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"The Animal" Throws Out/Eats First Pitch (Wrestler George "The Animal" Steele
The Hall of Very Good ^ | 4 June 2012 | Anonymous

Posted on 06/05/2012 10:38:45 AM PDT by commish

As a wrestling fan, I'm pretty sure I prayed for this to happen a couple dozen years ago and now that it's happened...I couldn't be more excited.

And thank God America's White Boy discovered this amazing video so I can cross another item off my bucket list.

Apparently, over the weekend, wrestling legend George "The Animal" Steele threw out the first pitch at a Rochester Red Wings game. No big deal, right?

Well, fans of the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins got exactly what I would've hoped for from the 75-year-old WWE Hall of Famer.

(Excerpt) Read more at hallofverygood.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Miscellaneous; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: theanimal; wrestling; yummy
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For all the 'older' wrestling fans like me.

The Animal throwing out a first pitch the way only he can.

75 years old and still going strong. :-)

1 posted on 06/05/2012 10:38:56 AM PDT by commish
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To: commish
Here is a link to the VIDEO of The Animal doing his thing.
2 posted on 06/05/2012 10:44:35 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: commish

Did he ever go up against Rickydozan ?


3 posted on 06/05/2012 10:45:14 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: commish

bmfl


4 posted on 06/05/2012 10:45:53 AM PDT by DarthVader (Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
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To: commish

Was his tongue still green?


5 posted on 06/05/2012 10:46:09 AM PDT by bkopto (Obama and Biden merely symptoms of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: commish
Also an actor (he played wrestler Tor Johnson in Ed Wood)
6 posted on 06/05/2012 10:48:43 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: commish

Wish he could have pitched for the Rangers last night.


7 posted on 06/05/2012 10:49:42 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: commish

Awesome video. Too bad only the other older-40’s (at least) out there would appreciate it, though.


8 posted on 06/05/2012 10:49:54 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: commish

Thanks for the video link!

The Animal was always one of my favorites, especially when he would eat the padding in the ring posts.

I hold him right up there with “Maddog” Vachon, Chief Wahoo McDaniel and Abdullah The Butcher.

Now them there was ~real~ wrasslers!


9 posted on 06/05/2012 10:51:57 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: commish
In case you didn't know, he was in Tim Burton's "Ed Wood"


10 posted on 06/05/2012 10:53:38 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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The Animal vs Bruno Sammartino

Studio Wrestling w/ Bill Cardille! (PGH)

11 posted on 06/05/2012 10:59:14 AM PDT by evets (beer)
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To: commish

Awesome video. Too bad only the other older-40’s (at least) out there would appreciate it, though.


12 posted on 06/05/2012 11:01:37 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: shibumi

May all-time-fav: Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka


13 posted on 06/05/2012 11:01:55 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: evets

HE’S GOT A “FOREIGN OBJECT!” Wasn’t he a Math Professor at an Ivy League school?


14 posted on 06/05/2012 11:02:12 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

The 15 foot “Superfly Splash” was indeed a classic.


15 posted on 06/05/2012 11:12:22 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: freedomlover

I don’t think he was in Ed Wood. Wasn’t it Wood’s Plan 9 that he was in?


16 posted on 06/05/2012 11:13:41 AM PDT by Hiro Protaginast
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To: commish

Loved Mean Gene’s commentary when Animal would eat ring post
padding.


17 posted on 06/05/2012 11:14:33 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: massgopguy
From Wiki -

"After gaining a bachelor of science degree from Michigan State University and a master's degree from Central Michigan University,[6] Myers became a teacher, amateur wrestling coach, and football coach at Madison High School in Madison Heights, Michigan. There he would eventually become a member of the Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame.[1][7]"
18 posted on 06/05/2012 11:15:46 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Hiro Protaginast
I don’t think he was in Ed Wood. Wasn’t it Wood’s Plan 9 that he was in?

Tor Johnson was in Plan 9 From Outer Space. George Steele played Tor Johnson in 'Ed Wood'

19 posted on 06/05/2012 11:18:47 AM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: Hiro Protaginast

I think he was in the movie “Ed Wood”, a Tim Burton film which was about the life of Ed Wood. The film “Ed Wood” had as a primary story line the making of Plan 9 From Outer Space. Steele played Tor Johnson, who was the actor that played in Plan 9.

Critics now agree that Steele was robbed of the “Best Supporting Wrestler Character” Oscar that year.

See http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824552/


20 posted on 06/05/2012 11:26:16 AM PDT by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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