I was thinking about him earlier and discovered he's a scout for the Phillies. I also found this recent pic: Here's Charlie back in the day: Him going nuts on the field after a playoff series win, plus this scene from the locker room celebration, is how I'll always remember him, though (L-R, Charlie, Dave Smith, Larry Andersen):
He actually looks great. He has to be in his mid to upper 50’s. He battled weight issues for 30+ years... had to pitch in the Mexican Leagues, had his hot wing restaurant go under. He is doing better than anyone reasonably could have expected, we is a senior executive and looks healthy.
Kerfeld is looking back on those days like we all do thinkin, damn, I was trim as f' back in the day and I didn't even know it. Meanwhile, we all remember him as the fattest cat in the league. So good news for White, you will be trim in your own mind in about 25 years.
Kerfeld is a really cool guy. When I was in High school he used to come to practice all the time and throw batting practice to us. I guess he was trying to get back or something. That was in 1991. I think he lived in Shore Acres at the time.
He has come a long way and has really done well for himself after what looked like would end up being a sad story.
Especially non closer relievers. The reality is that they are almost all very volatile and some of the most disliked relievers now had seasons where they appeared to be long term bullpen solutions..... very few are consistently good for very long. Look no further than past Astros like Sipp, Neshak and Gregerson... everyone has a shelf life and it isn't usually very long....... some of the best middle relievers have a 4-5 year run before the wheels come off. Gregerson for example for the first 6 years of his career never had an era of 3.28....... then at 32 he suddenly dropped 4.57 and followed that up with 7.11 and then 7.94. While the Astros NEED another dependable reliever, the reality is that whoever we get could go sour rather quick.
Never seen these past pat celebrations before. Surreal to think someone would pour beer on Nolan Ryan.
Was all he could do not to put Kerfeld in a chokehold, not that he was pouring beer on him but that he was pouring Busch on him.
