Rick Sutcliffe

Born on this date, Rick Sutcliffe.

"One day, Rick Sutcliffe gave up back-to-back home runs in Cincinnati. In Cincinnati, they shoot off fireworks after a Red hits a home run. And Sutcliffe was pretty intense on the day he pitched. So Eric Davis takes him deep and Paul O'Neill takes him deep right after that. So Sutcliffe is all pissed off and Billy Connors comes out to the mound and Sutcliffe yells at him. 'I know I gave up (bleeping) back-to-back home runs and get your (bleeping) ass in the dugout and tell Zimmer to (bleeping) settle down there too. Billy looks at him and says, 'I know you have everything under control, Rick. I just wanted to give the guy running the fireworks a little time to reload.' I blew a snot bubble on the mound I was laughing so hard." - Mark Grace    

Eric Davis

Born on this date, Eric Davis.

"To have my owner (Marge Schott of the Reds) call me a million-dollar nigger; it really didn't sit good with me. But as a 22-year-old, what was I going to do? I put that under my hat and used that as motivation, that if I'm going to be a million-dollar nigger, then she'd going to have to keep paying me well over $1 million." 

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Rick Sutcliffe

Born on today's date, Rick Sutcliffe.

"One day Rick Sutcliffe gave up back-to-back home runs in Cincinnati. In Cincinnati, they shoot off fireworks after a Red hits a home run. And Sutcliffe was pretty intense on the day he pitched. So Eric Davis takes him deep and Paul O'Neill takes hom deep right after that. So Sutcliffe is all pissed off and Billy Connors comes out to the mound and Sutcliffe yells at him, 'I know I gave up (bleeping) back-to-back home runs and get your (bleeping) ass back in the dugout and tell Zimmer to (bleeping) settle down there too. Billy looks at him and says, 'I know you have everything under control, Rick. I just wanted to give the guy running the fireworks a little time to reload.' I blew a snot bubble on the mound I was laughing so hard." - Mark Grace  

Eric Davis

On this date in 2000, free agent Eric Davis signs with the Giants.

"To have my owner (Marge Schott of the Reds) call me a million-dollar nigger; it didn't really sit good with me. But as a 22-year-old, what was I going to do? I put that under my hat and used that as motivation, that if I'm going to be a million-dollar nigger, then she'd going to have to keep paying me well over $1 million."