by pwootten » Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:05 pm
Interesting tidbits about Roger Repoz:
* Along with the more successful Bobby Murcer, Roger Repoz labored under media predictions that he would be the next Mickey Mantle while in the New York Yankees' farm system.
* Repoz was nicknamed "The Destroyer" during his years with the Angels due to his tendency to destroy dugout water coolers after strikeouts.
* Playing in Japan at age 35, the veteran produced at a .274/.374/.571 clip in 1976, crushing 36 home runs, driving in 81 and scoring 79. He fell to .263/.328/.490 in 1977 with 22 HR and it would be his final season. [size=18:9c03ca1239]In either 1976 or 1977, Repoz, Clyde Wright and Charlie Manuel fought the East German hockey team in a Japanese club after the hockey players had been hassling a woman there. The Americans got the worse part of the brawl. [/size:9c03ca1239]
Holy Mackerel - the entire East German hockey team????? I have new respect for Mr. Repoz.