When John Kruk Was Quiet, Slender, and Attacked by a Grandma

July 21, 2011 by Austin Gisriel · Leave a Comment

John Kruk was a skinny kid out of Keyser, West Virginia in the summer of 1981, but he had already attracted the attention of several scouts. “A great guy . . . a natural athlete,” remembers Preston Douglas, the head coach that season of the New Market Rebels, the collegiate summer team with whom Kruk […]

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‘Roids, Aging, and The Pride of the Goldpanners

September 13, 2010 by Bobby Aguilera · 2 Comments

The original habitat for this post can be found here. It has been twenty years since this photo was taken, yet I saw it for the first time yesterday. Â Why is this photo not more celebrated? Anybody know where I can get a fake ID? Perhaps, I’m exaggerating the comedic value of a photograph, as […]

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