Funny Roy Oswalt story

[badger1679666666]

Roy's Bulldozer

 

HOUSTON -- In baseball, it's generally understood that a pitcher is off limits on the day he's scheduled to start. That means reporters and other non-uniformed folks stay away from him in the hours leading up to the game, as a courtesy.

 

Fortunately for the Houston Astros, club owner Drayton McLane either didn't know about that unwritten rule or just decided to disregard it completely prior to one of the most important games his team would play.

 

As the Astros took batting practice prior to Game 6 of the National League Championship Series in St. Louis, McLane wandered into the clubhouse, where he found a mostly empty room. Only Roy Oswalt was there, sitting by his locker and preparing for what turned out to be the game of his life.

 

McLane wanted to offer an encouraging word or two and make sure his ace right-hander wasn't uptight after the heartbreaking loss the Astros suffered in Game 5, thanks to Albert Pujols.

 

McLane said, "Roy, this is a key game. We need to win tonight and we'll do something that hasn't been done in 43 years."

 

Nothing like reminding a pitcher an hour before he takes the mound that four decades of pennant hopes rest on his shoulders.

 

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So on Oct. 19, McLane, still somewhat shell shocked from the Game 5 disaster, said to Oswalt, "You win this game tonight, and I'll buy you a Caterpillar D6." Oswalt, owner of 40 acres of land in his hometown of Weir, Miss., jumped from his chair and told McLane he had a deal.

 

But wait, there's more. The Astros had to rework Oswalt's contract to include this expensive gift. So before the presentation, Oswalt had to sign off on something along the lines of "gargantuan mustard yellow farm equipment" added to the language of his $16.9 million contract.

 

"He had to sign an addendum to his contract that said we can give him a bulldozer," general manager Tim Purpura said. "This is the first time a player has ever had a bulldozer clause entered into his contract."

 

In addition to giving Oswalt a full-size bulldozer, McLane donated 44 toy bulldozers and other trucks -- in honor of Oswalt's uniform No. 44 and signed by the ace righty -- to the Star of Hope Mission.

 

The best part of owning a brand new bulldozer?

 

"Now I don't have to borrow my dad's," Oswalt said.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2005/12/19/fbN66COg.jpg

 

 

I thought it was pretty funny at least.

[Bote McBoteface]

haha, thats really funny. I still hate the guy though. :)

[treebird]

if i saw roy oswalt on the street, i would punch his bulldozer.

[XZero771679666304]

if i saw roy oswalt on the street, i would punch his bulldozer.

 

Or punch him and run him over with his bulldozer.

[10man]

Only in the South.

[imb]

hahahaha i love royo

[CheeseHead Cubs Fan]

hillbillly hick...

[ConstableRabbit]

You might be a redneck if...

 

your wife is your first cousin

 

you have a "shootin' car"

 

you get paid in bulldozers

[LoneStarCubFan]

You might be a redneck if...

 

your wife is your first cousin

 

you have a "shootin' car"

 

you get paid in bulldozers

 

You think Feliz Navidad is the Astros' new set-up guy.

[RockTheIvy]

Say what you will, Bulldozers are sweet. I'd take one over an Escalade anyday of the week. Hard to get spinnars with track though.

[Wilson A2000]

How much do one of those go for? 150,000?

[UMFan83]

I bet Lance Berkman demands one in his next contract.

[OleMissCub]

Only in the South.

 

on the contrary, the biggest hillbilly tractor drivin' rednecks i've ever met are the ones I met in Wisconsin.

[XZero771679666304]

Only in the South.

 

on the contrary, the biggest hillbilly tractor drivin' rednecks i've ever met are the ones I met in Wisconsin.

 

Because they can afford nice tractors in Wisconsin.

[Outshined_One]

Only in the South.

 

on the contrary, the biggest hillbilly tractor drivin' rednecks i've ever met are the ones I met in Wisconsin.

 

John Deere 4 lyf!

[Magnetic Curses]

Only in the South.

 

on the contrary, the biggest hillbilly tractor drivin' rednecks i've ever met are the ones I met in Wisconsin.

 

Because they can afford nice tractors in Wisconsin.

 

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

"I don't kno how to get 'im crops to gro, Hoss. i tried shootin' at 'im, yellin' at 'im, spittin' tabacky at 'im, playin' my ol' banjee to 'im. i'm plum stumped, bo!"

[Catman61]

How much do one of those go for? 150,000?

 

McLane said a bulldozer has been on Oswalt's wish list almost from the day he moved up to the majors in 2001. The model he purchased for Oswalt cost about $200,000.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2265422

[rocket]

I bet Lance Berkman demands one in his next contract.

 

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