25, 1972, Carlton was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies for pitcher Rick Wise. Since Carlton was unwilling to back down from his demands, Busch called Carlton “unpatriotic,” and ordered his general manager, Bing Devine to immediately trade Carlton. The two sides were only $10,000 apart, but neither side was willing to budge.īusch had taken the stance that he was going to follow the directive of then-President Richard Nixon, who had ordered wage and price controls for the country at that time. Louis Cardinals, was embroiled in a contract dispute with then-owner Gussie Busch. In February of 1972, southpaw Steve Carlton, who had posted his first 20-win season of his career the year before with the St. His work has been featured on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, SF Gate, CBS Sports, the Los Angeles Times and the Houston Chronicle. Here then is our list of the 25 most embarrassing moments in MLB history.ĭoug Mead is a featured columnist with Bleacher Report. While we remember all of the greatest plays ever recorded, we also remember all of the embarrassing ones as well, and oftentimes get more joy and satisfaction when watching the foibles of others. MLB players are certainly no exception, and throughout the course of baseball history there have been plays and events which have been documented and played over and over again ad nauseum, much to the chagrin of the players involved. While they are still professionals, they are still human beings, and as a result have been a party to specific plays that were embarrassing in nature.
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS PROFESSIONAL
Professional sports are littered with moments in time where players have been subjected to less than stellar incidents that they would no doubt love to take back.
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