JV: The only time I was embarrassed was as a rookie. I still get a lot of grief to this day about this and rightfully so: My dad got me a [car] in high school with a license plate that said BRNGN IT.
DP: You were Nuke LaLoosh from Bull Durham?
JV: Yeah, I was Nuke LaLoosh. I came into the clubhouse with that license plate. We had some veterans who just wore me out about it.
DP: How about CYMVP for your next license plate?
JV: I've learned from my mistakes. I'm not going to have a vanity plate—just typical letters and numbers.
learning from faux pas, miscalculations and decisions gone wrong
Friday, December 2, 2011
Cy Young/MVP winner Justin Verlander learns to avoid vanity license plates
A light post for a Friday. This is from Dan Patrick's interview in Sports Illustrated with Justin Verlander, who recently won both the Cy Young Award (best pitcher)and Most Valuable Player Award from Major League Baseball:
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