All Injury Team

You can add Nick Johnson, Nationals , continually injured

If we want to go back a few years we have Herb Score, Karl Spooner, Tony Conigliaro

Bo Jackson

Chris Carpenter



This thread is kind of depressing.

I thought forsure someone would of said J.D. Drew by now

Moises Alou, Bobby Crosby, and Ray Durham could all make that team.

Slo-Mo Vaughn. Any Mess "Believers" left?

I find this depressing to. It's not their faults that our expectations are due to the amount they are paid. Misdiagnosis and chronic injuries are not their faults.
I am sure they would much rather be in the game than watching from the bench.

JMO.

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Ken Griffey Jr. (I know, good career but no where near what it could have been)

You mean just one of the Best players of all time.
Instead of the BEST Player of all time. Right?

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Originally posted by Tiger Paw Mom:
I find this depressing to. It's not their faults that our expectations are due to the amount they are paid. Misdiagnosis and chronic injuries are not their faults.
I am sure they would much rather be in the game than watching from the bench.

JMO.

Geez, this wasn't meant to be depressing nor to pass blame for their inability to live up to expectations.

I was just thinking about players who (as a huge baseball fan) I wish were able to stay healthy. It's not a knock, it's a desire on my part to see the greatest baseball players play.

Kerry Wood had 20 Ks as a rookie...I was thinking the next Roger Clemens.

Mark Prior had the smoothest delivery.

Ken Griffey Jr. could have beaten the home run record by a long shot.

Bo Jackson was one of the most electric athletes ever, I wish he had stayed with baseball.

Lighten up and have fun with the idea of what kind of All Star Team could have been made up of these guys.

biggerpapi,

I understand your point. What if...

I got a chuckle when I saw you mentioned Bo. He really was something special!

BP,
Now that you stated your purpose, I understand your point.

J.R. Richards, HOU. Sufferred stroke in prime of his career. He would have been HOF.

Not exactly to my point, but what about Roberto Clemente?

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Not exactly to my point, but what about Roberto Clemente?

I'm trying to think of who would or could represent Roberto in todays game.
He just seemed to me to be a very Humble person.
A Profesional.
Are there any like that in the game today.
No slam on anybody.
I just mean like Roberto.
EH

Sandy Koufax?

EH;

many years ago I met Roberto in the visitor's
dressing room in Dodger Stadium. He was the most
impressing physical player, I had even seen.

As you know, I played against Mays, Aaron, Banks,
Gibson, but Clemente was special.
In my auto, I have the audio tapes from his story.

Bob Williams

Thanks Bob for the insight.
I was young when Roberto was playing.
But he always seamed to be at the top of the league.
I had him right up there with May's, Mantle, Frank and Brocks Robinson. as far as players of my youth.
EH

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Originally posted by 2Diamonds:
Sandy Koufax?

Sorry, Koufax was before my time, was he oft-injured and missed some of his best years?

Koafax Retired at the top of his game, and was young at the time.
He had some health issue's, but not sure what it was.
EH

I'll have to add

1) Mickey Mantle - stepped on a sprinkler and blew out his knee in one of his first seasons. Still a great hitter - but imagine him with speed.

2) Pete Reiser - ran into more walls than anyone - before they were padded

3) Frank Tanana - started off as a flamethrowing lefty - blowing out his elbow reduced him to a soft throwing pitcher.

4) Koufax - imagine him without elbow problems...

5) Bo Jackson - still the bext raw talent I ever saw

6) Lyman Bostock - donated his salary for the month of April to charity when he did not live up to his expectations. Murdered later that season - lifetime 310 hitter.

If torn fingernails and slight sprains count as injuries I'll vote for JD Drew.

Tony Conigilaro was the youngest player to win a homer title and hit 100 homers. Then Jack Hamilton got one in his face.

Ken Hubbs (Cubs) was rookie of the year, then died in a plane crash.

Jim Lonborg won a Cy Young and led the Red Sox to a World Series. Then he decided to go skiing. He got to the bottom in a ski patrol toboggan. He was never a star pitcher again.

Tyler Green (Phillies) made the all-star team (9-5) as a rookie, injured his arm in the second half of the season and never recovered.

Wayne Simpson (Reds) was 14-3 at the all-star break as a rookie, hurt his arm in the second half of the season and was never the same.

Bobby Valentine was a huge prospect until he broke his leg badly early in his career.

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Bo Jackson

If Jackson had focused on football he could have left the game as the greatest running back of all time.

I personally will never forget Tony Conigiliaro. I was just a kid when the Life magazine was deliverd to our house and his mug was in it after the hit in the face. One of those things that will always be with me baseball wise, I really liked that kid, and there it was, done...

How about Mark Fidrych?

Tony C's nasty shiner.

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Originally posted by TG:

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Bo Jackson

If Jackson had focused on football he could have left the game as the greatest running back of all time.

TG, could he also have been one of the greats if he stayed with baseball, I seem to remember him hitting some collossal home runs.

Wow, this is really educational, guys I never heard of and guys I had no idea what they went through.

Great thread

I loved Roberto Clemente and not quite sure how he wound up in this thread unless his untimely death is being referred to. He is still one of the most graceful athletes I have ever seen. He finished his career with exactly 3,000 hits and a few weeks later he was gone when trying to help earthquake victims. Thurman Munson was another one who left us too soon.

As a kid, I remember everyone raving about Eric Davis, but this guy was always injured and at one point had to deal with cancer. If he could have stayed healthy, he would have likely been the first 40-40 player.

Maybe we should c
all this the "What If Team"

I found this searching "famous baseball injuries": (from 2001)

injuries

Sandy Koufax pitching

Five time ERA leader of the National League

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTsri3dA5fA

Anyone remember Dickie Thon?

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