Tom Selleck at bat 4/3/1991

[edjr 6,592]

 

or is that Kirk Gibson?

[weepaws 3,193]

Seven pitches, and he But wood on the ball 3 times, that’s pretty good.  Would be great to have the opportunity to do that.  Thanks for the video OP. 

[patweisers44 846]

Thats a better AB then most of the current Tigers are capable of. He'd start at 1B and bat 5th for this years' sh1t team.

[posty 2,700]

Got to love spring training games...

[edjr 6,592]

he was 46 as well

[BeenHereBefore 1,524]

5 minutes ago, edjr said:

he was 46 as well

& Banging Monica.

[seafoam1 3,025]

Dibble took it easy on him. Nice bit though. 

[posty 2,700]

12 minutes ago, seafoam1 said:

Dibble took it easy on him. Nice bit though. 

That isn’t Dibble toeing the rubber…

[seafoam1 3,025]

3 minutes ago, posty said:

That isn’t Dibble toeing the rubber…

Oh. I though.they said it was. It would have been strange for dibble to not throw high hard ones. 

[posty 2,700]

7 hours ago, seafoam1 said:

Oh. I though.they said it was. It would have been strange for dibble to not throw high hard ones. 

I didn’t listen to the audio, but I did find this:  https://www.mlb.com/news/mr-baseball-tom-selleck-in-tigers-spring-training#:~:text=So%20Selleck%20stepped%20into%20the,for%20the%20World%20Series%20champions.

Tigers manager Sparky Anderson surprised Selleck during the April 3 contest, calling on him to pinch-hit in the seventh inning. The Hall of Fame manager then thought better of it, since the opposing pitcher at the time was the flame-throwing Nasty Boy, Rob Dibble.

So Selleck stepped into the batter’s box, bad hamstring from the day before and all, in the eighth against right-hander Tim Layana, who himself had a 3.49 ERA out of the bullpen the year before for the World Series champions. Selleck got into a 1-2 hole, but he actually fouled off three pitches with a pretty decent-looking swing.