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Clay's posts about his guys in the sim thread inspired me.
Who are your favorite players, both on your teams over the years and around the league?
From my Philly tenure, I loved Joe Iliquez and Ron Detwiler.
Iliquez was a hell of a center fielder who posted back-to-back All-Star seasons at ages 24 and 25 before crashing into the wall in spring training and missing the entire 1981 season. He was regrettably never the same player after that.
Detwiler was drafted in the 86th round of the inaugural draft. He improbably made it to the big leagues and had a nice rookie year, OPSing .719 as a good defensive shortstop playing in a very spacious stadium in Philly. He tore his labrum the next year, missed a whole year, and was never the same.
I also loved having Wilton Harcourt and Desi Rochs.
I gave Harcourt a big ass deal in the first free agency offseason of the BLB, and people were skeptical of it, but I'll be damned if he didn't earn every penny of it. I still think it's a shame that an infielder who won a Stout Slugger and made nine All-Star teams (eight of them consecutive) didn't make it to the Hall.
Rochs is another Stout Slugger winner who had an insane 1983 season for me, OPS+ing 156 as a middle infielder.
Having Jose Guzman in Pittsburgh was a privilege. He was always one of my favorite guys to follow when he was in Dallas for all those years. Great skill set.
In Maine, having Tino Suarez for the last half of his career was a pleasure.
Of guys I never had on my squad, the one guy I always followed most closely and felt bad for was Cade Roberts.
BLB lifers might remember him as the starting pitching prospect drafted out of high school by Acid's inept California Wildfire team in 1978. He came out of high school with 5/7/8 potential.
I had the first pick that year and (rightfully) took Woodbury, but Roberts had me dreaming about Maddux.
Acid, unfortunately for Roberts, thought it would be a good idea to promote the kid to the big leagues as a 19 year old in 1979. He got absolutely wrecked, walking almost a batter an inning, not striking guys out, and giving up bombs. In short, a disaster.
Roberts spent the next three years getting yo-yoed between levels in the minors, getting bombed again in his next BLB chance in 1983 at age 22, before spending the rest of his career in the minors until he retired after not finding any more work after age 27.
Who are your favorite players, both on your teams over the years and around the league?
From my Philly tenure, I loved Joe Iliquez and Ron Detwiler.
Iliquez was a hell of a center fielder who posted back-to-back All-Star seasons at ages 24 and 25 before crashing into the wall in spring training and missing the entire 1981 season. He was regrettably never the same player after that.
Detwiler was drafted in the 86th round of the inaugural draft. He improbably made it to the big leagues and had a nice rookie year, OPSing .719 as a good defensive shortstop playing in a very spacious stadium in Philly. He tore his labrum the next year, missed a whole year, and was never the same.
I also loved having Wilton Harcourt and Desi Rochs.
I gave Harcourt a big ass deal in the first free agency offseason of the BLB, and people were skeptical of it, but I'll be damned if he didn't earn every penny of it. I still think it's a shame that an infielder who won a Stout Slugger and made nine All-Star teams (eight of them consecutive) didn't make it to the Hall.
Rochs is another Stout Slugger winner who had an insane 1983 season for me, OPS+ing 156 as a middle infielder.
Having Jose Guzman in Pittsburgh was a privilege. He was always one of my favorite guys to follow when he was in Dallas for all those years. Great skill set.
In Maine, having Tino Suarez for the last half of his career was a pleasure.
Of guys I never had on my squad, the one guy I always followed most closely and felt bad for was Cade Roberts.
BLB lifers might remember him as the starting pitching prospect drafted out of high school by Acid's inept California Wildfire team in 1978. He came out of high school with 5/7/8 potential.
I had the first pick that year and (rightfully) took Woodbury, but Roberts had me dreaming about Maddux.
Acid, unfortunately for Roberts, thought it would be a good idea to promote the kid to the big leagues as a 19 year old in 1979. He got absolutely wrecked, walking almost a batter an inning, not striking guys out, and giving up bombs. In short, a disaster.
Roberts spent the next three years getting yo-yoed between levels in the minors, getting bombed again in his next BLB chance in 1983 at age 22, before spending the rest of his career in the minors until he retired after not finding any more work after age 27.
(this picture bothers me greatly)
(That orange is awful)
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