Ball So Hard

Tom Brookens, 1989 Donruss 
NOTE: Don't ask me about the stain because I don't know

TOM BROOKENS

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"BALL SO HARD ****** ******* WANNA FINE ME"









LET'S CHECK THE HIGHLIGHTS Y'ALL

Idled during '84 pennant stretch for Tigers due to pulled hamstring...

= HIGHLIGHT

"BALL SO HARD OOPS THERE GO MY HAMSTRING
BUT I AIN'T HAMSTRUNG
GONNA CHEER 'COP THAT RING'
ON THE BENCH CHECKIN' MY SAMSUNG"






Missed a month of '81 season with ankle and hamstring injuries...

= HIGHLIGHT

Started triple play and went 5-for-5 in same game 8/20/80 vs. Brewers...

MORE LIKE LOWLIGHT AMIRIGHT

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Tigers radio announcer Ernie Harwell nicknamed Brookens "the Pennsylvania Poker", a play on the song "Pennsylvania Polka."

HIDE YOUR KIDS, HIDE YOUR WIFE, THE PENNSYLVANIA POKER'S COMIN' TO TOWN

"POKE SO MANY BALLS ****** ******* WANNA FINE ME"









HOW GOOD WAS TOM BROOKENS AT POKING BALLS?

He did lead American League (AL) third basemen in errors twice, in 1980 and 1985, but that was largely because he was getting to so many more grounders than other fielders;

"LED LEAGUE IN ERRORS TWICE, SON
IF YOU WANNA GET STATISTICAL
FOR REAL 'IT AIN'T MY FAULT' THO
SHOUT OUT TO HOMIE MYSTIKAL






Brookens also has the dubious honor of sharing (with 21 others) the AL record for the most errors in a game by a third baseman, four, on September 6, 1980.

OKAY I GET IT HE WAS GOOD AT POKING BALLS.

Brookens' twin brother Tim was also drafted in 1975 by the Texas Rangers; he was later traded to the Tigers organization, but never made the majors. In spring training, Tim and Tom would sometimes switch identities, even suiting up in each other's uniforms;

"THAT SH*T CRAY, AIN'T IT, TOM?"

"BALL SO HARD"

"WHAT SHE ORDER, FISH FILET"

"BALL SO HARD"

"DON'T LET ME INTO MY ZONE"

"I'M DEFINITELY IN MY ZONE"