Comments on: 100 Greatest Phillies: 33 – John Kruk

By: Kev

Kev — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:59:58 +0000

I’ve been a Mets fan all of my life, and I respect alot of guys like Utley and Howard…but y’all are the enemy! That said, a Baseball fan that does not love John Kruk is like a football fan that does not love Brett Favre.

By: Alan Robert

Alan Robert — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:16:52 +0000

Only Phillie ever to wear 4 numbers. #11, #19 (in honor of “The Bull” cause he was a fellow Polish guy) #28 (which is the one Mitch gave him the case of beer for) and #29

Loved me some Krukker!!

By: clktwr14

clktwr14 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:46:06 +0000

ashmidt Dutch Daulton came through the farm system

By: clktwr14

clktwr14 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:39:58 +0000

I remember Krukker on Letterman talking about the 93 Phils and he said that when Mitchy poo came in for his frist Spring Training and wanted number 99 cause his wide had a ton of ninety nine jewerly and he was wearing it ,instead of what guys usually ask for new watches or new jewerly, all he wanted was a case of beer

By: ashmidt

ashmidt — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:02:56 +0000

lee thomas did a hell of a job getting kruk, dykstra and schilling in trades, if you had a top 100 trades those 3 had to be in the top 10. besides dutch and morandini and stocker, did anyone on that team come through the farm system ? that just goes to show you how lame the bill giles era was, he was truely pathetic.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:53:01 +0000

well said love child. well said.

dare i say, Larry Andersen was the brains. lol

By: JohnKruksLoveChild

JohnKruksLoveChild — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:20:50 +0000

Kruk concluded: “I always told Murph he was the only sane one in the clubhouse. Our clubhouse had one Mormon and 24 morons.”

One of his best quotes, like Richie pointed out, this was a guy that the fans AND the players loved. Dutch may have been the heart of the ’93 team, but Krukker was the soul.

By: Richie Allen

Richie Allen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:13:48 +0000

The thing that was different about Kruk was that he didnt take himself too seriously.He busted everybody in the clubhouse but they loved him.
I remember watching a tape on those 93 Phils. He christened Jim Eisenreich “Dahmer”, (as in the mass murderer),because he had Turett syndrome. Eisenreich’s wife said he was the first guy on all of his teams to not only address the condition but to make fun of it.After that ,Eisenreich loved the Phils.
This guy was the funniest player in recent memory.I wish we had him back on Comcast .He doesnt let his true personality out on ESPN.

By: JohnKruksLoveChild

JohnKruksLoveChild — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:13:24 +0000

What can I say, dad is the living, breathing incarnation of this city.

God I miss his man-perm.

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:22:51 +0000

Kruk was my favorite Phillie when I was a kid. I remember that one on the school bus we always seemed to think that Wild Thing just blew his ball away. I love that he’s on baseball tonight, my favorite guy on there by a mile.

By: Whisky Priest

Whisky Priest — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:15:18 +0000

This man personifies the looseness that baseball has lost recently. He was a tubby bitch, no doubt about it. He played the game as such and stopped when he felt he was done having fun. Now he loves it again from the outside but isn’t too proud to enjoy himself. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, anyone?

By: Wilson

Wilson — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:58:08 +0000

took the words right out of my mouth bsg…..

By far one of my favorite Phillies of all time!

By: bsg

bsg — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:15:25 +0000

Probably my alltime phillies player too, and of my favorite phillies memories was from Game 1 of the ’93 NLCS vs. the braves when kim batisite went from goat to hero and John kruk came chugging…. and i mean CHUGGING around third to score on kim’s double to win the game in the 10th inning,and the vet went f’n crazy, that will always be one of my favorite all time phillies moments especially since i got to be at the game and share the experience with my brother

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:55:44 +0000

joe: the guys in that clubhouse were so close knit a loose that they actually made fun of Kruk right to his face about that all the time.

that was a truly great team. it’s just such a shame they didn’t finish the job because I feel they’d be remembered as one of the great teams in baseball history if they capped it off. like a more modern version of the gashouse gang

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:42:04 +0000

I recall after Kruk came back from his cancer treatment, Harry and Whitey always avoided the phrase “one ball”. It was always “the count is 1 and 0.”

By: Jason B.

Jason B. — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:20:24 +0000

Mets09, even as a Phillies fan, I still think that video of Kruk is completely epic.

By: Jason B.

Jason B. — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:18:10 +0000

Awesome pick for this spot. If there is one player in Phillies history that personified the fans rooting the team on, it was the Krukker. Two memories….

1. I got a towel as a giveaway in 91 at the ballpark that had carictures of Kruk, Daulton, and Hayes. Kruk was sitting behind a desk, doing Kruks corner on the towel.

2. Before game 6 of the NLCS, Tim McCarver stated that the Phillies had no shot at beating Maddox and the game was going back to Atlanta. My dad, normally a quite guy, made a huge sign that said”Yo Tim, Kruk You.” That we brought to the game. AS a 12 year old, I was so proud of my dad for that.

Nobody cares i’m sure, but I thought I’d share because the Krukker was one of my all time favorites.

By: mets09

mets09 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:16:03 +0000

Im sorry folkfish,I dont know if ive ever seen you on here ,but relax. dont get too pissed, it was just an all star game. It really is my most memorable moment of Kruk

By: Brooks

Brooks — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:02:16 +0000

Back on track TM, Kruck’s career here was not that long but eventful, memorable and mostly, fun to watch.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:04:00 +0000

i’ll also add that in 1993 i dressed up as Kruk for halloween and nobody had any trouble guessing who i was. i wore a mullet wig , some fake stubble, and put a pillow under my shirt for a gut. one of my greatest costumes ever.