s y cho ." ▁He ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁such ▁ecc ent ric ities ▁as ▁playing ▁t ic - tac - to e ▁and ▁hang man ▁against ▁oppos ing ▁players ▁during ▁games , ▁using ▁sp ikes ▁to ▁mark ▁the ▁in field ▁d irt . ▁ ▁His ▁most ▁remembered ▁incident ▁occurred ▁at ▁T iger ▁Stadium ▁in ▁Detroit ▁on ▁a ▁Monday ▁night ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁In ▁a ▁tele vised ▁game ▁played ▁on ▁July ▁ 1 6 , ▁he ▁created ▁a ▁stir ▁that ▁was ▁re play ed ▁count less ▁times . ▁After ▁sl iding ▁head first ▁into ▁first ▁base ▁to ▁beat ▁out ▁a ▁b unt ▁hit , ▁Ly ons ▁pulled ▁down ▁his ▁p ants ▁to ▁empty ▁the ▁d irt ▁out ▁and ▁br ush ▁off ▁his ▁sh ir tt ail . ▁After ▁a ▁few ▁seconds ▁( and ▁a ▁reaction ▁from ▁the ▁crowd ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 4 , 0 0 0 ), ▁he ▁realized ▁what ▁he ▁had ▁just ▁done ▁and ▁quickly ▁pulled ▁them ▁up , ▁humor ously ▁embar rass ed . ▁Although ▁we aring ▁sl iding ▁short s ▁under ▁his ▁White ▁So x ▁uniform , ▁this ▁incident ▁earned ▁him ▁another ▁nick name , ▁" M oon ▁Man " ▁Ly ons . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁in ning , ▁women ▁in ▁the ▁stands ▁w aved ▁doll ar ▁b ills ▁at ▁him ▁as ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁d ug out . ▁ ▁And ▁the ▁j okes ▁began , ▁" No ▁one ▁had ▁ever ▁dropped ▁his ▁draw ers ▁on ▁the ▁field . ▁Not ▁W ally ▁Moon