Names from the back of the memory...

[lovetoaster]

Drifting off topic, but is that Steve Alford in the upper left of the SI cover? They won the NCAA championship that year with Keith Smart's jumper over Rony Seikley's Orangemen.

Yep, that is Steve Alford.

[lovetoaster]

I was always enamored with Power Hitters, most likely for Fantasy Baseball reasons..Anyway, a few that come to mind are..

Henry Rodriguez

Cory Snyder

Bob Hamelin

Derek Bell

Ken Phelps

Dan Pasqua

I was always a fan of Chili Davis and Rob Deer.

For some reason, I followed the Brewers a little growing up, so I am going to throw in:

Chris Bosio

Pat Listach

Glenn Braggs

and one of my favorite baseball names ever.......Billy Jo Robidoux

[NewMarketSean]

Macky Sasser

Rob Deer

Matt Noakes

"Double Zero" Jeffrey Leonard

[backwardsk]

Macky Sasser

Rob Deer

Matt Noakes

"Double Zero" Jeffrey Leonard

Definitely remember the "One-flap down" home run trot in the 1987 NLCS.

[Moose Milligan]

Yeah, he has had two run-ins with the law pertaining to drugs.

But when someone brings him up, I can't help but think of "Operation Shutdown."

http://espn.go.com/columns/kreidler/1354123.html

:laughlol::laughlol::laughlol: Forgot all about that, that was a classic!

Nice one Moose, I was always a fan of Shane Mack. I believe he was on the 84 Olympic team.

He was on that team, yes.

I was always a fan of Chili Davis and Rob Deer.

How could anyone not like Deer?

I remember going to an early season game at OPACY, had to be...92, 93? Anyway, Deer was in town and he had 6 hits on the season, all of them homers.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?share=1&n1=deerro01&year=1992&t=b#893:898:sum

By the end of the series? http://www.baseball-reference.com/pi/gl.cgi?share=2&n1=deerro01&year=1992&t=b#893:902:sum

Anyway, for another guy....

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[lovetoaster]

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I'll see your frank DiPino, and raise you a Spanky.

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And even though he was on the Red Sox, I was a fan of this guy when he came up. How could you not love that stance?

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And two more:

Ray Lankford

Jerome Walton

[Moose Milligan]

Jeez, no wonder Plantier couldn't hit. He did actually have a big season for SD one year, but never lived up to the hype overall.

Walton had a stint with the O's.

[Palmoripken]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hasselman

Remember this guy? Though I think he may be somewhat remembered amongst Orioles fans because he was the one who I believe started the brawl that twisted Cal's ankle and was the closest Cal got to ending the streak

I had no idea he was Aikman's backup at UCLA. This is a neat thread.

How about Jose Rosado from the Royals. Remember seeing him a lot because we would always play the Royals it seemed on the opening series. Would say Kevin Appier too but I don't know if he would qualify because while not a household name he I think was usually their lone all star rep.

[NewMarketSean]

Terry Pendleton

Kevin "Barehands" Mitchell

Vince Coleman

Otis "The Stick" Nixon

[lovetoaster]

Felix Jose

[beaner]

Jeez, no wonder Plantier couldn't hit. He did actually have a big season for SD one year, but never lived up to the hype overall.

Walton had a stint with the O's.

I LOVED Plantier, I thought he'd hit 40-50 for years. Oops.

Walton and Dwight Smith, two key rookies on the "Boys of Zimmer" '89 Cubs team both ended up with the O's.

[Palmoripken]

Billy Taylor- Believe he was the A's closer after Eckersley left and I believe also that this guy was a rookie in his late 20's or early 30's.

Shane Spencer- Remember that start he had with the Yankees? Was insane stuff.

Rafael Belliard- Had two home runs his whole career and I remember seeing the last one on the Superstation. The other had happened two months before my birth.

Greg McMichael- The other Greg of those great Braves teams of the 90's.

Steve Avery- Wasn't quite what Maddux, Smoltz, and Glavine were unfortunately for Braves fans.

Brad Clontz- I remember him because I too was a sidearmer.

Jerry Browne- his name reminded my seven year old self of brownies.

Man, looking back on it I don't think baseball was any more fun for me then when I was in elementary school and still collecting baseball cards and watching a lot of baseball on TV.

Oh and Mike Venafro who's from Takoma Park, Maryland and was a guest instructor at the winter baseball academy I went to headed by Brian Snyder who FYI is Brandon's dad. Hmmmm now that I think about it I could have known Brandon Snyder. We're the same age and graduated the same year though I went to Herndon and not Westfields.

[Bosibus]

The legend (see avatar) Will Clark

Tim Salmon

Does Brett Saberhagen qualify? Or too good?

[lovetoaster]

The legend (see avatar) Will Clark

Tim Salmon

Does Brett Saberhagen qualify? Or too good?

Tim "Sockeye" Salmon and Chad Curtis...I was a fan of both of those guys when they came up with the Angels.

[lovetoaster]

I LOVED Plantier, I thought he'd hit 40-50 for years. Oops.

I tried his stance back when I was playing baseball, and I hit an absolute bomb once, the longest shot I have ever hit in my life. But I never did it again and scrapped the stance after maybe a week.

The mechanics of it were too difficult to replicate time after time. But if you hit it right...wow.