Baseball players that are Greek?

[dzrose93]

FPD is short for First Presbyterian Day School, a private high school in Macon, Georgia. Stratford Academy is one of its biggest rivals and is just down the road.

Pike4Life,

Mrs. Butler's name is very familiar, but it's been such a long time. I haven't been back to the school in forever. Is Coach Turner still there? He taught Bible classes for us. Also, Mrs. Gunn. She was my favorite of all the teachers and taught me Latin for 2 years. I think someone told me that she left or retired though.

As for the Pikes, do you know Jon Filson? He pledged around 95 and was president before he graduated a couple of years ago. All of those guys were such fun to party with! I still go with them to Alumni Weekend every year.

[Pike4Life]

I think Coach Turner is still there...is he the football coach? I spoke to the football coach this past fall, and I think that's who it was. I didn't or don't know Mrs. Gunn...sorry.

I don't think I know Filson...I pledged in Fall '92 & initiated in Winter '93 so he's a bit younger than me. Plus in '95 my chapter was suspended by the school and our charter revoked in early '96...so my mind wasn't really on other chapters at that time. But the good news is Pike recolonized here at W. Ga. in '99 and rechartered this past Feb.!!

Ooops...I think we changed this thread from "Baseball Players" into a two sided discussion about FPD and GCSU Greeks!!!

The last time I was in Milledgeville (this past fall) I looked for the Pike House but couldn't find it...it's harder to find places in Milledgeville in the broad daylight!!

[dzrose93]

Coach Turner helped out with football, but he also coached me in b-team softball. I really liked him. Nice, down to earth guy.

You're right, it is harder to find things in M'ville in the daytime!! The PIKE house is just two doors down from the DZ house in Milledgeville. It's on the corner of West Montgomery Street and (I think) North Clarke Street. It's directly across from campus - a big, two story wooden house. It used to be white with red shutters. I think they painted the shutters green in the past few years, though.

[newbie]

*bumpity bump*

[Dianne]

OK, so to get back to the original subject of this thread - Tommy Lasorda (did I spell that right?) is a Pi Kappa Phi.

As for the John Rocker thing - what an idiot! If he feels that way, fine. But he should've known better than to say it to an interviewer from Sports Illustrated. That's just plain stupidity. He should've known that he was in a situation where certain opinions didn't need to be shared. Whether you think he's racist or not, he certainly doesn't think before he opens his mouth!

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[newbie]

Originally posted by Dianne:
OK, so to get back to the original subject of this thread - Tommy Lasorda (did I spell that right?) is a Pi Kappa Phi.

As for the John Rocker thing - what an idiot! If he feels that way, fine. But he should've known better than to say it to an interviewer from Sports Illustrated. That's just plain stupidity. He should've known that he was in a situation where certain opinions didn't need to be shared. Whether you think he's racist or not, he certainly doesn't think before he opens his mouth!

Dianne, yes you did spell his name right!!!! I don't know if you saw/heard about it, but Tommy Lasorda was in the All-Star Game as an Honorary Coach or something. Anyways, Vladmir Guerrerro's bat flew out of his hands and knocked Tommy down! Tommy fell and tumbled (he didn't even see the bat flying towards him)! It was such a hilarious sight, one which will be played in the baseball bloopers for a long, long time! Luckily he is OK though (even though I hate the Dodgers )!!!

[Miami1839]

Here are some Betas for you that were in MLB.

1) Eddie Collins (Columbia, 1907) .333 Hitter.

2) Ethan Allen, (Cincinatti, 1926) .300 Hitter.

3) Leland(Larry)Machphail (Beloit, 1910)
Brooklyn Dodgers Owner, GM Hall of Fame.
Beloit by the way was the same school that actor(also a beta)James T. Arness from Gunsmoke went to.

4) Bill Veeck (Kenyon, 1936) Called Baseball's great innovator. Hall of Fame, Owner of several franchises.

5) William H. Stoneman (Idaho, 1966) VP, Operations, Montreal Expos (pitched first two no hitters for Expos).

6) Michael J. Shmidt (Ohio, 1971) Hall of Fame. 548 Home Runs.




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[KSig RC]

OK - Some of the wonderful MLB Kappa Sigs . . .

-Ted Turner - OK, he owns the Braves - close enough dude

-Stump Merrill - now a Yankees coach; I hate the freakin' Yanks, but he's a brother so he's chill.

-Steve Rogers - Pitcher, Montreal Expos (retired)

-Carl Lundgren - Pitcher, Chicago Cubs (retired)

-Cecil Upshaw, Jr. - Pitcher, Atlanta Braves (retired)

-Chuck Dobson - Pitcher, California Angels (retired)

There's a couple more, but no time to search - as for the Rocker thing . . . well, yeah, the comments were ridiculous and obscene in many ways, but seriously, there's no reason for this guy to be a pariah or whatever. He's not the brightest man, and he f-ed up, but Goran Ivanesivich did worse less than 2 weeks ago (anybody read about that?), but no publicity . . . why's that? . . . sure the guy's a freakin' idiot, and it's tough to swallow that these sort of views can be held in today's "enlightened" US society, but he got run just the same.

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[Sister Havana]

Bumping.

Sigma Chi - MLB

Jim Palmer - Hall of Famer






Mark DeRosa, Braves



http://www.nicindy.org/2003probaseball.htm

[sigtau305]

Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinals( 3,000+ hits, 475(?) homers) - Sigma Tau Gamma

[DeltaSigStan]

Jim Bouton, author of Ball Four, which is a great read and a book that changed baseball, is a Delta Sig - Western Michigan 1957.

He is also the inventor of Big League Chew.

[Kevin]

Alpha Tau Omega —C Joe Girardi, Cardinals

Delta Tau Delta —OF Shawn Green, Dodgers; P Rick Helling, Orioles-Marlins; C A.J. Hinch, Tigers; 1B-OF David McCarty, A's-Red Sox; P Jason Middlebrook, Mets; P Mike Mussina, Yankees

Kappa Alpha Psi —OF Kenny Lofton, Pirates-Cubs

Phi Gamma Delta —2B Mark Loretta, Padres

Phi Kappa Psi —3B Jeff Cirillo, Mariners

Pi Kappa Phi —OF Jim Edmonds, Cardinals

Sigma Alpha Epsilon —P Joey Hamilton, Reds

Sigma Chi —SS Mark DeRosa, Braves

Sigma Nu —OF Jody Gerut, Indians; C Bill Haselman, Red Sox

Sigma Phi Epsilon —1B Sean Casey, Reds; P Kevin Jarvis, Padres



Serving as major league managers during 2003 were Bob Boone (Zeta Psi) of the Cincinnati Reds (first part of season) ; Lloyd McClendon (Kappa Alpha Psi) of the Pittsburgh Pirates; and Jeff Torborg (Chi Psi) of the Florida Marlins (first part of season). Greeks who are coaches on big league clubs include Tom Gamboa (Lambda Chi Alpha) of the Kansas City Royals; Orel Hershiser (Sigma Phi Epsilon) of the Texas Rangers; Burt Hooton (Kappa Alpha Order) of the Houston Astros; Art Kusnyer (Phi Gamma Delta) of the Chicago White Sox; and Bob Schaefer (Theta Xi) of the Kansas City Royals.

[DeltAlum]

From www.delts.org...

This is nowhere near up to date, and every time I get our magazine, it appears the entire Stanford baseball team may be Delts...

Speaking of Delts (but off the subject of baseball -- although, come to think of it, he was drafted by the Yankees) how about one of the newest members of the NFL Hall of Fame, Brother John Elway (also of Stanford, BTW)

Sports—Baseball
* Branch Rickey
(Ohio Wesleyan University, 1904) Baseball Hall of Fame

* George Sisler
(University of Michigan, 1915) Baseball Hall of Fame; holds record of 257 hits in a season

* Eppa Rixey
(University of Virginia, 1914) Baseball Hall of Fame

Mike Mussina
(Stanford University, 1991) Pitcher with Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees

Shawn Green
(Stanford University, 1996) Outfielder with Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers

Ed Sprague
(Stanford University, 1989) 12 year major league infielder; Olympic Gold Medal winner

Rick Helling
(Stanford University, 1994) Pitcher with Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks

A. J. Hinch
(Stanford University, 1996) Catcher with Kansas City Royals and Oakland A’s

David McCarty
(Stanford University, 1992) Eight-year first baseman with Kansas City and other teams

Mike Aldrete
(Stanford University, 1983) Former 10-year major league first baseman outfielder

Steve Buechele
(Stanford University, 1983) Former 10-year major league third baseman

Mark Marquess
(Stanford University, 1969) Stanford head coach; winner of more than 1,000 games