B-R.com: Who to Sponsor?
by Brotz13 on Jul 31, 2008 12:48 PM EDT
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PrintHey guys, I'm checking in with a little diversion today. As I may have mentioned once or twice, I'm the guy behind the NumerOlogy site and Orioles Card "O" the Day blog. I've intended for some time to sponsor a player page on Baseball-Reference.com, because 1) it's an awesome site that's totally worthy of support and b) throwing up a link to my site totally couldn't hurt my traffic. I'm asking for your input: which Orioles player, past or present, should I sponsor? Here are the guidelines:
1) It should be someone who's not currently sponsored. If you could check it out yourself before making a suggestion, that'd be a big help.
2) I'm a cheap bastard. I'm looking to spend $10, no more and no less. That could be one O.K. player, like Billy O'Dell (who wore 4 different numbers with the O's, making him relevant to my site), or it could be two $5 scrubeenies (like Eli Whiteside and Paul Carey).
3) Obviously, if you have any rationale for your choice, explain yourself.
Thanks,
Kevin
P.S.: While surfing for examples, I found that John Wasdin costs $10. WTF?
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BRob! Luuuuke!
Both are unsponsored, if you can believe that. BRob is $45 and Luke $25. I don’t care if it’s out of your price range – It’s Brian Roberts!
Johnny Oates also not sponsored, and is only $15
And I just saw on his page that he’d dead. WTF? Where have I been?
Sad but true
He died of a brain tumor. The Rangers retired his number before he went, though. Pretty classy move; the only other number they’ve packed away was Nolan Ryan’s #34.
Man.. I watched the game when he was up on the booth following the recurrence of his cancer
He threw out the first pitch and got one of the most energetic standing ovations I’ve ever seen in Camden Yards.. and this beats Cal Ripken sightings, etc. He was very emotional… to me that was one of the most memorable games I can remember.
Glioblastoma multiforme is an aggressive brain tumor. Dan Quisenberry had that too..
Ahem
I got dibs on Floyd Rayford.
I always say follow your dreams...even if they're about a giant spider with your father's head, and he keeps stealing your p*nis!
by Ghost of Floyd Rayford on Jul 31, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Kiko Garcia
for the low, low price of $10.
But if Brother Lo is available, you GOTTA go with Lowenstein.
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
wow!
el presidente is 25 clams!
http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martide01.shtml
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
Well, he is the winningest Nicaraguan pitcher in MLB history
Plus he had that perfecto with the Expos in 1991.
don't get me wrong...
i’m a fan, but, just took my by surprise!
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 31, 2008 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Jeffrey Hammonds
Talk about busts. $15
If you want to go real cheap; Brad Pennington $5
"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle
by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 31, 2008 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
oooooo...
good one.
foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08
by j.q. higgins on Jul 31, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, here's one
Tony Torasco. $10.
‘96 playoffs, anyone?
Hey, I saw him
in the flesh a couple weeks ago at Hagerstown Municipal Stadium (yep, the oldest trap in the Sally League is still rattling). I didn’t know he’s the Suns hitting coach, did anyone else?
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
by 33 on Aug 1, 2008 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Wild Cards
Bill Dillman – $5
Bob Harrison – $5
Carl Nichols – $5
Charlie Ingraham – $5 (played one game in his career, for BAL in 1883!!! lifetime BA .250)
Danny Boone – $5
Dave Oldfield – $5 (played one game for BAL in 1883, but went on to play elsewhere, unlike Ingraham)
Thinking outside the box
We traded Carl Nichols to the Astros to get Dave Johnson (the pitcher – Pride of Middle River). Danny Boone’s a great story, with his rise from the Senior League in Florida to the O’s pen in 1990.
What...
no love for Andres Mora? A steal at $5
The venerable Todd Cruz is still out there at $10
Has there ever been a cooler Oriole than Eddie Murray? I mean, just straight up cool. Like a bad, suave dude. You know what I'm sayin'. COOL. SC 7/24/08
# 88
Rene Gonzalez for ten bucks! Hell, get the entire 1988 Orioles for fifteen bucks…you’d figure that page would get a fair number of hits…
In a surprising development, Luis Hernandez is still available. Equally surprising, sponsoring actually costs real american money.
Librarians are hiding something
+1
“I got five on it.”
I bet SC can guess where that line comes from…..
Oh yeah, and I really mean I got five bucks for a group effort.
did you seriously make a Luniz reference?
"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum
Yea-yah
Sure did. Taking you back to 1995! Can you believe those guys released a greatest hits album? More like a greatest hits single.
Kinda like this?
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
His agent, maybe?
"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby
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