Well it wouldn't be very gentlemanly if people were to not let you know when you're up.

Sick pick. That picture is amazing.

extreme uncouthness in here. mr tea you were supposed to pick twice, and others were supposed to tell you to pick twice

relying on a basic level of decorum from you ruffians was naive, we'll have to have a highly official 4 hour clock per pick from now on. mr tea you are skipped, make your second pick whenever you get here

beef are cvig are on the clock starting now

black sox pick is fine, picker gets the part where those scoundrels threw the game on the field of play

Don't think Black Sox should count imo. It was conspired and agreed to off-field.

Sets up a slippery slope for future picks.

Still wouldn't be my number 1. Might be because my #1 was in a smaller league.

The conspiring is not the issue. It is the height of ungentlemanly conduct to deliberately fail to attempt to win a competition and even more so in a championship.

Two possible conclusions so far.
Either 1, Americans really are the most ungentlemanly folk on earth,
Or 2, posters ITT aren't aware of the skullduggery that has happened elsewhere in the world.

Or?

Danny Almonte and the 2001 Little League World Series

This one always stuck in my craw, particularly because it involves youth sports. Little League is supposed to tech youngsters about sportsmanship and whatnot, but in 2001 the team representing the Mid-Atlantic relied on a ringer. Whether it was his idea or his parents isn't entirely known, but pitcher Danny Almonte managed to lead his team to the final round of the 2001 LLWS despite being two years too old to play. Additionally, Danny should have been disqualified for not actually attending the team's school. The team was forced to forfeit their entire series.

Strong but no to sure it counts as on the field

I'll allow it.

Don't wanna hold things up and can't write up

We take maradona handing a ball in during a WC Quarter and saying it was God then using tears of the British to cut up rails of coke

Pick
HAND OF GOD

Maradona later said, "I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me, and no one came... I told them, 'Come hug me, or the referee isn't going to allow it.'"

I may be interpreting the rules differently, next pick will be good old-fashioned violence on the field, I promise.

I have a great pick for this in mind if anyone needs an idea pm me.

It looks like I am next.

My pick: 1978 Gator Bowl, Ohio St. coach Woody Hayes punches opposing player on Clemson after his QB throws interception.

Writeup incoming.

this was one of the top three on my board

it takes an awful lot to get a coach with 5 national titles insta-fired, but this did it

Damn, was hoping Woody Hayes punching a 20 year old in the face was gonna drop to me.

holliday is up

18 year old playing in an under 16s tournament or w/e it was counts, he took the field knowing he was too old and threw a load of pitches against children. those are the ungentlemanly acts which have been drafted

was wondering where maradona would go. that handball (and cantona kick) still get talked about all the time

think i got two home run picks in the can here, slim chance i'll get both

gonna DISAGREE on that. the ungentlemanly behavior wasnt by almonte it was by the parents/league admins. the kid didnt even speak english and just played baseball when people told him too.

he was 5-8 and throwing 70s, teams in the LLWS have multiple kids like that

in b4 thread gets political

Oh this draft is getting nitty!

If you want to learn more about that fight/game, read 'Willie Mays-The Life, The Legend.' There is an entire chapter dedicated to the fight. Basically, it occurred around the same time as the Watts riots were going on and a full blown riot was about to occur in the stands. Both teams were also going at it and Willie Mays got both teams to stop fighting and calmed the entire stadium down by walking Rosoboro back to the Dodger dugout and sitting with him while the doctor checked him out.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/22...ent-peacemaker

"Mays' efforts brought a redeeming quality to one of the ugliest incidents in baseball history," Hirsch writes, and then quotes from National League commissioner Warren Giles, who described Mays thusly: "This man was an example of the best in any of us."

That's quite true, I wasn't sure to put down him or the parent or the coach. Either way, it's clearly unsportsmanlike to throw a ringer into a youth sports game imho.

Woody Hayes was a solid pick.

1978 was an interesting season for Big 10 Football. Three teams would end conference play with only 1 loss, perennial powerhouse #3 ranked Michigan tying for the title with Michigan State, and surprising #13 ranked Purdue in 3rd due to a tie with Wisconsin. #20 ranked Ohio State ended conference play 7-3-1 with 2 losses in conference play, defeating only one team with a winning record (Wisconsin), their worst record since 1971. The Wolverines would end up with the conference title as the Spartans were on probation, and would proceed to the Rose Bowl for third straight year. The Boilermakers would play #17 ranked Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl, their first bowl appearance since 1967. The Buckeyes would play #7 ranked 11-1 ACC champ Clemson Tigers in the Gator Bowl, at the time considered one of the top 2nd tier bowls, but not what coach Woody Hayes and the program was expecting at the start of the season.

Clemson was going into the game with some disturbing news: their head coach Charley Pell resigned December 10 to pursue the Florida job. Replacing Pell was Danny Ford, at 30 the youngest D-1 head coach in the nation.

The game was close throughout, and the lead changed hands 4 time in the first half, with Obed Ariri kicking a 47 yard field goal for Clemson to take a 10-9 lead to the locker room. RB Cliff Austin would resume Clemson scoring with a 1 yard TD run and a 17-9 lead. With 8:11 remaining, freshman QB Art Schlicter (discovered to be a non-gentleman for his gambling exploits) led an 88 yard drive and finished with a 1 yard TD run to get Ohio State within 2, 17-15. The Buckeyes would go for 2, but Schlicter's run failed, their deficit remaining 2 points. QB Steve Fuller would fumble on Clemson's next drive at the Ohio State 24 with 4:22 remaining, giving Ohio State the ball and ample time to score and take the lead.

The Buckeyes then drove to the Tigers 24, and faced a 3rd down and 5. Schlicter, under pressure, missed wide open receiver Doug Downley downfield and instead attempted a pass to RB Ron Springs for the first down. Clemson Nose Guard #58 Charlie Bauman went back into coverage and was in perfect position for the INT. Bauman would get the pick from Schlicter, and Bauman returned the ball toward the Ohio State sideline, when this happened:



ABC Sports, who was covering the game on national TV, refused to show a replay of Hayes' punch, stating the replay machine was "busy". Keith Jackson, who had worked previously with Woody Hayes on ABC college football telecasts, did not acknowledge the punch and instead commented on the open receiver Schlicter missed. Clemson, who was awarded 2 unsportsmanlike conduct penalties, would run out the clock and win the game 17-15.

The next day, there was some confusion over whether Hayes resigned, or was actually fired. Athletic Director Hugh Hindman offered Hayes the opportunity to resign, but Hayes refused. Hindman would proceed to tell the media that Hayes had been relieved of his coaching duties. Hayes would tell reporters later that day he resigned. Hayes retained his retained his teaching job at OSU as a professor of Military History, and kept his office at the ROTC building across the street from Ohio Stadium.

The next year Ohio State, under new coach Earle Bruce, would finish the regular season undefeated and ranked #1, eventually losing 17-16 to #3 ranked USC in the 1980 Rose Bowl.

Hayes never did apologize for the incident, nor did he apologize to Charlie Bauman for punching him on national TV.

Holliday is up.