OT Joaquin Andujar Dead at Age 62

[Mattingly23NY]

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/...s-dominican-oakland-athletics-diabetes-090815







ST. LOUIS — Joaquin Andujar, a star pitcher with the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1980s who called himself "One tough Dominican," has died in his native Dominican Republic. He was 62.


"He was a joy to manage," said former manager Whitey Herzog. "Everybody knew he didn't operate with a full deck most of the time, but when you had Joaquin on your ballclub, you were sitting on a firecracker every day."

The team said he died Tuesday. Leonardo Matos Berrido, president of the Dominican Baseball League, said the cause was diabetes complications

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[BrianFromWA]

He was in the pack of the first baseball cards I ever got.

 

[Yankeefan5545]

I remember Andujar as being a smidge crazy but talented as hell when on his game.

 

[blgridesagain]

I remember Andujar as being a smidge crazy but talented as hell when on his game.

I can't find the video of him going ballistic on the mound over ball/srike calls by the ump.
The ump was kinda squeezing him and he was doing a slow burn until he exploded throwing his arms up in the air screaming and hollering at the ump.....lol.....
Sometimes I am surprised how pitchers hardly ever "lose it" on the mound over calls by the HP ump....Gotta be very annoying and frustrating when you make a couple of good pitches and the ump doesn't give you the (correct) call.
Always respected pitcher's abilities to keep their cool over ball and strike "calls".

 

[Mattingly23NY]

Who can forget Andujars ejection from Game 7 of the 82 Series; in the 7th inning....??

from Wiki-

However, after Horton gave up a single to Brett, Herzog immediately replaced him with the volatile Joaquín Andújar, normally a starter but pressed into relief. Andújar allowed an RBI single to Frank White to increase the Royals lead to 10–0 before the Cardinals came completely unglued. With Sundberg at the plate, Andújar twice charged home plate umpire Denkinger to disagree with his strike zone. First, Denkinger called an Andújar pitch a ball. Herzog, who had been berating Denkinger for most of the game, rushed from the dugout to defend Andújar, and was ejected—reportedly after saying to Denkinger, "We wouldn't even be here if you hadn't missed the fucking call last night!"[12] According to Denkinger, he replied "Well if you guys weren't hitting .120 in this World Series, we wouldn't be here." The next pitch was also called a ball, and Denkinger ejected Andújar, who again lost his cool and charged at Denkinger. It took three teammates to restrain him and get him off the field. Replays showed both pitches were clearly inside and Al Michaels and Jim Palmer both acknowledged the fact. Andújar was suspended for the first ten games of the 1986 season for his outburst. Although it has been rumored that Herzog sent in Andújar specifically to bait Denkinger, Herzog himself has said several times Andújar was the only pitcher who still had anything left in his arm