Describe a player and guess who it is thread

[northeastphillyguy]

I'm pretty sure Johnson killed a bird but I don't think he was arrested. I think it was an outfielder and I think it was someone well known like Dawson or Winfield

OK! It was Winfield. Billy Martin said he was innocent. Said that it had to be an accident since he didn't hit the cutoff man all year!

 

[Omar 382]

Here's one:

Good all around athlete with power and speed. The ballpark he played most of his games in wasn't great for power so he relied a lot on speed, but did hit over 20 hrs 3 times.
Received MVP votes 5 times, 4 All Star Games 4 Gold Gloves.
.285/.347/.790 career line.
Racked up 52.7 WAR

The .790 number must be OPS not slugging percentage, right?

 

[Omar 382]

Willie Horton?

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Jeff Conine?

 

[Omar 382]

Edgar Renteria?

 

[Omar 382]

Stieb was really underrated. His career was around the same time as Jack Morris and Morris got more recognition because the teams he was on were not as bad as the expansion blue jays were in the early years. If he was on the Yankees or something he would have several 20 win seasons.

I totally agree. I think he was a better pitcher than Morris, he just pitched in a tougher division and didn't stick around and stockpile 2-3.5 win seasons at the end of his career like Morris did

 

[Omar 382]

Was he recent or older? Lou Boudreau

 

[Cedrique]

not any of those guys.. His career was kind of in between Horton and Renteria.
I remember seeing him in a basseball movie in the late 70's or early 80's. He didn't have a major part or anything but there was a scene where he and his teammates were shown in the dugout

 

[Cedrique]

The movie was The Bad News Bears Breaking Training.

 

[Cedrique]

On a side note, I looked up the movie on IMDB, and he is credited there, but what I also never noticed is if you click on a player in IMDB they get credited for their all star and world series appearances on there.

 

[Cedrique]

Good thing he didn't r*pe her two or he might have been looking at a buck 25 in fines

 

[Cedrique]

Also, off the field this guy is probably not someone you'd want to marry your daughter. Here are some highlights.

was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 1974 in the shooting death of a 19-year-old woman in Santo Domingo and fined $100. In 1978 he injured his right hand in an outburst after making an out in a close game and was fined $5,000 by the Astros. In 1981 he went into the stands to confront a heckler in Atlanta and was fined $5,000 by the National League. In 1985 he was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck a tree, fined $400 and ordered to pay $7,000 in restitution for property damage. He is awaiting trial June 27 after being charged with smashing a glass into a man's face at a nightclub in June of last year. (AP)


Man, those Santo Domingan judges are tough. Shoots a 19-year old woman and gets a $100 fine

 

[Cedrique]

somehow my last 2 posts are out of order

 

[northeastphillyguy]

Caesar Cedeno?

 

[Cedrique]

Caesar Cedeno?

Correct! Very good player, but kind of an enigma, to put it mildly

 

[northeastphillyguy]

 

[Omar 382]

Never fucking heard of him

 

[Omar 382]

Also, off the field this guy is probably not someone you'd want to marry your daughter. Here are some highlights.

was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 1974 in the shooting death of a 19-year-old woman in Santo Domingo and fined $100. In 1978 he injured his right hand in an outburst after making an out in a close game and was fined $5,000 by the Astros. In 1981 he went into the stands to confront a heckler in Atlanta and was fined $5,000 by the National League. In 1985 he was charged with driving while intoxicated after his car struck a tree, fined $400 and ordered to pay $7,000 in restitution for property damage. He is awaiting trial June 27 after being charged with smashing a glass into a man's face at a nightclub in June of last year. (AP)


Man, those Santo Domingan judges are tough. Shoots a 19-year old woman and gets a $100 fine

Yeah that's fucking crazy. That's like 3 weeks worth of Newports just for capping a broad

 

[jvett77]

This should be easy.

HOF'er who won 20 games or more for 13 seasons.
He won over 82 games after he was 40 including a no-hitter.
Lifetime 3.09 ERA.
Teammates over the years included Jim Constanty, Al Dark, Felipe Alou, Clyde Klutz, lol.

 

[Omar 382]

Nolan Ryan?