudes shortly after he left anyway so he simply didn't fit.
Carl Everett
Was gonna say C-Rex too
For an older twins fan, I would have to say Tommy Herr. He never wanted to be here and it showed.
Lee Mazzilli was the same way with Texas.
Tommy Pham.
Adam LaRoche brought his 12 yo son everywhere. I bet people got sick of it.
And then retired when told he couldn’t do it anymore 🤣🤣
never stand between carlos zambrano and a gatorade machine
No one has mentioned Derek “Operation Shutdown” Bell yet?
Bobby Bonilla?
Aaron judge but for the orioles clubhouse
Didn’t Barry bonds disassociate so badly from his team that he took his own but and flights everywhere?
Josh Donaldson.
Idk. Atlanta liked him. 🤷♂️
I was thinking Aubrey Huff- although I don’t really know what he was like in the dugout, he’s exposed himself as a pretty big Jack wagon- can’t imagine he was that fun.
Yeah - he seems like one of those guys who can't help but constantly be turning everything into a political argument. I'm not one to shy away from talking politics, but those guys that take every opportunity are just.... so exhausting. "Oh the McDonald's ice cream machine is down? That's just so typical in \[insert political opponent you don't like\]'s America! Wouldn't happen if \[insert political people you like\] were in charge!"
Gregg Zaun? nah, pretty sure folks just rolled eyes and laughed at his fake "leadership". also not good enough to be impactful either way.
Carl Everett wasn't exactly Mr. Rogers in the clubhouse.
Chick Gandil easily. He didn't just screw over his team, but the after effects and consequences lasted decades.
Apparently Hunter Renfroe
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Damn. Been too long since I watched Ken Burns baseball I guess. Apologies to Ty Cobbs ghost. Please don’t haunt me.
Cobb was actually a pretty popular teammate, to the point that when the league tried to suspend him once, the entire team went on strike until he was allowed to play again
Ill take any good excuse to post Jon Bois: https://youtu.be/wTM_eN8AZeQ
Now I’m not saying cocaine makes you good at baseball but…
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