Larry Kent Sheets is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and designated hitter who played for the Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Seattle Mariners from 1984 to 1990 and 1993. He also played one season in Japan for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales in 1992.
Sheets attended Eastern Mennonite University, where he played basketball. He was named to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference's all-conference second team in 1980 and to the first team in 1982. He graduated from Eastern Mennonite in 1984. He was named to Eastern Mennonite's athletic hall of fame in 1988.
Sheets was selected as the first of the Orioles' four picks in the second round (29th overall) of the 1978 MLB draft, nineteen slots ahead of Cal Ripken Jr. His lack of enthusiasm and commitment to the sport while in the minors frustrated Orioles scouts and officials and was chronicled in an article written by Alexander Wolff in the June 15, 1981 issue of Sports Illustrated. In a 13–11 loss to the Texas Rangers at Memorial Stadium on August 6, 1986 which was the first-ever game in MLB history that featured three grand slams, Sheets and Jim Dwyer each hit one in the fourth inning off Bobby Witt and Jeff Russell respectively. Toby Harrah had hit the first one of the contest off Ken Dixon two innings earlier in the second. After six seasons in Baltimore, Sheets was dealt to the Tigers for Mike Brumley on January 10, 1990 in a transaction where the Orioles sacrificed a much-needed power hitter for a younger, less expensive player.His 1989 Donruss Baseball Card said he was 6'3", weighed 235 pounds, and lived in Cockeysville, Maryland, at the time.
Sheets had career highs in batting average (.316), home runs (31) and RBIs (94) in 1987.
Sheets used to operate a youth sports facility in Westminster, Maryland, and serves as Gilman School's head Varsity Baseball coach.
He has a son named Gavin who plays for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB)
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Some of their strengths
Larry Sheets has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Generous, Energetic, Honest, Smart, Intuitive, Intelligent, and Practical.
Adventurous and Independent
According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Larry Sheets is someone who is an adventurous, independent, and energetic person, who is insightful, imaginative, generous, and honest. A person who is known for being a good communicator.
Adventurous and Free
Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Larry Sheets well know them as someone who can be talented, wayward and free, like a big river or the ocean.
Methodical and Exacting
According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Larry Sheets as someone who is careful, methodical, and a perfectionist.
A person who forms successful business partnerships, who appreciates the variety the world has to offer, who takes a frugal approach to life and tends to be a workaholic, and who engages in things that let them express their opinion.
Emotionally Intelligent and Intuitive
Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Larry Sheets is someone who tends to have strong emotional intelligence and intuition, and who can be a catalyst of change for others.
They are also someone who is altruistic, tolerant, and sophisticated, and who tends to be a perfectionist who is always working to try and make everything and everyone better.
Optimistic and Quick-witted
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Larry Sheets tends to be someone who is optimistic and spontaneous, and who has a clear and analytical mind. Who can be witty, with a happy-go-lucky- nature that makes others cheerful, and who possesses an adventurous zest for life.
Some of Larry Sheets's challenges
While Larry Sheets has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Larry Sheets can be Impulsive, Careless, Indecisive, Unrealistic, Hesitant, Narcissistic, and Sensitive.
Impulsive and Careless
One of Larry Sheets's key challenges is that they are someone who can be impulsive and careless.
Larry Sheets must also exercise caution as they can have a hard time reconciling wants and needs.
Sensitive and Critical
Larry Sheets is someone who can be insecure, critical, and pessimistic, who can have difficulty relaxing, can be possessive and jealous, and who can have difficulty listening to others' opinions and perspectives and make hasty decisions.
Irritable and Callous
Finally, Larry Sheets also can be short-tempered, childish, insensitive, and careless at times.
