Chuck Connors, got into a fight, with Don Drysdale!!!

[the ringo kid]

Yup baseball fans, Chuck Connors-once got into a fight with Don Drysdale. I kid you not!!!!
I betcha didn't know you didn't know that he had been in a Western though? You knew him more as THIS Don Drysdale:

With Sandy Koufax:

It may have started here:

Or mebbe not?

Episode Nr 124: The Skull Ranch.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

In 1951 Slim Pickens got into a fight with another cowboy at a San Francisco Rodeo.

 

[the ringo kid]

In 1951 Slim Pickens got into a fight with another cowboy at a San Francisco Rodeo.

I hope it wasn't with Duke because, by then, Duke knew well how to fight thanks to being taught by Paul Fix.

 

[Onomea]

In 1951 Slim Pickens got into a fight with another cowboy at a San Francisco Rodeo.

Slim Pickens! What a great name! And I have always loved his scene from Dr. Strangelove: Dr. Strangelove: Check List - YouTube

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Slim Pickens was not only a Reel Cowboy, he was a Real Cowboy.
And he got sideways with a Real Cowboy.

Western Horseman

 

[mtgianni]

Chuck Connors once was a good field, light hitting infielder for the Dodgers. He made the jump to Hollywood and used some of his former teammates on his shows.

 

[rwsmith]

The tollgate scene.....

Slim Pickens was not only a Reel Cowboy, he was a Real Cowboy.
And he got sideways with a Real Cowboy.

Western Horseman

I laugh every time I think of the tollgate scene in 'Blazing Saddles'.

 

[Fishslayer]

Wonder how many post homer poses Bonds woulda got away with on Drysdale?

"My own little rule was two for one. If one of my teammates got knocked down, then I knocked down two on the other team."

 

[steveno]

Bonds would have ate a lot of dirt with Drysdale and Gibson pitching

 

[bigwheelzip]

Besides fist fighting, he became a famous "Bear" hugger also, after Westerns fan Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, jumped into his arms.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouG4A6a_tcY[/ame]

 

[Onomea]

‘Zip, you know the most amazin’ stuff!

 

[Bozz10mm]

Don't keep us in suspense. Who won?

 

[sheepdawg]

Chuck Connors once was a good field, light hitting infielder for the Dodgers. He made the jump to Hollywood and used some of his former teammates on his shows.

Actually Conners played more games for the Cubs. He only had one at bat for the then Brooklyn Dodgers. He achieved some fame around Hollywood playing for the Los Angeles Angels who were then a Triple A Cubs affiliate in the Pacific Coast League. In 1951 he hit 22 home runs for the Angels and batted .321. He was never a teammate of Drysdale or Koufax but did play with Duke Snider who also had a role in a Rifleman episode.

He also played for the Boston Celtics of the NBA and was credited as the first player to ever smash a glass backboard.

Chuck Connors Minor Leagues Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

 

[sheepdawg]

Bonds would have ate a lot of dirt with Drysdale and Gibson pitching

Gibson would have got in his face during a Bond's home run pose and would not want to be in the game during his next at bat.

 

[rwsmith]

Check out 'Night Gallery'..

Chuck Connors as a boxer in 'The Ring With The Red Velvet Ropes'.

He looks a little rough in this shot.

ring with the red velvet ropes - Google Search

 

[jtcarm]

I saw the topic and assumed the fight was on the diamond.

Back then throwing at a hitter was considered part of the game, and Drysdale was not the least bit shy about targeting a batters head.

Allegedly, Slim Pickens took his stage name when entering a rodeo. He was going to use a false name so his father wouldn’t find out, when another cowboy surveyed the stock and commented that it looked like “slim pickens”

 

[jtcarm]

Gibson would have got in his face during a Bond's home run pose and would not want to be in the game during his next at bat.

It was once said Gibson would throw at someone’s head and then charge the plate.

 

[sheepdawg]

Bill White was Gibson's roommate till the Cardinals traded him to the Phillies before the 1966 season. Sure enough the first time he comes to bat against Gibson in a Phillies uniform Gibson drills him.

White said he knew it was coming.

 

[the ringo kid]

Don't keep us in suspense. Who won?

Unknown, aint watched that episode yet.

 

[the ringo kid]

I saw the topic and assumed the fight was on the diamond.

Back then throwing at a hitter was considered part of the game, and Drysdale was not the least bit shy about targeting a batters head.

Allegedly, Slim Pickens took his stage name when entering a rodeo. He was going to use a false name so his father wouldn’t find out, when another cowboy surveyed the stock and commented that it looked like “slim pickens”

On Slim, he got his name after he was asked about job possibilities and why he wanted one riding at a rodeo. He said something to the tune of that jobs were "slim pickens"