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Dennis Eckersley hates when you call his hairstyle a mullet
Dennis Eckersley hates when you call his hairstyle a mullet
Dennis Eckersley still has a closer's mentality. When you sit down and talk to him it's easy to see why TBS hired the Hall of Fame pitcher to be an analyst. Eck had no fear on the mound and now he has no fear when it comes to offering up an opinion — from the Rays to his long hair — ...
3 Comments
  • EthanJaynes EthanJaynes
    +2
    Heck Eck it is a Mullet, what do you want me to call it? :-)
    Posted 10/9/2008 respond (flag)
  • Douglass C. Perry Douglass C. Perry
    +2

    But he hates it ever more when you point at it and yell, "MULLET!!!"

    My suggestion? Get rid of that awful thing, that...MULLET!!!!

    Posted 10/10/2008 respond (flag)
  • truthaboutit truthaboutit
    +3

    Maybe he prefers to be called 'white sucker'

    No lie, this is from the Wikipedia entry for Mullet (the fish):

    Fish with common names including the word "mullet" may be a member of one family or the other, or even unrelated such as the freshwater white sucker (Catostomus commersonii).

    Posted 10/10/2008 respond (flag)
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