Players on "your team" who were not really legacy your team guys

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:37 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:24 pm Kirk Gibson.

Do his heroics in 1988 make everyone think Dodgers as opposed to his longer and more successful time in Detroit?

The baseball card collecting point Mr. D applies to this -- he's a Tiger.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:48 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:00 pm What team comes to mind first for Frank Robinson?

Reds or Orioles?

Orioles.

Which is bizarre now that I look at his page on B-R. I would have sworn that I remember him playing on the Orioles. Along with his brother Brooks. But I don't think it's possible that I would have known about him when I was 6. So I guess my memory is based on reading about the 1969-1971 Orioles team as a kid.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:49 pm

EdRomero wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:37 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:24 pm Kirk Gibson.

Do his heroics in 1988 make everyone think Dodgers as opposed to his longer and more successful time in Detroit?
The baseball card collecting point Mr. D applies to this -- he's a Tiger.

I think of him as a Spartan.

duff · Post by **duff** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:50 pm

Mark Jackson
Eric Dickerson

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:55 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:00 pm What team comes to mind first for Frank Robinson?

Reds or Orioles?

Orioles

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:00 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:48 am So the MIckey Tettleton reference in the COVID thread got me thinking...are there players on you always think of being on "Your team" even though most people would never primarily associate them with your team.

For me this really does tie to when I actually paid close attention to the Orioles (mid/late 80s).

- Mickey Tettleton
- Fred Lynn
- Ray Knight
- Steve Finley
- Jose Mesa ---which will always be Joe Table
- Alan Wiggins
- Phil Bradley

I’ll just add on to this one
~~Reggie Jackson~~
Sammy Sosa
Albert Belle
Vlad Guerrero
Glenn Davis - worst trade ever
Fernando Valenzuela
Rick Sutcliffe

Ok so I may have misread the question. Allow me to try again.

Roberto Alomar
Jamie Moyer
Harold Baines
Miguel Tejada
Jake Arrietta

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:01 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:26 pm Wade Boggs
Roger Clemens
Johnny Damon
Kevin Youkilis
Jacoby Ellsbury

How about Mussina?

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:06 pm

bfj wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:01 pm
mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:26 pm Wade Boggs
Roger Clemens
Johnny Damon
Kevin Youkilis
Jacoby Ellsbury

How about Mussina?

Yankees because without landing in a favorable spot like the Bronx I highly doubt he would've had the support to reach Cooperstown.

Damn Angelos was a terrible owner. I mean, he's just old and out of the way now, right?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:08 pm

Interesting ... I've got Mussina as an Oriole.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:09 pm

bfj wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:00 pmVlad Guerrero

C'mooooooon.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:10 pm

His sons are running the team from what I’ve heard. But I have no clue. He was a garbage owner who hired horrible incompetent people to run his teams.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:04 pm

For the Sharks, I think of
Igor Larionov
Vincent Damphouse
Gary Suter
Rob Blake
Dany Heatley

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:16 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:04 pm For the Sharks, I think of
Igor Larionov
Vincent Damphouse
Gary Suter
Rob Blake
Dany Heatley

Doug Wilson?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:17 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:16 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:04 pm For the Sharks, I think of
Igor Larionov
Vincent Damphouse
Gary Suter
Rob Blake
Dany Heatley
Doug Wilson?

He was the Sharks’ first captain, and has been GM forever, so, yeah.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:23 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:17 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:16 pm
sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:04 pm For the Sharks, I think of
Igor Larionov
Vincent Damphouse
Gary Suter
Rob Blake
Dany Heatley
Doug Wilson?
He was the Sharks’ first captain, and has been GM forever, so, yeah.

Maybe I'm the one who should list him, then.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:45 pm

Nolan Ryan?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:55 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:45 pmNolan Ryan?

I put Ryan as Texas. Not the rangers, just the state in general.

EdRomero · Post by **EdRomero** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:08 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:45 pmNolan Ryan?

Astros (baseball cards and that was the team he was on when I was 5, which is probably the rule for players from the 60s through early 80s.) Hence, Pete Rose is a Phillies great.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:11 pm

I know we don't have any Kings fans here but Gretzky? Or is he more a King than an Oiler. Mr. D...no Messier as a Ranger?

Mussina is an Oriole to me.

Pele as a Cosmo is clear for most of us 'Mericans..not that any of us can really call the Cosmos our team.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:19 pm

Messier is for sure a Ranger to me, but I assume unbiased hockey fans would have him on Edmonton.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:21 pm

But are the Whalers from Hartford or New England?

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:47 pm

Mainly Red Wings for me:

Paul Coffey
Dominik Hasek
Dino Ciccarelli
Brendan Shanahan

...pretty much every guy the Wings bought for the their Cup runs.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:06 pm

Doug Gilmour

Paul Molitor
Joe Carter

James Lofton

Paul Gascoigne

Kawhi Leonard

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:33 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:11 pm I know we don't have any Kings fans here but Gretzky? Or is he more a King than an Oiler.

Gretzky is an Oiler. From my relatively small scale experience while I was out there, Luc Robitaille was the 1990's LA Kings' guy. Just beloved when he returned for the second time around.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:39 pm

I think Toronto definitely gets Joe Carter.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:59 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:33 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:11 pm I know we don't have any Kings fans here but Gretzky? Or is he more a King than an Oiler.
Gretzky is an Oiler.

It's not even a question.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:53 pm

Pruitt wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:06 pm

Paul Gascoigne

Kawhi Leonard

Gazza is Boston United.

Kawhi Leonard I’m guessing is a basketball player?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:13 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:21 pm But are the Whalers from Hartford or New England?

Whalers are Binghamton for me.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:47 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:09 pm
bfj wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 3:00 pmVlad Guerrero
C'mooooooon.

Ok Ok. I misread the question. My updated list is above.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:07 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 9:13 pm
EnochRoot wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:21 pm But are the Whalers from Hartford or New England?
Whalers are Binghamton for me.

Not bad!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:42 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:59 pm
DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 6:33 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:11 pm I know we don't have any Kings fans here but Gretzky? Or is he more a King than an Oiler.
Gretzky is an Oiler.
It's not even a question.

Should never have even made it to the second syllable.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:44 pm

Gretzsky is a moyel?

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:45 pm

Gunpowder · Post by **Gunpowder** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:55 pm

Rohn Stark.

Jk:

- Flozell Adams
- AJ Burnett
- I can't really think of any others right now

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:16 pm

Keith Hernandez. Did Seinfeld make that forever Mets?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:23 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:16 pm Keith Hernandez. Did Seinfeld make that forever Mets?

And if the guy comes back to a particular team to be a broadcaster, that cements it?

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:25 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:23 pm
tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:16 pm Keith Hernandez. Did Seinfeld make that forever Mets?
And if the guy comes back to a particular team to be a broadcaster, that cements it?

Yea, that's a good point.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:27 pm

Dave Winfield. I would say Padres but I am guessing Yankees for most.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:30 pm

How many years is it gonna take for Mookie Betts to be more associated with Dodgers than with Red Sox?

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:43 pm

tennbengal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:27 pm Dave Winfield. I would say Padres but I am guessing Yankees for most.

He got harassed more by Steinbrenner than Ray Kroc.

Oh, and Steinbrenner harassed him so much that the league threw him out of the game for a few years so that the Yankees could fix the constantly gutted system due to Steinbrenner's ill-advised trades (see my earlier, mis-informed post).

He's a Blue Jay cuz that's where he got his ring.

Or he's a Padre cuz he's one of the guys I'd hope to see during that 1970s thirty-minute window into other baseball teams highlights, otherwise known as "This Week In Baseball"

How about that.