Least favorite Jays player of all time

[G-Snarls]

does it say something about me that Rickey, Bonds and Braun are among my favourite players of all time?

 

There's nothing wrong with loving watching the "great" bad guy players in any sport

 

I love Bonds 100%. And Lebron.

[KingKat]

Ooh, good one

 

Ovechkin is a great comparator in terms of personality

 

And Mohammed Ali maybe

 

Ali is problematic because Ali was socially aware whereas Ricky never left planet Rickey. Ali had the arrogance of Rickey but he had the social engagement of Delgado.

[G-Snarls]

does it say something about me that Rickey, Bonds and Braun are among my favourite players of all time?

 

But yes, liking Ryan Braun makes you a terrible person

[G-Snarls]

I don't see what there is to like about Brauns personality. Unless you just like him for his on field performance which I could understand. Recently Braun declared himself an artist. Thought that was funny.

 

This is my favorite thing I've ever tweeted:

 

[Sammy225]

Bobby Keilty always rubbed me the wrong way I don't know why. Maybe it was a ginger effect.

[KingKat]

Bobby Keilty always rubbed me the wrong way I don't know why. Maybe it was a ginger effect.

 

Wow, I had pretty much forgotten of his existence. Didn't he end up injured for most of the season anyways?

 

 

A lot of people hated him for hiting a liner that injured Halladay in a previous season (as if that was intentional).

[Kelly Gruber]

Canseco and Gruber. The royal family of douches. Arencibia doesn't even come close to those clowns.

 

Thanks a lot!!

[Sammy225]

Wow, I had pretty much forgotten of his existence. Didn't he end up injured for most of the season anyways?

 

 

A lot of people hated him for hiting a liner that injured Halladay in a previous season (as if that was intentional).

 

That was not Keilty that was Kevin Mench who was also a Blue Jays middle of the order hitter that sucked lol

[Dick_Pole]

Bobby Keilty always rubbed me the wrong way I don't know why. Maybe it was a ginger effect.

 

I think people hated him because that's who they got back for Shannon Stewart...during Ricciardi's salary dump phase.

[KingKat]

That was not Keilty that was Kevin Mench who was also a Blue Jays middle of the order hitter that sucked lol

 

Oh man... I really, really forgot who Keilty was.

[Dick_Pole]

I will disagree on this. Ricky Henderson is everything good about baseball. I don't know about the man, but walks, power, great baserunning.

 

I will say this Ricky walked leading off the 9th in game 6. That was the game right there.

 

I've argued with Spanky about the Carter homerun... and I probably didn't explain myself that well. The homerun was thrilling. I agree. But the moment of victory was the Henderson walk.

 

I was watching that night with my knuckle head hockey goon friends who don't know diddly about sabremetrics. As Henderson walked they appreciated his at bat, and proclaimed the game over.

 

If you want to go that far the moment of victory was when Mitch Williams stepped out onto the mound against the top of the order of one of the best line-ups in all-time MLB history. Drawing a walk off of Mitch Williams is not a difficult feat.

[Sammy225]

Oh man... I really, really forgot who Keilty was.

 

He was our Shannon Stewart Replacement

[KingKat]

He was our Shannon Stewart Replacement

 

Yeah I remember now. The assumption JPR made was that by acquiring him he was essentially setting the clock back on Stewart. Didn't work out that way.

[The Cats Ass]

I think people hated him because that's who they got back for Shannon Stewart...during Ricciardi's salary dump phase.

 

And then we got Ted Lily for him.

[TheHurl]

But yes, liking Ryan Braun makes you a terrible person

 

Anti-Semite

 

He's going to lead me to the Premier League title this year.

[bendera3]

Rickey Henderson is my favorite player of all time. I know he was cocky but there is something about a player who is so confident in himself that he can tell the opposing team that he's going to steal a base and can still pull it off.

 

As for my least favorite player it has to be JPA. I can't think of another player who is so full of himself but contributes at historically bad levels.

[G-Snarls]

Anti-Semite

 

He's going to lead me to the Premier League title this year.

 

I'd say I'm more anti - "selfish, self-aggrandizing lying *******s"

 

But... tomato, tomahto

 

[Olerud363]

If you want to go that far the moment of victory was when Mitch Williams stepped out onto the mound against the top of the order of one of the best line-ups in all-time MLB history. Drawing a walk off of Mitch Williams is not a difficult feat.

 

Fair enough point. He was somehow saving 30 games a year, and actually 43 in 1993, despite the walks. Was decent in the nlcs and saved game 2. Looking back it's obvious. But watching the game it wasn't until Henderson walked that we felt comfortable.

 

But wow. Yes. Holy Crap. His statistics are bizzarre. Baseball's first 40-40 reliever, 40 saves, 40 walks. And 40 walks was a good year for him.

[KingKat]

Fair enough point. He was somehow saving 30 games a year, and actually 43 in 1993, despite the walks. Was decent in the nlcs and saved game 2. Looking back it's obvious. But watching the game it wasn't until Henderson walked that we felt comfortable.

 

But wow. Yes. Holy Crap. His statistics are bizzarre. Baseball's first 40-40 reliever, 40 saves, 40 walks. And 40 walks was a good year for him.

 

It just goes to show that saves are largely a product of your role not your ability. He wouldn't even get the role in today's baseball.

[Jays]

Honorable mentions go to Kevin Millar.

[jaysblue]

Eric Hinske

[Sammy225]

Eric Hinske

 

He can't hear you he has 2 world series rings plugging his ears

[KingKat]

Greg Zaun deserves at least an honourable mention here. Guy has scanned cheques to drug dealer, Kirk Radomski, in the Mitchell Report but he waits months before saying anything and then comes up with the ridiculous excuse that he just gave signed cheques to Jason Grimsley with the recipient field blank. Nowadays he goes on TV and calls out cheaters like a total hypocrite.

 

http://www.citynews.ca/2008/02/15/gregg-zaun-responds-to-steroid-allegations/111

[leaffie]

Miguel Batista , he spent too much time walking around trying to impress people with his intellect, and not enough pitching.

[Dick_Pole]

And then we got Ted Lily for him.

 

JPR definitely redeemed himself there. And then how Stewart became chronically injured it was actually a pretty good move in the grand scheme of things. But the treatment of Delgado...the dumping of Gonzalez...then the trading away of Quantrill for that Aussie pitching prospect that went nowhere...then Stewart. People were on edge because it looked like everything he did was for a salary dump. Then Godfrey decided that Vernon Wells was to be paid like a guaranteed Hall of Famer.

[SAAviour]

For me it is kevin millar and it's not even close. f***ing Hate him. 'Cowboy up' slogan with the Red Sox makes me want to strangle someone every time I hear it. Then he comes here, probably the only jay I cheered to fail.

[Dick_Pole]

Fair enough point. He was somehow saving 30 games a year, and actually 43 in 1993, despite the walks. Was decent in the nlcs and saved game 2. Looking back it's obvious. But watching the game it wasn't until Henderson walked that we felt comfortable.

 

But wow. Yes. Holy Crap. His statistics are bizzarre. Baseball's first 40-40 reliever, 40 saves, 40 walks. And 40 walks was a good year for him.

 

Didn't Mitch Williams have a wicked pick off move? That's what I recall from doing no research on it and thinking back to when I was a 10 year old following baseball. That would be the only explanation for him giving up so many baserunners and having consistently low to permissible ERA year after year. Don't know of a data bank that tracks and shows pick offs to prove my point.

[SAAviour]

I also loved Shawn green, until he bolted for the money which made me hate him....even though everyone bolts for the money. I think he just broke my heart so I chose to hate him.

 

I don't understand how people can hate joe carter, I can see thinking he was bad and see how he can be annoying, but the home run has to erase some hate. One of the biggest home runs in baseball history!

[Dick_Pole]

I'd say I'm more anti - "selfish, self-aggrandizing lying *******s"

 

But... tomato, tomahto

 

 

Haha I like that, mein Führer. I never knew Braun was Jewish until I got a look at this photo and he a spitting image of a pal of mine that's also Jewish. They could be twins even though they were born on opposite ends of the continent. Hmm I think Hitler was onto something!

 

[Dick_Pole]

I also loved Shawn green, until he bolted for the money which made me hate him....even though everyone bolts for the money. I think he just broke my heart so I chose to hate him.

 

I don't understand how people can hate joe carter, I can see thinking he was bad and see how he can be annoying, but the home run has to erase some hate. One of the biggest home runs in baseball history!

 

Interesting...I think you're about to stumble into an argument with other posters on this board which leads Joe Carter stifling Shawn Green's career which led to the REAL reason for him wanting to be traded, with Cito Gaston being the conduit.