As a baseball player, my closest comp would be Chuck Knoblauch (with the Twins). Knobby was my first favorite player, so I literally modeled my game after him, and stood by him as things went down with the Yanks. But I had modest power for my size, good middle infield range and arm, elite speed. I loved being the table setter at the top of the lineup. Chuck has had some bad personal experiences in life after baseball, so we don’t fit in that way. But strictly as a ballplayer that’s who’d I go with.
P.S. I still have the newspaper clipping that The Post Standard (Syracuse,NY) put out with a picture of Knoblauch scoring as a Royal in his final year of baseball (2002). It was his first game back at Yankee Stadium and the headline was something like “Enough, Chuck!” That was one of the only times in my life I actively rooted against the Yankees.
On the field, I was always a big Knoblauch fan. At his peak, he was an elite all-around 2B. And even when he wasn't at his peak...well, which of us has never experienced something equivalent to the yips? His struggles only made him more relatable, especially now that I look back on his career over twenty years later. I don't remember much from his brief time in KC, but that's a cool memory. Thanks for reading!
Milton Bradley....no explanation needed. 😂
Haha. I think most of us probably have more Milton Bradley in us than we'd like to admit, so kudos on the self-awareness.
As a baseball player, my closest comp would be Chuck Knoblauch (with the Twins). Knobby was my first favorite player, so I literally modeled my game after him, and stood by him as things went down with the Yanks. But I had modest power for my size, good middle infield range and arm, elite speed. I loved being the table setter at the top of the lineup. Chuck has had some bad personal experiences in life after baseball, so we don’t fit in that way. But strictly as a ballplayer that’s who’d I go with.
P.S. I still have the newspaper clipping that The Post Standard (Syracuse,NY) put out with a picture of Knoblauch scoring as a Royal in his final year of baseball (2002). It was his first game back at Yankee Stadium and the headline was something like “Enough, Chuck!” That was one of the only times in my life I actively rooted against the Yankees.
On the field, I was always a big Knoblauch fan. At his peak, he was an elite all-around 2B. And even when he wasn't at his peak...well, which of us has never experienced something equivalent to the yips? His struggles only made him more relatable, especially now that I look back on his career over twenty years later. I don't remember much from his brief time in KC, but that's a cool memory. Thanks for reading!