When the Dodgers — managed by Vince Piazza's childhood friend Tommy Lasorda, Tony Piazza's godfather — visited Philadelphia, Piazza visited the Dodger clubhouse and served as a batboy in the dugout.

Vince Piazza threw hundreds of pitches nightly to his son, who shared his father's focus on baseball, clearing snow if necessary to practice his hitting and, after reaching the major leagues, practicing on Christmas Eve.

Wedding Crashers ( 2005 ) in which he starred alongside Vince Vaughan earned his highest box office to date.

A three-time All-Star, Samuel earned National League Rookie of the Year honors from The Sporting News in 1984, when he tied for the NL lead with 19 triples and placed second with 72 stolen bases setting a MLB rookie record ( broken by Vince Coleman the following season ).

The new band's core membership remained largely intact for more than a decade: Fee Waybill ( real name John Waldo Waybill ) ( vocals ), Bill " Sputnik " Spooner ( guitar, vocals ), Roger Steen ( guitar ), Prairie Prince ( real name Charles L. Prince ) ( drums ), Michael Cotten ( synthesizer ), Vince Welnick ( piano ), and Rick Anderson ( bass ).

He has received more than 27 ACM awards for Top Vocal Duo since 1991, except for 2000 when the honor went to Montgomery Gentry and 2009 when the honor went to Sugarland, including three Entertainer of the Year awards and vocal event of the year in 2005, for their hit " Building Bridges " with Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow's background vocals, along with his Single of the Year for his gospel song " Believe ".

Bruce Prichard stated that Vince McMahon did not know what a " Dingo " Warrior would be, but because there was the " Modern Day Warrior " Kerry von Erich and the Road Warriors there should not be one more simple warrior, but The Ultimate Warrior.

The DVD featured clips of his more notable feuds and matches along with commentary from WWE stars past and present ( most of which are unflattering ), with Triple H ( by this point one of WWE's top main eventers and the husband of Vince McMahon's daughter Stephanie McMahon ) adding that his WrestleMania debut loss against Warrior at WrestleMania XII left him with mixed emotions, saying that Warrior " ruined the experience " for him and was " one of the most unprofessional guys " he's ever fought.

Over the following weeks, VKM aired several more videos bashing DX and Vince McMahon.

As the WWF continued to replace its closed circuit programming with pay-per-view programming, Vince McMahon added more pay-per-views to the lineup to capitalize on the success of his previous events.

After appearing in more than a dozen B-movies, as well as supporting roles, as FBI agent Steve Daniels in the espionage series I Led Three Lives and as LAPD Sergeant Vince Cavelli in The New Breed, he was offered the role of Dr. Steve Hardy on the soap opera General Hospital.

Sheldon, tired of the ordeal, refuses to be shot at any more ; unknown to Vince, he calls the United States Embassy and is told by the CIA agent-in-charge that Vince is a madman who was mentally discharged from the agency.

The trophies are now a new, silver design with the outline of a hollow football positioned on a small base to more closely resemble the Vince Lombardi Trophy, awarded to the winner of the Super Bowl.

Released in the aftermath of singer Vince Neil's arrest for manslaughter on a drunk driving charge, the album marked a step away from the traditional heavy metal sound of Shout at the Devil towards a more glam metal influenced record, in both sound and image.

Vince is not a billionaire any more!

Vince is vibrant and flamboyant, contrasting with his friend Howard, who is more like a " geography teacher from Leeds ".

The trophies are now a new, silver design with the outline of a hollow football positioned on a small base to more closely resembles the Vince Lombardi Trophy, awarded to the winner of the Super Bowl.

Shortly after leaving the AWA, Jannetty and Michaels were contacted by WWF owner Vince McMahon informing them that he was willing to bring them back if they were able to be more professional this time round.

Vince McMahon, who financed the movie, more or less broke even because of distribution fees.

Kanyon returned to WCW once more on April 10, 2000, when Vince Russo replaced Sullivan.

After StarrCade, Koloff was firmly established as one of the NWA's most popular stars, which made him an even more inviting target for Vince McMahon.

This was done allegedly because Vince McMahon, who reportedly was not aware of the Pirates of the Caribbean films and Johnny Depp's pirate character, believed the character should have thought he was a real pirate, acting more like the Carl Ouellet pirate character from the 1990s, and felt it could not work as a crowd favorite, despite the positive crowd reactions Burchill received.

As the group became more and more involved in storylines, it slowly dissolved, but never officially broke up until 2001 when WCW was sold to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation.

In the course of his career, Brisco, along with his partner Pat Patterson, achieved more fame in the late 1990s and early 2000s as the onscreen " stooge " of WWE Chairman Vince McMahon.

Despite having Cornette in their corner and the name " Midnight Express ", wrestling fans consider this incarnation of the team as nothing more than a rib by Vince McMahon on Cornette, and in shoot interviews Cornette has indeed indicated that he never considered the team as continuing the lineage of the Midnight Express, since it was not his idea nor his intention to have " glorified jobbers " like Gunn and Holly take on the moniker ( although Gunn and Holly were both former tag team champions prior to being teamed ).

Finally, WPVI placed more emphasis on young talent — while WCAU-TV and KYW-TV used older, respected news anchors such as Vince Leonard, Tom Snyder, and John Facenda, WPVI used a young Larry Kane as their top anchor.

On August 4, 2012, Vince Neil revealed during an interview that Mötley Crüe might release an EP rather than a tenth studio album, saying, " I don't think we're gonna do an album.

His replacement, Vince Ferragamo, completed less than 50 percent of his passes and threw twice as many interceptions ( 10 ) as touchdowns ( 5 ).

When Landry was hired by the Dallas Cowboys, he became concerned with then-Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi's " Run to Daylight " idea, where the running back went to an open space, rather than a specific assigned hole.

He challenged Jericho to a fight in the parking lot, rather than an official match, but was ejected from the building by Vince McMahon.

Mike Sexton continues to provide commentary, though he is partnered with Denmark-based American commentator Jesse May rather than Vince Van Patten.

Nevertheless, wrestling was still regulated by state athletic commissions in the United States well into the 1980s, until Vince McMahon, owner of the World Wrestling Federation, convinced the state of New Jersey in 1989 that wrestling was considered a form of entertainment ( or sports entertainment, as McMahon used ) than as a legitimate sport, and that it shouldn't be regulated by state athletic commissions.

Some other regularly featured highlights include a " Breakdown " ( in which ESPN analyst Sean Salisbury would comedically break down an athlete's performance in a previously hosted segment ), " Do Not Lend Tapes to This Person " ( which is usually a pre / post-commercial close-up shot of a poster featuring a notorious celebrity such as Vince McMahon or George W. Bush, athlete or fictional character such as Bigfoot or Freddy Krueger ; a picture of the Sklars on the board was the series ' final shot ), " What to Look For " ( in which the Sklar brothers point out certain happenings that they find ironic or personally amusing ), " Cheap Shot of the Week " ( which usually showcases an athlete featured earlier in the show at their worst ), and " What Got Cut " ( which shows the viewer at home what didn't make the cut due to time constraints, also an acknowledgment that the show once ran in hour-long episodes, rather than the latter half-hour ).

Leinart, who was having arguably a better season than in 2004, was again invited to New York for the Heisman ceremony along with teammate Reggie Bush and Texas quarterback Vince Young.

Less than a week later WWF and Vince McMahon purchased WCW, and wanted to keep Kash on through a renegotiation of his contract, which would have cut his wages considerably.

This group came to an end when the Undertaker suffered an injury in September and was written out by quitting rather than taking a match ordered by Vince McMahon.

In the interview Blaustein revealed that after the first viewing it was Linda McMahon who was more upset than Vince due to the portrayal of the company in the documentary and not emphasizing the ' fun ' in professional wrestling.

The Hazlet Elks had no fewer than 7 future Major League Baseball players or draft picks on their roster including Gerald Wagner, Steve Reed, Vince Shinholster, Willie Hysaw, Greg Mathews, Kurt Mattson, and Kernan Ronan.

Incidentally, Jackyl was initially more interested in being a wrestler than the group's manager, but WWF booker Vince McMahon convinced him to cut promos on behalf of the Truth Commission because of his talent for it.

The base sustained $ 2 million in damage and two fatalities ; an officer's wife, and amateur cinematographer Vince Rupert, who was struck and killed by debris while capturing the tornado on film.

Shortly after the purchase, Vince McMahon purchased the entire tape library for an additional $ 1. 7 million, bringing the final tally of World Championship Wrestling's sale to $ 4. 2 million.

Wilson partnered with Vince Vaughn in the 2005 Wedding Crashers which grossed over $ 200 million in the US alone.

Vince Vaughn's father, Vernon Vaughn, plays the lucky gambler at the $ 100-minimum blackjack table, while Favreau's grandmother, Joan Favreau, is the lucky gambler at the $ 5-minimum blackjack table.

An entire chapter was devoted to Russo in the WrestleCrap: The Very Worst of Pro Wrestling book ; the title of the chapter was Vince Russo Presents: How to Lose $ 60 Million in just 12 months !.

Despite the promise of renovations, Georgia athletic director Vince Dooley was unswayed, so Austin widened the scope of the renovations, increasing their price tag to $ 49 million, and traveled to Athens, Georgia, to talk with Dooley in person.

They requested a $ 1 raise above the WWF's offer to stay in ECW, but their request was denied because ECW owner Paul Heyman was working a deal with Vince McMahon to supply talent to the WWF.

Vince McMahon paid both Hebners a bonus of $ 2, 500 USD for participating in the angle.

Garcia shows the two the room he will use for counterfeiting, gives Vince $ 20 million for the plates and treats them to a banquet ( with entertainment by his singing army ).

She defeated Vince Biskupic, the Republican candidate, 52 % to 48 %, despite being outspent by about $ 200, 000.

On December 18, 2010, Richardson was traded to the Orlando Magic along with Hedo Türkoğlu and Earl Clark for Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickaël Piétrus, a 2011 first-round draft pick and $ 3 million cash.

After an investor dropped out, Cape Cod Coliseum and WWF owner Vince McMahon purchased the rights to the franchise for $ 15, 000.

On December 18, 2010, Piétrus was traded to the Phoenix Suns along with Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, a 2011 first-round draft pick, and $ 3 million, for former Magic player Hedo Türkoğlu, Jason Richardson, and Earl Clark.

On December 18, 2010, Gortat was traded to the Phoenix Suns along with Vince Carter, Mickael Pietrus, a 2011 first-round draft pick, and $ 3 million, for former Magic player Hedo Türkoğlu, Jason Richardson, and Earl Clark.