Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

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Post by Moe Gibbs » Sat Aug 10, 2019 10:51 pm

Just about every player we've ever gotten from anaheim has sucked and just about every player [that comes to mind] from every other west coast team.
Beltre was an exception..but his time here was disappointing too.
Matt Young was an odd case because he quite often could throw a string of consecutive scoreless innings and look dominating but have an inning where he gave the game away. It could happen at any time.
Kevin Mitchell must have been the most hyped arrival...? He was fairly productive in the limited time he was healthy enough to play, but I hear he was having problems with diabetes and his feet. He was a big disappointment.
Figgins was another guy I had high hopes for and was glad the Mariners at least didn't have to play against him any more.
Ackley gets Honorable Mention because of how disappointing it was to see him go from looking like a possible Star to a 25th Man.
We've had so many disappointing catcher prospects that they need their own wing in this Anti HOF.
So much fail and we're only 400 games under .500 as a franchise after 42 years.

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Re: Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

Post by Sibelius Hindemith » Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:08 pm

rockycola wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:09 pm
Mackey "Yips" Sasseritis
Mackey Sasser was a catcher for the New York Mets when his yips started showing up. In 1989, just two years into his professional career, Sasser started having problems throwing the ball back to the pitcher. As you can imagine, a catcher who can't throw the ball back to the pitcher isn't much of a catcher at all.

Sasser fans weighed in on the problem by calling radio stations suggesting ways to cure Sasser's problems [source: Baumbach]. Unfortunately, none of them helped. Sasser played for several other teams before leaving baseball, uncured of the yips, in 1995 [source: McCarron]. As with other players, a new term was coined to describe a catcher who can't throw the ball back to the pitcher: Sasseritis. Pretty original, huh?

After leaving the major leagues, Sasser worked with a therapist to help cure his case of the yips and went on to be a baseball coach at Wallace Junior College [source: Inside the Zone]. Sasser not only beat his yips after he stopped playing professionally, but he also tries to help other players who are having similar problems. Sasser has been known to give out his phone number and he answers e-mails every week from players with the yips [source: Baumbach].
https://entertainment.howstuffworks.com ... eball5.htm

I don't blame Sasser, just why the hell was he ever signed in 1994?

Manager: Lou Piniella (49-63)
General Manager: Woody Woodward
Scouting Director: Roger Jongewaard
Hey, easy there. Sasser is one of only two former Mariners that share my birth date. He was a great Mariner.

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Re: Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

Post by Bil522 » Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:58 pm

D-train wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 4:12 am
Jeff Shaeffer.

1992 .114/.139/.186/.325

That's right a .325 OPS. Edgar led baseball with a .343 BA 18 points higher than Jeff's freakin OPS



https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... je01.shtml
Jeff Schaeffer's lone M's highlight

https://youtu.be/uOyauOUguVQ

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Post by D-train » Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:26 am

Bil522 wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 11:58 pm
D-train wrote:
Sat Aug 10, 2019 4:12 am
Jeff Shaeffer.

1992 .114/.139/.186/.325

That's right a .325 OPS. Edgar led baseball with a .343 BA 18 points higher than Jeff's freakin OPS



https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... je01.shtml
Jeff Schaeffer's lone M's highlight

https://youtu.be/uOyauOUguVQ
That was the brawl I was talking about a couple days ago! I was there. lol
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Re: Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

Post by Happy as hell » Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:33 am

I nominate Milton Bradley.

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Post by roosevelt » Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:41 am

Bill Bavassi
Jerry Dipoto
Woody Woodward
Bobby Ayala
Mallex Smith

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Re: Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

Post by DavidGee24 » Sun Aug 11, 2019 2:51 am

As soon as I get on a computer and do the year by year research I'm going to provide the definitive list, just letting you guys know.

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Re: Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

Post by Happy as hell » Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:34 am

roosevelt wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:41 am
Bill Bavassi
Jerry Dipoto
Woody Woodward
Bobby Ayala
Mallex Smith
I cannot see how Woodward belongs in the anti-HOF. He drafted Rodriquez and signed Randy Johnson as well as others (e.g., Boone) that blossomed in the Mariners golden time.

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Re: Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

Post by D-train » Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:39 am

Happy as hell wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:34 am
roosevelt wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:41 am
Bill Bavassi
Jerry Dipoto
Woody Woodward
Bobby Ayala
Mallex Smith
I cannot see how Woodward belongs in the anti-HOF. He drafted Rodriquez and signed Randy Johnson as well as others (e.g., Boone) that blossomed in the Mariners golden time.
I agree but he traded for Randy and Gillick signed Boone.
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Re: Taking Nominees for M’s Anti-Hall of Fame!!

Post by Happy as hell » Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:49 am

D-train wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:39 am
Happy as hell wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:34 am
roosevelt wrote:
Sun Aug 11, 2019 12:41 am
Bill Bavassi
Jerry Dipoto
Woody Woodward
Bobby Ayala
Mallex Smith
I cannot see how Woodward belongs in the anti-HOF. He drafted Rodriquez and signed Randy Johnson as well as others (e.g., Boone) that blossomed in the Mariners golden time.
I agree but he traded for Randy and Gillick signed Boone.
Yes, he traded for Randy, but Wikipedia claims Woodward drafted Boone, not that Wikipedia is infallible.



https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Woodward

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