He certainly brought them over the hump in the bench-clearing brawl department when he kicked and punched the crap out of Kevin Mitchell.Originally Posted by VR
LINK FROM TOM BROWNING'S BOOK
anyway back to the topic........
Instead of players I will nominate the entire 2003 season as the all-time greatest letdown. It was over-hyped for several years that the Reds were "rebuilding toward 2003", from whence they will be competitive.
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Austin Kearns
Gookie Dawkins
How about Rolando ROOOOOOOMES?
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Gookie Dawkins!! How could I forget Larkin's successor?
Dan Driessen....not that he wasn't a good player, but he was suppose to adequately replace the Big Dog.
Let's play two!!!
Excellent selection. JimBo refused to trade him for Jr. and dealt away Mike Cameron.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Very good pick.
Yes he had a solid career but definitely didnt adequately replace the Big Dog.
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
And let's not forget The Poofy Haired One's fascination with the future double play chain of Gookie to Pokey to Casey....
Those 3 were supposed to replace Tinkers to Evers to Chance, or something like that...
Here is two that were traded for each other.
Drew Henson (He did it in two sports but made MILLION in the process)
Willy-Mo Pena-I never thought he would be an all-star but thought he would run in 35+ fastballs a year.
Instead of Dawkins, Antonio Perez went.
Definitely Larson makes the list.
Don't forget about Rob Bell.. Trumpted as a future 20 game winner.
Claussen was definitely overhyped too.
Hector Carausco was hyped quite a bit too.
Also, remember the spring training (I think 99) when Bowden claimed Bere was throwing 96 MPH. That guy was the master of hype
I think Maj was way overhyped as well.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
IIRC, Dawkins was being floated as the potential principal in the trade, not the "in addition" guy, which was Perez's role.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Three pages and no Jack "Tuna Boat" Armstrong?
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It was a long time ago, but I remember (perhaps incorrectly) that the Reds had a deal where Dimitri would go to Seattle and then Allen dragged his feet. When Bowden came back with Allen's ok, Seattle insisted on Cameron. Maybe part of the deal was also suffling minor leaguers too, I don't remember that much detail.
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
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