Jim Harbaugh once pissed his pants to get a picture of a ballplayer

Seth Mewell, Deadspin:

Tim Kawakami sat down with Jim Harbaugh to talk about his love for baseball and two stories immediately stick out. First, he says he pissed himself as a five-year-old waiting for a chance to meet and get a picture with the Cleveland Indians first baseman after a game. Harbaugh also says there is a picture of him wearing the piss pants, which the world absolutely needs. Second, he is a straight-up lunatic about foul balls.

Let's deal with the incontinence first. Harbaugh and his brother John, who he says was seven at the time, went down to the field level at the old Municipal Stadium after the game to try to meet a baseball player. Then nature called.

And there was–I think it was a first baseman named McGraw (note: can't find a player named McGraw on the late-1960s Indians, but the blurriness is understandable; he was 5!). Might've been a third baseman.

The ballplayer on the Cleveland Indians was first baseman, Tommy McCraw. He was a fine fielder, but had only a lifetime batting average of .246. Municipal Stadium was where it all began for the eccentric Jim Harbaugh.

Jim's lifelong obsession for catching foul balls has rules. They must be retrieved during the game, and not in batting practice.

It doesn't count if the ball girl gives you one. I guess Jim won't be standing on Waveland Avenue in Chicago outside Wrigley Field with his baseball glove prior to the game.

Seth Newell, Deadspin:

I've got 20. Got my 20th at a Giants game a year or two ago.

Now we know why he buys the $8.00 pants at Walmart. His wife, Sarah has a husband and a child all wrapped in one.

Chris Chase, ftw USA Today:

“I’ve thrown (his pants) away many of times. I threw them out and when he went to the combine, he found a Walmart. They were $8. $8!”

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