21Pittsburgh Pirates’ mascot
In 1985, the Pittsburgh Pirates’ mascot acted as a middleman between cocaine dealers and the Pirates’ players. He delivered the coke to the stadium and completed the deals with players there. He also frequently was high while dressed as The Pittsburgh parrot during the game.
22Cincinnati Reds
From 1953 to 1958 the Cincinnati Reds officially changed their name to the Cincinnati Redlegs because they were afraid of being thought to be associated with communism.
23Eric Bruntlett
In 2009, an MLB player named Eric Bruntlett made two consecutive fielding errors, putting runners on first and second. On the next play after that, he made the 15th unassisted triple play in MLB history, winning the game.
24Satchel Paige
Long-time professional baseball pitcher Satchel Paige, who debuted in the MLB at the age of 42, would sometimes instruct his infielders to sit down behind him, and then he would strike out the next three batters.
25Dave Bresnahan
Baseball catcher Dave Bresnahan threw a potato to deceive a baserunner into being tagged by the ball. The league banned him but fan-support forced the club to retire his number. At his retirement ceremony, he said: “Gehrig played 2130 games & hit 340; all I had to do was bat .140 & throw a potato.”
