Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.
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@mrcityofwin said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
@Namtrah22 said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
I mean obviously the best player I’ve seen live is Miguel Cabrera hundreds of time and I’m thankful for that. Best game I’ve been to sitting behind home plate during Armando Galarraga’ Imperfect perfect game. JIM JOYCE BLEW IT. I was in middle school or freshman in high school and wrote a letter to Bud Selig to get him to reverse the call. (He never responded)
I am a die hard cubs fan and when i visited my bro in boston we saw the tigers a few years back and watching miggy just show that effortless power and oppo power was just nuts. Believe he had three extra base hits and two were off the wall in right field.
Will never forget that swing live!I always say he’s the greatest pure hitter alive (in his prime) and I think the only person that people could argue that against is Albert Pujols in their prime. I would be really curious as to how many homers Miggy would be at if he didn’t play his entire career in two of the biggest ball parks in the league (old Miami, Comerica).
As a tiger fan I hate that we didn’t get a ring with him and it sucks seeing him be plagued by injuries the last 3 seasons. He looked really good in spring training this year and was hitting the ball hard.
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Best player I got to see was Randy Johnson. Best game ever was a Dbacks vs Cardinals game in St. Louis when Miguel Batista hit Tino Martinez and Tino charged the mound and caused a bench clearing brawl. Also Matt Mantei froze Pujols with a curveball to end the game and pick up the save. Mantei’s curve was nasty
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Without a ton of thought, the best player I saw was Tom Seaver with the White Sox, granted he was past his prime, but also a handful of others. Pedro, Dwight Gooden, Sandberg, etc.
Best game had to be Carlos Gonzalez beat my Cubs with a homer to hit for the cycle in a walk off. That was featured in an MLB intro, I forget the year, plus in the intro you can see me in Cubs jersey and I remember throwing my beer down as the crowd went crazy.
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@nflman2033 said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
I'm not saying Bonds didn't have a good eye. But I think too much is made of his BBs as not being a credit to steroids. Because he was juiced up pitchers were afraid to throw him strikes, obviously he lead the league with intentional BBs, buy you do know that you can be pitched around without it counting as an intentional walk. Go watch some of those ABs guys on this forum can easily lay off those pitches. Again not saying he was undisciplined, but you can not say that the roids had nothing to do with his high walk rate.
https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/rickey-henderson-passes-babe-ruth-walk-record.html
Read this article. Barry’s walk record is impressive, but I think Rickey passing the Babe is even more impressive!! -
Bottom 9th, 2 out bases loaded. Mariners down by 3. They pulled Sexton for a pinch hitter and the whole stadium was booing. The kid hit a grand slam to win it. Was the coolest sports moment I have attended.....next to Canada winning the Gold medal in Vancouver
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Definitely Trout..
Had tickets to Jered Weavers no hitter in 2012!
I didnt go cuz chose to go to a bar to watch the Clipper playoff game instead .. Clippers lost . Lol -
@Unhittable88 said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
Bottom 9th, 2 out bases loaded. Mariners down by 3. They pulled Sexton for a pinch hitter and the whole stadium was booing. The kid hit a grand slam to win it. Was the coolest sports moment I have attended.....next to Canada winning the Gold medal in Vancouver
Sexson was a beast. I wish we could get a card for him.
That gold medal game was incredible. Next to the Cubs winning the world series I think thats the second best sport moment of my lifetime. I actualy watched that from downtown Vancouver.
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Prime Bo Jackson was the most talented and physically impressive player I've ever seen play. Bo or prime Rickey Henderson. It's a coin flip for me.
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I saw the first game Pedro pitches at Fenway as a member of the Redsox. And the day before I was in Boston when the Redsox rallied from down 7-2 to walkoff on a Mo Vaughn Grand Slam. Pretty special 24 hours of baseball
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@mjfc_363 said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
@nflman2033 said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
I'm not saying Bonds didn't have a good eye. But I think too much is made of his BBs as not being a credit to steroids. Because he was juiced up pitchers were afraid to throw him strikes, obviously he lead the league with intentional BBs, buy you do know that you can be pitched around without it counting as an intentional walk. Go watch some of those ABs guys on this forum can easily lay off those pitches. Again not saying he was undisciplined, but you can not say that the roids had nothing to do with his high walk rate.
https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/rickey-henderson-passes-babe-ruth-walk-record.html
Read this article. Barry’s walk record is impressive, but I think Rickey passing the Babe is even more impressive!!I agree, when Bonds was hitting 70, he wasn't the real threat on the bases, only stole 13, so all those years there was no real reason to pitch to him all juiced up. How many of those BBs were the intentional unintentional walk. Ruth was even less of a threat on the bases, so again same deal. But Rickey, the dumbest thing you can do as a pitcher is walk Rickey, that's like just giving him 2B. So I agree, and I agree before reading the article. Like I said, I'm not saying Bonds didn't have a good eye, what I am saying is that you cant say him being on roids wasnt a huge part of why he had so many BBs. As someone who grew up watch both, I will always like Rickey way more than Bonds
I didnt like him long before he got to SF. To go an extra step to tell you my feelings about the guy, I have been a fan of just about every athlete named Barry. Sanders, Larkin, Word, Foster, etc. Growing up with that name was not cool, I was called Barry Manilow all the time, but when these guys broke out it made the name a lot better. So even having the same first name, t couldn't stand him. He was one of the biggest jerks I had ever seen in any sport, and then he added to it by being a cheater too. I hope he never makes the HOF. -
Best game was September 27th 1999 Orioles VS. Red Sox, and Pedro has a stat line of 8 IP, 6 H, 2 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 12 k, to go 23 - 4 and 312 k's on the year.
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@dbarmonstar said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
This will be interesting
I once saw trout and pujols go back to back off cc sabathia
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Pedro vs Glavine at Fenway in 99. Pedro struck out 16 against a Braves team that went to the World Series that year.
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Barry Bonds.
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Ichiro, hands down. I'm from Vancouver BC so my family would vist Seattle to watch a series at least once a year sometimes more then that and he just stole the show every time. Be it the 258th hit or climbing right field wall any time you saw a game and he was playing you knew he was going to do something. Griffey jr. Is up there as well and growing up Buhner was my favorite player.
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@savefarris_psn said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
Best Players:
Bonds
Ryan
ARodBest Games:
2001 World Series Game 1
18 inning marathon Red Sox vs. Rangers 2001
Vlad hitting for the Cycle
The Aaron Nola/Jon Gray Super Regional gameAddendum: Tyler Gilbert No-Hitter
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I'm old so I saw a lot of players that are legends in the game. I remember the Cardinals but unfortunately while I probably saw many legends opposing the Cardinals in those years I don't remember them. But going to games in the 70's I probably saw many.
Best Players
Albert Pujols
Lou Brock
Bob Gibson
Ozzie Smith
Ted Simmons (newly inducted HOF member)Most memorable
Probably Brock breaking the single season stolen base record. My dad took us down to multiple games so that we could see it.
(well that is interesting. I did not intend the big bold headings)
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@dolenz_psn said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
I'm old so I saw a lot of players that are legends in the game. I remember the Cardinals but unfortunately while I probably saw many legends opposing the Cardinals in those years I don't remember them. But going to games in the 70's I probably saw many.
Best Players
Albert Pujols
Lou Brock
Bob Gibson
Ozzie Smith
Ted Simmons (newly inducted HOF member)Most memorable
Probably Brock breaking the single season stolen base record. My dad took us down to multiple games so that we could see it.
(well that is interesting. I did not intend the big bold headings)
I would love a Ted Simmons card, he was before my time but amazing hitter and all around great player.
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@samguenther1987 said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
@dolenz_psn said in Best player you seen play live and or best game you seen live at the stadium.:
I'm old so I saw a lot of players that are legends in the game. I remember the Cardinals but unfortunately while I probably saw many legends opposing the Cardinals in those years I don't remember them. But going to games in the 70's I probably saw many.
Best Players
Albert Pujols
Lou Brock
Bob Gibson
Ozzie Smith
Ted Simmons (newly inducted HOF member)Most memorable
Probably Brock breaking the single season stolen base record. My dad took us down to multiple games so that we could see it.
(well that is interesting. I did not intend the big bold headings)
I would love a Ted Simmons card, he was before my time but amazing hitter and all around great player.
I'd happily take a switch hitting Simmons for my Cardinals team. Sadly most people would dismiss his card because he was not a typical power hitter. He'd be a good early in the game cycle catching option though.
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Best games/moments I've experienced at the ballpark:
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Barry Bonds hitting #755 to tie Hank Aaron at Petco in San Diego.
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Deon Sanders getting a triple at Candlestick. Fastest man I have ever seen.
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George Brett hitting a line drive single to left-center, rounding first base aggressively, clapping his hands and slide-stepping back to first. (Oakland Coliseum, 1993). One of my first baseball games. The only time I saw him play.
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The Kansas City Royals beating the Los Angeles Angels in Game 2 of the AL Division Series 2014 in Anaheim. Hosmer hits a HR in extras to take the lead. This is my best moment, by far.
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The Kansas City Royals losing to the San Francisco Giants in Game 4 of the World Series 2014 at ATT in SF. Painful.
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That time an entire section of Angel Stadium booed me because I stood up and clapped for a solo shot in the 2nd inning from Royals catcher John Buck (while wearing a KC hat and t-shirt).
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That time an entire section of Oakland Coliseum booed me for catching a Craig Paquette foul ball (while wearing a KC hat and t-shirt).
I love baseball.
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