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. Read more »
Without the mustache, Ted Nugent is pretty vanilla.
Over the weekend, there was much talk and consternation over Omar Minaya’s comments that the Mets lacked “edge.” In fact, he said that the team’s lack of edge is why he brought in Alex Cora and Gary Sheffield. That was Omar’s response to how smooth the Mets are (smooth is the opposite of edgy, right?). Seems to me, though, that there is an easier (and cheaper) way to gain an edge. Mustaches.
I don’t know much about Alex Cora, other than he’s 33 and looks 12. Not exactly edgy. As for Sheff, well, that dude wasn’t born edgy. He had an edgy mentor.
But at the end of the day, nothing adds edge like smoking cigarettes a mustache. Now more than ever the Mets need David Wright to grow a mustache. He’s the captain. He’s the leader. He can be the edge.
If not David, I know a certain someone who looked pretty edgy with a stache (and there may just be a spot in the rotation available).
Whilst trawling YouTube for my usual daily fix of mustache related fun, I came upon this video highlighting famous baseball staches of the early ’90s through a look back at baseball cards from the era. This is all well and good until the would-be filmmaker describes the mustache trend of early ’90s baseball players as “disturbing.” Absent from the list are any Mets, but we’ll forgive the poor chap for being from the South. The camera’s out of focus the entire time, too.
Come to think of it, this video sucks. It attempts to bring shame upon the ’stache, but we are above such tomfoolery. So watch it… or don’t.
Minor League Baseball is always more in touch with the fans. They understand that baseball is a game and that it’s played for our enjoyment. Minor League Baseball is about passion, love for the game and reminds us of simpler times. And Minor League Baseball is willing to acknowledge the stache.
TWS Detroit Bureau Chief Misopogon checks in with this tidbit about MiLB’s favorite Minor’s mustache fan poll. As it turns out, some of the youngins out there are growing staches, embracing the lifestyle and showing the world that it’s awesome to have a mustache.
Granted, this news is from last season, but hey, that’s OK. What’s matters is that staches are developing themselves in the minors. Honing their game. Working out the kinks and learning to become Major League mustaches. That means that we’ll soon have some well-seasoned, mature mustaches in the Bigs.
I’m not suggesting that David be sent down to Buffalo to work on his mustache. I’m just saying that the coaches in Binghamton and Norfolk failed him (I’m looking at you, John Stearns and Ken Oberkfell).
Keeping reaching for the stars, Minor League staches! You’ll get your cup of coffee soon.
Every year an average of 23 people are attacked by Hawaii's rainbows.
I was scouring the internet for mustache news while watching the Mets cling to a 2-1 lead over the Reds and stumbled across this story. Back on March 26, the University of Hawaii baseball team was no-hit by Coastal Carolina (Hawaii’s natural rival). One player had the final chance to avoid the no-hitter: Kevin Macdonald. And this, folks, is where things got hairy. Read more »
It’s time that we looked beyond statistics. Beyond baseball. Beyond “jokes” and “nonsense.” If David Wright is going to grow a mustache, we’re going to need to speak to his character. He’s going to grow it because he’s a patriot. A leader of men. An American.
Noted political pundit Stephen Colbert was discussing a story about French kidnapping recently when he noted that America is the world leader in proper stache growing. While one could make arguments for the staches of India, the Middle East and all of Latin America, you have to acknowledge that American staches are noble like the bald eagle. But not bald. They’re hairy. Because they are made of hair.
Anyways, good to see more stache coverage on a national level. All the better for making David more comfortable with his future ascension to stache prominence.
The Wright Stache hasn’t been around very long. About three weeks. But in that time we’ve been blessed to develop some strong relationships with our readers. Our fans sustain us (not as much as whiskey does, but close enough). We applaud anyone who contributes to the cause. Whether it’s forwarding the site onto friends, emailing us ideas or BUYING A T-SHIRT, every little bit of help from The Wright Stache community is appreciated. So, you can only imagine our joy when we received this missive from friend o’ the stache Russell Bernstein:
Love the blog. I am a huge fan of both mustaches and the mets, i really appreciate what you’re doing here.
I found this picture on the internets, it is probably the best mustache picture ive ever seen. although its in no way mets (or baseball) related i just thought you might enjoy it, even if you have no real use for it.
Thank you and Lets Go Mets!
Well, Russ, we do have a use for it. Motivation! Look, whoever that strange man on the internet is, he committed himself to his cause (dying alone). We’re committed to helping the Mets win the title the only way we know how: By convincing David Wright to grow a mustache.
If you have an idea that could help, you should email us. If we like it, we’ll post it. If not, we’ll let you down easy. Or just fade away.
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!
"The oral sex from a clean-shaven man just isn't the same."
Any would-be facial hair enthusiast knows it all too well: girls do not often dig beards and staches. Back in my halcyon days of having a giant, bushy, hassid beard, I always used to get random dudes coming up to me telling me they loved my beard. I’d tell them that they too should grow one, and the answer I’d always get back was “My wife/girlfriend won’t let me.”
What’s that all about!? Seriously; grow a set. If your wife divorces you because of your man-whiskers, what kind of life are you living, my friend? But it raises a valid concern; what if D-Wright girlfriend / super-hot vixen Molly Beers doesn’t dig the stache? To that end, we here at The Wright Stache headquarters have come up with a handy list of reasons D-Wright can use to convince Ms. Beers of the merits of the stache. Read the list after the jump.
"A mustache sure would help you hit to the opposite field, David."
In between downs at a superbowl party this year, I asked Tueffel’s Stubble if he’d seen the fluff piece on Mets.com about how David Wright planned to spend this glorious American holiday at HoJo’s house. In his infinite wisdom, Teufel Stubble remarked that HoJo was probably just spending the entire time trying to convince David Wright to grow a mustache.
And the idea for this site was born.
Countless late-night brainstorming sessions, full-on fist-fights and a case of Olde English 40 Ounces later, we present to you TheWrightStache.com. Join us in our season-long quest to get David Allen Wright to become the latest and greatest in a long line of mustachioed Mets. He will do it. We will make it so. ‘Cause the mustache has mojo. Ya gotta believe!
See, David? You’d look so studly with a stache. You’d be the greasiest thing to grace the grass in Flushing since Piazza’s barbershop stache hit the field running in ‘98. C’mon David… do it.
Teuffel Stubble here from New Zealand. I’m down here acting as a consultant for two blokes who want to start a blog encouraging the captain of their local rugby club to grow a Fu Manchu.
But, as always, my focus remains on David Wright and his nude upper lip. You see, there was a time when any man worth his salt sported facial hair. Handlebar mustaches, handsome beards and, of course, mutton chops bigger than the whole Florida peninsula. These were men of honor. David Wright can bring back that era. David Wright can make people respect the mustache again.
The mustache has fallen on hard times. Relegated to men of ill-repute, the stache is no longer seen in a positive light (except for our patron saint, of course). What did the mustache do to deserve such a fate? Nothing. It just sat there, like a caterpillar on a tree branch.
That’s where David Wright comes in. Grow a stache, David. Don’t let this be the mustache’s curtain call. It deserves a better modern representative to inject some youthful energy back into its soul. It deserves David Wright.
So, hello, world. I’m Teuffel Stubble and you will know me by the trail of my mustache.
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Teuffel Stubble here from New Zealand. I’m down here acting as a consultant for two blokes who want to start a blog encouraging the captain of their local rugby club to grow a Fu Manchu. 
