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Asheville (N.C.) Tourists manager Joe Mikulik's blowup Sunday night would have done some of the biggest names in sports history proud.
Mikulik, manager of the Colorado Rockies' Class A South Atlantic League affiliate, picked up second base and threw it into the outfield during the fifth inning of a 5-2 loss to the Lexington (Ky.) Legends Sunday night. He chucked the rosin bag from the pitcher's mound into the bullpen. He kicked dirt on umpires, covered up home plate and later washed it off. He then threw bats onto the field from the dugout, sending a batboy running for cover. Then he proceeded to trash his team's locker room. And afterward, he told the Asheville Citizen-Times he didn't completely lose control. Sure he didn't. If he had, I'm guessing a giant mushroom cloud would have been spotted in Kentucky. But he's not alone in the anger mismanagement department. Here are my picks for the most ill-tempered coaches and players in sports history: 1. Ty Cobb. Baseball's all-time leading hitter (.367 lifetime batting average) was a bully on and off the field. Notoriously racist, "The Georgia Peach" once trampled a paraplegic who suggested he had some African-American ancestry. 2. Bob Knight. Texas Tech's men's basketball coach is best known for throwing a chair onto a court during his days at the University of Indiana, where he was revered as a god in fans' eyes. However, an incident in which he allegedly choked a player and another in which he berated a freshman who said, "Hey, Knight," got him canned. 3. John McEnroe. He was labeled tennis' bad boy for a reason: Whenever an official made a call he didn't like, he'd throw his racquet and exclaim, "You CANNOT be serious!" 4. BIlly Martin. The late New York Yankees manager was known more for kicking dirt on umpires than for leading the Bronx Bombers to back-to-back World Series in 1976 and 1977. (He won in ’77.) His infamous temper was probably the biggest reason the Yankees hired and fired him five times. 5. Latrell Sprewell. While with the Golden State Warriors in 1997, he lost his cool in practice one day and strangled coach P.J. Carlesimo. That got him suspended for the remainder of the NBA season. 6. Rasheed Wallace. The Detroit Pistons forward set an NBA record with 41 technical fouls as a member of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2000-01. He's cooled off a bit since then, but this season he still led the league in technicals with 16. 7. Marty McSorley. Perhaps it's fitting that his name includes the word "sore": The former NHL goon was convicted of assault with a weapon in a Vancouver court in 2001 for whacking Canucks defenseman Donald Brashear on the head with his stick. 8. Mike Tyson. The boxer bit off part of Evander Holyfield's ear in the ring in 1997. Need I say more? 9. Kurt Busch. The 2004 Nextel Cup champion has had a series of altercations with fellow NASCAR drivers, including Bakerfield's Kevin Harvick, who can be pretty ill-tempered himself. His reputation as a dirty driver and an even poorer sport off the track have earned him GQ's ranking as America's third-most hated athlete, behind Terrell Owens and Barry Bonds. 10. Bill Romanowski. I had to get an NFL player in here somewhere. This drugged-up linebacker ripped off teammate Marcus Williams' helmet in practice and punched him in the face — breaking Williams' left orbital bone, chipping his tooth and prompting Williams to sue Romanowski for ruining his shot at an NFL career. What are your picks, Bakersfield? 3 comments from 3 users
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