Quote:Mookie Blaylock Wilson. He was never great, but that guy could fight off a 3-2 pitch for what seemed like an hour.
Dale Murphy. He gave a lot of years to a pretty bad Braves roster.
Mark Grace. Guy was just fun to watch. He always appeared to genuinely enjoy playing baseball.
Bernie Williams. Simply put, teams have to have a player like Williams in order to be good.
Walt Weiss. Solid Shortstop that I always enjoyed watching play.
Mike Mussina. I would always watch him pitch, even when he was wearing the pinstripes.
Gary Sheffield. Head case, but he hit the ball hard every game. It might not always result in a fair hit, but he made contact.
Mussina was really really good. I think he got overshadowed by some of the other Yankees
How about David Justice or Ron Gant.
Quote:Regarding pinch hitters, I put Manny Mota at or near the top of any list.
Another great Dodger PH...Vic Davalillo. Phillies also had one of the all time greats in Greg Gross.
Edit: Wow, I didn't realize Lenny Harris was that far above everybody. There's some pretty interesting stats on
this page.
I think Mussina is a borderline HoF candidate.
270 wins. 2800 strikeouts. 7 Gold Gloves.
Quote:How about David Justice or Ron Gant.
The 91 Braves had some good ones for the list. Otis Nixon, Terry Pendleton, Charlie Liebrandt, Alejandro Pena.
I remember this Center Fielder for the Cardinals who used to always tear the braves up, but I can't remember his name for anything. It is driving me crazy. He was a black dude.
Just remembered...
Ray Lankford
Quote:I think Mussina is a borderline HoF candidate.
270 wins. 2800 strikeouts. 7 Gold Gloves.
Not to mention that he won double digit games every season that he played, but I think he gets overshadowed by that rotation that he was in. Pettite, Clemens, Wells, etc. I mean, I won't argue if he gets into the Hall, but I just don't think he will.
Quote:I think Mussina is a borderline HoF candidate.
270 wins. 2800 strikeouts. 7 Gold Gloves.
Yea, I had a buddy tell me Mussina deserved to be in the HoF once and I said he was crazy. then, I looked at his numbers and changed my opinion.
Quote:I remember this Center Fielder for the Cardinals who used to always tear the braves up, but I can't remember his name for anything. It is driving me crazy. He was a black dude.
Just remembered...
Ray Lankford
When Lankford showed up, he really showed up.
Someone above mentioned Otis Nixon. I remember thinking it was amazing how dude who looked like he was 200 years old could move that fast.
Andruw Jones was a great player for the braves. Fell off big time, but he made some of the greatest plays I have ever seen.
Some 80's pitchers. Frank Viola, Orel Hershiser, Mark Langston, Mike Scott, Brett Saberhagen, Dennis Martinez, Dave Stewart.
Quote:Some 80's pitchers. Frank Viola, Orel Hershiser, Mark Langston, Mike Scott, Brett Saberhagen, Dennis Martinez, Dave Stewart.
Saberhagen was great....every other year!
David Cone was really really good.
Quote:Mookie Blaylock Wilson. He was never great, but that guy could fight off a 3-2 pitch for what seemed like an hour.
Dale Murphy. He gave a lot of years to a pretty bad Braves roster.
Mark Grace. Guy was just fun to watch. He always appeared to genuinely enjoy playing baseball.
Bernie Williams. Simply put, teams have to have a player like Williams in order to be good.
Walt Weiss. Solid Shortstop that I always enjoyed watching play.
Mike Mussina. I would always watch him pitch, even when he was wearing the pinstripes.
Gary Sheffield. Head case, but he hit the ball hard every game. It might not always result in a fair hit, but he made contact.
Good list Deacon, except for the Mookie mix up.
I remember Walt Weiss telling a story about a HR he hit back in his Oakland A's days with the bash brothers. He said he hit a HR during one of games with the A's and the fan who caught it wanted to get it signed. The fan either brought it or sent it ( I don't remember which one) to the clubhouse to get it signed, but they wanted to get it signed by Jose Conseco, not Walt, who had hit the HR.
Quote:Saberhagen was great....every other year!
I remember that. One of the oddities of baseball.
Steve Finley.
300+ HRs and 300+ SBs
Juan Samuel...I think he played until he was 100.
Willie Montanez
Vince Coleman
Gary Gaetti and Greg Gagne
Quote:Melvin Mora
Great choice!
Quote:OK...I'll play:
Larry Bowa
That's crazy because this was the 1st dude that came to my mind. I hated the Phils but they had a great lineup and
I just googled the trade. Cubs get Larry Bowa and some dude in the Philly farm system named Ryne Sandberg //// Phillies get Ivan DeJesus