Posted October 6, 200519 yr Ever seen a player in the minors or a brief stint in the Majors that you thought was can't miss and never had a long successful career Ron Jones - Phillies (OF) : Guy could hit. Is now the reason why Shea stadium has pads on the outfield walls. Jones crashed into the walls twice and it ended his career Ricky Jordan - Phillies (1B) : Came up before Jones. Could hit, couldn't field. Phillies dumped him off in Seattle and he never returned Eric Anthony - Astros (OF) : Homered in his first game. Struggled right after. Jerome Walton / Dwight Smith - Cubs (OF) : Rookies could not live up to their hype. Prized youngsters fizzled out quickly.
October 6, 200519 yr Hensely "Bam Bam" Meulens. He could flat out rake here in Columbus, never really broke through in the bigs. I believe he still holds a lot of our franchise records.
October 6, 200519 yr Author Oh yeah, Bam Bam, I had a ton of his rookie card ('89 Donruss) was worth a $1 at the time now it's barely a penny
October 7, 200519 yr Chris Norton, who was probably the best power hitter I've ever seen. He never got a chance to play in MLB.
October 7, 200519 yr Author ALmost forgot about Matt Nokes - C (Det) : Guy hits a bunch of homers as a rookie with Detroit in late 80's and is quickly done
October 8, 200519 yr Billy Beane, Kevin Maas, and, briefly, Josh Hamilton. I always thought that both Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry would have had much better careers than they did, if it wasn't for their drug problems. Especially The Straw.
October 12, 200519 yr brian taylor - remember him for hte yankees? He throw over 100 mph was the next "roger clemens" lol didnt work out so.
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