Future New York Times Best Seller
In honor of the great
interview Rollie Fingers blessed us with a few weeks ago, we decided to put together a little contest. We have
one copy of
Rollie’s Follies: A Hall of Fame Revue of Lists and Lore, Stories and Stats from Baseball’s Most Famous Moustache just waiting to be read by one lucky Wright Stache fan. That fan could be you – that is of course if you have the necessary photoshop skills.
Your mission: Photoshop together your best picture of David Wright sporting a Rollie Fingers-esque mustache. Once you’ve completed your masterpiece, send it in an email to contact [at] thewrightstache [dot] com (formatted like an actual email address of course…we wrote it that way to deter pesky spammers). We’ll post the best entries here on the site and let our fans pick the winner – who we’ll promptly mail the book to. We’ll accept entries up until Monday, June 29th.
Good luck and may the best stache win!
Sponsored by Pinaud Mustache Wax
Legendary Hall of Fame relief pitcher Rollie Fingers recently came out with a new book entitled Rollie’s Follies: A Hall of Fame Revue of Lists and Lore, Stories and Stats from Baseball’s Most Famous Moustache. The book is, like the title says, a collection of some of Rollie’s favorite stories and statistics that he learned of or experienced during his famed 17 year career in baseball. Besides being one of the greatest relief pitchers to ever play the game, Rollie easily solidified himself as having one of the greatest, if not the greatest mustache in baseball history. He kindly spoke with The Wright Stache’s very own Teufel Stubble about the new book, baseball, and of course…mustaches. Check out the conversation below:
TWS: Maybe we’ll start out talking about the book a bit. The book has a lot of anecdotes, the lighter side of baseball, players joking around and things like that. Do you have one favorite story from the book?
RF: Probably the one about striking out Johnny Bench in the World Series on the fake pitchout. Even today people come up to me and ask me “were you the guy pitching on the mound when Bench was hitting and you struck him out on the fake pitchout”. That story is in the book. Johnny and I are real good friends. I never bring it up to him unless he brings it up first.
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Tags: AL mvp, closer, cy young award winner, handlebar, handlebar mustache, milwaukee brewers, mustaches, oakland athletics, relief pitcher, rollie fingers, san diego padres
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Comments (1)
Bask in it. Stare at it longlingly. Rub your face on the screen right now and imagine it tickling your cheeks. There are staches that just rest there on the upper lip and then there are staches that transcend facial hair and mean so much more to society. These are the staches that act as a beacon of hope in a sea of naked lips.
Clay Zavada, we salute you.
Thanks to Jorge Says No! (via Deadspin) for drawing attention to this gloriousness.
It’s time to address a very important subject, kids. Exactly what type of mustache should David Wright grow? Of course, much of this is contingent on him having the fully bevy of staches at his disposal. If he is one of the millions of men with weak connectors (myself, shamefully, included), then the Fu Manchu may not be a viable option. But let’s assume that David is a six-tool player (hitting, hitting for power, speed, fielding, throwing and mustache growing) and can grow anything that he sets his mind to.
Polls are open until the end of next week, so forward this to all of your friends and encourage them to vote. Make your voices heard. The success of the Mets demands it!
What type of mustache should David Wright grow?
- The Keith Hernandez (47.0%, 55 Votes)
- Handlebar (Rollie Fingers) (18.0%, 21 Votes)
- Fu Manchu (Todd Jones) (15.0%, 18 Votes)
- Hitler (or the Chaplin) (9.0%, 11 Votes)
- The Walrus (Goose Gossage) (7.0%, 8 Votes)
- Other (comment below) (3.0%, 4 Votes)
Total Voters: 117
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Not pictured: Pedaphile
Friend o’ the Stache Sarah Harris Weiss, Esq. wrote in with a rather good point. We may have jumped to a massive conclusion here at The Wright Stache and it looks like we need to take a quick step back to address this snafu. We skipped the 101 class and jumped immediately into the advanced levels. What I’m trying to say is, David may have no clue about how to get started with his maiden whisker voyage.
As Sarah noted in her email,
I think that maybe you should have a post about how to grow a moustache, in case David is reading and is unsure how to begin.
Brilliant idea, Sarah.
It’s simple, really. Just follow this useful advice. Read more »
