Friday, October 17, 2008

Reason #20: Scott Spiezio

Oh this one is just too easy.

Scott Spiezio will be remembered for, among other things, being the biggest tool in Mariners history. In 8 months as an M, he managed 4 home runs and racked up a sub - .200 batting average, causing baseball statisticians to consider renaming baseball's benchmark of batting futility the Spiezioza Line. He came from Anaheim where he'd won a World Series, sucked in Safeco for a spell, and went off to St. Louis to win another Series. Oh, yeah - while in St. Louis, he did this.

That's right - deciding that growing out a big ol' soul patch wasn't offensive enough, and didn't accurately display his personality, Spiezio decided to dye it red to match his team colors. I suppose if you're going to have a giant tattoo of a stripper on your arm, you might as well go all out when it comes to style and taste. Or rather, complete and utter lack of style and taste.

Scott Spiezio, I salute you, and by salute I mean 'I hope to never have to see your face, soul patch or tattoo in real life, because I'll probably start laughing uncontrollably and possibly hurt my sides."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

lets not forget that scott spezio was also the lead singer of a hard rock band named "sandfrog." awesome.