Post a lesser known or obscure player who went

[bocca001]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

Went to high school with and played on the same football teams with Brent Jones, I discovered motorcycles, fast cars, and loose women senior year, he went on to have a nice career with the SF 49ers.

The first house I bought was 1 block from Harry Hoopers house, my current house is 1 block from Harry's mausoleum. My office is 1 block from City Hall where Harry was civically involved for 20 years.

Brent Jones's dad was my high school girlfriend's teacher (maybe science?) at Branham high school.

[ValKehl]

For the last 10+ years, I have resided in Manassas, VA, a distant suburb of Washington, DC. Wilmer Fields is a relatively obscure player who was born in Manassas, grew up and went to high school in Manassas, and lived in Manassas permanently after his nomadic baseball career was over. Fields was a quality pitcher who was also a very good outfielder and third baseman. Fields played for the Homestead Grays in the Negro National League, in various Latin American leagues, and in Canada. He declined offers in the late 1940's and early 1950's from several MLB teams for reasons that made good sense to him. Some, including Mr. Fields himself, have suggested that he belongs in the HOF. Here's the link to Fields' SABR biography, which is a most interesting read: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Wilmer-Fields/ Below is Fields' 1952 Parkhurst Frostade card - I'm not aware that any other cards of Fields were issued during his playing career.

[Harliduck]

Being on the West coast our history doesn't go back very far...we have had a couple kids make it to the pros from my High School, but probably the most successful was a pitcher named Larry Christensen...he was a couple years younger than my parents who knew him...

[JustinD]

Just while I was in school these were the three I saw play at some time during my elementary through graduation years -





...and this kid that some may have heard of who was nice enough to be my assistant JV baseball coach while in the minors -