Does This Mean Mike Cuellar Wore Lingerie?

The guest on tonight’s Angels Pregame show on 710, KSPN (ESPN Radio for Southern California), was longtime Angel and Oriole infielder Bobby Grich. I may have missed a word or two; I was driving. But Grich told a great story about his minor league days in Rochester, New York, with the Rochester Redwings, Baltimore’s AAA team.

He said that one day, after the team had played 21 games in 21 days, they were desperate for a break from the bus trips and the wear and tear, so they snuck into Richmond’s ballpark, where they were scheduled to play that night, and got the sprinklers to soak the field, turning it into a swamp.

The game that night was cancelled.

Sound familiar? It should. That exact scenario is featured in the 1988 hit movie “Bull Durham,” starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.

By the way, on that Rochester Redwings team, Grich played shortstop. His double play partner, the second baseman…was Ron Shelton—the writer and director of “Bull Durham.”

Only now you know… the rest of the story.

Grich said this is the first time he’s publicly mentioned that his teammates pulled the prank—Richmond officials never tracked them down.