Who is your favorite player you grew up watching on your team?

[cboy4]

[MaineDem]

1. Tony Conigliaro

:(

And Yaz, of course.

[joeybee12]

9. Yaz..I think he still is my favorite...

...I should check and see how he's progressing from cancer surgery.

[Forkboy]

2. I was pretty much already grown up, but these two were, and still are, my favorite players.

Cam Neely

http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/members/splash/P200502S.jpg

Scott Stevens



Can you guess the style of hockey I prefer? :)

[PRETZEL]

3. The Great One,

The one and only Roberto Clemente.

[Forkboy]

4. The PBS special about him was excellent.

He was so cool I won't even complain about you using the the term "The Great One" and not talking about Gretzky. ;)

[cboy4]

18. I wish I was around to have watched him play.

:cry:

I love this photo:

[H2O Man]

5. I grew up

in a family of NY Yankee fans. One of my uncles was able to bring our family to meet the team before and after games. There were so many great players, that it's hard to pick one. But I think Al Downing was up there pretty high.

From watching tv, I always was hugely impressed with Willie Mays.

(Note: My brother has a 1963 Yankee's yearbook, in mint condition, autographed by the entire team. He asked me if I thought I could sell it in Cooperstown for him, something I refuse to do. But I'm curious if any DUers have any estimates of its value? Thanks.)

[Upton]

6. Will Clark was great

remember that grand slam he had off Greg Maddox in the '89 NLCS, or the series clinching base hit? It's too bad he had to go and sign with the Rangers...

[cboy4]

17. I'll never forget the base hit off of Wild Thing. What a battle that

series was against the Cubs.

The other thing I remember is Will saying the F word on live TV in the dugout one year after the Giants clinched the West against San Diego. I can't remember if that was 1987 or 89??

Anyway .. he was a stud

[El Supremo]

7. Roger Maris, but he was traded to the Evil Empire. A day the will always live in infamy to me.

[joeybee12]

10. Ah yes, the guy who still owns the single-season HR record...

...and anyone who says differently is a moran.

[cboy4]

21. That's ridiculous, if you consider hitting one dozen fewer homers

than Bonds the record.

This isn't surprising coming from the guy who has jinxed both the Bruins and Celtics this year, and actually predicted the Nuggets would beat the Fakers in 6 games, even though LA has home court. :eyes:

[joeybee12]

23. Roger did it clean, not like the cheater you worship...n/t

[cboy4]

25. I'm not sure which cheater you're referring to. It certainly can't

be Bonds since he hasn't been charged with violating a single MLB rule or hasn't been convicted of a single crime.

No proof what so ever he knowingly cheated.

And I don't worship any person. But I do fiercely defend people .. especially if they're being falsely accused by big mouth Boston fans.

[madinmaryland]

28. BWAHAHAHA!!! "And I don't worship any person."

:rofl:

Classic cboy4 again!!

[cboy4]

30. There's a difference between defending someone against

vicious and unsubstantiated attacks and worship.

[madinmaryland]

33. Dude! You do "worship" him.

Period.

[cboy4]

34. Explain to me how I worship him as opposed to simply

defending him

You don't know the difference between worship and defense, do you?

[madinmaryland]

37. Dude. You have gone way past defending him. You are in "worshipping"

territory.

[cboy4]

38. Oh boy.

[madinmaryland]

45. Heh! The truth hurts doesn't it!

[joeybee12]

39. He's annointing himself at the altar of Barry Balco Bonds as we type! n/t

[madinmaryland]

47. He's actually at the alter of St. Barry and is saying his daily prayers to him.

[cboy4]

48. Oh my gosh you're so goddam annoying

[joeybee12]

41. What so ever is one word...whatsoever...and yeah, he knew, you have

to be a moran to not realize that.

[cboy4]

42. You are really a pain in the ass,

You know that, right?

[joeybee12]

43. Self-awareness is self-knowledge so sayeth the Buddah...

...or something like that.

[cboy4]

44. Yea, I'm self-aware that you're a fucking annoying Boston fan.

:puke:

It's too bad I hate the Yankees, or I'd be rooting for them to win the East.

[RT Atlanta]

8. Bo at Auburn

War Damn Eagle Mr. 1985 Heisman Winner!

[RockaFowler]

11. Alan Trammel of the Detroit Tigers

There was something about him when I was growing up that was so selfless. Plus when the Tigers won in 1984, it was a very magical year in Detroit.

[Jack Rabbit]

12. That's easy

Wayland High School History Project

[Jetboy]

13. Walter Payton

and Ryne Sandberg
and Michael Jordan

[Tektonik]

14. Kobe

[MrCoffee]

15. The Dream

[RT Atlanta]

16. The American Dream

Dusty Rhodes...



Sorry, couldn't resist. :evilgrin:

[Tektonik]

31. I still think he's the most underrated player of his era

Sure he won the titles and MVP's, but I hardly ever hear anyone mention his name.

In the nineties, Jordan dominated, but Hakeem was the next best player, easily.

[flvegan]

19. Carl Yastrzemski.

My childhood hero.

[Kingofalldems]

20. Don Lock

[madinmaryland]

22. Roberto Clemente in baseball.

Roger Staubach in football, and John Havilcek in basketball.

[cboy4]

26. All from teams scattered across the nation.

:eyes:

[madinmaryland]

27. Huh? Are you back to talking about that crap again.

You really are a loser!

[cboy4]

29. You're right, here are my new teams:

Lakers
Yankees
Red Wings

I'll be sticking with the 49ers since they have the best Super Bowl record.

[El Supremo]

32. You ought to like the Lakers

[cboy4]

35. So now you're stooping to homophobia because you're mad

the Nuggets choked against LA?

Maybe you should tell your team to make their free-throws, instead of worrying about acting like thugs against Mark Cuban.

[madinmaryland]

36. Uh-oh! cboy4 is playing the homophone card!!

[cboy4]

40. Was I talking to you or was I talking to the person stooping to

homophobia because he's mad his loser Nuggets are going to choke the series in agonizing fashion?

[madinmaryland]

46. Once again cboy, this is a PUBLIC message board. If you post something

stupid, I will point out your stupidity.

[El Supremo]

52. I wouldn't bet on it. They are wuses.

[cboy4]

57. Oh I'd bet on it alright .. especially if the Fakers' opponent

is the loser team from Denver.

I'm not surprised considering their uniforms are those abysmal powder blue color, which I believe was the same color as the Iraqi Army.

But in all seriousness, don't worry. In just a matter of days, the punishment will be over (that being United States sports subjected to Denver sports team postseason).

Maybe you'll learn the same lesson trumad -- he who backs out of bets and then pretends he's an AIG CEO under oath,

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Billy Williams

In baseball, that is.

Norm Van Lier in basketball.

Gale Sayers in football.

Bobby Hull in hockey.
GAC

[centristgrandpa]

49. fave player...

Juan Marichal of the SF Giants (64)

[ProfessorGAC]

50. Ooh, That's A Good One

With that big high leg kick! I can see him being somebody's favorite player. He was cool! (Well, until he lost his cool and clobbered Johnny Roseboro.)
GAC

[centristgrandpa]

53. CG flingers...

There were so many classic pitching match-ups. Warren Spahn, Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, Don Drysdale and Gaylord Perry to name many...Priceless is an understatement...

[cboy4]

51. Good choice,

I like how he hit that Dodger catcher over the head with a baseball bat during a fight in the early '60's!

HA

:thumbsup:

[centristgrandpa]

54. pitch-hitting...

I believe he hit him quite hard...from what they say, the catcher made a rude remark about Juan's family..

[BulletproofLandshark]

55. The Man

[Onceuponalife]

56. I hate to admit it

but it was Steve Garvey. I can't stand him now.

In hockey, it was the great Marcel Dionne. Then later it was Luc Robitaille.

[Forkboy]

58. Dionne is a fine pick.

Hell of a player. And back then there were few enough teams that we saw L.A. more than once a year.

[PufPuf23]

59. I am a life long SF Giants fan

My favorite baseball players in a tie are Willie Mays and Juan Marichal.

I loved Will Clark but this changed upon the realization he was a self-centered racist and was glad to see Clark leave the organization.

Favorite 49er is Joe Montana.

[bigwillq]

60. Don Mattingly

On the NY Yankees.

Joe Morris on the NY Giants.