Stating that you don't know why anyone would want to play in Minnesota is not any way to endear yourself to the very fans who have been supporting you for your entire career. Well, I am pretty sure he's still not welcome in Minneapolis anytime soon, and that's good enough to earn him this spot. He was merely a shell of the standout pitcher he was while playing with the Marlins prior to the Yankees signing him to a big contract that went totally undeserved. Now, however, he is pitching injury-free and looks effective again, pitching for the Minnesota Twins.
I'm going to take a bit of a controversial I'm sure stand here and choose Bobby Bonilla over Vince Coleman. I know Coleman's production slipped and he threw a fire cracker into a crowd of fans, but it didn't appear that Mets fans held that against him as much as they did the financial handcuffing that Bobby Bonilla put on the Mets organization following his signing from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
In the media spotlight that is New York, that will get you booed and overall disliked by your own fans pretty fast. Bobby Crosby is the easiest recent-memory selection for the most hated Oakland A's position. While he did win the Rookie of the Year award, he failed to follow up that season with anything worthy of appreciation from the hometown crowd. He spent the rest of his time in Oakland being booed for spending time on the disabled list seemingly annually and overall underwhelming with his bat at the plate.
Dick Allen earned his hatred in Philadelphia basically by being a grumpy player who was rude and short with teammates, the press and fans. He also got in a fight with his own teammate, Frank Thomas, basically proving that the dislike and hatred that surrounded him amongst his fans was also felt by those on his own team. For what it's worth, though, Allen was a great player who is arguably worthy of induction in Cooperstown.
Actually, I have to admit that seeing his name pop up as often as I did kind of surprised me. I think the public view is largely skewed by the events of his later career when he became a universal villain in baseball outside of San Francisco.
According to this account , Bonds' own teammates on the Pirates would ask opposing pitchers to throw at him during the games. His demeanor with the media has become legendary for his surliness, which could also be a contributing factor since people do tend to base their opinions off what is written about a player.
Once again I had the opportunity to insert Milton Bradley's name, but once again I must refrain. Phil Nevin prevents it.
Nevin actually seems to be one of those love-him-or-hate-him-type of players. He definitely has a strong following of supporters to counteract his haters, but there are plenty of them too. Speaking from my experiences as a fan, it certainly does get under your skin when you have to hear and read about a player on your team constantly complaining about where they play.
The thing about A. Pierzynski that makes him hard to include on a list like this is that he actually isn't typically hated by his hometown fans. Everyone else hates him, but not his own fans. The Giants gave up a ton of talent Francisco Liriano, Joe Nathan and Boof Bonser to the Twins to acquire him, and then he underperformed while basically proving he was a clubhouse cancer at least with this particular team.
Nothing worse than giving up franchise-changing talent to acquire a bust and a bad guy all wrapped into the same person. Essentially, Ayala was the definition of un-clutch. It was worse than that. He stole the Dodgers' money, straight stole it. Then he was good. And he could always field. But he started hitting for them, and that was a drag. For that, Dodger fans know how to appreciate him. Except, wait, what did that homer really set up? Sadness in the NLCS. So now when Dodgers fans think of Uribe, they think, "That guy was awesome!
He won that postseason series for the Dodgers! Then they lost. Too bad they couldn't win after he did good things. Like the Giants did. And continue to do. Guess I'll go put habanero sauce in my eye now. Heck, after , I can appreciate that hit.
You know why? Because it was Juan Uribe! And then the Dodgers were extra sad! So stop booing Juan Uribe, you weirdos. It made sense when he was on the Dodgers, having spurned the Giants for a similar amount of money, because, hey, don't spurn the Giants for the Dodgers, ever. He's gone though. He took their money, extended their sadness, went to a different team, and still gets to claim all the postseason heroics he always has. It's fun to get a high-five for maybe getting a reaction out of a player.
It's usually very classy. Uribe carved out a place in Giants' lore with his postseason heroics in , including driving in the winning run in two National League Championship Series games. That decision was not well received by Giants fans, who were all over him upon his return.
You shouldn't feel bad about it. I understand. The Giants originally had planned to present Uribe his ring in a private ceremony. Several Giants players publicly expressed their wish Uribe be presented with his World Series ring on the field.
Louis Cardinals, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. A Boston law firm is suing Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, asking a Massachusetts court to declare that Bingham McCutchen LLP met its obligations and caused him no loss when it drafted a marital property agreement with his ex-wife.
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