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edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
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in those backyard wiffle ball games ?

I was usually Reggie Jackson or Mike Schmidt.
George Brett every once in a while too.
Yaz's batting stance was too hard to duplicate.

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  • baseballfanbaseballfan Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭
    early 80's oakland A's.
    Fred

    collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.

    looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started

  • lawnmowermanlawnmowerman Posts: 19,477 ✭✭✭✭
    Dave Kingman! Except I hit the ball more often than him image

    1994 Pro Line Live

    TheDallasCowboyBackfieldProject

  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,492 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Luis Tiant, all I wanted to do was pitch
    JR Newsletter Online Edition
  • TheVonTheVon Posts: 2,725 ✭
    Jim Rice, Fred Lynn, and Dwight Evans all rolled into one since we usually only had one outfielder.
  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭
    Mike Schmidt, Andre Dawson, Gary Carter from what I remember...
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For Wiffle ball Jim Rice

    Backyard Football Tony Dorsett
  • dallasactuarydallasactuary Posts: 4,337 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ron Fairly
    This is for you @thisistheshow - Jim Rice was actually a pretty good player.
  • 80sToyguy80sToyguy Posts: 383
    I was always Andres Galarraga (the Big Cat) (I was 15 in 1988 when he was the best in baseball).
    Jay
  • mercurynutmercurynut Posts: 3,207
    Carlton Fisk and occationally, Dwight Evans.
  • iamthegreatcornholioiamthegreatcornholio Posts: 3,366
    Ken Griffey Jr.
  • edmundfitzgeraldedmundfitzgerald Posts: 4,306 ✭✭
    What were your rules ? Ours were.....

    1. Before the pitcher on the ground = OUT
    2. After the pitcher in the air = SINGLE
    3. Hit the house on the fly = DOUBLE
    4. Hit the upper part of the house = TRIPLE
    5. Hit it on the roof = HOME RUN ( and a silent prayer that the ball wouldn't get stuck in the gutter)
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ground balls that stopped before a player touched the ball was a single-always. Off the side of the house was always a "Boggsy off the wall" double, a HR had to be hit clear over the house. No triples were used... Good times!
  • BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    easy.

    Yaz image

    and when i pitched. Phil Niekro!

    i have an amazing dancing wiffle knuckler image honest!

    ball off the house was a ground rule double...ball into the right hand neighbors yard was an OUT, cause it was a pain in the ass to hop two fence and go through the bushes to get it.

    ball over my backyard fence was a HR, but it was damn far. hard to do it.
  • bsidegrvebsidegrve Posts: 687
    Shoot em up bust em up...
    Jack Lambertimage
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    Mark
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  • Newcomp103Newcomp103 Posts: 2,223 ✭
    When I was batting it was usually Paul Molitor or George Brett....when I was pitching it was Nolan Ryan,Jim Palmer, Vida Blue or Phil Niekro...I think there were probably more...but these are the names that are coming to mind immediately! Cool topic! image
  • ArnyVeeArnyVee Posts: 4,245 ✭✭
    mid to late 80s....I was Darryl Strawberry when I hit left handed (sometimes Rod Carew because of the stance image ) and Jose Canseco right handed. When I pitched, I was Dwight Gooden.

    You can tell that the hobby influenced me! I was a Dodgers fan living in Southern California and I was imitating three guys that were at the top of the collecting world.
    * '72 BASEBALL #15 100%
    * C. PASCUAL BASIC #3
    * T. PEREZ BASIC #4 100%
    * L. TIANT BASIC #1
    * DRYSDALE BASIC #4 100%
    * MAGIC MASTER #4/BASIC #3
    * PALMEIRO MASTER/BASIC #1
    * '65 DISNEYLAND #2
    * '78 ELVIS PRESLEY #6
    * '78 THREE'S COMPANY #1

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  • PetescornerPetescorner Posts: 1,220 ✭✭
    Steve Garvey
  • Carew29Carew29 Posts: 4,025 ✭✭

    For home runs, it was Greg Luzinski, and for pitching it was Charlie Hough ( I got a knuckle ball nobody can hit!!)
  • ajmoeller81ajmoeller81 Posts: 258
    Darryl Strawberry
  • PROMETHIUS88PROMETHIUS88 Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If we were playing in the yard with the short fence.... King Kong ... Dave Kingman!
    In the big yard with no fence.... Pete Rose.
    Pitching.... J.R. Richard then Nolan Ryan
    Fielding.... those sweet stabs I remember ... I was Greg Nettles.
    Playing football .... on offense... Walter Payton. If QB time... of course.. Bradshaw! Defense... Mean Joe Greene
    Basketball .....Dr J. If that was taken... Wilt. If he was taken... Bird. But nobody really wanted to be the white guy!

    Thanks for bringing back some great childhood memories!

    Promethius881969@yahoo.com
  • mreutermreuter Posts: 543
    Willie Stargell or Rickey Henderson
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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