Larry Parrish

[xpress34]

Re: Larry Parrish

Ben -

Finally!!! Here are the pics of the bat:







And here is Video of Larry and I while I'm getting my stuff signed... I was like a kid in a candy store!!!

Larry Parrish w/ Smitty at Coors Field

Thanks again Ben for the AWESOME item!!!

- Smitty

[gorilla777]

Re: Larry Parrish

UPDATE:

Braves are in town against the Rockies (Rox lost tonight) until Thursday.

I missed Larry at the hotel this morning, so I finally called in a favor with the visiting clubhouse manager who got a message to Larry that I was there with this bat.

After BP, Larry called me down next to the dugout and I got to have a one on one with him for about minutes...

I added him to my All Time Rangers jersey (along with Jim Fregosi who is here with the braves), he signed his RC, signed the Toledo Mud Hens hat my friend sent me from Toledo (thank you Ryan!) and finally, he signed my bat and took a picture with me.

What an incredibly nice guy!!! I will post pictures soon.

It was an amazing experience for me - I've met tons of players including superstars, musicians, actors, etc but I was actually shaking when I got to meet Larry.

He was my boyhood idol with the Rangers in the early-mid 80's and I have waited almost 30 years to meet him face to face, so this was a MAJOR deal for me.

Thanks again to Ben (Gorilla777) for the awesome bat - Larry really seemed to enjoy seeing it as well.

All the best -

Smitty

Smitty,

That is great that you were able to meet up with Larry to show him the bat and then get it signed as well. It must of been a trip for him to see a bat of his from '76.
Please make sure to post the pics of it newly signed when you get a chance.

Best regards,

Ben
Please post pics

[xpress34]

Re: Larry Parrish

UPDATE:

Braves are in town against the Rockies (Rox lost tonight) until Thursday.

I missed Larry at the hotel this morning, so I finally called in a favor with the visiting clubhouse manager who got a message to Larry that I was there with this bat.

After BP, Larry called me down next to the dugout and I got to have a one on one with him for about minutes...

I added him to my All Time Rangers jersey (along with Jim Fregosi who is here with the braves), he signed his RC, signed the Toledo Mud Hens hat my friend sent me from Toledo (thank you Ryan!) and finally, he signed my bat and took a picture with me.

What an incredibly nice guy!!! I will post pictures soon.

It was an amazing experience for me - I've met tons of players including superstars, musicians, actors, etc but I was actually shaking when I got to meet Larry.

He was my boyhood idol with the Rangers in the early-mid 80's and I have waited almost 30 years to meet him face to face, so this was a MAJOR deal for me.

Thanks again to Ben (Gorilla777) for the awesome bat - Larry really seemed to enjoy seeing it as well.

All the best -

Smitty

[gorilla777]

Re: Larry Parrish

Smitty, glad you like the bat so much, that is great to hear.

It was a very easy and professional transaction, a pleasure to work with you!

Thanks again, Ben

[xpress34]

Re: Larry Parrish

Bumping this back up to thank Ben (gorilla777) for the BEAUTIFUL Larry Parrish LVS S2 - Bicentennial Model - GU Bat!!!

He was awesome to deal with and offered me an even better bat than those I had been looking at when I started this search... and I'd always wanted a Bicentennial bat anyway for the collection!

Thanks to everyone else for their comments and information...

All the best -

Smitty

[jake33]

Re: Larry Parrish

that is interesting two grand slams in 1 week in both League, tough feat to recreate indeed. I know Andre Dawson hit a grand slam in back to back nights in 1990 against the Expos I think, I was 10 at the time and remember thinking that mattingly's grand slam record was going to get blown away, dawson didn't hit another grand slam the rest of the season if i remember...

[gorilla777]

Re: Larry Parrish

Xpress, I am sending you an email

thanks, Ben

[xpress34]

Re: Larry Parrish

underrated player from the 1980's for sure. Interesting that his son David PArrish got a call up from the yankees but never got in a game. That has to be tough to have that happen to you, but not get in a game. That happened to Jace Brewer with the devil rays in 2000 too I think.

Jake -

Yeah, back in the day he was my guy on the Rangers. My buddy got a ball signed by him a couple of years ago in Toledo when he was managing the Toledo Mud Hens.

Now that he's the Batting Coach for the Braves, I'm hoping to find a bat, hat or jersey to have him sign when the Braves come here to Coors Field this year.

Here's a bit of trivia you may not know about Parrish - and as far as I know it's still true - he holds a Major League record... the ONLY player to hit two grand slams in one week - in BOTH leagues. Did it as an Expo (NL) and a Ranger (AL).

All the best -

Smitty

[jake33]

Re: Larry Parrish

underrated player from the 1980's for sure. Interesting that his son David PArrish got a call up from the yankees but never got in a game. That has to be tough to have that happen to you, but not get in a game. That happened to Jace Brewer with the devil rays in 2000 too I think.

[Dewey2007]

Re: Larry Parrish

http://www.mdsportsconnection.com/baseball.aspx?strType=GUBat

Click to page 4 of GU Bats. It's not from his time in Texas but it is a Larry Parrish.

Looking to see if any one has any GU Larry Parrish items - particularly from his time in Texas.

Would love to find a nice GU Bat, but a hat or jersey would be good as well.

- Smitty

xpress34 @ comcast . net

[xpress34]

Looking to see if any one has any GU Larry Parrish items - particularly from his time in Texas.

Would love to find a nice GU Bat, but a hat or jersey would be good as well.

- Smitty

xpress34 @ comcast . net