What MLB Player are you like?

[cubsfan203]

I never really pursued baseball, but I guess I'd be most like a Cole Hamels or David Price. Long, lean lefty that could throw pretty fast. Of course, that was back when I actually played t-ball and baseball for a couple years during elementary school. In 4th grade I got clocked at 41mph. Obviously that was with horrible form just trying to throw as hard as I could, but I read an article a while back about a 9 year old throwing 40mph which translate to about 95mph at the major league level.

When it came to hitting I guess I was kind of like Adam Dunn. I swung for the fences every time. I wound up missing a lot of the time, but when I got a hold of it the ball went far.

Looking back I wish I at least played through high school, but I went after basketball which wasn't a bad decision until my knees got messed up.

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In Little League, I was a lot like Joe Mauer, but with more power. I was an all-star three straight years and caught. Like Mauer, I was a big catcher and a very good hitter. I hit a lot of home runs. I also pitched.

I took a year off from baseball and it was the worst decision I made as a young kid. I tried playing at 15 and just lost all my offensive ability. It was weird. Baseball is not the game to take any time off when you're young, as you quickly fall behind unless you just have a great deal of God-given talent -- something that I obviously didn't have because I could never get back to the level I was at in Little League.

I did play up until I was 16, but was strictly a pitcher. I would compare myself to a guy like Mark Wohlers when he lost all command of his pitches. At 17, I got clocked at 91 MPH, but my control was absolutely atrocious. I was a big kid, standing 6'4" and 210 pounds then, and I wish I had some semblance of control because I threw damn hard. That heat just didn't serve me any good when I literally threw balls 60 percent of the time.

I had coaches work with me, but I ultimately gave up. I wish the good Lord would have given me some control, because who knows, maybe I could have been a Big League pitcher one day.

In the end, all I had, past the age of 15, was a strong arm that brought gas but no command and that led to frustration and the ultimate demise of my baseball "career."

Mauer when I was younger and a broken Wohlers when I was older.

Kind of a weird combination.

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Quote: Originally Posted by cubsfan203

I never really pursued baseball, but I guess I'd be most like a Cole Hamels or David Price. Long, lean lefty that could throw pretty fast. Of course, that was back when I actually played t-ball and baseball for a couple years during elementary school. In 4th grade I got clocked at 41mph. Obviously that was with horrible form just trying to throw as hard as I could, but I read an article a while back about a 9 year old throwing 40mph which translate to about 95mph at the major league level. When it came to hitting I guess I was kind of like Adam Dunn. I swung for the fences every time. I wound up missing a lot of the time, but when I got a hold of it the ball went far. Looking back I wish I at least played through high school, but I went after basketball which wasn't a bad decision until my knees got messed up.

41 MPH at nine-years-old is pretty dang fast. I threw 65 MPH at 12, which was also pretty fast, and threw in the upper 80's/very low 90's as a 17-year-old.

My arm was always strong and still is. I can throw a football 65 yards. But on the mound, my command was non-existent. I just couldn't get the ball over the plate.

[Blzer]

From your description, I see you as one of two people...

Quote: Originally Posted by Apostle

I can throw a football 65 yards.

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But on the mound, my command was non-existent. I just couldn't get the ball over the plate.

[OSUFan_88]

I don't know, Adam Everett?

[thaSLAB]

Bo Jackson.

Quote: Originally Posted by OSUFan_88

I don't know, Adam Everett?

Classic!

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[Gibbz]

When I played I had an absolute cannon and literally nothing else. I don't know who that matches up with.

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gibbz

When I played I had an absolute cannon and literally nothing else. I don't know who that matches up with.

Nate Schierholtz.