Sport Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 26 minutes ago, DG_Now said: Yeah, but can you remember a single thing he did there? Nine seasons! I can't believe it. He got injured a lot. He also hit his 500th and 600th home runs with the Reds. I remember his time with the team better than most I suspect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCree Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 2 recent HOF inductees: Jason Taylor and his fellow 2010 Jets teammate, LaDainian Tomlinson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Apologies if the following has already been brought up in this thousand-page thread. As a result of the outrageous expansion of this topic beyond its few true exemplars out to the flimsy standard of "any guy who has ever been traded", as well as the parade of hockey players, all of whom are utterly unrecognisable to me regardless of uniform, I admit that my perception of the topic has become somewhat deadened. But here is a guy who ranks alongside Namath with the Rams and Killebrew with the Royals as one of the core illustrations of this phenomenon: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 On 03/08/2017 at 10:00 AM, DG_Now said: Yeah, but can you remember a single thing he did there? Nine seasons! I can't believe it. To me, when someone says his name I think of the Reds, not the Mariners. Quote Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 3 hours ago, DiePerske said: To me, when someone says his name I think of the Reds, not the Mariners. Really? If you don't mind me asking, where you a teenager or older in the 90s? Because if you were a 10-year-old buying baseball cards in 1991, there really was no bigger baseball star than Ken Griffey Jr. And when the M's changed their logo from the block S to the nautical theme, it was like a whole new franchise joined the league. For me, living in New York, Griffey was a transcendent star who elevated an entire franchise. The Reds, on the other hand, were Pete Rose/Paul Sabo/Eric Davis. (I'm now aging myself) 2 Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Lankford Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Jaime Garcia without his bright red glove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCree Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Growing up, I saw Griffey mostly in a Reds uniform but I played a lot of Ken Griffey Jr Baseball on the N64 so I only picture him in a Mariners uniform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnPheitseog Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 2 hours ago, DG_Now said: Really? If you don't mind me asking, where you a teenager or older in the 90s? Because if you were a 10-year-old buying baseball cards in 1991, there really was no bigger baseball star than Ken Griffey Jr. And when the M's changed their logo from the block S to the nautical theme, it was like a whole new franchise joined the league. For me, living in New York, Griffey was a transcendent star who elevated an entire franchise. The Reds, on the other hand, were Pete Rose/Paul Sabo/Eric Davis. (I'm now aging myself) Nope, born 92. So I was 7-8 when he came to the Reds, which would mark the time that I really started paying attention/able to pay attention to baseball. Quote Formerly known as DiePerske Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Just now, DiePerske said: Nope, born 92. So I was 7-8 when he came to the Reds, which would mark the time that I really started paying attention/able to pay attention to baseball. Yeah, that'll about do it. But I think what's most interesting about Griffey is that he was an all-time great with Seattle, and a generally decent player with Cincinnati. I'm sure there are other comparable players like that -- Gary Carter Montreal/New York, Keith Hernandez St. Louis/New York, Dennis Eckersely Boston/Oakland -- but no one I can think of with the stature of Griffey. Quote 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Cesarano Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 15 minutes ago, DG_Now said: But I think what's most interesting about Griffey is that he was an all-time great with Seattle, and a generally decent player with Cincinnati. I'm sure there are other comparable players like that -- Gary Carter Montreal/New York, Keith Hernandez St. Louis/New York, Dennis Eckersely Boston/Oakland -- but no one I can think of with the stature of Griffey. If the standard is an all-time great for one team and very good for another team (as opposed to terrible for another team, as many of these late-career "wrong team" guys were), then Ty Cobb fits the bill. After having played 22 years with Detroit, Cobb played two more with the Philadelphia A's. His service with the A's is not long enough to allow him to be considered one of the club's all-time greats; but, still, he hit .357 and .323 for them in those years, at ages 40 and 41. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolandProulx Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I can think of a bunch, I'm sure a few of these have been mentioned. Hasek as a Senator Shaq as a Celtic Hull as a Coyote Flutie as a Patriot Emmett as a Cardinal Brodeur as a Blue Tek as a Mariner Pedro as a Phillie Federov as a Blue Jacket Eddie the Eagle as a Shark Durant in Seattle Smoltz in Boston Torre managing the Dodgers Bishop as a King (lol chess) Lester witht the A's PK with the Preds Wakefield as a Pirate Jagr with the Bruins Clemens as an Astro Pierce and KG as Nets Rizzo with Red Sox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealPepman Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1994-95 Preseason ft. Calgary Flames (Phil Housley and Steve Chiasson for Al MacInnis and Mike Vernon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispw12 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Willie McCovey in his short stint with the A's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCree Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Smoltz was also a Cardinal in 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBullet1929 Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 Too soon to put all of MLB in this thread when they wear the players weekend uniforms? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4One Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Orel Hershiser with the Cleveland Indians and the New York (Mercury) Mets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chcarlson23 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 16 minutes ago, M4One said: Orel Hershiser with the New York (Mercury) Mets Funny... While I've never heard of this guy, and it's apparently his "wrong" uniform, this is the image that pops into my head when I hear Mercury Mets... Quote "And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You." Psalms 9:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Joe. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Sands Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 On 8/6/2017 at 9:51 PM, RolandProulx said: I can think of a bunch, I'm sure a few of these have been mentioned. PK with the Preds I think the Preds might end up his right uniform. Which Preds uniform is another question... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meshmaster101 Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 On 6/13/2017 at 0:13 PM, BlueSky said: The very essence of this thread: why TF is he wearing Yeezys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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