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battle of the ages

I know. It should be fun. Good luck awc.

JT Snow? No way man! Everything else looks good though....

I don't get it. Charles Johnson had a good career and retired. Robin Ventura did the same. Kazuhiro Sasaki had some family crisis and elected to move back to Japan. Ben Grieve was never that great, last I heard of him he was kicking around in the White Sox farm system in 06-- I mean... seriously, what are you trying to prove? you can remember people? What is the argument here? I remember Pat Listach. I remember Charlie Hough, Kent Hrbek, John Burkett, I mean what is the point here... seriously?

JT went from the GIants to the Red Sox for part of a seaon and then retired. He is now a coach for the Giants.

Offerman charged the mound with a bat in the minors(i think).....


Lankford retired and lived half an hour from me....

The point is that this is different. Im sure I don't just speak for myself when I say that maybe Im tired of seeing the same throwdowns over, and over, and over again. To answer your question--the point of this is because its fun and different. As a fan, I like looking back and saying "hahaha, remember Benny Agbayani"?.

Im sorry if you dont get it, but this is just a way fans can get together and have a good laugh, not every throwdown is abotu winning and losing, Lilwound.

UGh, hit the key early. My last 2 pitchers are Randy Myers and Rob Dibble.

Yeah, I can't say that I understand this TD. I remember all these guys, plus about 1,000 other guys who aren't on the lists. These lists don't really have a common theme- some of these guys were good, some were terrible, and some like ben Grieve were "the next big thing" that never worked out.

I'm going to pass.

This is probably the strangest TD I've ever been involved in. But I will try to argue it nonetheless.

awc team gets my vote because it is worse so in this case that means better....I think.

I took it on a different angle rstowe, I thought it would be which team illustrated the bigger potential and talent but was never heard from again.

not every throwdown is abotu winning and losing, Lilwound.
awc1230 | 02/28/08, 10:26 AM

No no, I'm down with that. and I'm down with creativity. But are you just stroking your egos by seeing who can remember the most obscure players? But a lot of these guys aren't obscure. A lot of them had full careers and retired. some of them were supposed to be good, but then weren't. Some of them had a good season or two and then nothing. What's your criteria? What's your point?

Desi Relaford is awesome!!! He was good with the Mariners. I don't know what happened after he got shipped to KC. Cool Throwdown. Its original and not same ol' "who's the best QB?" re-hashed over and over.

Todd Van ......Is that Todd Vanpopple. He was never good. Ricky Botallico hahahahahahahaaha. The common thread with a lot of these guys (not all) is 'roids.

Lilwound,

there really is no point, which is why this is different from every other TD on this site. We see the same throwdowns over, and over, and over, and over again. I was just trying to have some fun and get a couple of laughs in (ben grieve, desi relaford, ricky botallico)

Good TD awc. It is different from the usual TD's on this site, and that's why I took it because I wanted something new. The result might not end in my favor but it was fun not to mention interesting. Thanks for the challenge.

My team clearly has the more prominent players at one point in time, so hence people are more likely to ask "What happened to them?" because they stood out.as opposed to the more obscure players awc had on his list. I guess this TD can be taken in different ways.