Favorite player growing up?
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@wockret1914 said in Favorite player growing up?:
Yankees fan from Baltimore (never got along with the neighborhood kids so I found other interests).
Derek Jeter: Best SS of all time (sorry Rip)
Chad Curtis (before he became a nonce): decent all around player but when he told off that reporter who tried to ether Pete Rose he earned a fan
Mariano Rivera: Most dominate non starter and the only unanimous entry into Cooperstown
Also, I am not 36
Not to rain on your parade (I kind of am) but Jeter wouldn't even be top 5 greatest SS... Especially not #1. Honus literally doubles him in fWAR.. doubles...
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Fred McGriff was my favorite player growing up. So glad we got a high diamond of him this year.
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George Brett
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Dale Murphy as a child. Albert Belle when I was a teenager.
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Eric Davis. Man what could have been if he could have stayed healthy. His 87 season was crazy, first 30 Homer 50 steal season and he did it in like 120 games.
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When I was. 8 I saw this rookie on TV sprint down to 1st on a walk. It was Pete Rose. He was my favorite. I also loved the Giants and Willie Mays and Willie McCovey were great and I especially enjoyed the rivalry against the Dodgers
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I'm a Mets fan but Kirby Puckett was my favorite player. Porbably one of the most clutch hitters I've ever seen and great fielder as well.
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@Bob_Loblaw1984 said in Favorite player growing up?:
I saw this being discussed in another thread a thought it deserved its own.
I’m a lifelong Cubs fan and loved Mark Grace and Greg Maddux. I followed the Braves closely as well after Maddux left and really enjoyed watching Chipper too. I was lucky to have WGN and TBS available to watch these guys all the time.
FYI, I’m 36.
"The Kid" Ken Griffey Jr!!!
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Rod Carew
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Mark Grace, Dale Murphy and Glenn Hubbard
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Old lifelong Cardinals fan here so some of the ones that pop into mind from before i was 20
Lou Brock
Ted Simmons
Willie Mcgee
Ozzie Smith
Tommy HerrMcGuire, Pujols, Yadi all came after I was an adult.
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Sammy Sosa
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Babe Ruth, loved watching him play.
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@joshjays44 said in Favorite player growing up?:
Caven Biggio, I'm still growing up
I thought you said you were 41...
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My favorite player growing up was probably Pedro Martinez
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Don Mattingly was always my favorite. We didn't have cable when I was a kid so I used to get up every morning and check the box scores in the paper to see how he did the night before
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Kenny Loften, Omar vizquel, Charles Nagy
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@olivegarden2 said in Favorite player growing up?:
@joshjays44 said in Favorite player growing up?:
Caven Biggio, I'm still growing up
I thought you said you were 41...
I'm a young 41.
