MG Star Wheel observation...

[catnap1972]

Why is everyone so afraid to spin the thing?  Seems like every other day we had somebody who had to do it over once (or twice) due to a puny-ass spin not going all the way around once.  Were they afraid they were going to break it or it would fall on them or something?!?!?

[zachhoran]

[quote name=\'catnap1972\' date=\'May 20 2005, 08:15 AM\']Why is everyone so afraid to spin the thing?  Seems like every other day we had somebody who had to do it over once (or twice) due to a puny-ass spin not going all the way around once.  Were they afraid they were going to break it or it would fall on them or something?!?!?

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I remember Gene telling  the players  during part of the 1981-82 season not to spin the wheel so hard, as there were probably some malfunctions with it.

[Steve McClellan]

[quote name=\'zachhoran\' date=\'May 20 2005, 06:27 AM\']I remember Gene telling  the players  during part of the 1981-82 season not to spin the wheel so hard, as there were probably some malfunctions with it.[/quote]
Actually, if you watch the wheel spin during that portion of the run, it looks like they used 28 gallons of grease a day on it. That darn thing would've spun forever if someone had given it a hearty twist.

Come to think of it, it's possible that they did it that way because of the tendencies noticed by the OP.