Steve Garvey

Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, and current Southern California businessman.

Facts

• Garvey set a National League record with 1207 consecutive games played, from September 3, 1975, to July 29, 1983. The streak ended when he dislocated his finger in a collision at home plate against the Atlanta Braves.
• For most of his career, Garvey had a very clean-cut public image. For example, in a TV interview before the 1974 World Series when he explained that "I always try to act as though there is a little boy or a little girl around, and I try never to do anything that would give them a bad example." Garvey even had political aspirations, as he would gain the nickname "Senator." That all changed when two years after he played his last Major League game, it was revealed that he had fathered several children out of wedlock and was engaged to two women at the same time. To add insult to injury, Garvey's ex-wife Cyndy came out with a tell-all book.
• On his first trip to Los Angeles as a Padre, he took out a full-page newspaper ad thanking fans for their past support.
• On October 6, 1984, during Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, Garvey hit a two-run walk-off home run off of Lee Smith in the 9th inning to give the Padres a 7 to 5 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The next day, the Padres won the National League pennant for the first time in franchise history.
• From 1993-1998, Garvey served as a color commentator for CBS' coverage of the College World Series.
• The 1990 edition of the annual "Steve Garvey's Celebrity Billfishing Tournament" was a subject of ESPN Classic's comedy series Cheap Seats.
• Garvey makes an appearance, as a coach, in the 2005 film The Sandlot 2 (James Earl Jones).