Nachos Grande suggested this Blog Bat Around idea matching favorite players names to the letters in your blog title. I have a long blog title, 16 letters, so it shouldn't be too hard to come up with some names.
I have favorite players other than Angels, but I decided to stick with only Angels and only last names for my blog title letters.
Trout
Best player ever gets #1 spot. How appropriate.
Runners Up: Frank Tanana, Lee Thomas
Harvey
Dominant closer for a while.
Runners Up: Andy Hassler, Paul Hartzell
Enberg
Angels' sportscaster from 1969-1978, 1985.
Runners Up: Jim Edmonds, Darin Erstad
Abbott
If you never saw him pitch in person, you missed out.
Runners Up: Garret Anderson, Don Aase
Napoli
Party at Napoli's house! (That came later with the Rangers though).
Runners Up: Mel Nelson, Joe Nuxhall
Grich
Best moustache in baseball.
Runners Up: Vladimir Guerrero, Troy Glaus
Eckstein
World Series Champ.
Runners Up: See Enberg
Lansford
Lansford had a cool batting stance.
Runners Up: Mark Langston, Fred Lynn
Salmon
When he hit his first home run in the 2002 world series, I cried.
Runners Up: Dick Schofield, Don Sutton
Izturis
Not many I's to choose from.
Runners Up: Jason Isringhausen, Chris Ianetta (like I said...)
Navarro
One of the early Angels. Nicknamed "Whiplash".
Runners Up: See Napoli
Ohtani
It's amazing what this guy can do.
Runners Up: Ramon Ortiz, Bob Oliver
Rudi
My buddy and I would imitate his diving catches when we were kids.
Runners Up: Mickey Rivers, Francisco Rodriguez
Downing
Always had an awesome haircut.
Runners Up: Doug DeCinces, Gary Disarcina
Egan
Early bonus baby. Caught Ryan's third no-hitter.
Runners Up: See Eckstein
Ryan
Fitting to start and end with the top 2 greatest in Angel's history.
Runners Up: See Rudi
Nice mix of great and obscure players.
ReplyDeleteLoved listening to Enberg doing Wimbledon during the 90s.
Great list, I might have to try this sometime. Just mentioned Grich in my last post. Heck of a career. And Salmon was one of my favorites in the mid-90s. He had so many cool cards.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty darn good.👍
ReplyDeleteThat's a darn good list of players! Thanks for playing along with the Blog Bat Around! :)
ReplyDeleteNice list. My blog name is pretty long too, I'd have to come up with 20 names!
ReplyDeleteI gotta get that Grich card.
ReplyDeleteClean shaven Napoli looks weird to me...
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