According to a report from Japan’s Yomiuri Giants, former Kansas City Royals pitcher Brian Bannister has responded to last month’s earthquake and tsunami by quitting his job, fleeing the country and quitting professional baseball forever. Apparently he left the country on March 16, and the team is just getting around to finding out about it now.
Bannister is ditching a one-year deal worth $1.8 million signed in January, which means (assuming he didn’t go to Japan until he signed that deal) he stuck it out for almost two months before he got the Fear of God put into him and threw in the towel. The guy is only 30 years old and isn’t especially worse than some of the lower-level starting pitchers still hanging around in the Majors, but he explicitly told Japanese baseball officials he “has no plans to play in either Japan or the United States.” He then added, “SUPER RUNAWAY” and ran off with his arms flailing in the air.
Brian Bannister spent five years in the Major Leagues, and will always be remembered for temporarily playing baseball.
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Yo fuck Tori, son.
(*schedules next five Kelly Kapowski Fan Club conventions*)
“Brian Bannister spent five years in the Major Leagues, and will always be remembered for temporarily playing baseball.”
For old guys like me, he’ll always be remembered as Floyd Bannister.
And he was traded to KC from the Mets for Ambiorix Burgos. Nice going Mets. Wow, that was a terrible trade.
For old guys like me, he’ll always be remembered as Floyd Bannister’s son.
@Danger – Tori was appropriate for use in this article. If I ever write about that slimeball Jeff, I’ll use a picture of Kelly.
@DG. don’t stress out, just go back to looking at the twirling cheerleader Kelly GIF from this morning.
Kelly was pretty on Saved by the Bell, absolutely amazing circa the Las Vegas wedding (that dress she wears to dinner with Zack, holy christ), still pretty hot but getting kind of out of proportion on 90210, and now she sorta looks like the Bride of Chucky.
@Brandon, agreed about the Las Vegas wedding Kelly. Hot as hell, even with the short hair.
@BS & UU, I cant believe I will admit to seeing it, but T. A .T. as ‘Honey’ was the only reason to watch “The Ladies Man”.
I like the part where my Kapowski fixation derailed YET ANOTHER comment section. All in the game, yo.
And Brandon, don’t you ever (EVER) get me started on Jeff. My blood pressure can’t handle it.