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[RPatrino]

I remember seeing Tony Pena putting cabbage leaves on his head once. I believe he was with the Cardinals at the time.

[Kevin Finnerty]

See ... I didn't make it up!

Tony Pena did it!

[tballump]

Believe that use to be a trick of Aussie tennis players also.

[DG]

Known about spirits since I was a child playing ball. Surprised at how many teams/coaches these days that don't.

Can get it at most any drug store if you ask for it. I have never used as much as 2 oz though, usually a teaspoon in small 6 pack cooler with slushy ice mix and and a small towel is plenty. Of course if I was mixing for an entire team 2oz to gallon or two of slushy sounds pretty good.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by DG

Known about spirits since I was a child playing ball. Surprised at how many teams/coaches these days that don't.

Can get it at most any drug store if you ask for it. I have never used as much as 2 oz though, usually a teaspoon in small 6 pack cooler with slushy ice mix and and a small towel is plenty. Of course if I was mixing for an entire team 2oz to gallon or two of slushy sounds pretty good.

Exactly!

I was referring to a big cooler with a gallon or more with some cubes.

[Emperor Ump]

Last year I wrote an article (if interested you can read it here)for my site which included info about ammonia water. I too was surprised about how many people were not familiar with it.

One important thing to remember is that we are talking about Spirits of Ammonia, NOT household ammonia.

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by DG

Known about spirits since I was a child playing ball. Surprised at how many teams/coaches these days that don't.

Can get it at most any drug store if you ask for it. I have never used as much as 2 oz though, usually a teaspoon in small 6 pack cooler with slushy ice mix and and a small towel is plenty. Of course if I was mixing for an entire team 2oz to gallon or two of slushy sounds pretty good.

Yesterday I called around to about 10 pharmacies and none of the pharmacists had ever heard of it. I finally found one in Lakeside that had one 2 oz. bottle of it in stock. I had her hold it for me and I picked it up today. I don't think anyone at this pharmacy had ever heard of it either, they just happened to have a bottle in stock.

People also used to drink "ammonia cokes" made with Coca-Cola and 3 or 4 drops of spirits of ammonia. They used to make them regularly in drug store soda fountains back in the "good old days." Mothers would make them for their small children's upset tummies, and many people drank them for migraine headaches and also to help with bursitis.

People actually still make this concoction, even though the label says not to ingest the stuff. I guess a few drops didn't hurt anyone.

[mick]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

People also used to drink "ammonia cokes" made with Coca-Cola and 3 or 4 drops of spirits of ammonia. They used to make them regularly in drug store soda fountains back in the "good old days." Mothers would make them for their small children's upset tummies, and many people drank them for migraine headaches and also to help with bursitis.

People actually still make this concoction, even though the label says not to ingest the stuff. I guess a few drops didn't hurt anyone.

Uh, ... aren't a lot of the people from the old days dead now?
[Bless 'em]

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Yesterday I called around to about 10 pharmacies and none of the pharmacists had ever heard of it. I finally found one in Lakeside that had one 2 oz. bottle of it in stock. I had her hold it for me and I picked it up today. I don't think anyone at this pharmacy had ever heard of it either, they just happened to have a bottle in stock.

People also used to drink "ammonia cokes" made with Coca-Cola and 3 or 4 drops of spirits of ammonia. They used to make them regularly in drug store soda fountains back in the "good old days." Mothers would make them for their small children's upset tummies, and many people drank them for migraine headaches and also to help with bursitis.

People actually still make this concoction, even though the label says not to ingest the stuff. I guess a few drops didn't hurt anyone.

If you're just making enough for yourself, you can get three or four batches out of that one little bottle.

A half ounce of spirits; a quart of water; a dozen cubes, and some towels in a little igloo cooler or jug. You'll be a happy umpire.

Where we are for our Sunday twin-bill, it'll be 99 degrees at 1:00. The crew will be learning about the wonders of ammonia towels.

[Kevin Finnerty]

My games got changed to a different park about 80 miles farther away, so it'll be in the next weekend or two. But I'll get there!

[DG]

Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve

Yesterday I called around to about 10 pharmacies and none of the pharmacists had ever heard of it. I finally found one in Lakeside that had one 2 oz. bottle of it in stock. I had her hold it for me and I picked it up today. I don't think anyone at this pharmacy had ever heard of it either, they just happened to have a bottle in stock.

Maybe I should have said most drug stores can get it for you. I find it very interesting that pharmacists have never heard of it. Makes me happy I get my pills on the East coast.

[Kevin Finnerty]

Originally Posted by DG

Maybe I should have said most drug stores can get it for you. I find it very interesting that pharmacists have never heard of it. Makes me happy I get my pills on the East coast.

There are a few things that haven't made it here quite yet. Hey the Lewis & Clark expedition wasn't really that long ago.

[NFump]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

I remember seeing Tony Pena putting cabbage leaves on his head once. I believe he was with the Cardinals at the time.

Wasn't there a Korean pitcher that did this in a MLB game?

[Kevin Finnerty]

World Classic, I believe.

Here he is:

[Kevin Finnerty]

Check out this story:

Korea bans baseball cabbage pitch

South Korea's baseball authorities have banned a star pitcher from wearing frozen cabbage leaves in his cap to keep cool during games.
The Korean Baseball Association met in special session after cabbage leaves twice fell from Park Myung-Hwan's cap live on television.

After two hours, the committee ruled that cabbage was a "foreign substance" and therefore banned from the field.

Players may now only wear cabbage by presenting a doctor's note in advance.

Mr Park, who plays for Doosan, is currently ranked as the second-best pitcher in the eight-team South Korean baseball league.

[I love this next part]

He began keeping cabbage leaves in his cap last year after hearing that US baseball legend Babe Ruth used them to keep cool on the field.

"In common sense, it is difficult to consider that wearing a cabbage leaf will affect pitches," a KBO spokesman said.

"But since it has become a controversy, we decided to set a limit on the boundaries of foreign substances."

Mr Park said he was glad he helped to clarify a rule, but that he was planning to stop using cabbage anyway.



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