Herb

Herb Washington is the only man in Major League history to possess a World Series ring having never batted, fielded, or pitched in a game during his short professional tenure.
Washington was a member of the Oakland A's during their 1974 championship run, recruited by the ever eccentric and much reviled A's owner Charles Finley as a designated "pinch runner". Washington was a world class sprinter, but had never played baseball at anything but the high school level. That didn't stop Finley from seeing unique potential in Washington, his role being as a substitute runner once a hitter got to base. He successfully stole 31 bases and scored 33 runs during his year long stint with the A's, was released in 1975, and now is a restaurant owner. Finley was a leading proponent of the "designated hitter", which caught on in the American League, but the idea of a corollary position for base runners didn't take spark in quite the same way. That carves out a special spot for Washington in baseball lore.

thanks Jim Jones

I am at a loss to think of any other beverage, let alone food item that has found itself burdened with the the metaphorical albatross of doom as our friend in the smiling jug. "Drinking the Kool Aid" has solidified itself in our popular lexicon as committing a willful act of harmful self delusion. Two generations of American children have thus grown to adulthood having a strange cultural weight attached to what is essentially a bag of food coloring and sugar. What's more, it seems the tragic throngs at Jonestown were in fact drinking a generic version of the stuff, known as "Flavor Aid".
Sorry Kool Aid Man....