Archive for June 18th, 2009

You heard it here first ladies and gentlemen….

Daniel Murphy is back (maybe)

This week, we get to know: Chip Ambres.

- Born Raymond Payne Ambres.

- Got his nickname “Chip” at the age of 5 from his grandmother for his compulsive gambling at the Roulette table.

- Is the first player to receive notification of being cut for Alphabetical reasons.

- Hobbies include maintaining his own Wikipedia page and promoting it via e-mail signature.

- Nagging wife reminds him twice daily that he passed up playing Quarterback for Texas A&M to become a lifetime minor leaguer.

- Spent $1.4 million of his $1.5 million signing bonus on turning his house into a replica of Pee Wee’s Playhouse; became deeply offended when Peter Griffin in Family Guy comically pulled the same stunt.

- Best moment of his day on July 22, 2007 was finding an In-n-Out Burger on the 101 Freeway in LA;  Second best moment of that day was driving in the game-winning run with the Mets against the Dodgers, his first Major League hit since he played for the Royals in 2005.