Mike Fucking Timlin, putrid seasons at the end of his career and all. Dude was a gamer of all gamers.
PaulinMyrBch said:I was going to say Brian Daubach, but I just checked his B-R page and he didn't suck as much as I thought. Short career, but 4 seasons in Boston with 20+ HR's doesn't scream out suck.
glennhoffmania said:Coco. I know he was never a bad player, but I was so sure he'd become a star. And every time the evidence showed that he wasn't, I kept thinking it was just a matter of time. When the Sox acquired him I was psyched. When there was talk that they'd include him in a Santana deal I was bummed out.
Is that link working for you? The video player just reads error when I try to load it.TheShynessClinic said:
I believe this is it. August 2nd against the Indians.
https://secure.mlb.com/media/player/mp_tpl_3_1.jsp?w_id=509487&w=2006/open/tp/archive08/080206_clebos_pena_hr_tp_350.wmv&pid=mlb_tp&gid=2006/08/02/clemlb-bosmlb-1&mid=200608021590496&cid=mlb&fid=mlb_tp350&v=2
Hit tracker says the true distance was only 407', with a speed of 116mph off the bat.
I don't think I believe that.
reggiecleveland said:I had soft spots for guys that were good but lost it. I like Bellhorn in 05, Yza for the last few years of dubious value.
I thought Todd Benzinger was a good player for a while.
Savin Hillbilly said:
I'm pretty sure he did express an interest in doing it with the Sox, and the idea was scotched on the grounds that it would "make a travesty of the game" or some such claptrap. It's hard to remember now what a hidebound, harrumphing old franchise this used to be in the Yawkey/Harrington days.
He had a perfectly fine career. He did not suck. But in 88, I decided that Mike Greenwell was the latest in a line of HOF left fielders stretching back to Williams. Hey, I was 12. Somehow, well into the late 90s, I held the position that he'd be a perennial AL MVP candidate. And if you catch me in a weak moment, I'll still just presumptively list him on par with those that surrounded him. Ted, Yaz, Rice, Greenwell, Manny. Rationally, I *know* who gets picked last, but the kid in me still wants to pretend that it's a difficult call.
The Allented Mr Ripley said:Lurker kobayashis bail bonds has a blind spot for Mike Greenwell:
There is no Rev said:
I've realized that for some reason, I have a blind spot for pretty much every left fielder of my lifetime who wasn't great since Jim Rice, which was all of them except Manny because he was great, I guess. Greenwell had good seasons but was never who I sometimes imagine him.
I'm pretty sure this is because Jim Rice broke a bat in the first game I went to and I interpreted this as a colossal feat of strength. From then on, I loved whoever played left field. And I loved Boggs too and have had a soft spot and great irrational hope for pretty much everyone they put at that corner.
Is rooting for positions weirder than rooting for laundry?