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#81 mweb08

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Posted 29 June 2018 - 12:18 PM

Great list.

Eric Davis... awesome talent, awesome guy.

Mo Vaughn... David Ortiz before David Ortiz.

Delgado.... huge numbers...

Gagne had that unhittable stretch....

Alou was excellent...


I really like the Kevin Brown mention. Here, he kept putting out his hand on comebackers.... he was okay that year. Leaves here, goes to the Marlins... and just lights out.


Brown should be in the HOF IMO.

#82 Mike in STL

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Posted 29 June 2018 - 12:37 PM

Peyton Hillis. That's a forgotten player who was amazing, once.
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Posted 29 June 2018 - 12:40 PM

Peyton Hillis. That's a forgotten player who was amazing, once.


Nah, totally remember him bruh.
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Posted 29 June 2018 - 12:43 PM

Peyton Hillis. That's a forgotten player who was amazing, once.

 

I need the White Back Brigade.

 

Alstott, Nick Goings, Hillis, McCaffrey...



#85 Nigel Tufnel

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Posted 29 June 2018 - 01:10 PM

I always thought Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada were kind of underrated, as much as it pains me to mention Yankees.



#86 Mike in STL

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Posted 29 June 2018 - 01:13 PM

Nah, totally remember him bruh.

Only cause you bought Madden 2010.


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Posted 29 June 2018 - 01:14 PM

I always thought Bernie Williams and Jorge Posada were kind of underrated, as much as it pains me to mention Yankees.

 

Hey, John Wetteland



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Posted 29 June 2018 - 01:19 PM

Pacific Northwest version:

 

Shaun Alexander

Brandon Roy

Mark Langston

Jack Sikma

Arvydas Sabonis

Terry Porter


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Posted 29 June 2018 - 01:59 PM

Only cause you bought Madden 2010.


Nah, didn't even buy it.

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Posted 29 June 2018 - 02:03 PM

Peyton Hillis. That's a forgotten player who was amazing, once.

One of Ray Ray's great quotes... after he ran for a big game against the Ravens in Baltimore once... "Sometimes a blind squirrel finds a nut." (Of course he screwed up the quote and said something other than that, but was making that point)



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Posted 29 June 2018 - 02:18 PM

Mark Grace?

My all time favorite Non Oriole. I've been a Cubs fan forever too, so that helped, but shit, I named my first dog after him. Tried to meet him during All Star Week in 1993, he was a total dick to me, wouldn't even give me the time of day. So that sucked. 

 

He had the most hits of anyone in the 90s. Most people would not know that or even guess him given 20 guesses. 


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Posted 29 June 2018 - 02:27 PM

Fun Thread, I'll throw in some of my personal favorites over the years: I will be aging myself again but whatever...

 

Garrett Anderson 

Carney Lansford

Mike Scott

Alfonso Soriano

Steve Finley

Tim Wallach

Bruce Hurst


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Posted 29 June 2018 - 09:26 PM

Willie McGee
The 70s-80s Dodgers infield
Chuck Finley
Mike Scott

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Posted 30 June 2018 - 09:15 AM

Willie McGee
The 70s-80s Dodgers infield
Chuck Finley
Mike Scott

Weirdest great hitter stance/facial expressions ever. 

So good. 


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Posted 30 June 2018 - 09:22 AM

Pacific Northwest version:

 

Shaun Alexander

Brandon Roy

Mark Langston

Jack Sikma

Arvydas Sabonis

Terry Porter

 



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Posted 30 June 2018 - 09:24 AM

Pacific Northwest version:

 

Shaun Alexander

Brandon Roy

Mark Langston

Jack Sikma

Arvydas Sabonis

Terry Porter

 

Sabonis....  didn't get to see his prime, but he was still interesting while with the Blazers. Great passer.

Remember Langston some. Big arm.  Really remember him for the Randy Johnson trade.


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Posted 30 June 2018 - 11:45 AM

Willie McGee
 

 

Weirdest great hitter stance/facial expressions ever. 

So good. 

 

He's also the reason Eddie Murray got screwed out of the 1990 NL batting crown.  Eddie finished with the highest AVG for the both leagues... but Willie McGee had a higher average when STL traded him to OAK in August... once in OAK he hit .270-something for the rest of the season... so his full-season AVG was lower than several guys... but his NL-only average won him the NL batting crown, even though he finished the season in the AL in a very average fashion.   

 

This was the most plainly weird display of the baseball gods deciding that ROY Eddie Murray would never win another full season award for anything... not MVP, not HR, not BA, not any of them.  HOF, sure, no problem... but any kind of annual-best crown, nope... not even in the year when he had the highest AVG of everybody...

 

(Nothing against McGee... he was just minding his own business and wound up playing an innocent part in it...)


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Posted 30 June 2018 - 09:38 PM

Sabonis....  didn't get to see his prime, but he was still interesting while with the Blazers. Great passer.

Remember Langston some. Big arm.  Really remember him for the Randy Johnson trade.

Langston started the All Star game in Baltimore.

 

#funfact


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Posted 30 June 2018 - 09:41 PM

Sabonis....  didn't get to see his prime, but he was still interesting while with the Blazers. Great passer.

Remember Langston some. Big arm.  Really remember him for the Randy Johnson trade.

 

Sabonis was sort of ahead of his time for centers. Offensively he'd be a valuable commodity today with his ability to see the floor, pass, and of course draw his defender away from the paint with his shooting range. But his gimpy legs would make him a big liability on defense against teams that can go small-ball.



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Posted 30 June 2018 - 09:52 PM

Here's a name for you guys....LaMarr Hoyt. He really only had one great season, but it was great enough that he won the Cy Young pitching for the White Sox, who were the AL West Champs that season but lost to the O's in the ALCS. Yep, it was 1983.






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