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Devil's Advocate
Dave Kingman
Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
I knew that was what you wrote before I even opened the thread.Ron Kittle
"When this guy sneezes, he looks like a party favor.”Gorman Thomas.
I believe I just saw it when I was looking for Kingman shots.Saw Jim Thome hit a HR later in his career that just left the crowd in awe. It was one of those things where you couldn't even be mad, it was that impressive.
600 HR/.400 OBP is damn impressive, even if you're slow and can't field.
I spliced together this clip for your viewing pleasure. One moonshot each from my guys.Dave Kingman
Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
No, I'm just glad to see you"Hey honey, I'm headed out to the ballgame tonight. Don't wait up."
"Is that a canoe?"
Strangely, he was one of the first guys I thought of when I saw this thread. One of my first Sox games, he was walking around in the stadium in his ridiculous glasses and I remember thinking he was the biggest person I'd ever seen.Ron Kittle
I still remember the old Baseball America cover with Meyer, Glenn Braggs and Billy Jo Robidoux on it. The Brewers had their AA affiliate in El Paso so their hitting prospects had hugely inflated numbers. Park factors weren't accepted as the conventional wisdom in those days so fans were disappointed when they were exposed at higher levels. The Brewers even had a few years with El Paso and Denver as their top two minor league clubs.Joey Meyers was up and down in the Brewers org - I saw him play for Zephyrs and the guy could crush it - here is story on a mammoth shot he had in old Mile High
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20141202&content_id=102493172&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
Ron Kittle
I was at a game were both of these guys each hit one of the park back in old Comiskey.Greg "The Bull" Luzinski
Yes, Kingman played for four teams in 1977- one from each division. The only other guy to play for four Major League teams in one season is Jose Bautista.jon_mx said:Cecil Fielder was entertaining.
I did not realize Kingman played for 4 different teams in 1977 and had several home runs for each of them. I can't imagine that has ever been done. Kingman loved hitting homeruns in Wrigley, which is why the Cubs picked him up.
Joey was a strikeout machine in Denver - those teams actually were successful in AAA they were in finals and champs a few times in the 80's 90's. When I first moved there in the late 70's it was the Expos affiliate and they fun to watch as well.I still remember the old Baseball America cover with Meyer, Glenn Braggs and Billy Jo Robidoux on it. The Brewers had their AA affiliate in El Paso so their hitting prospects had hugely inflated numbers. Park factors weren't accepted as the conventional wisdom in those days so fans were disappointed when they were exposed at higher levels. The Brewers even had a few years with El Paso and Denver as their top two minor league clubs.Joey Meyers was up and down in the Brewers org - I saw him play for Zephyrs and the guy could crush it - here is story on a mammoth shot he had in old Mile High
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20141202&content_id=102493172&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
Braggs was the only one who managed any kind of MLB career. He sure looked like a ballplayer but his muscles didn't quite translate. He won a ring with the 1990 Reds and had a couple of great years in Japan.
This is who I came in to post. So much fun watching him pinch hit.rodg12 said:
Gawd, I remember Deer's cards from my Strat-O-Matic playing days in the late '80s like it was yesterday. There might - might - have been a "Single" or "Walk" or two sprinkled in, but pretty much every spot on his batter's card from 4-10 was either "strikeout" or "HOMERUN".Rob Deer
Fun Rob Deer stats:
He once hit 32 homers in a season and only had 64 RBIs.
He batted .179 with 25 HRs in 1991.
His career slugging percentage of .442 is more isolated power (.222) than batting average (.220).
In his 1996 comeback attempt, he had 14 walks and 30 strikeouts in 64 PAs.
I liked Lloyd Moseby more.No love for Jesse Barfield yet?
than George Bell?I liked Lloyd Moseby more.No love for Jesse Barfield yet?
Semi-related: my first fantasy baseball auction was in 1990. It was towards the end, and everyone is filling out their roster with $1 scrubs. My buddy says "Cecil Fielder, Tigers, $1." Nobody even blinked and it was done. Fielder spent four unremarkable seasons in Toronto before playing in Japan in 1989, so he wasn't really on anyone's radar. Yep, 51 HRs and 132 RBI later.... my God, what highway robbery. He won the league going away.The Tigers of the early 90s were the best.
yesthan George Bell?I liked Lloyd Moseby more.No love for Jesse Barfield yet?
Loved George Taco Bell. Guy was basically the forerunner to Manny Ramirez, personality-wise.than George Bell?I liked Lloyd Moseby more.No love for Jesse Barfield yet?
Trout was like that in our league a few years ago. I think I'd already logged off and gone about my way when someone picked him up for $1 uncontested. That team was an oasis of decency in an otherwise-putrid string of ####-puddles.Semi-related: my first fantasy baseball auction was in 1990. It was towards the end, and everyone is filling out their roster with $1 scrubs. My buddy says "Cecil Fielder, Tigers, $1." Nobody even blinked and it was done. Fielder spent four unremarkable seasons in Toronto before playing in Japan in 1989, so he wasn't really on anyone's radar. Yep, 51 HRs and 132 RBI later.... my God, what highway robbery. He won the league going away.The Tigers of the early 90s were the best.
In that stadium, in that humidity, and off of Kevin Brown: Wow.
This is who I was going to post. Loved that guy.