What hitters did you really enjoy watching.

1970s · September 28, 2018 2:21PM

So some guys come to the plate and it's like ho-hum, just another at bat. Other guys would come
to the plate and people would get on the edge of their seats.

Which guys did you get "excited" to watch hit. These guys just had something about them that got
some extra special attention from you.

For me it was..............

1- George Brett
2- Will Clark
3- Manny Ramirez
4- Dave Kingman
5- Gene Tenace

Barndog · September 28, 2018 2:33PM

Rod Carew
Wade Boggs

Never knew how or where they were going to put the ball into play, but knew they surely would.

Also liked watching Vlad Guerrero, he was a trip every time.

stevek · September 28, 2018 2:42PM

Mike Schmidt for sure.

From the OP list - Dave Kingman was fun to watch.

If I had to choose an all time great that i would have enjoyed watching the most, it would be Ty Cobb.

LarkinCollector · September 28, 2018 2:43PM

Eric Davis
Darryl Strawberry

Wait, are we talking hitting baseballs or something else?

orioles93 · September 28, 2018 2:58PM

Ichiro
Ken Griffey jr
Jim Edmonds
Johnny Damon
Albert Pujols
Miguel tejada

perkdog · September 28, 2018 4:09PM

Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

DIMEMAN · September 28, 2018 4:19PM

Pete Rose
Reggie Jackson
Mickey Mantle
Stan the Man

In my haste I left out Willie Mays

DIMEMAN · September 28, 2018 4:21PM

@perkdog said:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

You just named 3 of the biggest PED users ever. They have NO credibility whatsoever!

stevek · September 28, 2018 5:23PM

@DIMEMAN said:

@perkdog said:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

You just named 3 of the biggest PED users ever. They have NO credibility whatsoever!

My guess is that they're all dead within ten years, due to PED use.

grote15 · September 28, 2018 5:27PM

Jerry Grote

bronco2078 · September 28, 2018 5:39PM

Jim Rice

stevek · September 28, 2018 5:40PM

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

bronco2078 · September 28, 2018 5:55PM

@stevek said:

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

was it 15?

Darin · September 28, 2018 6:05PM

Willie Stargell and George Brett.
Loved Stargells' routine at the plate pre pitch, waving the bat, then the hitch, don't
even really know what to call it but they weren't practice swings. LOL.

stevek · September 28, 2018 7:07PM

@bronco2078 said:

@stevek said:

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

was it 15?

Had to be some number 1 thru 99. That's as good a guess as any.

DIMEMAN · September 28, 2018 7:23PM

@stevek said:

@DIMEMAN said:

@perkdog said:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

You just named 3 of the biggest PED users ever. They have NO credibility whatsoever!

My guess is that they're all dead within ten years, due to PED use.

Wasn't Grote average at best??

grote15 · September 28, 2018 7:52PM

@stevek said:

@bronco2078 said:

@stevek said:

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

was it 15?

Had to be some number 1 thru 99. That's as good a guess as any.

15 is correct.

Grote was not much of a hitter but was one of the best defensive catchers in baseball.

Johnny Bench one said, “If Jerry Grote were a Cincinnati Red, I would have been a third baseman."

stevek · September 28, 2018 8:25PM

@DIMEMAN said:

@stevek said:

@DIMEMAN said:

@perkdog said:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

You just named 3 of the biggest PED users ever. They have NO credibility whatsoever!

My guess is that they're all dead within ten years, due to PED use.

Wasn't Grote average at best??

That's the one thing you never say to Tim.

stevek · September 28, 2018 9:07PM

@grote15 said:

@stevek said:

@bronco2078 said:

@stevek said:

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

was it 15?

Had to be some number 1 thru 99. That's as good a guess as any.

15 is correct.

Grote was not much of a hitter but was one of the best defensive catchers in baseball.

Johnny Bench one said, “If Jerry Grote were a Cincinnati Red, I would have been a third baseman."

In my opinion, the Mets don't win the 1969 World Series if Jerry Grote wasn't the catcher.

The 1969 World Series was the most phenomenal World Series I ever saw. Anyone can google it to read the full story of the Mets rise from being an expansion team in 1962, with the most season losses of all time in the modern era, to a World Series winner just seven years later.

Many baseball fans may already know the basic story. But what they may not know is that the Mets just a year earlier in 1968, had a record of 73–89 and finished a dismal 9th in the National League. So it was quite a surprise when they captured the National League pennant in 1969.

The Baltimore Orioles were heavy favorites to win the 1969 WS. When the Orioles won the first game, "everyone" said it was all over...except for die hard Mets fans.

Well, the Mets then proceeded to win four straight games from the Orioles.

Amazing.

perkdog · September 29, 2018 2:27AM

A> @DIMEMAN said:

@perkdog said:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

You just named 3 of the biggest PED users ever. They have NO credibility whatsoever!

And I couldn’t care less about their PED use, the OP asked a question and I answered it. I like what I like and don’t care about the popular opinion

bronco2078 · September 29, 2018 3:47AM

@stevek said:

@bronco2078 said:

@stevek said:

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

was it 15?

Had to be some number 1 thru 99. That's as good a guess as any.

Its in his name steve it wasn't a guess

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bronco2078 · September 29, 2018 4:46AM

How do they calculate the players credibility score?

If its anything like WAR , what is it good for?

stevek · September 29, 2018 6:20AM

@bronco2078 said:

@stevek said:

@bronco2078 said:

@stevek said:

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

was it 15?

Had to be some number 1 thru 99. That's as good a guess as any.

Its in his name steve it wasn't a guess

And all this time I thought that number 15 meant the amount of baseball cards that Tim has of Jerry Grote.

Well that answers the question i was always wondering about as to why after all these years his collection wasn't growing.

perkdog · September 29, 2018 6:29AM

@bronco2078 said:
How do they calculate the players credibility score?

If its anything like WAR , what is it good for?

Exactly, all it’s good for is to let guys like Dallas and markj think they are smarter than everyone else

JoeBanzai · September 29, 2018 7:39AM

Killebrew. Even his pop-ups were impressive!

Darin · September 29, 2018 8:39AM

I would say for a short period Bo Jackson was pretty fun to watch, just because something
amazing could happen. It rarely did, it was usually a strikeout, but the possibility of seeing a
tape measure home run was there every time he stepped up to the plate.

DIMEMAN · September 29, 2018 10:10AM

@stevek said:

@DIMEMAN said:

@perkdog said:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

You just named 3 of the biggest PED users ever. They have NO credibility whatsoever!

My guess is that they're all dead within ten years, due to PED use.

Wasn't he average at best??> @grote15 said:

@stevek said:

@bronco2078 said:

@stevek said:

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

I think I've heard of him, but I can't recall his uniform number.

was it 15?

Had to be some number 1 thru 99. That's as good a guess as any.

15 is correct.

Grote was not much of a hitter but was one of the best defensive catchers in baseball.

Johnny Bench one said, “If Jerry Grote were a Cincinnati Red, I would have been a third baseman."

You know Johnny Bench wasn't serious......just paying a compliment.

stevek · September 29, 2018 10:11AM

@Darin said:
I would say for a short period Bo Jackson was pretty fun to watch, just because something
amazing could happen. It rarely did, it was usually a strikeout, but the possibility of seeing a
tape measure home run was there every time he stepped up to the plate.

Watching Bo break a bat was entertaining. LOL

https://youtu.be/pHsAjzPVKJE

stevek · September 29, 2018 10:17AM

One more: Bo Breaks Bat

https://youtu.be/IxiGyqIO6Ew?t=11

Coinstartled · September 29, 2018 1:08PM

@Barndog said:
Rod Carew
Wade Boggs

Never knew how or where they were going to put the ball into play, but knew they surely would.

Also liked watching Vlad Guerrero, he was a trip every time.

Carew was the best. looked like he should have hit .650 career.

thisistheshow · September 29, 2018 5:23PM

@bronco2078 said:
Jim Rice

I was, in all seriousness, going to say Rice. My favorite player ever.

BLUEJAYWAY · September 29, 2018 6:51PM

@bronco2078 said:
How do they calculate the players credibility score?

If its anything like WAR , what is it good for?

I saw what you did there."War" by Edwin Starr "War, what is it good for,absolutely nothing"

BLUEJAYWAY · September 29, 2018 7:04PM

I always liked to watch Lou Brock and Rickey Henderson get a hit. When they got on base I enjoyed the cat and mouse game with the pitcher when trying to steal bases.

JoeBanzai · September 29, 2018 8:14PM

@Coinstartled said:

@Barndog said:
Rod Carew
Wade Boggs

Never knew how or where they were going to put the ball into play, but knew they surely would.

Also liked watching Vlad Guerrero, he was a trip every time.

Carew was the best. looked like he should have hit .650 career.

Watching Carew hit was not exciting. He was very good at bunting and blooping the ball over the shortstops head.

Boggs was a little more entertaining, but not much, neither player hit the ball very hard.

Vlad was an exciting hitter!

Coinstartled · September 29, 2018 8:22PM

@JoeBanzai said:

@Coinstartled said:

@Barndog said:
Rod Carew
Wade Boggs

Never knew how or where they were going to put the ball into play, but knew they surely would.

Also liked watching Vlad Guerrero, he was a trip every time.

Carew was the best. looked like he should have hit .650 career.

Watching Carew hit was not exciting. He was very good at bunting and blooping the ball over the shortstops head.

Boggs was a little more entertaining, but not much, neither player hit the ball very hard.

Vlad was an exciting hitter!

Bond's should have been a real thrill for you then!

JoeBanzai · September 29, 2018 8:26PM

@Coinstartled said:

@JoeBanzai said:

@Coinstartled said:

@Barndog said:
Rod Carew
Wade Boggs

Never knew how or where they were going to put the ball into play, but knew they surely would.

Also liked watching Vlad Guerrero, he was a trip every time.

Carew was the best. looked like he should have hit .650 career.

Watching Carew hit was not exciting. He was very good at bunting and blooping the ball over the shortstops head.

Boggs was a little more entertaining, but not much, neither player hit the ball very hard.

Vlad was an exciting hitter!

Bond's should have been a real thrill for you then!

No. He was a fine ballplayer before he bulked up, but I don't like the juicers. McGwire hit them more frequently, but he was a cheater too.

garnettstyle · September 29, 2018 9:01PM

Brett
Parker
Bonds

Barndog · September 30, 2018 9:27AM

@JoeBanzai said:

@Coinstartled said:

@Barndog said:
Rod Carew
Wade Boggs

Never knew how or where they were going to put the ball into play, but knew they surely would.

Also liked watching Vlad Guerrero, he was a trip every time.

Carew was the best. looked like he should have hit .650 career.

Watching Carew hit was not exciting. He was very good at bunting and blooping the ball over the shortstops head.

Boggs was a little more entertaining, but not much, neither player hit the ball very hard.

Vlad was an exciting hitter!

question wasn't about exciting, more about who we enjoyed watching. I enjoyed watching players who would put the ball in play with intent to "hit 'em where they ain't" just to get on base and help out the team. Plus, Vlad was like a box of chocolates.

Coinstartled · September 30, 2018 10:39AM

Ricky Henderson was expert at getting to second base.

JoeBanzai · September 30, 2018 2:04PM

@Barndog said:

@JoeBanzai said:

@Coinstartled said:

@Barndog said:
Rod Carew
Wade Boggs

Never knew how or where they were going to put the ball into play, but knew they surely would.

Also liked watching Vlad Guerrero, he was a trip every time.

Carew was the best. looked like he should have hit .650 career.

Watching Carew hit was not exciting. He was very good at bunting and blooping the ball over the shortstops head.

Boggs was a little more entertaining, but not much, neither player hit the ball very hard.

Vlad was an exciting hitter!

question wasn't about exciting, more about who we enjoyed watching. I enjoyed watching players who would put the ball in play with intent to "hit 'em where they ain't" just to get on base and help out the team. Plus, Vlad was like a box of chocolates.

You are correct, exciting is my word. As a Twins fan, my opinion is that Carew was wonderful at hitting them where they aint, I enjoyed Killebrew's ability to hit them out of the park more. Both great hitters.

Darin · September 30, 2018 4:49PM

Actually, it was about exciting. From the OP- , Which guys did you get "excited" to watch hit.

cecropiamoth · October 1, 2018 4:46AM

I could list a bunch that have already been listed here, mostly sweet swinging leftys...Straw, Will, Bonds, etc.

I'll add two. As a youngster I loved watching Ben Oglivie. Violent swing. I witnessed a 3 HR game from him at County Stadium. I also really enjoyed Kirby Puckett as well...RIP.

Jeff

Coinstartled · October 1, 2018 11:08AM

Not a tremendous hitter, but Dick McAuliffe had a great stance.

LarkinCollector · October 1, 2018 11:18AM

@Coinstartled said:
Not a tremendous hitter, but Dick McAuliffe had a great stance.

Craig Counsell's was better

Bullsitter · October 1, 2018 12:19PM

Hank, Mantle, Boog, Rose and Bo Jackson.

MCMLVTopps · October 1, 2018 2:15PM

Ted Williams and Mickey Mantle...the latter especially in Fenway.

Skin2 · October 1, 2018 3:12PM

Nomar Garciaparra in the late 90's. Hit .357 and then .372 with power. Didn't strike out a lot. Had that great compact swing. It seemed as if it was impossible for him not to hit it hard.

Then he got hurt all the time. Its a shame we didn't see him healthy longer.

Fred Lynn...sweet swing, took the league by storm his rookie year, and loved the way he played CF(and who cares what his defensive WAR Is because it is wrong!!!).

K · October 1, 2018 5:34PM

@DIMEMAN said:

@perkdog said:
Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa. I’ve never been glued to ESPN than during that awesome HR chase for 62 between Sosa & McGwire. Then when Bonds was hitting them out at a lightning pace. For my Red Sox itvwas always Manny Ramirez

You just named 3 of the biggest PED users ever. They have NO credibility whatsoever!

Like it or not, they got people watching the games again after the strike.

BaltimoreYankee · October 2, 2018 6:13AM

@grote15 said:
Jerry Grote

Jerry Grote was no Duffy Dyer.

But to keep it topical, I always enjoyed watching Rod Carew hit back in the day. I remember hearing he used to hit coke bottle caps with a broom handle or something like that growing up in Panama.

craig44 · October 2, 2018 7:29AM

I loved to watch
Frank Thomas
Griffey
Brett
Mcgwire
Canseco

What hitters did you really enjoy watching.

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