Favorite (NOT best) player

[TempoGL]

I am curious as to who everyone's FAVORITE player in RBI is.  I note that Marc Sullivan seems to have quite a few fans.  Skill should not be a consideration, it's about intangibles.  Such things are what makes me root for the Detroit Lions, John Stockton, Raef Lafrentz, Rudy Ruettiger and in RBI....Spike Owen.   Let me know what you think.

[Gantry]

Good topic Strass...   Harry Spilman gets my vote for favorite player, I just love batting with him.  After that I would probably go Jim Lindeman....

[GPines]

I would have to say that I have a tie between Kirk Gibson, and Pat Sheridan, Sheridan is fun to hit with, he has some serious pop for a guy with only 6 homers.

[TempoGL]

I like rooting for the guys that suck...it makes their rare triumphs all the sweeter...

[Burnzky]

  I would have to say that my favorite rbi player would be tom brunansky.  He's not the best but every once and a while he will have a good game.  I think burnsky sounds better though.

[Gwynn3k]

how about al pedrique... if he gets any ab's its a good day for him.   i think he and santana are right up there when it comes to least career ab's.  as for my favorite rbi player... it would have to be randy bush... the guy takes minnesota to another level.

[Gantry]

I second Randy Bush, he's a stud...  Whenever I play Minnesota, my opponents live in fear of Randy Bush...

[mookiewilson]

Bobby "the Grinch" of California gets my nod for favorite player (other than Mookie Wilson, who has been my favorite player since i was a kid).  The Grinch just seems to always come through in the clutch.  I'm always tempted to take him out, because i know he really doesn't have any skills, but he just seems to hit the big homer when i need it.

[Lips]

I'd have to agree with GPines.  I'm a big fan of Sheridan, and he just kicks the crap out of the ball game after game.  Best full-time substitute in the game.

My rankings will be revised this weekend to show this...

[Gwynn3k]

terry puhl has been carrying houston for the last couple of weeks for me... he has secured his spot in the 8th spot... i think he hits better when there is no pressure.

[YankeesSuck]

Definetly Dewey Evans.  He was by far my favorite player growing up and he just happens to kick ass in RBI also.  He's got power and he has a gun in right field.

[Gwynn3k]

i think dewey is a left fielder if i am correct... he succeeded yaz in a long line of bosox leftfield greats. that gun belongs to jim rice  who was a dh   go figure

[Gantry]

Per the RBI manual - Rice in Left, Evans in Center, Baylor in right.  Of course that means nothing but FYI...

[Gantry]

We shouldn't question the lifetime Red Sox Fans:

http://www.redsoxdiehard.com/players/dewey.html

Right Field and 1b....  Two very impressive stats:

8 Gold Gloves
Most total homers in the AL from 81-90

[mookiewilson]

Joe's unhealthy obsession with Dewey Evans is about as big as my obsession with mookie. Dewey was definitely the better player though. but that's alright.  

On a completely different note, HOW BOUT SARAH HUGHES!! Granted, i hate figure skating as much as the next person, but seeing a fellow long island romp shit around the world makes me proud. even if she is ugly.  That cohen girl is gonna be hot too. Too bad she's only like 16.  Joe said he was gonna do her and get arrested.

[YankeesSuck]

I'm telling ya, Dewey was the man.  You're right about dewey in center in the game which is really screwed up.  He was definetly one of the best right fielders in Red Sox history.  In the greatest world series of all time in '75, in game 6 Dewey made what sparky anderson called the best catch he had ever seen the inning before Fisk hit the homer to win the game.  This of course was before i was born but dewey even won me over years after the catch in '75.  The line of left fielders at fenway you were talking about went, Teddy Ballgame, Yaz, Jim Rice, and then Mike Greenwell.  Never underestimate the power of a hardcore red sox fan!  

[mookiewilson]

Hey, Joe. you forgot to mention dante bichette in that great line of leftfielders.

[mookiewilson]

DENNY WALLLING LEVEL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gantry]

Solid with the Walling level mookie, it's all downhill from here....

And I was very disappointed with how Mike Greenwell's career turned out.  He looked tremendous in the late 80s and didn't really pan out.  That was the height of my baseball card collecting career and the '88 Greenwell was a coveted card.  Then again, I thought Rickey Jordan was going to be a top 10 player....

[TempoGL]

You mean Rickey Henderson wasn't a top ten player?  He was freakin' awesome...and can still hang at the age of 52 or however old he is right now.