Mike Hargrove - The Human Rain Delay

His ritual before stepping into the batter's box included: adjusting the batting glove, hitching up the pants, knocking dirt off the cleats, adjusting the cap, back to the batting glove . . .

Hargrove, the 527th overall selection in the 1972 draft, rose from obscurity to become the American League rookie of the year in 1974, when he batted .323 with 12 homers and 82 RBI.

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[BKerve5894]

its Progressive field but i still call it jacobs field

[martindr2]

Saturday, August 13,2011 - Mike Hargrove booblehead nite at Progressive Stadium

[alonenjersey]

I've lost count on how many times this man would drive my Dad's blood pressure up whenever he & I were watching the Yanks vs. the Indians on WPIX-11.

[Mrhiwhatisup]

*Holds up card* "Two hours later"

[Mryrhodesian]

Only Chuck Thompson could do this justice.

[Swede Finn]

I still don't understand why pitchers didn't just quick pitch him and throw the ball right at him.

[stateofnate802]

don't forget the re ajustment of the glove!

[NoGoodBoyo1000]

Carlton Fisk was similar.

[trueleroix]

Taking that long is dickish. He gets earholed, and his success is irrelevant to that.

[irnmke2007]

haha…touche! of course, then you’d be working 3rd shift at bp in pawtucket selling bad gas, blunts and 211 beer…lmbao!

[irnmke2007]

….and then he’s done his job and you’d be in the shower before your short-hop back to pawtucket. maybe that’s why he was a near .300 career hitter. there were probably a lot of fringe pitchers in the majors with that same marginal concentration; thinking the same thing instead of balls and strikes.