Schaefer then took them all out to dinner.
Schaefer wants it yesterday.
God, I hear this from Schaefer and everyone else.
Well, on the next pitch Schaefer yelled,‘Let's try it again!'!
In the morning, Schaefer realized he would thrown his own shoes out.
Schaefer then hit the first pitch off of Doc
White into the left field bleachers.
Rather than just trot around the bases, Schaefer made diving, headfirst slides into each base.
Brazilian Scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP they had“never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica”.
The man was Herman“Germany” Schaefer, who also had other nicknames given
to him such as“Dutch” and“The Prince”.
So there we were, back where we started, with Schaefer on first and me on third.
Brazilian scientist Carlos Schaefer told AFP that they had"never seen a temperature this high in Antarctica".
That makes it hard to understand which sources we should target
specifically to reduce methane levels,” says Schaefer.
Everybody just stood there and watched Schaefer, with their mouths open,
not knowing what the devil was going on.
Jones said that after diving into home Schaefer stood up and called out,“Ladies and Gentlemen, this concludes this afternoon's performance.
Schaefer responded by turning off the lamp
and then sneakily chucking what he thought were the passengers shoes out the window.
While many pranksters aren't exactly
well thought of by those who the pranks are pulled on, Schaefer was one of the exceptions.
In October of 1914, Schaefer randomly showed up in Court to defend some homeless
drunkards who were to be charged that day.
As sportswriter Malcolm Bingay said,“[Schaefer] was the soul of baseball itself,
with all its sorrows and joys, the born troubadour of the game.”.
There was a runner, Clyde Milan, on third who represented the winning
run of the game(it was tied 0-0), and Schaefer on first.
Off the field, Schaefer was just as much of a joker as on,
including one instance that got him later ejected from a game.
So much so that even Ty Cobb, who appeared to hate everyone,
made an exception here, with Schaefer being one of his only friends.
The supposed first instance of Schaefer stealing first, according
to Davy Jones, occurred in a game against Cleveland around 1908, with the exact date unknown.
On August 4, 1911, Schaefer, playing for the Washington Senators,
pulled the same stunt with less success, but at least this time documented in the newspapers.
When WWI started, Schaefer attempted to change his nickname of“Germany” to“Liberty”, comedically referencing
the fact that people had begun calling sauerkraut“liberty cabbage” (he was often called by hecklers a“sauerkraut-faced boob”).
In 1913 as a member of an all-star team touring the world, Schaefer gave about a half hour speech to a crowd
of 10,000 Japanese people who mostly didn't speak English.
On June 24, 1906, Schaefer supposedly called his shot(again a story from Davy Jones, but at least this time it can be verified that Schaefer did hit the home run).
Schaefer told the judge,"your honor, these poor souls should not be sentenced to
30 days in jail for an offense that a millionaire would be sent home in a cab for.
By this time the Cleveland catcher evidently had enough,
because he finally threw to second to get Schaefer, and when he did I took off for home and both of us were safe.
With a runner on third late in the game, Schaefer stole second hoping to draw a throw from the catcher
so that the runner on third, Davy Jones, could try and steal home.