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Worst Pro Player ever that you liked/collected?
GeoffEighinger
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Maybe they were great in college, perhaps they excelled at the amateur level or maybe they peaked their senior year of high school. But, when it came to the professional level they were a bust. A waste. A bench warmer. A nobody. A turtle.
You liked them, though. You loved them. You didn't care if they kept getting sent back to the minors (ex. my boy Tyler Naquin).
And, thus, you collect(ed) their cards. Their autographs. Their memorabilia. The liquid they sweat. The air they breathe. No one can tell you who is cool and who isn't. You like what you like.
Who you got?
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2001-2003, I was 100% all-in on Mark Prior!
I have not collected the cards of pitchers since... In fact, in the past 5 years, I can only think of one post-1990 card of a pitcher I've purchased for my personal collection... a PSA 10 Mariano Rivera RC.
Since my Prior days, my motto has been... It's a (hyped) pitcher... buy, grade, then flip ASAP!
Bruce Boisclair & Mike Vail
Not so much anymore, but back in the 1990's I collected John Cerruti and Dave LaPoint because they were from the same city as me lol. I met Cerruti at a card show back in those days and was a very nice guy. I still have his auto from that day buried someplace lol.
Here is a whole set of candidates. I think there were 3 series of them
baseball-almanac.com/baseball_cards/baseball_cards_oneset.php?s=1977fri01
Bowman Baseball -1948-1955
Fleer Baseball-1923, 1959-2007
Al
The 'worst' pro player that I collected was actually a pretty darn good player: Willie Randolph. I have all of his Topps cards and a great deal of his Fleer and Donruss cards. He was my guy on the Yankees teams of the late 1970's - 1980's.
As a kid, I liked Bobby Douglass (Chicago Bears QB) and have a few of his cards.
I collect entire sports, not just one specific set, player or team. Finding the obscure guys is a lot of fun. I have the NBA down to around 350 people missing from my collection...over 2800 different people in it. I am also doing the same project for NASCAR, and I just took on the NHL earlier this year. Still too many missing to compile a list yet for that sport.
In the late 80's, nobody could have convinced me that Glenn Davis wasn't going to Cooperstown
Collected Chuck Knoblauch for his first few years. He started off great but he sure didn't last.
Peter Warrick, Tim Couch
Rickey Jordan in 89 and Scott Erickson in 91. I thought hof for sure
George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.
Rick Mirer
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Neil O'Donnell...oh wait never liked or collected him tho I'm sure Larry Brown loved him for the easiest 2 INTs which made him rich and Superbowl MVP..tho I'm over it
Also- Rick Ankiel
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OMG I still love Tim Couch and may start collecting him again. I am a die hard Browns fan and he was the face of the new era.
all the players i collect are pretty bad lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Panama
I know a guy who has a huge Aaron Hernandez collection....probably not what you mean, though
I actively collect Kirby Puckett. I have collections of Michael Jordan, Emmitt Smith, Roberto Clemente, Dwight Gooden, Tom Seaver, Errict Rhett and Evan Longoria.
And luckily for you, every year you guys have a brand new QB to be the face of the new era
some years 2-3
Felix Jose in 1989.
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Living near Houston it was definitely Glenn Davis in the late 80s.
Me too. After the McGwire, Canseco, Weiss run, it seemed so obvious...LOL.
Still sitting on 500. Bought at a show from a guy with about 10k...that shoulda been a warning sign. LOL
Ya know, he ended up having a not-completely-horrible career. Played parts of 11 seasons in the majors and made several millions dollars doing it. 747 games, career .280 hitter with a career OPS+ of 103. Not horrible, just not what you're looking for from a corner outfielder.
Being a Hartford Whalers fan I collected and thought Geoff Sanderson was going to be a lock HOFer. I think I have a few hundred of his 91-92 Young Guns card.
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Jose Oquendo. My dad said he was going to be a stud. Took me about 3 years to stop loading up on his card. I also have about 350 1989 D Hal Morris cards if anyone is in the market
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Minor Leaguer Damaso Espino. I loaded up on him expecting hi, to make the big leagues since i only collect Panamanian players that have actually made the big league roster. Not even a cup of coffee and 85 rookies later ..... probably beats anyone here lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Panama
John Cullen, NHL. He had a couple of good seasons around 89-91 years. The reason I followed him is because he play for the Flint Spirits/Generals of the IHL back in 88 and I went to some of the games and he was drafted by the Penguins.
Jose Lopez for me. Was such a good player at Double A here in San Antonio and young. Decent career but is having a better career in Japan. Have game used bats(about 15), game used jerseys and a ton of cards, graded or autographed.
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This thread has received more responses than I could have anticipated. Thanks for the feedback.
It has also inspired me to start collecting Tim Couch cards again. Hell, all 1999 Browns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Panama
Mickey Hatcher. Greatest....utility....man....ever. I believe Lasorda had him catching... then 2nd base,,,, then pitching.... then outfielding in a single game, Then in the 9th, Mickey wore a short skirt and played the right field ball girl role hotter than any since.
Brett Butler and Jose Canseco.
I kid, I kid...
But seriously, as a kid in the 80's I collected Joey Meyer rookie cards. That did not work out.
The Brett Butler thing seen here.... man..... That is some hard core collector stuff. No way around not giving the man cred for that pertaining to this specific thread though. Have not seen anyone beat it. NIce !
Hoping any sons that exist though understand the ... "DADDY,, You have a 30 year long baseball card collection ???"
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Sons....
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When he played for the Whalers I thought he was awesome!
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sarunas marciulionis '90 fleer
Alex Gordon. Wasn't a terrible hitter until last year and this year.
Now hand any girl scout a louisville slugger and she'll outhit Gordon.
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Toby Hall. One of my daughters and I spent a week in Arizona and went to the Fall League games every day for a week. He was super nice to her, gave her a signed baseball and talked with her every day.
Rafael Santana and Mark Bailey in baseball and Jocelyn Lemieux in hockey
The Mario Lemieux effect. Lemieux made so many players who weren't that good 40 goal scorers.
John Cullen, Rob Brown, Keven Stevens, Dan Quinn, Doug Sheddon, Randy Cunneyworth, Warren Young, Terry Ruskowski.
Some had excellent years, left Lemieux and werent in the NHL much longer. Others like Cullen and Stevens never came close to those numbers again.
To answer the op, Tie Domi. Wasnt easy being 12 years old and trying to collect anything i could of a 4th line enforcer.
Bill Almon, SS of the Padres from 74 to 80'ish.....
The Almon family lived two streets away from my Grandparents when I was growing up and were the example of - if he can make it from Warwick, RI, anyone can make it from Warwick, RI.
He is, effectively, a friend of the family, and worlds better at baseball than my friends and I could ever think or wish to be.
How about that for pesepctive?
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I was all in on Harold "Baby Jordan" Miner back when I was in middle school.
Tim Rattay
I'll see your Harold Miner and raise you an Isaiah Rider
Charles Jones, who filled in for Olajuwon some during the championship seasons. Role player, not a star. Put in some decent time when he could.
Ken Griffey Jr. No doubt about it. He started off with the Mariners in the late '80s and early '90s. Bounced a round a bit after that. Stopped following him around 2010. Had lots of his rookies. I wonder whatever happened to him.