Sox & Dawgs established Carl Everett’s Crazy Hall of Fame in 2007 and its members are, like any Hall of Fame, in rarified air. Only this air lacks a lot of common sense and is full of batshit crazy. In fact that along with the incident happening on or in relation to the field of play is the only way to get into this Hall. We don’t induct folks based on off the field incidents like spousal abuse, DUI, dog fighting, etc.
In the five years since the Hall was established it has 14 Charter Members and 44 Regular Members.
It is with great humility that we present to you Carl Everett’s Crazy Hall of Fame, the Class of 2012.
Here is year’s class:
Manny Ramirez
In July 2005 Boston Red Sox left fielder Manny Ramirez wasn’t on the field as Wade Miller was prepared to deliver a pitch when low and behold Manny pops out of the door of Fenway’s fabled Green Monster. So Miller throws the pitch and Tampa Bay outfielder Joey Gathright doesn’t swing, but on the next pitch he singles to left field in front of Ramirez who throws to home a tad late and wide.
After the game Miller admitted to not checking to see if Ramirez was in the field and as he said, “why would I check?”
So what was Manny doing behind the door? “I (urinated) in a cup,” said Ramirez.
The joys of Manny being Manny.
Greg Pankewicz
In the third period of a CHL hockey game in February 2011, between the Colorado Eagles and the Mississippi River Kings, a Colorado player was tackled hard to the ice during an altercation by an official.
Greg Pankewicz, Colorado’s assistant coach, became irate at officials for the takedown, which led to the player getting injured. So after screaming and throwing stuff on the ice, Pankewicz took to stripping, reminiscent of a scene from the movie “Slap Shot”.
While in slap shot it was an on ice player who did the strip tease, Pankewicz started taking his clothes off on the bench and throwing them onto the ice. After methodically taking off his three-piece suits, shirt, tie and loafers and chucking it all on the ice he was sent to the dressing room.
He was suspended for the remainder of the regular season (14 games) for his action and was allowed to return during the playoffs.
Ndamukong Suh
Detroit Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh was ejected from a NFL game on Thanksgiving Day for stomping and kicking Green Bay Packers offensive lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith after it appeared that the Lions had stopped the Packers on an important third down play. The resulting penalty gave Green Bay a first down, which led to a touchdown and a win.
Suh was suspended by the NFL following in the incident for two games.
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Andrew Bynum
Los Angeles Lakers forward Andrew Bynum was ejected and suspended from a playoff game on May 8, 2011 against the Dallas Mavericks after a dirty foul on guard J.J. Barea. With the Mavs up by 30 points late in the game Barea drove the lane for a lay up when Bynum threw a blatant elbow to his ribs. Barea landed hard and the referee immediately called a flagrant foul and ejected Bynum from the game.
Two games earlier in the series, Barea had been clothes lined by the Lakers Ron Artest who got suspended for the following game. Artest, a Charter Member of the Hall, is now ironically known as “Metta World Peace”.
Bynum was suspended originally for five games at the beginning of the next season but had it reduced to four on appeal.
Sal Alosi
In December 2010, New York Jets strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi was fined $25,000 by the Jets and suspended for the remainder of the season for tripping Miami Dolphins player Nolan Carroll as the player ran along the Jets sideline during a game.
The Jets later accepted Alosi resignation after finding out he routinely instructed the inactive players to form a wall so as to potentially impede the progress of opposing players.
The Jets were also fined $100,000 by the NFL. Alosi was recently hired to the strength and conditioning coach for the UCLA Football team by new head coach Jim Mora Jr. starting with the 2012 season where he will teach his technique to college students.
New England Whalers/Minnesota Fighting Saints, the Brawl in the Mall
The “Brawl in the Mall” between the New England Whalers and Minnesota Fighting Saints in Game 2 of the 1975 WHA Playoffs started when Fighting Saints coach Harry Neale decided to shake things up by putting Bill Butters on the ice with fellow bruisers Jack Carlson and Curt Brackenberry. Shortly after taking the ice, Minnesota’s Butters hit New England’s Larry Pleau with a cheap shot from behind, starting a full fledged donnybrook that caused a delay that lasted 32 minutes. The melee itself had 189 minutes in penalties and featured a heavyweight battle between Carlson, of “Slap Shot” movie fame, and Whalers enforcer Nick Fotiu, a former Golden Gloves champion, that started on the ice and continued in the penalty boxes. Even the two goalies, John Garrett and Al Smith, got into it. Not sure there ever was or has been a brawl like it.
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This preview was sculpted over a two month period in the off season with some mild tweaking as we went along prior to publication. It comes from a culmination of reading many baseball magazines, periodicals, articles and websites.
1. Tampa Bay – Manager Joe Maddon (7th year/9th overall) 
Joe Maddon was the AL Manager of the Year and it was well deserved. After being stripped of a lot of his talent from the 2010 team, he was able to get the 2011 team to play together and make the playoffs for the 3rd time in 4 seasons. They overcame a substantial deficit in the last month to earn a post season slot on the seasons final day when Boston finished off it’s full collapse. The Rays have a solid starting rotation and really good everyday lineup and they are my pick to win the division in 2012.
2. New York – Manager Joe Girardi (5th year/8th overall)
The New York Yankees came up short last year losing in the ALDS to the Detroit Tigers. To remedy that, this off season they did manage to get SP 
3. Boston – Manager Bobby Valentine (1st year/16th overall)
After the biggest late season collapse in baseball history there are some new faces in Boston. Gone are long-time manager Terry Francona to ESPN and general manager Theo Epstein who became the President of the Chicago Cubs. In their places are former Epstein right hand man Ben Cherington who assumes the role of Executive Vice President/General Manager and Connecticut native Bobby Valentine who comes from ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball to be the new field manager.
4. Toronto – Manager: John Farrell (2nd year)
John Farrell had a very good first season as the Toronto manager and it didn’t hurt to have 
5. Baltimore – Manager: Buck Showalter (3rd year/14th overall)
Baltimore joins Boston as an AL East team with a front office change and in a surprise of surprises they hired former Boston and Montreal GM Dan Duquette as their new general manager. Duquette is expected to work hand in hand with manager Buck Showalter in putting together a team to compete in the division without breaking the bank in the mold of division rival Tampa Bay. They have a good base to work with in RF 
1. Philadelphia – Manager Charlie Manuel (8th year/11th overall)
The Philadelphia Phillies will remain the class of the NL East in 2012 as they look to get to their third World Series in the last five seasons under skipper Charlie Manuel. They have possibly the best pitching staff in baseball and got even better in the back end when they signed free agent closer 
2. Atlanta – Manager Fredi Gonzalez (2nd year/6th overall)
The Atlanta Braves tried to hang with Philadelphia last year and with all their injuries and players having down years they just couldn’t do it. But they were in position for the NL Wild Card until they had the biggest late season fade this side of Boston. They ended up missing the playoffs on the last day when the eventual World Series champion St. Louis swooped in on the last day of the season to claim the wild card spot. The Braves need better seasons from 
3. Miami – Manager Ozzie Guillen (1st year/9th overall)
New name, new logo, new stadium, new colors, new uni’s, new manager and new players. A quote from my twitter feed asked, “Are the Marlins robbing banks?” They don’t appear to be but owner Jeff Loria decided to open up the wallet and he has spent big time. The new manager Ozzie Guillen didn’t come cheap, then they signed free agent SS 
4. Washington – Manager Davey Johnson (2nd year/16th overall)
The Washington Nationals are looking to make some noise but it still may be another year or two away. Davey Johnson starts his first full season as the manager after he took over on June 25 when Jim Riggleman resigned unexpectedly two days earlier. The Nats beefed up their rotation with a trade for 
5. New York – Manager: Terry Collins (2nd year/ 8th overall)
In the wake of the Bernie Madoff disaster the Mets at one point were looking for someone to buy into the team. After not being able to attract a minority buyer in time the Mets turned to Bank of America for a $40 million dollar bridge loan until they can sell some minority shares plus they’ve already borrowed $25 million from MLB that they haven’t been able to re-pay. Then they failed to retain free agent SS Jose Reyes who bolted to division rival Miami after New York never even made their former star player an offer. So if the Mets are borrowing money to survive, even with a brand new stadium, how are they supposed to compete in the NL East with Philadelphia, Miami and Atlanta and an improving Washington? It will be a long season again in Queens. 1986 was a long time ago. 
1. Detroit – Manager Jim Leyland (7th year/21st overall)
The Detroit Tigers got some bad news in early January when they found out that C/DH 
2. Cleveland – Manager Manny Acta (3rd year/6th overall)
The Indians went out and got a pair of veteran starters to beef up their rotation. They acquired 
3. Kansas City – Manager Ned Yost (3rd year/9th overall)
The Royals are coming they’re just not quite all the way back as of yet. With good young players like 
4. Minnesota – Manager Ron Gardenhire (11th year)
The Twins are falling and things could be worse if 
5. Chicago – Manager Robin Ventura (1st year)
The White Sox are going no where fast and if you weren’t sure of that the late season and off-season fire sale should have clued you in. They aren’t done dumping payroll yet and will probably be sellers come the trade deadline look for them to move 
1. Cincinnati – Manager: Dusty Baker (5th year/19th overall) 
The Reds are ready to once again make some noise in the Central Division and do it with two rookies in key spots up the middle in C 
2. St. Louis – Manager: 
The defending World Series Champions have a new manager, new first baseman and new rightfielder and are missing a Hall of Fame manager and a consensus MVP candidate. In their place are a rookie manager, last years best free agent signing, 
3. Milwaukee – Manager: Ron Roenicke (2nd year)
The Brewers made the playoffs as the division champions last season and had one of their own, LF 
4. Pittsburgh – Manager: Clint Hurdle (2nd year/10th overall)
Pittsburgh had a baseball resurgence in 2011 as they were above .500 at the All-Star break for the first time since 1992. They were in first place on July 18, it was the latest they had been in first place since 1997. But they ended up fading in August and had their 19th losing season in a row. I see more of the same this year for the Buco’s as they compete and hang in there most of the season before falling away again.
5. Chicago – Manager: Dale Sveum (1st year)
New president, new general manager, new manager, organizational top to bottom overhaul courtesy of Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer is in progress. Trades with Colorado, Cincinnati and Miami have brought infield help and pitching depth and got rid of some problems. While a dip into the free agent market got some more pitching. But there is still along way to go and Epstein and Hoyer know this I just don’t know if Cubs fans do.
6. Houston – Manager: Brad Mills (3rd year) 
The Astros have new ownership and they are thinking of changing the team’s nickname. That is not sitting well with fans who have started to lash out. The team is bad enough they need to let the fans keep the name. There’s also a new general manager and like in San Diego you have to wonder if former Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills has possibly hit the end of the road in Houston. This team is going no where, look for another 100 plus loss season.
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1. Los Angeles – Manager Mike Scioscia (13th year)
The Angels will contend with the Rangers for the division title as long as veteran outfielder’s 
2. Texas – Manager Ron Washington (6th year)
The two time division champions are on their third number one starter in three years, moved their closer into the starting rotation and signed a Japanese import to bolster the starting five. Line up wise there aren’t many better 1-9 as they can hit with anyone. It’s a two-team race and it comes down to the Rangers starting pitching vs. Angels aging outfield/designated hitter types (Hunter/Wells/Abreu/Morales).
3. Oakland – Manager Bob Melvin (2nd year/9th overall) 
Oh you silly A’s trading away anything with value, I was shocked they didn’t deal the office furniture but who knows maybe Billy Beane did. And hoping to rekindle the magic of the 1997 Cleveland Indians they signed free agent starter 
4. Seattle – Manager Eric Wedge (2nd year/9th overall)
The Mariners go into 2012 with the potential for one rookie to play every day (DH 
1. San Francisco – Manager Bruce Bochy (6th year/18th overall) 
You could almost list the entire Giants lineup as “key players” as they each need to have a good year for the team to succeed. The starting rotation once again looks really solid and should help carry the team which at times will have problems scoring runs. But when you team the rotation up with the back end of the bullpen and closer 
2. Arizona – Manager Kirk Gibson (3rd year)
The Arizona Diamondbacks are looking to go back to the playoffs again after winning the division last year in Kirk Gibson’s first full season as manager. 
3. Colorado – Manager Jim Tracy (4th year/11th overall) 
Lots of new faces in the Rocky Mountains as Dan O’Dowd went about business this winter reshaping the roster. Trades with the Angels, Cubs, Rangers, Orioles and Red Sox brought in more depth and he followed that up with some free agents, C 
4. Los Angeles – Manager Don Mattingly (2nd year)
The Dodgers are still in a mass state of confusion as they await the sale of the team to someone who will hopefully restore the luster to this once proud franchise. Manager Don Mattingly will be looking for some production from leadoff man 
5. San Diego – Manager Bud Black (6th year) 
The Padres should once again struggle to get to .500 this season, they’ll have trouble scoring runs as the only real bopper is newly acquired RF