On mullets...

by RickeySteals on Aug 14, 2005 11:41 AM PDT

Business up top, party in the back! Eck day today reminded me of one of the clubhouse trends from our last dominant era... of course, I'm speaking of the pitcher's mullet. Eck, Gene Nelson (an absolute classic), Storm Davis - heck even Todd Stotlemyre kept the tradition alive into the 90's...

Looking at the team today, I think we've got some guys who are channelling the mullet vibe, even if they aren't actually rockin' the mullet. Look at Zito or Haren, with the hair sticking out. Even Saarloos is getting shaggy in the back.

So here are some questions for AN - what's going on here? Is the mullet coming back? Can we convince Street to grow one (the artist's renderings floating around in some other diaries are awesome)? Would Blanton have to be issued a trailer home if he were to grow one, just on principle? Would this totally freak the ladies of AN out? More importantly, is the porn-star 'stache next?

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Fear the mullet...

misfit toy...formally "A fanatic"...

by OaklandInvader on Aug 14, 2005 11:54 AM PDT reply actions

My Mullet

Circa 1988

Olympian Amil Gartenamo, world record holder in both the javelin and the hundred yard dash--only person who ever died by throwing a spear into his own back.

by Furious George on Aug 14, 2005 4:45 PM PDT reply actions

I believe...

that yours definitely beat mine at that time. Great mullet (if they can be so).

by RenoTy on Aug 14, 2005 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions

Damn!

That is impressive (so to speak). A definite 80's style mullet with the spikey hair on top

by RickeySteals on Aug 14, 2005 5:33 PM PDT up reply actions

furious george

that is . um..... impress- no, scary!
i have some pics myself of near mulletting from the early 90s ( iwas trying to grow my hair out).
I prefer the term 'The Missouri Compromise'.
Eck looks better now.

by brothersky on Aug 15, 2005 6:03 PM PDT reply actions

The Mullet

Folks, I don't think anyone in the A's has a mullet. Having studied this phenomenon extensively while blogging the German soccer leagues, I believe that the A's have long hair (sometimes cut up around the ears) that is being pushed back by the caps.

When one of them comes out with a Mulletino, that's a Real Mullet (tm)!

by Dan_Honolulu on Aug 15, 2005 7:13 PM PDT reply actions

While nothing can top a soccer mullet...

the beauty of it is that its all out there. There is no hiding it.

In baseball, its hidden under the caps. I think it probably is long hair for the team today, but the effect is similar.

After a bit of review, I think a more important question is not whether anyone on the team has a mullet, but whether anyone on the team should have one... I think there was some pretty strong mojo in those mullets the A's were rockin' back in the day...

by RickeySteals on Aug 15, 2005 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions