Mike Sadek

Michael George Sadek was an American baseball player who was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Originally drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 1969 [Major League Baseball Draft|1969], he spent his entire major league career with the San Francisco Giants. He was a backup throughout his eight-year major league career, which spanned the years and through. Sadek's nickname was "The Sheik" which was coined by Giants teammate Craig Robinson who, upon seeing the name Mohammed Ahmed Sadek, declared to the catcher, "Hey, you’re a sheik." During his time in MLB, he was known as one of the most funny jokesters.
In the 1996 film The Fan, Sadek served as Robert [De Niro]'s body double in scenes where DeNiro's character was throwing a baseball.
Sadek died on January 20, 2021, in San Andreas, California, at the age of 74. He was survived by his son, Mike Jr., along with Mike's wife Melanie and their three children, Mike Sr.'s grandchildren. A daughter, Nicole, had died at age 25 in a parachuting accident.