February 13, 200422 yr From the Central Baseball League Fan Forum at: http://forums.coltsboosterclub.com/index.p...t=ST&f=50&t=699 February 9, 2004 - When the Shreveport Sports open the 2004 season at Fair Grounds Field on May 6th against San Angelo, a familiar face, Terry Bevington, will be in the Shreveport dugout. He will return for his second year as manager of the Sports. In their first year as a member of the Central Baseball League, the Sports posted an overall record of 51-44 and Bevington is already looking forward to the 2004 season. “After being in the league for one season, I have a better feel for independent league baseball. We will have several of the same players from last year’s team returning and I think that will give our fans an opportunity to get to know these guys,” said Bevington. “We have added new players by way of some off season trades and will probably pick up a couple of new pitchers. I believe this will be a team that will challenge for a playoff spot this season,” concluded Bevington. Bevington, a resident of Collierville, Tennessee was the manager for the Chicago White Sox for three years from 1995-97 and posted a record of 221-214, finishing second two years in the American League Central Division and third place one year. Besides being with the White Sox, Bevington was the third base coach for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1999-2001. Bevington began his professional career in 1974 when he signed out of high school as a catcher with the New York Yankees. He played seven years in the minor leagues, reaching the Triple-A level in 1980 at Vancouver in the Pacific Coast League before becoming a player-coach that same year for Burlington, Iowa in the Midwest League. The following season, he became a manager in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Bevington is also familiar with this area as he was the manager at El Paso in the Texas League in 1984 and 1985.
February 13, 200422 yr You mean this chode has a job? :headshake Aboz... did your Cheerios taste a bit funny this morning..
February 13, 200422 yr Author You mean this chode has a job? :headshake Why do you call him a "chode"?
February 14, 200422 yr Why do you call him a "chode"? Did you ever watch him manage the White Sox? He can be called a lot of things, I thought I was being kind.
February 14, 200422 yr You mean this chode has a job? :headshake it is astounding isn't it? I actually missed two years - 2 years! - of going to games because I could not abide his managing - to remember one's worst TB moment is to re enter hell
February 14, 200422 yr it is astounding isn't it? I actually missed two years - 2 years! - of going to games because I could not abide his managing - to remember one's worst TB moment is to re enter hell There is no worse moment than the phantom pitcher in the bullpen. I was at that game with my college friend from Cleveland, sitting right next to the Indians pen, with a perfect view into the Sox pen. I'll never forget when he pointed out to the pen, and they came out with their arms up like "who the hell do you want?"
February 14, 200422 yr Author A further update from: http://www.centralleaguebaseball.com/cgi-b...t/news.cgi?id=2 BEVINGTON RETURNS AS SHREVEPORT MANAGER 02/10/2004 Brian Vernellis / The Times Terry Bevington had an opportunity to return to affiliated baseball, but instead opted for the Shreveport Sports and the independent Central Baseball League. The Sports announced on Monday that Bevington will return as the team's manager for the 2004 season. Bevington led the Sports to a 51-44 record in their first season in the Central Baseball League. "When you get a guy like Terry Bevington, it brings credibility," Sports General Manager Brian Viselli said. "Players love to play for him and the greatest thing of the whole deal is he loves to be here. Now that he's got a little bit of independent baseball under his belt per se, he's going to be fine. We'll be competitive." Bevington said managing independent baseball last season was a new experience for him, but professional baseball is the same no matter the level. "I came in late and we didn't have a lot of players at the time," he said. "As far as the caliber of play, I really didn't know what type of level it would be. "When it comes down to playing baseball, it's pretty standard - you want good hitting and pitching. The mentality of the player and what's on their mind is a little different too." With a year of managerial experience with the Sports, Bevington hopes he and the team can make a run for the Central Baseball League championship. The Sports open spring training on April 26. They begin the season at Fair Grounds Field against San Angelo on May 6. "We have to stay competitive and competitive for us is winning a division, not just being over .500," Bevington said. "If a guy can't cut it, we might make a change more so than we did last year, but yet in a fair time frame. "If somebody struggles for a week, we're not going to get rid of him, but if he's struggling for a month or six weeks, we've got to sit down and think if we want someone else." The Central Baseball League will have a new look for the 2004 season. The Alexandria Aces and the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings will not be operational for this season. A Pensacola, Fla., ownership group purchased the Springfield-Ozark franchise in January for relocation to Florida. The franchise movement doesn't bother Bevington. If it did, he would have taken the offered position in affiliated baseball. "I really think in the next two or three years it's going to get back to where baseball was years ago in Shreveport as far as the excitement in the community," he said. "The caliber of play will surprise a lot of people who come out."
February 14, 200422 yr There is no worse moment than the phantom pitcher in the bullpen. I was at that game with my college friend from Cleveland, sitting right next to the Indians pen, with a perfect view into the Sox pen. I'll never forget when he pointed out to the pen, and they came out with their arms up like "who the hell do you want?" yes there iks worse than that there is the time he went out to argue with the ump over a play and after the ump listened to Bevington screaming, the ump reversed the call so that it then went against the Sox talk about not having a clue what was going on...
February 14, 200422 yr Author Did you ever watch him manage the White Sox? He can be called a lot of things, I thought I was being kind. Ok, I guess what I really meant was what's a "chode"?
February 14, 200422 yr While the verdict isn't out on Oz, at least we know he can't be worse than Bevington. He was horrid. It's possible he was the worst manager in Sox history.
February 14, 200422 yr Ok, I guess what I really meant was what's a "chode"? Look it up in the middle school humor dictionary
February 14, 200422 yr Author yes there iks worse than that there is the time he went out to argue with the ump over a play and after the ump listened to Bevington screaming, the ump reversed the call so that it then went against the Sox talk about not having a clue what was going on... There's even worse such as the fight with the umpire at the steakhouse after they had the big scream session at the game.
February 14, 200422 yr While the verdict isn't out on Oz, at least we know he can't be worse than Bevington. He was horrid. It's possible he was the worst manager in Sox history. The Jury (us) has been sworn. The opening statements have all been made. Soon we will see exhibits 1 through 162. That is unless the judge throws out the case in mid-trial.
February 14, 200422 yr Ok, I guess what I really meant was what's a "chode"? it is the purpose of soxtalk to educate chode defined
February 14, 200422 yr Knowing my evil side that loves making fun of incompetent, pompous dopes, oh how I wish I was around the Bevington Era. The TB Episode II: The Phantom Bullpen Menace and The Reversal of Umpire Fortune sound like something I woulda lost my s*** over. I wish they'd hire him as a 3rd announcer-- or the Booth Jester as it's sometimes called. He'd drive DJ mad who'd then drive Hawk even madder.
February 14, 200422 yr one of the reasons I could never rip on Manuel was because I saw Bevington and one reason I really disliked Shueler was he hired Bevington (the other reason was he signed Navarro over Clemens on the grounds that Navarro had more to offer)
February 14, 200422 yr I have to check my Edinburg Roadrunners schedule for next season and say hello to Mr Bevington. Maybe he'll autograph one of my Sox jerseys. FWIW, it is a nice league. It was formerly the Texas-Lousianna League until it expanded. I'm a little surprised he fell this far. After all he did have a winning record in the majors.
February 14, 200422 yr There's even worse such as the fight with the umpire at the steakhouse after they had the big scream session at the game. That was the worst. With that fight he hit a level so low and subterranean that I'm surprised that he didn't emerge in China. What a total goofball. Had I been the owner of the Sox, he would've been gone that night. Of course, had I been the owner of the Sox, I never would've hired a brain-dead moron goofus idiot jerk numbskull dimbulb peabrain dum-dum idiot goofus moron like him in the first place. Incidentally, I used to work at the hotel which right across from where Terry Doofington went to high school. I could tell, too because the closer I got to the school, the lower my IQ dropped. I did NOT like Terry Bevington.
February 15, 200422 yr bump for the people of Bismarck and surrounding suburbs Musta missed this one.
April 26, 200718 yr He was fired from the Cracker-Cats of the Northern League last season after an on-field brawl.
April 26, 200718 yr QUOTE(knightni @ Apr 26, 2007 -> 12:23 PM) Wow. What a bump. "Cracker-Cats?" Something to do with the oil industry up there. I spoke with him when he was managing in the Texas-Louisianan League. I wonder how significant it is if you Google Terry Bevington a soxtalk thread is in the top five links and we weren't even around when he was managing the Sox.
April 27, 200718 yr QUOTE(Steff @ Feb 13, 2004 -> 02:49 PM) Aboz... did your Cheerios taste a bit funny this morning.. What happened to Steff?
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