Bo Belinsky--Happy Birthday Quote of the Day

Among the baseball players born on December 6th was Robert "Bo" Belinsky. Belinsky was one of the great baseball characters of the early to mid 60's. He had a playboy image that he played up tremendously plus he was gifted with a great sense of humor.

Unfortunately his on field game was nothing like his off field game. His career record was 28 and 51. He played for the original California Angels and his greatest accomplishment was pitching a no-hitter in his rookie year.

After pitching a no--hitter, Belinsky said,

"If I had known I was gonna pitch a no-hitter, I would have gotten a haircut"