August 26, 200520 yr I am not sure if this was posted before :confused BERARDINO: It must be the rookie's hair Published August 26, 2005 Jason Vargas has only been in the big leagues for six weeks, but already the rookie left-hander has a signature feature. His hair. Long, black, stringy hair. Hair that spills out from the back and sides of his Marlins cap in true Eckersleyan fashion. Hair that nearly reaches his shoulders when left unchecked and falls into his eyes after almost every pitch. It's great hair, really. Probably the best in franchise history and far closer to Video Music Awards hair than traditional baseball hair. At the very least it's reality-show hair. Watch him this afternoon at Wrigley Field, where he makes his sixth career start as a Marlin and goes for a second consecutive complete game, and tell me a sharp marketing mind couldn't build an entire endorsement campaign around that hair. The regulars on the Marlins' Internet message boards have taken to calling Vargas "The Crow" in honor of the late Brandon Lee's hair from that 1994 movie. Me? I think he looks more like a cross between a young Johnny Depp and Mike Damone, the blustery ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont High.Mention those flowing locks to Vargas, though, and the Marlins rookie sensation seems slightly embarrassed. "It needs to be cut," he says. "It's getting hot." See, that's the other thing about Vargas' hair. Even for night games, he sweats like the rest of us in this South Florida humidity, so sweat drips dramatically off his curls as he stares in for the sign. Drip. Drip. Drip. Must be like water torture for the waiting hitters. Not to mention his educator parents. That's the part that drives Joe and Margie Vargas crazy back home in Apple Valley, Calif., about 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles. "I don't think we'd mind the long hair if he trimmed it up some," Joe Vargas says in a phone interview about his only son. "His hair is thick and naturally curly, but when it gets wet, it hangs down and it looks like he's got greasy, goopy -- what do they call them?" Jeri curls? "Yeah, jeri curls," he continues. "Personally, I think he should cut it. So does his mother. We've had some discussions about it, but he's his own man now. As long as he's doing well, he's not going to mess with it. Part of it has to do with baseball superstitions." Doing well? Vargas, in his first full professional season, has rocketed all the way up from low Class A Greensboro to the fourth starter's spot in a spandex-tight wild-card race. He is 4-1 with a 2.43 ERA that ranks second on the Marlins to closer Todd Jones. Less than 15 months after getting drafted in the second round out of Long Beach State, Vargas has pitched his way to prominence despite a modest fastball and a frame that is generously listed at 6 feet and 215 pounds. He did this after just 28 starts in the minors, 13 fewer than Josh Beckett. Besides the hair, of course, it's been the attitude that makes Vargas so noteworthy at age 22. Marlins pitching coach Mark Wiley raves about the kid's maturity, saying he is "pretty much as together mentally as anybody I've ever had at that age." Adds Wiley: "He's very calm, very much under control. He thinks things out, listens and makes adjustments. His goal is never to go back to the minor leagues." Unflappable is simply the way Vargas is wired. When he was 6, he turned an unassisted triple play in T-ball and calmly trotted back to the dugout when he was done tagging out stunned children. "I can't ever remember getting on him about an emotional outburst," says Joe Vargas, 51. "I've always been a firm believer in not letting your emotions get the best of you, especially on the baseball field. If you let one thing get to you, it's going to compound what happens next." Changing uniforms is nothing new to Vargas either, going back to high school. He played his freshman year for his dad at Victor Valley High, where Joe Vargas' teams won five league titles in his 16 seasons from 1983-98. But when Jason said he'd rather go play with his friends at rival Apple Valley High, his father didn't stand in his way. He even stepped down as baseball coach, continuing as athletic director but spending all the free time he could developing his son's two-way game. The undersized kid could hit as well as pitch. Still can. But it took until the 43rd round for the Twins to draft him out of high school. So Vargas went to Louisiana State instead, playing one year there and earning regular time before transferring because he didn't feel comfortable, his father says. His sophomore year was at Cypress (Calif.) Junior College, where he helped win a state juco title, before moving on to Long Beach for one year as a Dirtbag. All told, Vargas has played for 10 teams in the past eight years. It was at Long Beach that he and star pitcher Jered Weaver vowed not to cut their hair as long as things went their way. A hairstyle was born, and with it the potential for a widespread movement. The Vargas Look. Can't be long before it hits South Florida high schools. "Eventually he's going to get lit," Joe Vargas, who will be at Wrigley today, says with a laugh. "Then we'll see if he cuts his hair." At the very least, the family is hoping Jason gets shorn this winter. He's engaged to high school sweetheart Shelley Watson, with a wedding date of Jan. 8. "I don't know if it will all come off, but there will be some of it that definitely does," Jason says. And when those famous locks hit the salon floor, you'll almost be able to hear the distant sobs of marketing execs and reality-show bookers. It's great hair. Really. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-mik...la-sports-front
August 26, 200520 yr I saw that this morning in the paper (surprisingly, the paper came) but I guess I didn't really read the part of the message board.
August 26, 200520 yr Hello, Mike. :waving Thanks for visiting. Please don't mind all the adjectives and descriptive nouns usually attached to your name (or any creative misspellings of it). We're really a nice bunch. Really...
August 26, 200520 yr Great article, surprisingly. Please don't mind all the adjectives and descriptive nouns usually attached to your name (or any creative misspellings of it). 916224[/snapback] Don't apologize. He deserves it. :plain
August 26, 200520 yr Please don't mind all the adjectives and descriptive nouns usually attached to your name (or any creative misspellings of it). 916224[/snapback] Don't apologize. He deserves it. :plain 916244[/snapback] :mischief
August 26, 200520 yr I am not sure if this was posted before :confused BERARDINO: It must be the rookie's hair Published August 26, 2005 "Eventually he's going to get lit," Joe Vargas, who will be at Wrigley today, says with a laugh. "Then we'll see if he cuts his hair." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-mik...la-sports-front 916138[/snapback] :whistle
August 26, 200520 yr I am not sure if this was posted before? :confused BERARDINO: It must be the rookie's hair Published August 26, 2005 "Eventually he's going to get lit," Joe Vargas, who will be at Wrigley today, says with a laugh. "Then we'll see if he cuts his hair." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-mik...la-sports-front 916138[/snapback] :whistle 916727[/snapback] OMG THE JINX STORMTROOPERS ARE ON THIER WAY!!!!
August 27, 200520 yr Hey, Mike, why do you have to go a pluralize it, like there is more than one Marlins messageboard that counts?
August 27, 200520 yr It must be the hair? Ok...one thing for sure is that it is weird what the press wrote about my man and his hair? I mean come on what does hair have to do with my mans pitching or what does it have to do with baseball? That is strange how they say................. -IT MUST BE THE HAIR- Jason Vargas has only been in the big leagues for six weeks, but already the rookie left-hander has a signature feature. HIS HAIR. Long, black, stringy hair. Hair that spills out from the back and sides of his Marlins cap in true Eckersleyan fashion. Hair that nearly reaches his shoulders when left unchecked and falls into his eyes after almost every pitch. It's great hair really. Probably the best in franchise history and far closer to Video music Awards hair than traditional baseball hair. At the very least it's reality-show hair. Watch him this afternoon at Wrigly Field, where he makes his sixth career start as a Marlin and goes for a second consecutive complete game, and tell me a sharp marketing mind couldn't build an entire endorsement campaigne around that hair. The regulars on the Marlins' Internet message boards have taken to calling Vargas "The Crow" in honor of the late Brandon Lee's hair from that 1994 movie. Me? I think he looks more like a cross between a young Johnny Depp and Mike Damone, the blustery ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Mention those flowing locks to Vargas, though, and the Marlins rookie sensation seems slightly embarrased. "It needs to be cut," he says. "It's getting hot." See, that's the other thing about Vargas' hair. Even for night games, he sweats like the rest of us in this South Florida humidity, so sweat drips dramatically off his curls as he stares in for the sign. DRIP. DRIP. DRIP. Must be like water torture for his waiting hitters. Not to mention his educator parents. That's the part that drives Joe and Margie Vargas crazy back home in Apple Valley, Cali., about 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles. "I don't think we'd mind the long hair," says in a phone interview about his only son. "His hair is thick and naturally curly, but when it gets wet, it hangs down and it looks like he's got greasy, groopy- what do they call them?" Jeri curls? "Yeah, Jeri curls," he continues. "Personally, I think he should cut it. Continues........ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I would love to continue but I need to go. I love my boyfriends hair and I hope he doesn't cut it. I LOVE YOU JASON! :drunks :hug :kiss2 :wub: :goodpost :respect :Batter :pray
August 27, 200520 yr It must be the hair? Ok...one thing for sure is that it is weird what the press wrote about my man and his hair? I mean come on what does hair have to do with my mans pitching or what does it have to do with baseball? That is strange how they say................. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -IT MUST BE THE HAIR- Jason Vargas has only been in the big leagues for six weeks, but already the rookie left-hander has a signature feature. HIS HAIR. Long, black, stringy hair. Hair that spills out from the back and sides of his Marlins cap in true Eckersleyan fashion. Hair that nearly reaches his shoulders when left unchecked and falls into his eyes after almost every pitch. It's great hair really. Probably the best in franchise history and far closer to Video music Awards hair than traditional baseball hair. At the very least it's reality-show hair. Watch him this afternoon at Wrigly Field, where he makes his sixth career start as a Marlin and goes for a second consecutive complete game, and tell me a sharp marketing mind couldn't build an entire endorsement campaigne around that hair. The regulars on the Marlins' Internet message boards have taken to calling Vargas "The Crow" in honor of the late Brandon Lee's hair from that 1994 movie. Me? I think he looks more like a cross between a young Johnny Depp and Mike Damone, the blustery ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Mention those flowing locks to Vargas, though, and the Marlins rookie sensation seems slightly embarrased. "It needs to be cut," he says. "It's getting hot." See, that's the other thing about Vargas' hair. Even for night games, he sweats like the rest of us in this South Florida humidity, so sweat drips dramatically off his curls as he stares in for the sign. DRIP. DRIP. DRIP. Must be like water torture for his waiting hitters. Not to mention his educator parents. That's the part that drives Joe and Margie Vargas crazy back home in Apple Valley, Cali., about 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles. "I don't think we'd mind the long hair," says in a phone interview about his only son. "His hair is thick and naturally curly, but when it gets wet, it hangs down and it looks like he's got greasy, groopy- what do they call them?" Jeri curls? "Yeah, Jeri curls," he continues. "Personally, I think he should cut it. Continues........ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I would love to continue but I need to go. I love my boyfriends hair and I hope he doesn't cut it. I LOVE YOU JASON! :drunks :hug :kiss2 ? :wub: ? :goodpost ? :respect :Batter ? :pray 918218[/snapback] Sorry but I'm Vargas's lover. :mischief :thumbup
August 27, 200520 yr First post of what I'm sure will be a long line of meaningful, insightful posts. :whistle
August 27, 200520 yr It must be the hair? Ok...one thing for sure is that it is weird what the press wrote about my man and his hair? I mean come on what does hair have to do with my mans pitching or what does it have to do with baseball? That is strange how they say................. -IT MUST BE THE HAIR- Jason Vargas has only been in the big leagues for six weeks, but already the rookie left-hander has a signature feature. HIS HAIR. Long, black, stringy hair. Hair that spills out from the back and sides of his Marlins cap in true Eckersleyan fashion. Hair that nearly reaches his shoulders when left unchecked and falls into his eyes after almost every pitch. It's great hair really. Probably the best in franchise history and far closer to Video music Awards hair than traditional baseball hair. At the very least it's reality-show hair. Watch him this afternoon at Wrigly Field, where he makes his sixth career start as a Marlin and goes for a second consecutive complete game, and tell me a sharp marketing mind couldn't build an entire endorsement campaigne around that hair. The regulars on the Marlins' Internet message boards have taken to calling Vargas "The Crow" in honor of the late Brandon Lee's hair from that 1994 movie. Me? I think he looks more like a cross between a young Johnny Depp and Mike Damone, the blustery ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Mention those flowing locks to Vargas, though, and the Marlins rookie sensation seems slightly embarrased. "It needs to be cut," he says. "It's getting hot." See, that's the other thing about Vargas' hair. Even for night games, he sweats like the rest of us in this South Florida humidity, so sweat drips dramatically off his curls as he stares in for the sign. DRIP. DRIP. DRIP. Must be like water torture for his waiting hitters. Not to mention his educator parents. That's the part that drives Joe and Margie Vargas crazy back home in Apple Valley, Cali., about 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles. "I don't think we'd mind the long hair," says in a phone interview about his only son. "His hair is thick and naturally curly, but when it gets wet, it hangs down and it looks like he's got greasy, groopy- what do they call them?" Jeri curls? "Yeah, Jeri curls," he continues. "Personally, I think he should cut it. Continues........ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I would love to continue but I need to go. I love my boyfriends hair and I hope he doesn't cut it. I LOVE YOU JASON! :drunks :hug :kiss2 :wub: :goodpost :respect :Batter :pray 918218[/snapback] Sorry but I'm Vargas's lover. :mischief :thumbup 918226[/snapback] I guess Vargas lied to me all this time. :plain :crying
August 27, 200520 yr It must be the hair? Ok...one thing for sure is that it is weird what the press wrote about my man and his hair? I mean come on what does hair have to do with my mans pitching or what does it have to do with baseball? That is strange how they say................. -IT MUST BE THE HAIR- Jason Vargas has only been in the big leagues for six weeks, but already the rookie left-hander has a signature feature. HIS HAIR. Long, black, stringy hair. Hair that spills out from the back and sides of his Marlins cap in true Eckersleyan fashion. Hair that nearly reaches his shoulders when left unchecked and falls into his eyes after almost every pitch. It's great hair really. Probably the best in franchise history and far closer to Video music Awards hair than traditional baseball hair. At the very least it's reality-show hair. Watch him this afternoon at Wrigly Field, where he makes his sixth career start as a Marlin and goes for a second consecutive complete game, and tell me a sharp marketing mind couldn't build an entire endorsement campaigne around that hair. The regulars on the Marlins' Internet message boards have taken to calling Vargas "The Crow" in honor of the late Brandon Lee's hair from that 1994 movie. Me? I think he looks more like a cross between a young Johnny Depp and Mike Damone, the blustery ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Mention those flowing locks to Vargas, though, and the Marlins rookie sensation seems slightly embarrased. "It needs to be cut," he says. "It's getting hot." See, that's the other thing about Vargas' hair. Even for night games, he sweats like the rest of us in this South Florida humidity, so sweat drips dramatically off his curls as he stares in for the sign. DRIP. DRIP. DRIP. Must be like water torture for his waiting hitters. Not to mention his educator parents. That's the part that drives Joe and Margie Vargas crazy back home in Apple Valley, Cali., about 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles. "I don't think we'd mind the long hair," says in a phone interview about his only son. "His hair is thick and naturally curly, but when it gets wet, it hangs down and it looks like he's got greasy, groopy- what do they call them?" Jeri curls? "Yeah, Jeri curls," he continues. "Personally, I think he should cut it. Continues........ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I would love to continue but I need to go. I love my boyfriends hair and I hope he doesn't cut it. I LOVE YOU JASON! :drunks :hug :kiss2 :wub: :goodpost :respect :Batter :pray 918218[/snapback] :whistle
August 27, 200520 yr It must be the hair? Ok...one thing for sure is that it is weird what the press wrote about my man and his hair? I mean come on what does hair have to do with my mans pitching or what does it have to do with baseball? That is strange how they say................. -IT MUST BE THE HAIR- Jason Vargas has only been in the big leagues for six weeks, but already the rookie left-hander has a signature feature. HIS HAIR. Long, black, stringy hair. Hair that spills out from the back and sides of his Marlins cap in true Eckersleyan fashion. Hair that nearly reaches his shoulders when left unchecked and falls into his eyes after almost every pitch. It's great hair really. Probably the best in franchise history and far closer to Video music Awards hair than traditional baseball hair. At the very least it's reality-show hair. Watch him this afternoon at Wrigly Field, where he makes his sixth career start as a Marlin and goes for a second consecutive complete game, and tell me a sharp marketing mind couldn't build an entire endorsement campaigne around that hair. The regulars on the Marlins' Internet message boards have taken to calling Vargas "The Crow" in honor of the late Brandon Lee's hair from that 1994 movie. Me? I think he looks more like a cross between a young Johnny Depp and Mike Damone, the blustery ticket scalper from Fast Times At Ridgemont High. Mention those flowing locks to Vargas, though, and the Marlins rookie sensation seems slightly embarrased. "It needs to be cut," he says. "It's getting hot." See, that's the other thing about Vargas' hair. Even for night games, he sweats like the rest of us in this South Florida humidity, so sweat drips dramatically off his curls as he stares in for the sign. DRIP. DRIP. DRIP. Must be like water torture for his waiting hitters. Not to mention his educator parents. That's the part that drives Joe and Margie Vargas crazy back home in Apple Valley, Cali., about 90 minutes northeast of Los Angeles. "I don't think we'd mind the long hair," says in a phone interview about his only son. "His hair is thick and naturally curly, but when it gets wet, it hangs down and it looks like he's got greasy, groopy- what do they call them?" Jeri curls? "Yeah, Jeri curls," he continues. "Personally, I think he should cut it. Continues........ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I would love to continue but I need to go. I love my boyfriends hair and I hope he doesn't cut it. I LOVE YOU JASON! :drunks :hug :kiss2 :wub: :goodpost :respect :Batter :pray 918218[/snapback] OMGOMGILOVEMIGGYANDVARGASGIRLOMG
August 27, 200520 yr :plain ! Anyway, nice article. Didn't know his hair was all about superstition, heh.
August 28, 200520 yr :lol Lets see if he starts walking around in a black leather trench coat. :lol 916400[/snapback] Ah...don't think he will :lol
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