John Kruk’s farewell was LEGENDARY!!
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there have been a lot of great baseball farewells but there is one that sticks out from the rest when a legend retires you can feel the love and sometimes the moment becomes part of the legend Mariano Rivera exiting his last game Ted Williams smashing a home run in his final at bat Derek Jeter’s final home game walk-off but nothing beats John krook’s exit krook was a three-time All-Star and a fan favorite with the Phillies in the early 1990s by 1995 Kook was with the white socks and his achy knees made it too painful for him to keep playing on July 30th he entered the game with an 0 for 15 slump that he finally broke with a first inning single but when his next at bat came around Frank Thomas pinch hit for him so what happened to Kook turns out he retired mid game after his first inning hit he got dressed left the ballpark and was home before the game was even over he then released a statement that he was retiring the best part is krook’s final hit ensured that he finished his career with a 300 batting average on the DOT
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Keyser Wv!!! Im a Catamount Almuni
Looks like the JD Vance memes
I love Kruk. He is what baseball should be like. His at bat against Randy Johnson in the all star game was legendary.
Kruk was always his own man! I’ve always had mad respect for him for that.
Not gonna mention babe Ruth hitting a homerun in his last game too
So, he just got up and left? Told his coach to pinch hit for him and he left his team? Did he even tell his coach? I don't know. To me it sounds like a d*ck move.
John kruk was a great baseball player
She is so fire
Kruk going lefty after Johnson threw behind him is legendary.
Of course he left during the game.. He had a lunch date with Antonio Brown
Back when he and I were in San Diego (me being a regular Joe), I would often get asked if I was related to him. My physic was similar and yes, I had a mullet.
He probably knew that if he stayed in the game and went 0 for he would finish below .300
Take care of your body or your body will betray you prematurely
Did you go to college for communications or television marketing and someone end up at the MLB making YouTube shorts? Yes, you did
This is the guy that tries out all of the new bats isn't he?
John belongs in the
Hall of fame !
Went to high school with Johnny, and worked at the Glass plant with his dad!
I heard he passed away and became a siren. Along with Chrysanthemum and the BJ Queen.
Tuff
Kruky stole 58 bags???
LONG LIVE THE KRUKKER!
Kruk's name lives on at the high school baseball field at Keyser High School in western Mineral County WV. George Brett, John Kruk, Bill Mazeroski, and Steve Yeager all MLBers born in WV and two of them are HOFers!!!
"I'm not an athlete, I'm a baseball player". – John Kruk
John looked weird in a White Sox uniform….so used to him with the Phillies
Dude looks like Kenny Powers 😂
He was one of those guys that everybody loved – not just Philly fans, but maybe it was the way the media covered him. They all spoke highly of him and I realized that when I saw his pic on the jpg, a smile came across my face. I could him making me smile. 😄
The best part was that he admitted to asking one of the guys in Baltimore to help him out, and they agreed to it.
A very poor man's Tony Gwynn is still pretty good.
Funny how John Kruk gets romanticized for this and Vontae Davis got destroyed for doing the same thing
Good Ole WV boy!
Kruk would be a monster in the modern MLB
Krukie was a character to be sure! How can you not love the guy regardless of what team you rooted for?
What is the A key? I guess achy starts with A… And key sort of sounds like knees??.. Not even keys but key. Pretty dumb.
I doubt it, but in my head, this inspired the Mr 3000 movie with Bernie Mac.