Jay Buhner

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

Today's ESPN Daily Quickie (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=caple/050411) is about the teams that have gone the longest without winning the World Series. One team on their list is the Mariners, who have not even made it to The Series in their 28-year history.

The comments column reads: [ QUOTE ]
Griffey, A-Rod, Edgar, Big Unit, Buhner ... and no World Series

[/ QUOTE ]

Buhner? Really? Am I the only one here who thinks Buhner was a good player, but that he doesn't really belong on this list? As if to say "how could you not win a World Series with Jay Buhner?" He's not in the same category as the other players mentioned.

Discuss.

[kerssens]

Don't get me started.

[IndieMatty]

How could you trade Jay Buhner!

He was a kay player in his prime.

[nothumb]

Only one of these players has hit for the cycle.

/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Who [censored] cares? It's the Mariners.

NT

[Patrick del Poker Grande]

[ QUOTE ]
Don't get me started.

[/ QUOTE ]
Start.

[kerssens]

[ QUOTE ]
Only one of these players has hit for the cycle.

/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Who [censored] cares? It's the Mariners.

NT

[/ QUOTE ]

Actually two because A-rod did too...but Buhner's cycle was completely ridiculous...gift triple, bah!!

[nolanfan34]

[ QUOTE ]
Don't get me started.

[/ QUOTE ]

Man, I knew that post was coming! /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Buhner r00ls!

[Boris]

Buhner Rocked!

[kerssens]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Don't get me started.

[/ QUOTE ]
Start.

[/ QUOTE ]

I grew up watching that jackass strike out time after time after time. People could make a case that there are worse players but in my mind his ineptitude trumps all others'. He's the worst color man ever (luckily he isn't in the booth often).

[Dead]

Buhner had 3 consecutive 40+ home run seasons. He was with the Yankees for a short bit, but then was traded to the Mariners for Ken Phelps. Big mistake on our part. Phelps never hit more than 28 homers in a season.

And in 1995, he drove in 121 RBI's on only 123 hits, he highest hits-to-RBI ratio in major league history for a player with 100+ RBI's.

Buhner was not a bad player.

[kerssens]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Don't get me started.

[/ QUOTE ]
Start.

[/ QUOTE ]

There is soooo much more but he angers me so much that it becomes difficult to make coherent sentences.

[wayabvpar]

[ QUOTE ]
Don't get me started.

[/ QUOTE ]

Heh. How did I know you would end up posting in this thread?

[andyfox]

Plus, as Indie Matty posted, he was the funniest (for me) line ever on Seinfeld.

[kerssens]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Don't get me started.

[/ QUOTE ]

Heh. How did I know you would end up posting in this thread?

[/ QUOTE ]

Imagine my surprise when I sign in after lunch and see a thread about my nemesis.

[B Dids]

Buhner was probably a better player than people thought, because they tend to overly frown on his strikeouts and ignore his walks, but he's not such a great player that he belongs on the lists that inspired this thread.

[frank_iii]

He had 30 home runs, over 100 RBIs last year, he's got a rocket for an arm, you don't know what the hell you're doin'!!

[bholdr]

the idea is that they had all of these guys at the same time, and couldn't make it to the series. Buhner was a tremendous defender as wekk as great protection for gar and griffey.

lots and lots of strikeouts, though.

[andyfox]

OPS over 900 in his three prime years, 889 in another. Walked 119 times one year.

I note he was six for thirty lifetime in stolen base attempts. Haven't checked it out, but I think you'd be hardpressed to find a guy with as long a career who stole at a 20% success rate. You would think after the first ten or so they'd stop sending him, even on hit and runs . . .

[J.R.]

[ QUOTE ]
He had 30 home runs, over 100 RBIs last year, he's got a rocket for an arm, you don't know what the hell you're doin'!!

[/ QUOTE ]

we know u don't

[ThaSaltCracka]

http://secure.southpawcards.com/htdocs/catstr/images/str090.jpg

Jay was the man, easily the 9th best right fielder of his era.

[SomethingClever]

http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/earthquakes/bigone/images/kingdome.jpg

No point; just wanted to post this.

I used to work across the street from the dome. This blast actually broke my window!

[SomethingClever]

Also, while I'm thinking of it, I was standing across the street at Zeitgeist coffee when this happened.

http://www.totalobscurity.com/media/scrapbook/quake/quake-21.jpg

Good thing I got out of Washington. Damn state was trying to kill me!

[nolanfan34]

Awesome photo. Makes me sad. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[ThaSaltCracka]

[ QUOTE ]
Good thing I got out of Washington. Damn state was trying to kill me!

[/ QUOTE ] Thats because you are an Oregonian," we don't take kindly to your kind round here(me 4 months ago /images/graemlins/tongue.gif )"

[JcTc]

Jay Buhner had a cannon. In fact, on Griffey baseball for SNES, he received a "9" for arm strength, which in my opinion, was even stronger than a "10" rating.

[kerssens]

[ QUOTE ]
http://secure.southpawcards.com/htdocs/catstr/images/str090.jpg

Jay was the man, easily the 9th best right fielder of his era.

[/ QUOTE ]

Out of nine-ish.....love that the whole point of that analysis was to prove that Booner was good...silly Craig.

[ThaSaltCracka]

9th out of 10