Operation Shutdown - Derek Bell
This week, we talk about a long time MLB player, with a gift for saying quotable things, and a love of the high life. He started out in humble beginnings, while saying his mother was "more of a sister", and waiting for Christmas presents that would never arrive. He had an impressive baseball career, only to have it prematurely derailed, mainly due to his attitude. After baseball, he drifted into the hobby of getting arrested quite a bit, and may actually be a fugitive, right now!!
Wait for your Dad's Christmas presents, only to find out something tragic. Talk about yourself in the third person, and when yiou get arrested for having a crack pipe, ask the hard question, like "who cares?" with Derek Bell!!
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Comments (41)
Tim Conway was funny. I'm not a fan of Dorf. The only one I sorta liked was Dorf on Golf and it was mid.
I just had to Google Derek Bell to see the famous mugshot. First, he looks a little like the (very) old cartoon character Droopy Dog. Second, there are a shitload of people with mugshots on the internet named Derek Bell!
I'm over halfway through and I can't help but like this guy, on his yacht lol 🤣 I am dreading the downfall 🥺
My 3rd grade teacher, Ms Ray was a Chestine.
“You ever notice how Chinese Taipei always dominated?” James the story behind that is a Crime in Sports Bonus episode all of its own
"How gay is that to talk about another man's pants" as if James didn't rant for about 5 minutes at the start of the episode about men's haircuts 🤔
at least they didn't say There was a slight death in the family !!!!
Makes me feel smart ( and in no way old) to know all the players you’re talking about. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tom Selleck, Burt Reynolds and Sam Elliott are the only men that are allowed to have a mustache.
Sitting in Seattle repeatedly yelling, "KEN GRIFFEY JUNIOR" for #1 pick in '87 question.
Sleepless, I hope lol
The Chris Johnson stuff is so sad. The often-referenced-on-CIS Jeff Pearlman is talking about the link to ALS but nobody else is
CHESTINE 😭💀💀💀💀
YES! Dexter Manley!!!!
Dexter was always my favourite character, with Bobby Colorado as a close second
Couldn't agree more on the mustaches. Fucking gross
Good for you, James! CTE & ALS are tragic - I am so glad you brought attention to "some" connection with ALS and continuous head injuries. Or not 😉. 🌟💛 You need to rant more, we love it!
Miguel Rojas struck out Tatis on a slow-pitch softball throw. He’s our ringer! 😂
Jimmie was thinking of Josh Bell. Played for Arizona in 2024.
I have a high school freshman and was recently told he’s “behind” as far as college football recruitment goes. Apparently we should have hired someone when he was in 7th grade. This shit is ridiculous!!
The rant in the beginning about the kids was hilarious. Every teenage boy in my town has that alpaca hair and mustaches and they all look like Benson Boone. Like who said he was the next look. Lol
Dr Phil loves an all 3, lol. That's the funniest shit.
Thank you for the trip down memory lane to revisit the championship Jays teams. Tom Henke was my fav!!! ❤️
Oh, I'm very familiar with Glendon Alexander That will absolutely be a fun episode
This is one of my favorite CIS episodes in years. Derek Bell is a party!
Stumbling upon the GOLD of Glendon Alexander(aka Cerruti Brown??) is going to be awesome
I nominate Taylor Parker for the Prisoner Dating Game
I’ve had to listen part of this a few times..I’m still confused what he did in Toronto to piss off manager Cito Gaston so much!! Hahaha I can only imagine what an asshole rookie Derek Bell must’ve been
As a long time suffering Pirates fan seeing this episode posted this morning has me very excited!
God how I love a good rant from James. Who is 100% right, by the way.
My best friend growing up (and still), didn’t find out his dad was dead until he got a $2800 check in the mail from social security or insurance (I don’t remember). His dad had been dead for 2 years.
Love yalls take on the No Fun League and their BS. I've played football (only through college, and even there was a walk on so much less hits) and had 13 concussions myself from elementary school on. I love football and hitting was my favorite part. The CTE downplaying and not actually telling anyone what they have discovered is insane. It took them years to even own up to that, so I wonder what they're holding onto now, James might be onto something with this ALS.
During the LLWS they often show Derek and Gary Sheffield as Little League teammates and yes, Sheffield had the bat waggle then
The Billy Bean on that Padres team mention is not the money ball Billy Beane . I remember this Billy Bean from playing for the tigers and as a openly gay player from that era
I like to call it a "pornstache"
I'm glad we're moving on from the cult. The podcast series (Yahwah Ben Yahwah) outlasted my interest. I know James was interested, but 3 episodes would have worked for me. Crime in Sports is my favorite podcast and I feel guilty to complain.
I loved it, but don’t apologize for well-intended feedback politely given. J&J need to know what their fans think.
He’s the epitome of a Pirate, he stole money and lived on a boat!
But unlike the pirates he hasn't endured 21 years of losing. Like I did before I just gave up. On the Pittsburgh Pirates.
lol @15:00
This show will never get old