[B]efore Macho Man became known for his flying elbow drop and - TopicsExpress



          

[B]efore Macho Man became known for his flying elbow drop and affinity for cylindrical dried meat, he was just Randy Poffo, a small-town kid from Illinois trying to make it in the bigs. Poffo signed a Minor League contract with the Cardinals straight out of high school. Over the course of four seasons in the Cardinals and Reds organizations, Macho Man accumulated a .254 average and .976 fielding percentage, never advancing above Class A ball. Signed as a natural catcher, Poffo spent most of those four seasons patrolling the outfield while moonlighting as a backstop and first baseman. Poffo suffered a separated shoulder in a collision at home plate during the 73 campaign and eventually taught himself to throw left-handed. Ya know, just in case. ... Though his professional wrestling career turned out to be one of the greatest ever achieved, a deeper statistical analysis of his time in the Minors indicates that Poffo might have had a shot at an MLB career if hed only gotten a couple of breaks. I guess well never know. m.mlb/cutfour/2015/01/12/106241484/wwe-hall-of-famer-macho-man-randy-savage-played-in-minors-for-reds-cardinals?tcid=tw_article_106241484
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 22:29:33 +0000

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