The Consummate Practical Joker

Back when baseball players weren't all millionaires and they played the game for fun as much as money, there was Moe Drabowsky. Drabowsky was one of the game's consummate practical jokers -- putting pythons in teammates shoes, goldfish in the opponent's water cooler, even once giving the commissioner of baseball a hotfoot. He was a journeyman pitcher, who toed the slab for the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox between 1956 and 1972. Drabowsky lamented the loss of playfulness: "Players seem to be more serious now," he said once in an interview. "I would tend to believe they don't have as much fun. You don't find the same kind of characters in the game today. Egos are a big factor. And the guys are making so much money." Moe passed away this year at age 70. We miss you Moe.