Athletes you like for stupid reasons

MikeVic · 10-13-2011, 09:07 AM

I was watching the Tigers/Rangers game, and it made me think of Michael Young. I remember him with the Jays, and thinking "Baseball Mogul says he's good AND young, what the hell!!" when they got rid of him for something crappy... and I've kind of rooted fro him ever since.

Anyone else have athletes they like for stupid reasons? I'll eliminate Bo Jackson.

molson · 10-13-2011, 09:10 AM

I'm always pleased when I realize Charlie Batch is still in the league just because of that one early FOF when he always put up monster numbers.

Mantle2600 · 10-13-2011, 09:23 AM

Elvis grbac cause I saw him wear an Indians hat once during an interview before I found out he was from this area.

Breeze · 10-13-2011, 10:20 AM

My buddy used to love Mike Easler for 2 reasons...

1. His nickname "the hitman"
2. His picture on a baseball card where he was sort of looking up at the time and he looked mean...

I always thought that was pretty strange reason to like someone.

heybrad · 10-13-2011, 10:26 AM

He's a somewhat obscure former MLB player, but I went to Junior High and High School with Damion Easley. I didn't know him very well but I sat next to him in one class and he nicknamed me 'White Bread'. I followed his career on that alone.

panerd · 10-13-2011, 10:27 AM

I played craps with Marc Bulger one night and thought he was a pretty fun and down to earth guy. (I think the table was pretty hot though so I guess you kind of enjoy playing with almost anyone if you are making money) Always wondered why he never really got a shot anywhere else.

Logan · 10-13-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by heybrad

He's a somewhat obscure former MLB player, but I went to Junior High and High School with Damion Easley. I didn't know him very well but I sat next to him in one class and he nicknamed me 'White Bread'. I followed his career on that alone.

Speaking of Baseball Mogul, he was a BEAST in (I believe) the original version.

Ksyrup · 10-13-2011, 10:45 AM

I remember Julio Cruz Jr. being a beast in the first version of BBM I ever played. Dude would hit 800+ HRs every career. It got to the point where, when I started a career, he was my first acquisition.

Abe Sargent · 10-13-2011, 10:53 AM

I like Curt Schilling because they guy is heavy hardcore into wargaming with miniatures.

QuikSand · 10-13-2011, 10:58 AM

Vlade Divac is no longer irritating.

Honolulu_Blue · 10-13-2011, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by QuikSand

Vlade Divac is no longer irritating.

I loved that commerical. I still, to this day use the phrase "nemo problema" all the time and don't think anyone has any clue as to why.

MacroGuru · 10-13-2011, 12:46 PM

For me, it was Steve Garvey.

My grandma met him at an expo in Salt Lake City, explained my love for baseball and how small I was and wasn't getting a chance to show off my abilities.

He sat down, wrote an entire letter to me, telling me to hang in there, the drills to practice and focus on and what was needed to succeed. He then signed it.

She was excited to give me the letter. It was pretty inspiring to me, I immediately took all my money and went to the card shop and bought every Steve Garvey card the guy had.

mckerney · 10-13-2011, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Abe Sargent

I like Curt Schilling because they guy is heavy hardcore into wargaming with miniatures.

Chris Kluwe tweeted that his plans for training camp when not practicing were to paint minitures.

BYU 14 · 10-13-2011, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MacroGuru

For me, it was Steve Garvey.

My Steve Garvey experience is a bit different. When my wife (then girlfriend) was working for the VA Hospital here in Phoenix back in 2003 he came in to visit patients and she was involved with escorting him through the facility. He hit on her which isn't necessarily cool, but I admired him for having good taste.

Plus after she told him she was taken he autographed a baseball for me, so all is forgiven.

Apathetic Lurker · 10-13-2011, 01:19 PM

Carlos Boozer because the first time I heard his name I was getting pretty hammered......

Abe Sargent · 10-13-2011, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mckerney

Chris Kluwe tweeted that his plans for training camp when not practicing were to paint minitures.

Now he's moved up my list.

Abe Sargent · 10-13-2011, 01:38 PM

Oh, and I still like Chris Hanson for chopping himself with an axe.

Pumpy Tudors · 10-13-2011, 01:50 PM

Back when I went to New Orleans VooDoo arena football games, my favorite player was a WR/LB named Lamont Moore. He was my favorite player because he wore a long-sleeved white t-shirt with puffy sleeves under his purple jersey. It wasn't as bad as the Seinfeld puffy shirt, but it was still pretty amusing. After one of the games, I asked him to autograph my VooDoo baseball cap because he was my favorite player. He looked genuinely surprised to hear that, which is understandable because he wasn't one of the team's most popular players. At the next home game, I asked him to autograph my other VooDoo baseball cap, and he obliged.

I still wear both caps fairly often, although his signature has started to fade off them since he signed them 7 years ago.

DanGarion · 10-13-2011, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Back when I went to New Orleans VooDoo arena football games, my favorite player was a WR/LB named Lamont Moore. He was my favorite player because he wore a long-sleeved white t-shirt with puffy sleeves under his purple jersey. It wasn't as bad as the Seinfeld puffy shirt, but it was still pretty amusing. After one of the games, I asked him to autograph my VooDoo baseball cap because he was my favorite player. He looked genuinely surprised to hear that, which is understandable because he wasn't one of the team's most popular players. At the next home game, I asked him to autograph my other VooDoo baseball cap, and he obliged.

I still wear both caps fairly often, although his signature has started to fade off them since he signed them 7 years ago.

You should friend him on Facebook.

QuikSand · 10-13-2011, 02:48 PM

When I was pretty young and discovered football, I had a football card of Bill Stanfill:

I think it was mainly the ominous clouds in the background, but for some reason I think I got seduced into thinking he was more than just a pass rusher - maybe some sort of powerful magician storm-caller wizard type of guy, too. Pretty badass, especially to a six year old.

Today, I explain my lifelong fondness for the Miami Dolphins in more approachable terms (undefeated team, guys named Griese and Csonka, cool unis)... but the partial reality is I'm in a very small share of guys who got on board with them back in the "Bill Stanfill Era."

JediKooter · 10-13-2011, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacroGuru

For me, it was Steve Garvey.

My grandma met him at an expo in Salt Lake City, explained my love for baseball and how small I was and wasn't getting a chance to show off my abilities.

He sat down, wrote an entire letter to me, telling me to hang in there, the drills to practice and focus on and what was needed to succeed. He then signed it.

She was excited to give me the letter. It was pretty inspiring to me, I immediately took all my money and went to the card shop and bought every Steve Garvey card the guy had.

I flew on a plane once with Steve Garvey. And coincidentally, it was on a flight to Salt Lake City. This was probably around 86 or 87.

Pumpy Tudors · 10-13-2011, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanGarion

You should friend him on Facebook.

As if asking him to autograph my cap wasn't creepy enough...

CrimsonFox · 10-13-2011, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Breeze

My buddy used to love Mike Easler for 2 reasons...

1. His nickname "the hitman"
2. His picture on a baseball card where he was sort of looking up at the time and he looked mean...

I always thought that was pretty strange reason to like someone.

I liked him indeed for his baseball card poses plus he looked like Tim Reid from WKRP in Cincinnati!

CrimsonFox · 10-13-2011, 03:08 PM

Rollie Fingers because of his cool mustache. And NOT shaving it and thus NOT going to the Reds when they said they had a "must be cleanshaven" policy.

digamma · 10-13-2011, 03:12 PM

I liked the Russian Bear Ivan Koloff for his one shoulder strapped singlet.

CrimsonFox · 10-13-2011, 03:20 PM

Pretty much every player from 1978 to 1985 because I have their baseball cards. Of course the ones with better career averages/ERAs I tended to like more. Like Keith Hernandez, Steve Garvey, Tom Seaver, etc.

Pumpy Tudors · 10-13-2011, 03:23 PM

Steve Jeltz because of the hair. Obviously.

spleen1015 · 10-13-2011, 03:30 PM

Sam Horn because in an earlier version of OOTP he turned out to be a beast in one of the historical leagues I played.

Do you remember Sam Horn? - OOTP Developments Forums

AnalBumCover · 10-13-2011, 03:30 PM

Terry Forster of the c.1980s Dodgers because his daughter was in my class in the 4th grade and I thought she was cute.

stevew · 10-13-2011, 03:39 PM

Mike Laga cause he wore a pink jersey.

Pumpy Tudors · 10-13-2011, 03:52 PM

sam horn because he was so damn fat

Fidatelo · 10-13-2011, 04:05 PM

I've always had fond memories of Mark Janssens simply because I loved taking the Whale in the mid-90's EA NHL games and yelling "Mark My Janssens!" at the top of my lungs whenever I could get him to score or lay out a nice hit against my brother.

I think I've said too much.

AgustusM · 10-13-2011, 04:10 PM

Great Thread

1. Al Oliver - His 1982 Strat O Matic card was beastily, so when my beloved Giants acquired him in 1984 I was convinced we were going to win 100 games. Alas we went 66-96

2. Brady Quinn - as a Notre Dame fan I had high hopes for him as an NFL prospect. Ones that he has fulfilled winning 5 Superbowl championships. Albeit all in my own Madden or Head Coach franchises, but still.

3. Jed Lowrie - Red Sox backup IF had good ratings in latest OOTP version and filled a hug whole on my 2011 Giants team that I actually played out every game. His OPS was over .900 all year and led us to the best record in MLB.

4. Edin Dzeko - I know NOTHING about soccer, but FM 2010 was such a brilliant game I got sucked in and played a few seasons. Dzeko was a player who I worked a full game year to get since he looked like he had potential. After I transferred for him (I know that is not right, but not sure how it is usually phrased) He led the premier league in goals, won footballer of the year and led my team to the premier league title.

I am sensing a theme here, at least since I am posting in this forum the overwhelming majority will understand, where as in the real world the overwhelmingly majority would not.

Ragone · 10-13-2011, 04:21 PM

Chris Kluwe - Spend alot of time tweeting back and forth with him about games.. etc, seems genuine

Joey Long- Remeber the baseball mogul glitch..

Petr Prospar- A cm game made him into some sort of god like scorer for cheap

rjolley · 10-13-2011, 05:30 PM

Alan Ashby - I had his baseball card when I was younger. When we played baseball with the cards (ok, we weren't the only ones who did that, right?), he was in his catcher's stance which gave me a good target to pitch to.

Quentin Daily - He was a good friend of my sister's and gave me a couple of pairs of shoes and tickets to the games when I was a kid.

Glenn Robinson - My mom taught him in elementary. Played basketball with him on the same high school team.

LaTroy Hawkins - Played basketball with him a few times when we were growing up.

korme · 10-13-2011, 05:42 PM

My favorite player on the 91-93 Bulls championship teams was Horace Grant. And for being 5-7 years old, it was exclusively because of his goggles.

korme · 10-13-2011, 05:42 PM

Also liked Brady Anderson because of his sideburns. Clearly, as a pre-pubescent teen my affiliations for players were strictly based on their looks.

BYU 14 · 10-13-2011, 05:49 PM

Besides Steve Garvey.....

Jim McMahon, we played at rival high schools my sophomore year (Layton) before I moved back to Salt Lake City.

He was a senior at Roy HS and had a tricked out Dodge that he used to race on weekends. My friends big brother had a Camaro and those two would always go at it. We would hang out and drink beer after, sometimes during, these races and he was always pretty cool, even though he was cocky as hell even then.

He is actually the reason BYU is my favorite College team, even though as an honor code abusing non-mormon I would never have lasted a day there. He shouldn't have lasted a day either, except being a helluva quarterback trumps the honor code

DougW · 10-13-2011, 05:55 PM

Nice topic

1. My "baseball card" guy. For some reason, this was always my favorite card - and because of it was always a Wilson fan.

2. My "Statis Pro Baseball" guy. Doug Bird - he had a sic SPB card one year, and I took special interest in his career. If you didn't play it, there was basically 2 "rolls" to determine a play. The first roll determined which card to look at (hitters or pitchers). A pitcher had a rating of 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, or 2-9. I remember he had a 2-8. Then the 2nd roll determined the result which was a number 11-88. His was like 11-13 singles, a 14 walk, and a 15-88 "Out".

3. And my favorite player was Alan Trammell. As a young Tiger fan in the 80s, I had some characters and talented players to root for (Gibson, Morris, Senor Smoke, Parrish, etc.). My favorite was Trammell because we shared a birthday.

CrimsonFox · 10-13-2011, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

Jim McMahon, we played at rival high schools my sophomore year (Layton) before I moved back to Salt Lake City.

THe biggest Jim Mcmahon memories I have are the series of Taco Bell commercials he did, especially the one where he wore a handband with "Pete Roselle" written on it. But here is another from Honda Scooters I remember.

JediKooter · 10-13-2011, 06:58 PM

Kurt Bevacqua - The man with the manly mustache and of course, the recipient of one of Tommy Lasorda's best rants ever (NSFW language): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzjWQF1oP2M

Broderick Perkins - Don't know why, but, I had these giant oversized Padres baseball cards I got one time going to a game. Lost all of them except for his.

MrBug708 · 10-13-2011, 07:11 PM

I always enjoyed watching people with messed up batting stances. Counsell, Tettleton, Franco, Olerud, and Bagwell

Vince, Pt. II · 10-13-2011, 07:23 PM

RB John Humphries, because of how beastly he was in the GEFL for me.

As a kid, I thought Scott Garrelts (pitcher for the Giants) was amazing. Mostly because I had a bunch of his baseball cards, he had HUGE glasses, and he was supposed to be good. He was actually quite good, but not the ridiculous stud pitcher he was supposed to be.

Suicane75 · 10-13-2011, 07:32 PM

I've always had a fondness for Chet Lemon because of a poem I read about him some years back. Something like "Chet Lemon used to play here, he's gone now" but more poemy. It made me nostalgic.

Vince, Pt. II · 10-13-2011, 07:35 PM

Speaking athletes named Lemon, my dad and I tended to follow Cleo Lemon a little bit a few years back because he looked like a can't-miss stud against the 49ers in a pre-season game. We both didn't have any hopes that he'd be anything, because it was a pre-season game. But he still looked amazing in that one game.

MrBug708 · 10-13-2011, 07:38 PM

I have a Bob Lemon autographed baseball but I never saw him pitch

Suicane75 · 10-13-2011, 07:39 PM

Ahh yes, I think we all have those Pre Season or Spring Training guys who capture us for 2-3 weeks. I think it was Gizmo Williams for the Eagles back in the early 90's. Was it Butch Huskey who made a career for himself off a monster spring training for the Mets? Not that he didn't have a decent career otherwise but he came from nowhere that year and hit like 10 bombs in the spring.

TCY Junkie · 10-13-2011, 07:47 PM

Dale Murphy for how far he could throw his bat.

lungs · 10-13-2011, 07:54 PM

Israel Sanchez, he of 42 career innings pitched for the Kansas City Royals in 1988 and 90.

I had his 1989 Upper Deck baseball card and it was my only 89 Upper Deck card. Not sure how I got it, probably in some variety pack. Anyway, I was at a Royals-Brewer game in 1990 and saw Sanchez warming up. So I yelled his name and started waving.

The look on the guys face was hilarious, as he was pretty much an unknown player at a visiting stadium and some 8 year old is screaming his name and waving like he is some superstar.

MikeVic · 10-13-2011, 08:35 PM

Lol I love the responses, wasn't expecting these!

10-13-2011, 09:23 AM	#3
Mantle2600 High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Dawg Pound	Elvis grbac cause I saw him wear an Indians hat once during an interview before I found out he was from this area. __________________ Member of the Underground Browns. Cavs. Tribe. Buckeyes. Period.

10-13-2011, 10:45 AM	#8
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I remember Julio Cruz Jr. being a beast in the first version of BBM I ever played. Dude would hit 800+ HRs every career. It got to the point where, when I started a career, he was my first acquisition. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

10-13-2011, 10:53 AM	#9
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	I like Curt Schilling because they guy is heavy hardcore into wargaming with miniatures. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

10-13-2011, 12:46 PM	#12
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	For me, it was Steve Garvey. My grandma met him at an expo in Salt Lake City, explained my love for baseball and how small I was and wasn't getting a chance to show off my abilities. He sat down, wrote an entire letter to me, telling me to hang in there, the drills to practice and focus on and what was needed to succeed. He then signed it. She was excited to give me the letter. It was pretty inspiring to me, I immediately took all my money and went to the card shop and bought every Steve Garvey card the guy had. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

10-13-2011, 01:38 PM	#17
Abe Sargent Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Catonsville, MD	Oh, and I still like Chris Hanson for chopping himself with an axe. __________________ Check out my two current weekly Magic columns! https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/?action=search&page=1&author[]=Abe%20Sargent

10-13-2011, 09:10 AM	#2
molson General Manager Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: The Mountains	I'm always pleased when I realize Charlie Batch is still in the league just because of that one early FOF when he always put up monster numbers.

10-13-2011, 10:20 AM	#4
Breeze Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Northern Suburbs of ATL	My buddy used to love Mike Easler for 2 reasons... 1. His nickname "the hitman" 2. His picture on a baseball card where he was sort of looking up at the time and he looked mean... I always thought that was pretty strange reason to like someone.

10-13-2011, 10:26 AM	#5
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	He's a somewhat obscure former MLB player, but I went to Junior High and High School with Damion Easley. I didn't know him very well but I sat next to him in one class and he nicknamed me 'White Bread'. I followed his career on that alone.

10-13-2011, 10:27 AM	#6
panerd Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis	I played craps with Marc Bulger one night and thought he was a pretty fun and down to earth guy. (I think the table was pretty hot though so I guess you kind of enjoy playing with almost anyone if you are making money) Always wondered why he never really got a shot anywhere else.

10-13-2011, 10:58 AM	#10
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Vlade Divac is no longer irritating.

10-13-2011, 01:19 PM	#15
Apathetic Lurker College Prospect Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Buffalo,NY	Carlos Boozer because the first time I heard his name I was getting pretty hammered......

10-13-2011, 01:50 PM	#18
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Back when I went to New Orleans VooDoo arena football games, my favorite player was a WR/LB named Lamont Moore. He was my favorite player because he wore a long-sleeved white t-shirt with puffy sleeves under his purple jersey. It wasn't as bad as the Seinfeld puffy shirt, but it was still pretty amusing. After one of the games, I asked him to autograph my VooDoo baseball cap because he was my favorite player. He looked genuinely surprised to hear that, which is understandable because he wasn't one of the team's most popular players. At the next home game, I asked him to autograph my other VooDoo baseball cap, and he obliged. I still wear both caps fairly often, although his signature has started to fade off them since he signed them 7 years ago. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

10-13-2011, 02:48 PM	#20
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	When I was pretty young and discovered football, I had a football card of Bill Stanfill: I think it was mainly the ominous clouds in the background, but for some reason I think I got seduced into thinking he was more than just a pass rusher - maybe some sort of powerful magician storm-caller wizard type of guy, too. Pretty badass, especially to a six year old. Today, I explain my lifelong fondness for the Miami Dolphins in more approachable terms (undefeated team, guys named Griese and Csonka, cool unis)... but the partial reality is I'm in a very small share of guys who got on board with them back in the "Bill Stanfill Era."

10-13-2011, 03:08 PM	#24
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	Rollie Fingers because of his cool mustache. And NOT shaving it and thus NOT going to the Reds when they said they had a "must be cleanshaven" policy.

10-13-2011, 03:12 PM	#25
digamma Torchbearer Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: On Lake Harriet	I liked the Russian Bear Ivan Koloff for his one shoulder strapped singlet.

10-13-2011, 03:20 PM	#26
CrimsonFox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2009	Pretty much every player from 1978 to 1985 because I have their baseball cards. Of course the ones with better career averages/ERAs I tended to like more. Like Keith Hernandez, Steve Garvey, Tom Seaver, etc.

10-13-2011, 03:23 PM	#27
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Steve Jeltz because of the hair. Obviously. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

10-13-2011, 03:30 PM	#28
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	Sam Horn because in an earlier version of OOTP he turned out to be a beast in one of the historical leagues I played. Do you remember Sam Horn? - OOTP Developments Forums

10-13-2011, 03:30 PM	#29
AnalBumCover College Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: La Mirada, CA	Terry Forster of the c.1980s Dodgers because his daughter was in my class in the 4th grade and I thought she was cute. __________________ ABC's Game Giveaway list

10-13-2011, 03:39 PM	#30
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Mike Laga cause he wore a pink jersey.

10-13-2011, 03:52 PM	#31
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	sam horn because he was so damn fat __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

10-13-2011, 04:05 PM	#32
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I've always had fond memories of Mark Janssens simply because I loved taking the Whale in the mid-90's EA NHL games and yelling "Mark My Janssens!" at the top of my lungs whenever I could get him to score or lay out a nice hit against my brother. I think I've said too much. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime." Last edited by Fidatelo : 10-13-2011 at 04:05 PM. Reason: 90's, not 09's

10-13-2011, 04:10 PM	#33
AgustusM College Prospect Join Date: Dec 2003	Great Thread 1. Al Oliver - His 1982 Strat O Matic card was beastily, so when my beloved Giants acquired him in 1984 I was convinced we were going to win 100 games. Alas we went 66-96 2. Brady Quinn - as a Notre Dame fan I had high hopes for him as an NFL prospect. Ones that he has fulfilled winning 5 Superbowl championships. Albeit all in my own Madden or Head Coach franchises, but still. 3. Jed Lowrie - Red Sox backup IF had good ratings in latest OOTP version and filled a hug whole on my 2011 Giants team that I actually played out every game. His OPS was over .900 all year and led us to the best record in MLB. 4. Edin Dzeko - I know NOTHING about soccer, but FM 2010 was such a brilliant game I got sucked in and played a few seasons. Dzeko was a player who I worked a full game year to get since he looked like he had potential. After I transferred for him (I know that is not right, but not sure how it is usually phrased) He led the premier league in goals, won footballer of the year and led my team to the premier league title. I am sensing a theme here, at least since I am posting in this forum the overwhelming majority will understand, where as in the real world the overwhelmingly majority would not.

10-13-2011, 04:21 PM	#34
Ragone Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Kansas City, Mo	Chris Kluwe - Spend alot of time tweeting back and forth with him about games.. etc, seems genuine Joey Long- Remeber the baseball mogul glitch.. Petr Prospar- A cm game made him into some sort of god like scorer for cheap

10-13-2011, 05:30 PM	#35
rjolley College Starter Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Roseville, CA	Alan Ashby - I had his baseball card when I was younger. When we played baseball with the cards (ok, we weren't the only ones who did that, right?), he was in his catcher's stance which gave me a good target to pitch to. Quentin Daily - He was a good friend of my sister's and gave me a couple of pairs of shoes and tickets to the games when I was a kid. Glenn Robinson - My mom taught him in elementary. Played basketball with him on the same high school team. LaTroy Hawkins - Played basketball with him a few times when we were growing up.

10-13-2011, 05:42 PM	#36
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	My favorite player on the 91-93 Bulls championship teams was Horace Grant. And for being 5-7 years old, it was exclusively because of his goggles.

10-13-2011, 05:49 PM	#38
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Besides Steve Garvey..... Jim McMahon, we played at rival high schools my sophomore year (Layton) before I moved back to Salt Lake City. He was a senior at Roy HS and had a tricked out Dodge that he used to race on weekends. My friends big brother had a Camaro and those two would always go at it. We would hang out and drink beer after, sometimes during, these races and he was always pretty cool, even though he was cocky as hell even then. He is actually the reason BYU is my favorite College team, even though as an honor code abusing non-mormon I would never have lasted a day there. He shouldn't have lasted a day either, except being a helluva quarterback trumps the honor code

10-13-2011, 05:55 PM	#39
DougW High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Downriver, MI	Nice topic 1. My "baseball card" guy. For some reason, this was always my favorite card - and because of it was always a Wilson fan. 2. My "Statis Pro Baseball" guy. Doug Bird - he had a sic SPB card one year, and I took special interest in his career. If you didn't play it, there was basically 2 "rolls" to determine a play. The first roll determined which card to look at (hitters or pitchers). A pitcher had a rating of 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-8, or 2-9. I remember he had a 2-8. Then the 2nd roll determined the result which was a number 11-88. His was like 11-13 singles, a 14 walk, and a 15-88 "Out". 3. And my favorite player was Alan Trammell. As a young Tiger fan in the 80s, I had some characters and talented players to root for (Gibson, Morris, Senor Smoke, Parrish, etc.). My favorite was Trammell because we shared a birthday.

10-13-2011, 06:58 PM	#41
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Kurt Bevacqua - The man with the manly mustache and of course, the recipient of one of Tommy Lasorda's best rants ever (NSFW language): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzjWQF1oP2M Broderick Perkins - Don't know why, but, I had these giant oversized Padres baseball cards I got one time going to a game. Lost all of them except for his. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

10-13-2011, 07:11 PM	#42
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	I always enjoyed watching people with messed up batting stances. Counsell, Tettleton, Franco, Olerud, and Bagwell

10-13-2011, 07:23 PM	#43
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	RB John Humphries, because of how beastly he was in the GEFL for me. As a kid, I thought Scott Garrelts (pitcher for the Giants) was amazing. Mostly because I had a bunch of his baseball cards, he had HUGE glasses, and he was supposed to be good. He was actually quite good, but not the ridiculous stud pitcher he was supposed to be.

10-13-2011, 07:32 PM	#44
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	I've always had a fondness for Chet Lemon because of a poem I read about him some years back. Something like "Chet Lemon used to play here, he's gone now" but more poemy. It made me nostalgic.

10-13-2011, 07:35 PM	#45
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Speaking athletes named Lemon, my dad and I tended to follow Cleo Lemon a little bit a few years back because he looked like a can't-miss stud against the 49ers in a pre-season game. We both didn't have any hopes that he'd be anything, because it was a pre-season game. But he still looked amazing in that one game. Last edited by Vince, Pt. II : 10-13-2011 at 07:35 PM.

10-13-2011, 07:38 PM	#46
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	I have a Bob Lemon autographed baseball but I never saw him pitch

10-13-2011, 07:39 PM	#47
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Ahh yes, I think we all have those Pre Season or Spring Training guys who capture us for 2-3 weeks. I think it was Gizmo Williams for the Eagles back in the early 90's. Was it Butch Huskey who made a career for himself off a monster spring training for the Mets? Not that he didn't have a decent career otherwise but he came from nowhere that year and hit like 10 bombs in the spring.