Stu’s Hunt Down: Steve Lombardozzi
Posted on February 28th, 2008 – 11:40 AMBy Michael Rand
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Stu’s work last week with Scott Erickson led to national implications that might still be giving (more on that later, we hope). We can only hope for similar results from his deep look into Steve Lombardozzi. Stu?
Name: Steve Lombardozzi
Nickname: Lombo. No relation to former Twin great Jesus “Bombo” Rivera.
Claim to Fame, Minnesota: was the second baseman for the 1987 World Champion Minnesota Twins and posted a World Series-best .412 batting average. Much more importantly, got into a scuffle with Dan Gladden on Gladden’s Eden Prairie front lawn in 1988. The backstory is here, and a dramatic re-enactment is here. This led to Eden Prairie’s city council doing away with small-claims court within the city limits and having the plaintiff and defendant settle it in Dazzle’s yard the first Tuesday of every month.*
Claim to Fame, Everywhere Else: had the longest last name of any Major Leaguer to hit a postseason home run until Dougie Baseball went yard in the 2002 playoffs.
Where He Is Now: per the Newspaper of the Twin Cities, Lombardozzi owns an advertising business in Fulton, Maryland. Wiki says his son is going to be a ballplayer, too.
Glorious Randomness: his hometown of Malden, Mass., is also the birthplace of the regrettable Gary Cherone [Proprietor note: our Extreme tape collection begs to differ] and the regrettable-but-not-in-a-funny-way Mr. Death.
*Not true. I’m pretty sure this happens in Anoka, though.
27 Responses to "Stu’s Hunt Down: Steve Lombardozzi"
our Extreme tape collection begs to differ
Owning two copies of the “More Than Words” cassingle isn’t really a tape collection, sir.
As for your hint about further brooding, handsome repercussions, needless to say I am intrigued.
I agree can we expect to hear from the Mrs. Erickson as well?
Correction- rather than listening to her can we see her?
Gary Cherone is only regrettable as lead singer of Van Halen…
As for your hint about further brooding, handsome repercussions, needless to say I am intrigued.
Can you say “RandBall exclusive Tom Brady photo spread”?
Sassbottom is thanking you in advance…
Post coming. T-minus however long it takes me to transcribe.
The anticipation is deafening. It’s like Christmas Day except my Drunk Uncle is nowhere to be found.
Type faster, darnit!
Hint: last week’s Hunt Down got (seriously) picked up by the Los Angeles Times.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Michael Rand of the Minneapolis Star Tribune uncovered what former major league pitcher Scott Erickson has been up to since retiring before the 2007 season: Erickson and wife Lisa Guerrero, the former sportscaster, have co-produced a movie called “A Plumm Summer.”
It stars Jeff Daniels, William Baldwin, Henry Winkler and Guerrero, in her first lead role on the big screen, and it’s a true story about a kidnapped puppet named Froggy Doo.
“Process that for a while,” Rand wrote.
Talk about giving credit where it isn’t due…
Is it possible to give someone 2 COW’s for 1 post?
Stu’s going to leave us behind for the bright lights of Entertainment Weekly before we know it.
Remember us when you are collecting your Pulitzer Prize Stu.
Who’s typing this Q&A post for Rand? The girl surfer who got her arm bitten off by a shark?
and enter the Twin’s tie to the steroid era…at 2B…Mr. CHUCK KNOBLAUCH!
I don’t think the LA Times quite understands the spirit of the Hunt Down. but anyway, the Guerrero post is up. Hat tip to Stu. And Marthaler, who took the message last night (seriously).
Stu writes the post, I answer the phone, Rand talks to the Playmate.
It’s good to be the king.
RandBall: Stu writes the post, Jon answers the phone, Rand talks to the Playmate
JINX!
It’s an honor just to be mistaken for Michael Rand.
I’m not going to lie to you, I’m a big enough rube that getting one of my stupid little snarkfests picked up for a notebook item in the LA Times absolutely makes my day, attribution or no.
Is that consider a foursome with Lisa Guerrero?
Stu - remember us when you’ve outgrown us all, won’t you?
Stu
Shouldn’t you be getting some sort of royalties for that? The least they could do is send out a celeb to “entertain” you for a day. Maybe Tara Reid?
Should we expect a Q&A with Mrs. Lombardozzi next week?
Next episode of Taradise: Stearns County!
+1 Dave, she would love the Red Carpet, it’s her sort of bar.
She would have to make a trip to the Stearns County fair in Sauk Centre. If you haven’t been you are really missing out.
Funny, that’s the same thing the concierge at a hotel in Indianapolis said about The Cheesecake Factory…
Don’t dog the Factory, Dave.
