Does anyone remember this guy??

[Members Only Jackets]

I was around 10 yrs old when he was playing....as kids playing whiffle ball, we'd call him "Baldy Balboni"

[Lofunzo]

I remember him well.

[baseballboy]

If you want to know what Balboni's swing was like - think big windmill style of Jeremy Burnitz. We all used to imitate him when we played ball in the streets as kids.

[guest]

my 2nd grade teacher married him, beat that!

[dicehound]

Good memories. Growing up in eastern Colorado before the Rockies got here I used to listen to the Royals broadcasts that would tune in and out, sometimes fading out at the worst times... and "Bye-Bye" Balboni was one of my favorites. I still think of him when I play wiffleball with my kids... swinging for the fences on each and every swing.

[DK]

my 2nd grade teacher married him, beat that!

My 7th grade teacher married a relative of the Bush family.

[titanut]

I remember "Bye-Bye" well when he played for the Nashville Sounds, as I remember, they were a Yankees farm team at the
time. At the time Nashville was strictly a minor league City- what
a difference from today. I predict Nashville will have a MLB team
within the next 5-10 years, we are not quite ready, but it won't
be long.

[bogie]

For those of you who remember him you know how slow he ran and amazingly his first hit as a major leaguer was a triple (1981). I remember that hit well.

[ironman]

Trivia Fact about Balboni. He was the last player to hit 35 or more homers for a World Series winning team (1985 Royals) until Luis Gonzalez with the D-Backs in 2001.