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 Post subject: Memorable Athlete Quirks
PostPosted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 8:38 pm 
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Watching the bulls and the angle they were showing a free throw from just reminded me of how bizarre it was that Nick Van Exel used to shoot his a couple feet behind the line.

What are some other great ones?

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Rick Barry shooting free throws underhanded.

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Turk Wendell jumping over the line was internalized by a young, little stitious Antioch.

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Didn't Wade Boggs used to eat a bucket of chicken before each game?

That seems weird.


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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Turk Wendell jumping over the line was internalized by a young, little stitious Antioch.

Was he the one who brushed his teeth in between innings?

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This Ends in Antioch wrote:
Turk Wendell jumping over the line was internalized by a young, little stitious Antioch.

Was he the one who brushed his teeth in between innings?

Yessir

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Mike Hargrove...The Human Rain Delay

His whole routine, after every, single, pitch.

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Who was that safety on the 49ers who did the head shake shimmy thing. Martin hanks or some shit? Hes another one.

Baseball guys batting quirks are too easy here lol

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hmm..some i remember:

- willie stargell doing the windmill with his bat
- tom seaver with dirt on his right knee
- u.l. washington playing baseball with a toothpick in his mouth
- gene garber turning his back to the hitter while in his pitching delivery
- ozzie smith doing a back-flip when he would take his defensive position
- mark fidrych talking to the baseball
- fernando valenzuela'e eyes looking at the sky while in his pitching delivery
- mjj powder routine

a possible hockey one:

- john doe getting blown and giving a reach-around before a game


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Parkman's shimmy either drives the girls crazy or makes them puke depending who you ask


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Pete Rose running to first base after a walk
Tiger Woods wearing a red shirt on Sunday
Michael Jordan clapping his hands with chalk in front of Johnny Kerr's face before each game

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Joe Theismann wearing that tiny kickers face mask.


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Who was that safety on the 49ers who did the head shake shimmy thing. Martin hanks or some shit? Hes another one.


Merton Hanks.

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Chris Jackson ( Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf ) had quite a few

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Dirk Nowitzki humming David Hasselhoff songs to himself while free throw shooting.

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Al Hrabosky, the mad hungarian talking to the ball

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Mark "The Bird" Fidrych. everything about him was quirky.

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I don't know if it could be classified as a quirk, but my dad was a huge Red Sox fan back in the day, and I remember as kid watching a game with him and Bob Montgomery came to the plate, a grizzled old catcher they had and it struck me that he wasn't wearing a batting helmet. This had to have been '78 or '79. Helmets became mandatory in '71, but players in the league before that time were grandfathered in and could refuse to wear it if they chose, and years later this guy was still batting with only his hat on and even as a kid I thought that was crazy. He was the last player to ever bat without a helmet back in '79.


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Jim Furyk's golf swing.

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Karl Malone whispering to himself at the line

Rodman treating some rebounds like performative art

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Wade Boggs had a bunch - he would draw a Chai in the batters box, take BP at 5:17 PM every time he could and eat chicken before each game.


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For me it used to be the way Adrian Dantley shot his free throws.

Willie Stargell and the way he twirled the bat.

The Batting stance of Rickey Henderson and Rod Carew

The way Jamaal Wilkes shot his jump shot too.

Shawn Kemp hooper run

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Tiger Woods wearing a red shirt on Sunday
Related; Jack Nicklaus wearing yellow on Sundays. Also, Jack had/has a bit of head movement right before he takes the club back.

Matthew Wolff;

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-Michael Jordan with his tongue out
-Yasmani Grandal immediately dropping his bat when he connects for a HR
-Rod Beck with his arm dangling back and forth

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