Since you began watching baseball, your personal most feared hitter when your team has a 1 run lead

[PolarVortex]

Mark Belanger

 

[nynasty]

So easy for me as a Yankee fan

In my lifetime

#1 - David Ortiz
#2 - Edgar Martinez

Ditto

And George Brett. Especially with Gossage on the mound.

 

[PolarVortex]

Ditto

And George Brett. Especially with Gossage on the mound.

Nasty, come say hello to Zig. sportschatte r.co.

You know me. World renowned Fraudkee hater, blade.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Nasty, come say hello to Zig. sportschatte r.co.

You know me. World renowned Fraudkee hater, blade.

He was at Zigs last week, so he's familiar

 

[PolarVortex]

Wha?!
I LOVED when he was up to the plate!! It's all the other MFers that were scurrred!

2558 walks. 688 intentional walks. I think even God was afraid of Barry Bonds. It takes a lot more than roids to make a player that dangerous and that dominant.

 

[PolarVortex]

He was at Zigs last week, so he's familiar

I wasn't talking to ewe, bitch. And I say that as lovingly as possible.

 

[DHoey]

Trout and Pujols have gaped us so many times.......

 

[Cyder]

with a runner on in the 9th?

This isn't a thread to count down the best hitters who've played since you started watching baseball, that's been done. I'm wondering, since you've started watching, who's one guy who has come to the plate in the past and hurt your team late, and who you never wanted to see again in the same situation?

Because of the nature of the question, it will almost always be a guy who played a significant part of his career in your team's division, or at least league. For example, Mike Trout has been the best hitter in baseball since 2012, but I wouldn't even consider picking him, since he's probably played ~6 games against the Phillies (though he did hit a homer against us I think this past year- bastard).

So, to conclude, the parameters are

• Ability to perform in the "clutch" (the dreaded c-word!)
• Has hurt your team a lot before
• His team plays a lot against your team

When I was just a kid in the 70's and early 80's it was Jim Rice and George Brett.

In the 90's it was Edgar Martinez although we ended up getting the better of the Mariners after 1995.

After that it was Papi.

 

[Cyder]

Ditto

And George Brett. Especially with Gossage on the mound.

Wow, I forgot all about Brett. Might have to remove Jim Rice for the 70's and 80's and replace him with Brett. I think I mentally blocked Brett's at bats out of my memory

 

[moxie]

2558 walks. 688 intentional walks. I think even God was afraid of Barry Bonds. It takes a lot more than roids to make a player that dangerous and that dominant.

Don't forget the bases loaded walks!!

WHO DOES THAT?!

 

[Clayton]

I think Ryan Howard is probably the contemporary player who has done the best against the Cardinals until you start factoring in the playoffs in which case its just "why are you still pitching to him" with David Ortiz. Beltran was also a real issue for the Cardinals until he wasn't.

Pitchers always gave me that 'oh crap' feeling more than hitters for the most part.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

Buhner's son is currently in the Phillies' system. In 56 PA last year in the Gulf Coast League, Gunnar Buhner hit .122/.232/.163

Gunnar Buhner?

God his dad was a weird dude

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Gunnar Buhner?

God his dad was a weird dude

His brothers' name is Ferris

 

[Omar 382]

Gunnar Buhner?

God his dad was a weird dude

At least he's not that other Yankee from the era with a buzz cut who was a huge Bible-thumper and then it turned out that he likes to finger 14 year old high school girls as part of his job as a "masseuse."

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

At least he's not that other Yankee from the era with a buzz cut who was a huge Bible-thumper and then it turned out that he likes to finger 14 year old high school girls as part of his job as a "masseuse."

LOL

Was that Chad Curtis?

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Ditto

And George Brett. Especially with Gossage on the mound.

Holy Schitt...Nasty!!

Hug me

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Embarrassingly, as a Met fan this list is not only long, but most of the guys on it are otherwise worthless scrubs when not facing Mets pitching.

But the poster boy was Pat Burrell

 

[Omar 382]

LOL

Was that Chad Curtis?

I think he now goes by Inmate 07324-052

 

[Omar 382]

Embarrassingly, as a Met fan this list is not only long, but most of the guys on it are otherwise worthless scrubs when not facing Mets pitching.

But the poster boy was Pat Burrell

The Phillies are the opposite. Our pitchers will suck against good hitters, and do well against bad ones. But our lineup over the years has been liable to make Oliver Perez look like Tom Glavine for 8 innings.

 

[nynasty]

Nasty, come say hello to Zig. sportschatte r.co.

You know me. World renowned Fraudkee hater, blade.

Blade! Seattle's finest.

I went on there 1 day last week, tried to get back on the next day, and was blocked. Thought it was a pretty rude welcome back. Sniff.