OT: Make your 5 favorite player lists for my amusement.
by dejackso on Apr 27, 2010 1:28 PM EDT
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I know this has been done before, but I am curious about the lists people would make on here. I'd like people to make three lists: top 5 favorite Royals of all time, top 5 favorite non-Royals of all time, top 5 favorite players that never (or barely) made it (or hasn't yet and probably won't). However, I have a caveat. I'd like the list to be made from your top 5 players ever at the peak of your feelings for them. For example, if Sweeney was your favorite player ever at any point, but you hate him now for injuries or something...you'd put him at #1. I know that feelings for certain players can vary quite a bit, but the peak value probably doesn't as much.
My lists are after the break.
In case you have trouble with your number 5: Go here
Top 5 Royals
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1. Johnny Damon
2. Zack Greinke
3. George Brett
5. Bret Saberhagen
Top 5 Non-Royals (apparently GMDM and I both like former Mariners or Braves)
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1. Steve Avery
2. Mark Lemke
4. Dave Magadan
5. Mike Lansing
// I also was a big fan of Lance Johnson (he was a triples hitter...which shouldn't exist)
Top 5 Scrubs
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1. Ken Ryan // Dude had heat.
2. Lou Frazier // maybe the fastest baseball player ever
3. Joe Dillion // former Royal farmhand
4. Moonlight Graham // he saved that little girl from choking to death on a hotdog
5. Disco Hayes
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Mine
Top 5 Royals:
1. Kevin Appier
2. Bret Saberhagen
3. Carlos Beltran
4. Zack Greinke
5. Danny Tartabull
Top 5 Non-Royals
1. Mariano Rivera
2. Ichiro
3. Rickey Henderson
4. Greg Maddux
5. Chase Utley
Top 5 Scrubs
1. Justin Huber
2. Joey Gathright
3. Rafael Belliard
4. Mitch Maier
5. Tug Hulett
Waiting for April.
Fun
Favorite Royals
1. Kevin Appier
2. Bo Jackson
3. Carlos Beltran
4. David DeJesus
5. Zack Greinke
Top Five Non-Royals
1. Alan Trammell
2. Ichiro!
3. Nolan Ryan
4. Tim Lincecum
5. Curtis Granderson
Top Scrubs
1. Rusty Meachem
2. Rico Rossy
3. Justin Huber
4. Chris Hayes
5. Russ Morman
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
Favorite Royals
1. George Brett
2. Mike Sweeney
3. Zack Greinke
4. Carlos Beltran
5. Alex Gordon
Non-Royals
1. Darin Erstad
2. Carl Crawford
3. Jeff Bagwell
4. Satchell Paige
5. Joba Chamberlain
Scrubs
1. Joey Gathright
2. Adam Stern
3. Ken Harvey
4. Dee Brown
5. Sal Fasano
No Dan Johnson? Tim Burke? Kevin Jordan? Jamal Strong?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/nebraska.shtml
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
Damn
I forgot about Johnson, can I offer an addendum to replace Fasano with DJ?
Strong was solid, but if I recall he got popped for roids once, I also sold him a six pack once, he was kind of arrogent. Those other guys were before my time, so I never really followed them.
by NU Blackshirts on Apr 27, 2010 2:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Favorite Royals:
1. Dan Quisenberry
2. Bo Jackson
3. George Brett (always admired his play but never liked him)
4. Raúl Ibáñez
5. John Wathan
6. Zack Greinke (may very well move up)
Favorite Non-Royals I saw play at least on TV:
1. Joe Morgan
2. Brooks Robinson
3. Dale Murphy
4. Johnny Bench
5. Rickey Henderson
6. Catfish Hunter
7. Eric Davis
8. J.R. Richard
9. Nolan Ryan
10. Pete Rose (would be #1 if not for certain ethical lapses)
Favorite lousy players:
1. Buddy Biancalana
2. Kit Pellow
3. TPJ
4. Scotty Pods (I’m on the bandwagon)
5. A.J. Hinch
POD WILL EXPLOD!!!!1!!
I forgot Frank White
Put him in at #3 on my Royals list and demote Brett, since he’s kind of a dick and he gets plenty of praise all the time anyway.
POD WILL EXPLOD!!!!1!!
I forgot Hank Aaron too
He broke the record when I was eight and we all thought he was the greatest player ever. Probably not the greatest ever, but a damned fine player who’s got to be in my top ten.
POD WILL EXPLOD!!!!1!!
Scotty Pods (I’m on the bandwagon)
That might be an interesting discussion someday – guys who you sabermetrics told you should suck, but you liked them anyway?
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
Scotty Pods
doesn’t screw up in the outfield, has a good BA due to weak infield singles and OBP due to his walks, doesn’t spend much time on the DL. and has seven stolen bases out of eight attempts. Agreed, there are probably 20 better left fielders in the MLB, but you would think that us sabermetrics guys would say, “Yeah, it’s a fluke, he’s not really that good, but his stats sure look nice so far, even though the sample size is still small.”
POD WILL EXPLOD!!!!1!!
I'd play against Pods as the Reds did in the ´76 Series
Mickey Rivers’s game was based entirely on slap singles and drag bunts, followed by stolen bases. So the Reds moved the whole infield in, and stationed Pete Rose at third within 50 feet of home plate. Adiós Mickey.
POD WILL EXPLOD!!!!1!!
Royals:
1. Bo Jackson
2. George Brett (too young to realize he was a dick when I idolized him)
3. Brett Saberhagen
4. Flash Gordon
5. Carlos Beltran
Honorable Mention: Jeff Conine (graciously signed an autograph for me at a AAA Toledo game when his arm was in a sling), Jim Eisenrich (he hit two home runs the first game I remember going to at Royals Stadium)
Non-Royals
1. Steve Avery
2. Ken Griffey Jr.
3. Frank Thomas
4. Tim Wakefield
5. Andy Van Slyke
Scrubs
1. Alex Gordon (j/k. I hope… Too soon?)
by Tracer Bullet 82 on Apr 27, 2010 2:57 PM EDT reply actions
Favorite Royals
1. Bo Jackson
2. Bret Saberhagen
3. Frank White
4. Zack Greinke
5. Dan Quisenberry
Non-Royals
1. Nomar Garciaparra
2. Jeff Cirillo
3. Willie Mays
4. Justin Morneau
5. Jason Varitek
Scrubs/Prospects
1. Desi Relaford
2. Joey Gathright
3. Esteban German
4. Ryan Shealy
5. Buddy Biancalana
The marks the first time
Jeff Cirillo has been ranked higher than Willie Mays in anything.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
Keep in mind the "peak"
Favorite Royals
1. George Brett
2. Flash Gordon (first player I ever had sign a baseball card, just after his rookie year at a card show in St. Joe)
3. Jeff Montgomery
4. Mike Aviles
5. Zach Greinke
5a. Jim Eisenreich
Non-Royals (grew up watching Braves on TBS)
1. John Smoltz
2. Greg Maddux
3. Tom Glavine
4. Chipper Jones
5. Fred McGriff
Scrubs/Prospects
1. Mark Quinn
2. Bob “the Hammer” Hamelin
3. Francisco Cabrera
4. Sal Fasano
5. Mark Wohlers
OK
Top 5 Favorite Royals:
1) A O
2) Brett
3) Greinke
4) Saberhagen
5) TIE: Quiz & DDJ & Butler
Top 5 Non-Royals:
1) Harold Baines (not great, just very good – but so smooooooooooth…)
2) Greg Maddux
3) Rickey Henderson (the greatest leadoff hitter of all time – and somehow underrated)
4) E.T. McGee (I must really have liked him for a Cardinal to make this list!)
5) Adrian Gonzalez (if not for Pujols, this would be the best 1B in the game, and still relatively nobody would even know it)
Top 5 Scrubs/prospects:
1) Aviles (could vacate this list if he played for a real org that recognized his talent)
2) German (all-time king of the BAT FLIP!)
3) Hamelin
4) Tom Poquette (underrated platoon man from the 70s)
5) Offerman (prob not technically eligible here – but VERY underrated offensively)
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
It was hard to narrow fav Royals to 5:
had to leave out many other favs, such as Tartabull, Seitzer, McRae, and Soria
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
and I wish I coulda found room for Andres Blanco on the scrub list
Saw hit get HBP 3 times in a game at Omaha. (tied all-time record)
Still believe he would have been a better short-term solution at SS than going with TPJ, followed by Betancourt
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
Mine
Top 5 Royals:
George Brett
Dan Quisenberry
Hal McRae
Frank White
John Mayberry
Top 5 Non-Royals:
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Tony Gwynn
Damon Hollins
Carl Yastrzemski
Carlton Fisk
Top 5 scrubs:
Jamie Quirk
Dave Nelson
Jerry Terrell
Joe Zdeb
Tony Solaita
Jamie Quirk?
He played almost 1000 games…I don’t think he qualifies as a scrub.
"I DARE you to make less sense."
your definition of scrub
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
A scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me
Hanging out the passenger side of his best friend’s ride. Tryin’ to holla at me.
Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com
oops!
that didn’t finish -
I wanted to say your definition of “scrub” varies from mine!
"We're gonna win with pitching and defense" General Manager Dayton Moore, circa winter 2009
"Where did all these Indians come from?" General George Armstrong Custer, circa summer 1876
Probably...
I was looking for top 5 favorite players that didn’t make it professionally though. I think 1000 games means you made it.
"I DARE you to make less sense."
And.
Top Five Royals
1. George Brett – a reason for me even liking baseball
2. Bret Saberhagen – liked him as a Met too
3. Mark Gubicza – Best name!
4. Amos Otis
5. Frank White
Top Five Non Royals
1. David Wright
2. John Olerud
3. Tom Glavine
4. Gregg Jefferies
5. Keith Hernandez
Top Five Scrubs
1. Emil Brown
2. Aaron Guiel
3.Hiram Bocachica
4. Rusty Kuntz
5. Homer Bush
Changing sports talk one ignorant soul at a time
Hmmmm.
Top 5 Royals
1. Banny
2. Butler
3. Greinke
4. Tartuabul
5. Seitzer
6. Bo
Top 5 non-Royals
1. Rickey Henderson
2. Chase Utley
3. Randy Johnson
4. Ben Zobrist
5. Carl Crawford
Top 5 Scrubs
1. Bruce Chen
2. Alex Gordon (because apparently he is)
3. Kila
4. Aviles
5. German
Sometimes the best way to convince someone he is wrong is to let him have his way. --- Red O'Donnell
My list
Top 5 Royals
1. George Brett
2. Willie Wilson
3. Brett Saberhagan
4. Frank White
5. Dan Quisenberry
Honorable mention Al “The Mad Hungarian” Hrabosky
Tope 5 other players (that I’ve seen in person or TV)
1. Ken Griffey, Jr.
2. Albert Pujous
3. Johnny Bench
4. Ozzie Smith
5. Anyone who has not played for the Yankees
Top 5 Scrubs
1. Joe Zbed (traded 79 Topps card to friend for 80 rookie card of Larry Bird
2. Buddy Biancalana (foul pop up hit my knee and it DIDN’T HURT)
3. Sal Fasano (had a beer with him at Johnny’s one night)
4. Kevin Kowlaski (think that’s his name, early 90s Royals. Just because I’m Polish)
5. Ken Harvey
Top 5 Royals
1. George Brett
2. Frank White
3. Bret Saberhagen
4. Paul Splittorff
5. Mike Macfarlane
Top 5 Non-Royals
1. Ozzie Smith
2. Albert Pujols
3. Tommy Herr
4. Nolan Ryan
5. Willie McGee
Top 5 Scrubs
1. Bill Pecota
2. Rusty Meacham
3. Hipolito Pichardo
4. Sal Fasano
5.Tom Nieto
The bullpen is only a symptom of the problem. They are the Royals genital wart to Dayton Moore’s herpes.
not my line, but I thought it was hilarious
Top 7 Royals:
1. Freddie Patek (I was a short shortstop as a kid)
2. Hal Mcrae (Leader)
3. George Brett (Best Player)
4. Bret Saberhagen (Saw his no-hitter live)
5. Frank White (best fielder, great guy, stopped and played at a sandlot game once when I was a kid)
6. Dan Quisenberry (Funny, last of a breed)
7. David Cone (’cause I hit a double off of him)
Top 5 non Royals:
1. Albert Pujols (Best Hitter, Good Guy)
2. Jeff Bagwell (All around player, constant effort, good guy)
3. Pedro Martinez (Most fun pitcher to watch in his prime)
4. Joe Morgan (Really the complete package as a player)
5. Rickey Henderson (Not a great guy, but fun to watch)
Top 5 scrubs:
1. Dane Iorg
2. Bill Pecota
3. Carlos Febles
4. Russ Mormon
5. David Eckstein
Stay Thirsty, My friends!
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