I was just re-watching MLB's Triumph and Tragedy episode about the 1984 San Diego Padres. I've had the DVD sitting around since 2009 and probably watched it a half dozen times. It's got some great interviews with the players from the 25 year reunion at Petco Park.
There's a good story about Bruce Bochy grabbing Ed Whitson in the pool during a break at Spring Training. Bochy who grew up in Florida and was showing the guys how alligators roll their prey during an attack. When Whitson finally managed to come up for air his toupee was barely hanging on from the back of his head, revealing his bald head. Tim Flannery who was telling the story says that Bochy pretended as if he suddenly recognized Whitson for who he was, "Hey you're Ed Whitson!" Whitson tried to fight everyone and Flannery had to run away because he was laughing so hard.
I think my favorite part though is when they show footage of Terry Kennedy and Kurt Bevacqua playing catch from high above San Diego. Terry Kennedy rode to the top of a downtown building and threw a ball to Bevacqua who's waiting below in the street. Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the old Imperial Bank building. Bevacqua is standing on a target, that looks like an on-deck circle, with a large crowd gathered around him. Kennedy tosses the ball and Bevacqua tracks and catches it to the crowds amazement. Now a days the man would never let a crowd stand so close to an object falling from a building. Can you imagine the lawsuits if someone was hurt by a plummeting baseball?
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