Your biggest what if's and thoughts on Tony Conigliaro?

[egri]

Originally Posted by Seven

I've always enjoyed looking through the past careers of players, especially ones that we often attach "what if?" to. I see how he was the fastest to 100 Home Runs for an American League player, and the numbers did look promising but numbers only tell so much. Anyone here see him play and could give me their honest opinion of him?

Additionally who do you often find yourself playing the what if game with?

That 1967 team had a few what ifs. Jim Lonborg tore his knee skiing the Christmas after he won the Cy Young Award and was never the same. Ken Harrelson broke his leg a couple years later and retired at 30. Then their first base coach, Bobby Doerr, had back problems that last year of his career and was out of the league at 33. He also lost a year and change due to military service during World War II.

[packs]

As a Yankees fan I would have liked to see what Chien-Ming Wang would have done if not for that base running injury. He was off to a great start.

[Mark17]

I think about Tony Horton and the career he could've had, if he could've put his career in perspective and enjoyed the game.

[frankbmd]

Eddie Gaedel could have literally “walked” into the Hall of Fame.

[steve B]

What if the Red Sox had signed Dave Kingman?

A right handed hitter who hit lots of massive popups in Fenway? We might be talking about how even the juicers fell short of the season HR record.

[brett 75]

Eddie G may have come up a little short, to make the HOF

[SAllen2556]

What if the Bird hadn't wrecked his wing? He and Jack Morris together would have been fun to watch through the 80's.

And as long as it's a "what if" why not an imaginary '76 rookie card to go with it.

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[Mark17]

Originally Posted by brett 75

Eddie G may have come up a little short, to make the HOF

Gaedel was a tough man to pitch to, but miserable on the base paths. Took him a full minute to go from first to third.

[Directly]

Originally Posted by brett 75

Eddie G may have come up a little short, to make the HOF

Eddie might of had the all time record for number of walks or hit by a pitch??--