Legend Wishlist
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Not sure if or when these players were ever in the game as legends but I don’t recall them from this last year. Below is one player from each team I wish we had. Again, not sure about player rights but think they could one day appear. I know many played for multiple teams but just adding them for whoever would be nice. Hot take for many and not the flashiest but dudes that could be fun.
Dale Murphy - Braves
Mark Grace - Cubs
Frank Robinson - Reds
Pee Wee Reese - Dodgers
Bob Boone - Phillies
Jason Kendall - Pirates
Rogers Hornsby - Cardinals
Jeff Kent - Giants
Brooks Robinson - Orioles
Dustin Pedroia - Red Sox
Carlton Fisk - White Sox
Nap Lahore - Guardians
Ty Cobb - Tigers
John Olerud - Blue Jays
Kirby Puckett - Twins *. I know this won’t happen but I was always a fan growing up
Yogi Berra - Yankees
Jose Canseco - Athletics
Garret Anderson - Angels
Juan Gonzalez - Rangers
Bo Jackson - Royals
Jonathan Lucroy - Brewers
Ken Caminiti - Astros
Dwight Gooden - Mets
Marquis Grissom - Expos/Nationals
Jake Peavy - Padres
Jay Buhner - Mariners
Troy Tulowitski - Rockies
Jose Fernandez - Marlins
Mark Reynolds - Diamondbacks
Carl Crawford - Rays -
Murphy, Kendall, Hornsby, Fisk, Cobb, Olerud, Puckett (one year only), Yogi, Peavy, Buhner, Reynolds have all been in the game as legends. In my opinion, Hornsby had the best card of all of them.
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Excellent list.
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Kudos on an excellent list. I always love these even if they don’t make it to the game it’s just fun to read the names and remember. Man, I loved the Braves back when Murph played for them…even though they were pretty terrible…half the team back then looked more like they belonged in an issue of Field & Stream rather than Sports Illustrated lol but I digress.
Seems like Dale Murphy started out as a catcher if I remember correctly but because most of his throws to nab runners ended up in centerfield they just went ahead and moved him on out there so they could get some actual putouts with that cannon he had. Great hitter too, of course. I was so bummed when they sent him to the Phillies that I became a Mets fan and have never pulled for the Braves again…..and of course that’s when they won the division about a hundred years straight without me haha
Great list - thank you for the effort good sir
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Carl Crawford would be a good one to have , especially with his kid expected to be the Phils starting center fielder this year
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Brooks Robinson is in the game, we need Frank Robinson in the game though
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Good list. Ty Cobb should obviously be in the game. Jose Canseco 40/40 card would be one of the best cards ever. It’s ridiculous.
