Who was the biggest prick athlete you ever encountered in person?

[Journeyman]

I would its a tossup between Rod Carew and Pete Rose...I heard some really bad Reggie Jackson stories as well but I never saw it first hand....

Rose and Carew both very ignorant to the fans...two of my favorite players too, but both were not fan friendly on more than one occasion...


Anyone have a good story of an encounter with a well known athlete?

 

[Jarbo]

Don Zimmer had an interesting encounter with Pedro Martinez.....

 

[5teamparlay]

JIM RICE WORST BY FAR.


FRITZ PETERSON (NY YANKEE PITCHER) nicest guy I ever met.

 

[TheGeneral+]

The Big Hurt threw overhand a batting glove at me in Sarasota in late 90's after I aggravated him throughout a spring training game. I was very high and being a pain in the arse, but I got the glove. He and Albert were not very happy with me. :smoker2:

 

[VinnytheWorm]

Albert Belle,,, just very mean looking, always had a frown on his face. that guy was just not right.

 

[Dubpoet]

Wilt Chamberlain. When I was 12 yrs old, I was coming out of the bathroom on a plane and passed through first class and saw Wilt alone in first class and asked him for an Autoghraph and he called the stewardess over to send me away!~

 

[whormoan]

Dan Fouts

 

[THEPOSTMAN!]

Lavar Arrington is the biggest jerk in the NFL. For a preson that is very much overrated, stardom went to his head the minute he signed the contract. He hates signing autograph for kids, unless a camera is around, and before he started being guest on all these shows, was very bad with the press. what an *******.




:finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger:

 

[jeffksu]

best....sweetness....my wife and i had lunch with him at lady luck the year before he passed...another good one andre "hawk" dawson when he was a cub...WORST...by far ryne sandberg....at the hotel in houston...the cubs had just swept the stro's and this boy maybe 10 wanted an autograph of ryne's..he had everthing ready...pen picture the whole works..he was leaning over the red rope as far as he could and he asked very nice...mr. sandberg may i get an autograph please....sandberg walked right up to the young man..(1 foot away from me...) and said get the f**k away from me....i wanted to reach out and grab sandberg and bit*h slap him... the boy started crying and looked at his dad and said..."why did he have to be so mean...." the father later told me that sandberg was his favorite player...i saw andre dawson and the sarge gary matthews..along with leon durham coming our way so i asked them if they could come over and cheer up the little boy...he ended up with a bat a ball a hat all signed by the true professionals....on the cubs roster at that time....later that evening seen dawson at the galleria there in houston and sat beside him inthe cafe...and told him what a class guy he was for doing what he had earlier in the evening...

 

[THEPOSTMAN!]

The friendliest guys I probably met was Fred Smoot (country hick), Joe Theisamn (walky-talky) and Darryl Green (very classy guy).

 

[Journeyman]

Dan Fouts

WOW!

I would think Dan would be a friendly guy....I would like to hear the stories behind hese answers...

 

[Journeyman]

The friendliest guys I probably met was Fred Smoot (country hick), Joe Theisamn (walky-talky) and Darryl Green (very classy guy).

It would almost seem Joey T. would talk to anyone who would listen to him

:drink:

 

[Journeyman]

best....sweetness....my wife and i had lunch with him at lady luck the year before he passed...another good one andre "hawk" dawson when he was a cub...WORST...by far ryne sandberg....at the hotel in houston...the cubs had just swept the stro's and this boy maybe 10 wanted an autograph of ryne's..he had everthing ready...pen picture the whole works..he was leaning over the red rope as far as he could and he asked very nice...mr. sandberg may i get an autograph please....sandberg walked right up to the young man..(1 foot away from me...) and said get the f**k away from me....i wanted to reach out and grab sandberg and bit*h slap him... the boy started crying and looked at his dad and said..."why did he have to be so mean...." the father later told me that sandberg was his favorite player...i saw andre dawson and the sarge gary matthews..along with leon durham coming our way so i asked them if they could come over and cheer up the little boy...he ended up with a bat a ball a hat all signed by the true professionals....on the cubs roster at that time....later that evening seen dawson at the galleria there in houston and sat beside him inthe cafe...and told him what a class guy he was for doing what he had earlier in the evening...

nice story Jeff

 

[SSI]

my nod goes to tony stewart...

 

[Dubpoet]

Best Chris Chelios and funniest. He can tell stories like no one esle! Great guy!

 

[Glaken]

Micky Mantle by far, I sat at a table next to him once and be was cussing out the waiters, managers, and even the kitchen guys for no apparent reason. I was on a date and asked to move as far away from him as possible.


On a more positive note, the nicest I have ever met would be Tom Glavine, Mark Lemke, and Willie Stargell.....They asked my girlfriend at the time to join them and I got to come along. LOL

 

[BAUS]

Latroy Hawkins. Just a complete ****.

Nice guys: Ben Oglivie, Brendan Donnelly, Jeff Guiel, Fransisco Rodriguez, Jim Abbott, Pedro Castellano, Troy Brohawn (baseball).

Ted Green, Kelly Buchberger, Glen Sather (hockey).

BAUS

 

[Illini]

best....sweetness....my wife and i had lunch with him at lady luck the year before he passed...another good one andre "hawk" dawson when he was a cub...WORST...by far ryne sandberg....at the hotel in houston...the cubs had just swept the stro's and this boy maybe 10 wanted an autograph of ryne's..he had everthing ready...pen picture the whole works..he was leaning over the red rope as far as he could and he asked very nice...mr. sandberg may i get an autograph please....sandberg walked right up to the young man..(1 foot away from me...) and said get the f**k away from me....i wanted to reach out and grab sandberg and bit*h slap him... the boy started crying and looked at his dad and said..."why did he have to be so mean...." the father later told me that sandberg was his favorite player...i saw andre dawson and the sarge gary matthews..along with leon durham coming our way so i asked them if they could come over and cheer up the little boy...he ended up with a bat a ball a hat all signed by the true professionals....on the cubs roster at that time....later that evening seen dawson at the galleria there in houston and sat beside him inthe cafe...and told him what a class guy he was for doing what he had earlier in the evening...

Sandberg had probably just found out that his wife was screwing another teammate of his. It happened at least twice.

 

[aceduecetrey]

Jerks: Mike Greenwell and Chad Durbin
Nice" Reggie Jackson, David Cone, Ozzie Smith, Clemens
Unbelievable Great guys: Deion, David Wells, Matt Kinney, Jim Thorpe (old black golfer), Matt Geiger

 

[cadillacman]

reggie miller