May 5, 20206 yr https://www.mlb.com/news/each-mlb-team-s-players-you-forgot-played-for-them MLB.com put up an article titled "One guy you forgot was on your favorite team" and they chose Mike Piazza for the Marlins but I think that's such a horrible choice. The trivia of Piazza being a Marlin for 8 days is brought up so often that it's barely an unknown anymore. And if the title says players you forgot were on "your favorite team" there's virtually no long term Marlins fan who doesn't already know that Piazza was a Marlin and it's definitely not something we'll forget. Such a poor choice considering the premise of the article. So basically I thought it would be fun to bring up this question here. Fyi the article listed well known players so that's the catch because obviously there's hundreds of forgotten players in Marlins history. Name a well known player who we forgot was a Marlin. Fyi Conine was the choice for the Mets. Any ideas?
May 5, 20206 yr Author I think many forget or never knew that Trevor Hoffman was a Marlin He's on my list but I think that's another one that has been mentioned a few times since he got in the Hall
May 5, 20206 yr Author Aaron Boone, Luis Gonzalez, Tim Raines, Terry Pendleton, Jeff Francoeur, Andrew Miller, Carlos Lee, Carlos Zambrano, maybe Carlos Delgado
May 5, 20206 yr Does Johan Santana count? Seems like I forget Placido Polanco playing here, Jorge Julio is another one I tend forget
May 5, 20206 yr Author Does Johan Santana count? Seems like I forget Placido Polanco playing here, Jorge Julio is another one I tend forget Great choices.
May 5, 20206 yr Author Arthur Rhodes Ok this one is really good. I remember being excited when I heard we got him too. How about Paul LoDuca? Not sure if he's a big enough name or if he's forgotten enough.
May 7, 20206 yr Man there was a point when Loria would hire anyone with a name. Half of the leagues stars played here after they got old.
May 7, 20206 yr Nick Johnson, Rafael Furcal I had forgot about Furcal, I went to a Suns game and they had Furcal and Miguel Tejada in uniform
May 8, 20206 yr Henry Rodriguez, Carlos Marmol, Mike Hampton (ill-fatherly traded for Tim Spooneybarger lol), Darren Oliver, Todd Zeile
May 8, 20206 yr Henry Rodriguez, Carlos Marmol, Mike Hampton (ill-fatherly traded for Tim Spooneybarger lol), Darren Oliver, Todd Zeile Which one? The outfielder or the pitcher??
May 8, 20206 yr Which one? The outfielder or the pitcher?? I was talking about the outfielder previously of the cubs, but I guess both. Though the pitcher we forgot about cause he was pretty much completely forgettable over his career anyway lol
May 8, 20206 yr I was talking about the outfielder previously of the cubs, but I guess both. Though the pitcher we forgot about cause he was pretty much completely forgettable over his career anyway lol We released Marmol and brought in Rodriguez who was actually even worse!
May 9, 20206 yr In a few years, the answer will be Ichiro. Mark Buehrle and Dave Magadaan deserve mentions, too.
May 9, 20206 yr In a few years, the answer will be Ichiro. Mark Buehrle and Dave Magadaan deserve mentions, too. I don't think many people forgot Buehrle was on the team considering he was one of the "big signings" for the new stadium and he did pretty well here too. That was my wife's fav player for his tenure here. I had totally forgotten Luis Gonzalez played for the fish until someone mentioned it.
May 9, 20206 yr Author Ichiro "is" a Seattle Mariner but I don't think his time here is gonna be forgettable considering his 3,000th hit was as a Marlin and he was here long enough that people will remember that this is where he winded his career down especially since he was still fairly productive too. I'd argue that Ichiro's time as a Yankee will be more forgotten down the line.
May 9, 20206 yr Are we doing noteworthy players that had a brief stint or just obscure players we forgot about? Cause in that case we have names like Jorge Fabregas and Josias Manzanillo lol
May 9, 20206 yr Are we doing noteworthy players that had a brief stint or just obscure players we forgot about? Cause in that case we have names like Jorge Fabregas and Josias Manzanillo lol i will never forget about Manzanillo because he always smacked himself in the balls on the mound as a joke.
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