What Bad Player Did You Inexplicably Love As A Kid Kids are captivated by the most random things, including some athletes who werent actually all that great. Lets remember some guyshere are some of the Deadspin staffs old, strange loves, with varying levels of explanation Lauren Theisen Ken Wregget, a handsome backup goalie who played for the best team in the world right when I discovered hockey. Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. Enjoy the best band yet to come out of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. A fantasy ballroom in EwaNevaland where you can relax and take a few moments to enjoy the ambiance. Purple127/v4/54/23/4c/54234c0e-ee53-f7e6-17c2-98ab99eeba39/source/392x696bb.jpg' alt='When The Duke Found Love Song' title='When The Duke Found Love Song' />Laura Wagner In the summer of 2. I was 1. 0 years old and just starting to test the waters of contrarianism, I declared that my favorite player on my favorite team, the Baltimore Orioles, was Jos Morban. Morban, as Im sure you dont know, played just one part of one season with the Os, during which he hit a measly. Before that, he plugged away in the minors for four years after that, he obviously slipped back into the minors and spent six more years playing baseball in the U. For Your Love by The Yardbirds song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position. Kids are captivated by the most random things, including some athletes who werent actually all that great. Lets remember some guyshere are some of the. S. and Canada. But in 2. I didnt know any of that. I just knew that he wasnt Jay Gibbons or Luis Matos or Brian Roberts or any of the other guys with beefy forearms who wore confidence as part of their uniforms. So I latched onto him and was generally obnoxiously vocal in my support for a player who was truly not good. My older brothers, the ones who indoctrinated me in Orioles baseball in the first place, were endlessly amused by my choice, which, of course, only fueled my fandom. That was also the summer I got my cat, so I made the cats middle name Jos as tribute. Jeeves Jos Wagner, great baby namefeel free to useTom Ley Armando Reynoso was a not very good pitcher for the Colorado Rockies in the mid 9. ERA. But he had a sick pick off move he picked off 4. So I liked him a lot. Hannah Keyser Pete Incaviglia I was three years old when the 1. Phillies lost the World Series and they wouldnt make it back to the playoffs until I was going into my senior year of high school. This drought made the 9. I grew up convinced everyone on the roster was a superstar and that if only they could keep the gang together, another NL championship was on the horizon. It was with this mindset that I cried over pretty much every trade or retirement from that teamincluding when I was six and Pete Incavaiglia, who was fresh off a year in the Japanese league after batting. Phillies in 9. 4, was traded from the Phillies to the Orioles in late August. In his first game with the Orioles, the middling left fielder hit a grand slam that I watched while at a family BBQ. This is why you never trade anyone I lamented while my Baltimore rooting uncle laughed at me and although I dont think I ever sought out another Orioles game to check up on him, the hit solidified Incavaiglia who lasted barely another two seasons in the majors in my mind as the key missing piece from the late 9. Phillies. Albert Burneko Carlos Perez I have no earthly idea why I liked this mediocre pitcher on some other team. He wasnt very good, he didnt have a cool delivery, he didnt even have a cool name. Mail Merge Using Adobe Pdf. But he was my favorite pitcher for like four years. I want to have a sentence here that is like Maybe its because but really, truly I got nothing. I have no idea why I liked this unexceptional baseball player. Nick Martin Jeff Francoeur. Patrick Redford Eduardo Najera He couldnt really do anything productive on a basketball court and yet he inexplicably always seemed to work the Kings in games they should have won. One tough motherfucker.