Hey, kids. Don’t do drugs. They will only make you hit home runs and win prestigious awards. But not many home runs and not the most prestigious awards:
Bernie Carbo Played Every MLB Game Stoned
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↵Bernie Carbo launched the greatest pinch-hit home run in Red Sox history. He admitted he was high on drugs during the 1975 World Series.
↵↵↵“I probably smoked two joints, drank about three or four beers, got to the ballpark, took some [amphetamines], took a pain pill, drank a cup of coffee, chewed some tobacco, had a cigarette, and got up to the plate and hit,’’ Carbo said.
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↵↵↵“I threw away my career,’’ said Carbo, 62. “If I knew Jesus Christ was my savior at 17, I would have been one heck of a ballplayer, a near Hall of Famer. Instead, I wanted to die.’’
↵↵↵Drugs, alcohol, and temptation were his downfall.
↵↵↵“I played every game high,’’ he said. “I was addicted to anything you could possibly be addicted to. I played the out field sometimes where it looked like the stars were falling from the sky."
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↵Listen to Bernie Carbo, kids. He’s been there and done that. He hit a pretty big home run, sure, but what else did it get him? In his own words, Carbo could have been a Hall of Famer if he had only found Jesus a few years sooner.
↵With that said, Carbo was still a pretty good baseball player. Despite his .264 career batting average, he had a lifetime .384 on-base percentage. But the big question is this: did he just have an amazing batting eye or was he just too lazy/stoned/out-of-his-mind to lift the bat off his shoulders and swing at the ball? Whatever the answer is, it worked.
↵But, um, yeah. He could have been even better without drugs, kids. That OBP would have been at least .390.
↵(H/T Deadspin)
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