Hot foot
The hot foot is a prank where the prankster sets the victim's shoe laces on fire with a match or lighter.[1] There are several other versions of the hot foot prank, but all involve using a source of flame near a victim's foot. Other versions of the prank involve using a cigarette on the victim's heel, placing a lit match between two bare toes on the victim, or sticking a book of matches to the victim's shoe with gum and lighting the matches. The hot foot prank is mentioned in several baseball stories as a prank that players play on one another.[1][2][3] Bert Blyleven earned the nickname "Frying Dutchman" because of his love of this prank.[4]
The "hot foot" was brought back by Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander when he played the pranks on fellow Tiger Don Kelly in the 2011 season agaisnt the Minnesota Twins. This was mentioned in a recently aired episode on Conan. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20090903&content_id=6778908&vkey=news_tex&fext=.jsp&c_id=tex
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/specials/remember-when/baseball/25things.html
- ^ http://www.uncoached.com/2008/08/08/some-of-the-best-mlb-pitcher-pranksters-and-their-pranks/
- ^ http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/jan/05/david-moulton-or-without-votes-blyleven-has-always/
- ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/justin-verlander-reveals-secret-success-conan-taco-bell-155538696.html
