Weird players to have on your team

I am watching the Mets Brewers game, the announcers were talking about when Orel Hersierer (sp?) was a Met in 99. and just how weird it was because how dominant hersh had been against them in previous years, and some specific instances.

It makes you wonder, how many other great ball players come to mind, and it just doesn't seem like they should have ever been on your team, or on another team? What if Chipper Jones became a Met for example and you were a Braves fan....any instances pop up in your mind initially?

chris chelios on the Red Wings was always weird.

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

chris chelios on the Red Wings is always weird.

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Fixed it for ya. ;)

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Originally Posted by haveacigar

chris chelios on the Red Wings was always weird.

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So was that 800 lb Suomi wrestler in my ballet troupe....

Juan Marichal as a Dodger
Jeff Kent as a Dodger was always weird to me, cause he was such a great Giant
Orel as a Giant (turncoat)
Steve Garvey as a Padre
Dave Winfield as a Indian was odd
Rickey Henderson as a (pick any number of teams he bounced around)

Johnny Damon with the Yankees
Mike Piazza had been with the Mets nearly my whole life, so it was weird to see him with San Diego and Oakland
Tom Glavine on the Mets must've been weird for Braves fans
John Smoltz with the Red Sox

Damon with the Yankees

Dale Murphy with the Phillies
Mark Lemke with the Red Sox
Smoltz with the Red Sox
Darren Daulton with the Marlins
Piazza with the Marlins

The one that always got me was Mike Mussina with the Yankees. Or the Colts in Indianapolis.

Eddie Murray with the Dodgers was difficult to take, but he came back, at least.

Jason Giambi as a Yank was always tough for me, especially how fans booed him his first season there. A's fans loved Giambi and wouldnt do that to him.

Damon belongs in NewYork. Douchebag...

Pedro Martinez as a Met..

Damon, a Yankee
klesko as padre was weird
Clemens in Houston was always weird to me
Sosa a Ranger
Shaq anywhere but LA lol
Favre a Jet
Law a Jet
Pennington a Dolphin :(

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Originally Posted by TheNamelessPoet

Damon, a Yankee
Lemke as padre was weird
Clemens in Houston was always weird to me
Sosa a Ranger
Shaq anywhere but LA lol
Favre a Jet
Law a Jet
Pennington a Dolphin :(

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Mark Lemke was never a Padre.

Ricky Henderson as a Mariner
Griffey's second stint as a Mariner
Gary Payton on the Bucks/Heat/Celtics/Lakers
Karl Malone on the Lakers
Adam Jones as a Oriole
Randy Johnson as a Giant

This isn't "weird players to have on your team", but nobody else has been posting that anyway, so...

When Doug Mientkiewicz was traded from the Twins to the Red Sox in 2004. He was a popular Twin at the time, and it was while the Red Sox were in Minneapolis playing the Twins. I had two fans ask me what Doug Mientkiewicz's name was doing in the Red Sox lineup that day and if it was a misprint, and they were shocked when I told them he was traded.

Also in that trade, when Nomar was sent to the Cubs. He hasn't been healthy for a long time now, but at that time he was beloved by Red Sox Nation. I'm not (nor was I) a Boston fan, but having to see your old team end an 86-year long drought and win a World Series after you were traded had to be tough.

Andy Pettitte as an Astro was always just bizarre.

Heres my all time weird team. I have plenty of time on my hands for this teehee.

C - Mike Piazza - Marlins
1B - Willie McCovey - Padres
2B - Jeff Kent - Dodgers
3B - Wade Boggs - D' Rays
SS - Alex Rodriguez - Yankees
LF - Rickey Henderson - Blue Jays
CF - Willie Mays - Mets
RF - Hank Aaron - Brewers

Utility - Pete Rose - Expos

SP - Greg Maddux - Padres and Dodgers
SP - Steve Carlton - White Sox
SP - Randy Johnson - Astros
SP - Roger Clemens - Blue Jays

CL - Trevor Hoffman - Brewers
CL - Dennis Eckersley - Cardinals

I'm surprised by the number of people that forget that Mike Piazza was once, briefly, a Florida Marlin.

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Originally Posted by BINGLEBOP

I'm surprised by the number of people that forget that Mike Piazza was once, briefly, a Florida Marlin.

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and i am one of the few that saw one of those games :) and my friend Trevor, a Piazza nut, has seen him play for every team he has ever been on from New York to Oakland...(he lived in California for the past few years)

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Originally Posted by BINGLEBOP

Mark Lemke was never a Padre.

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I ment klesko sorry lol

Gary Payton on the Bucks
Randy Johnson on the Astros and pitching well (he sucked for the 1st half with the M's)
Patrick Ewing on the Sonics
Tino Martinez as a Yank
Greg Maddux on the Cubs (2nd time)
John Smoltz on the Redsox
Albert Belle on the WhiteSox/Orioles
Manny on the Red Sox
Griffey on the Sox
Bill Swift on the Giants
Jose Cruz jr on the BlueJays
Edgar Martinez at DH. (he was a good 3rd baseman when he came up)

Frank Thomas in Toronto and Oakland

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Frank Thomas in Toronto and Oakland

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cant believe I forgot the big hurt... :( is he even playing this year?

And Sosa on the Rangers and Orioles just seemed strange..

Michael Jordan on the Birmingham Barons. :D

Walker on the Cards
Bichette the Reds/Red Sox

Jordan as a Wizard
Shaq as a Sun.
Rodman as a Maverick.

Brad Lidge to Philadelphia. After having a tough postseason in 2005. Then 2 tough regular seasons with the Astros, gets traded to Philadelphia, oh, and goes on to record 47 of 47 and help the Phillies win the World Series.

Well, the weird player is Michael Bourn, because everytime I see him come up to the plate, I think "Thanks Michael. Props to Ed Wade" haha so that's weird for me.

Edgardo Alfonzo, Armando Benitez, Mike Bordick, Jeff Burroughs, John Candelaria, Jose Canseco, Royce Clayton, Roger Clemens, Joe Coleman, David Cone, Mariano Duncan, David Eckstein, Ron Fairly, Cecil Fielder, Mike Flanagan, Troy Glaus, Steve Hargan, Rickey Henderson, Shea Hillenbrand, Dave Hollins, Willie Horton, Cesar Izturis, Jeff Kent, Gary Lavelle, Felipe Lopez, Lee Mazzilli, Paul Molitor, Raul Mondesi, Mickey Morandini, Mike Morgan, Jack Morris, Randy Myers, Phil Niekro, Al Oliver, Jorge Orta, Dave Parker, Lance Parrish, Dave Righetti, Scott Rolen, Juan Samuel, Benito Santiago, Ken Schrom, Ruben Sierra, Bill Singer, Mike Stanley, Dave Stewart, Pat Tabler, Frank Thomas, Steve Trachsel, Frank Viola, and Dave Winfield. There are 51 players here and probably unanimously it's weird to think of them as Toronto Blue Jays, yet at some point in their respective careers, all of them were.

Yeah, it's too bad Frank Viola ended his career with six horrible starts for the Blue Jays in 1996. It would have been nice to end it where he started, but things just don't work out that way.

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Originally Posted by actionjackson

Edgardo Alfonzo, Armando Benitez, Mike Bordick, Jeff Burroughs, John Candelaria, Jose Canseco, Royce Clayton, Roger Clemens, Joe Coleman, David Cone, Mariano Duncan, David Eckstein, Ron Fairly, Cecil Fielder, Mike Flanagan, Troy Glaus, Steve Hargan, Rickey Henderson, Shea Hillenbrand, Dave Hollins, Willie Horton, Cesar Izturis, Jeff Kent, Gary Lavelle, Felipe Lopez, Lee Mazzilli, Paul Molitor, Raul Mondesi, Mickey Morandini, Mike Morgan, Jack Morris, Randy Myers, Phil Niekro, Al Oliver, Jorge Orta, Dave Parker, Lance Parrish, Dave Righetti, Scott Rolen, Juan Samuel, Benito Santiago, Ken Schrom, Ruben Sierra, Bill Singer, Mike Stanley, Dave Stewart, Pat Tabler, Frank Thomas, Steve Trachsel, Frank Viola, and Dave Winfield. There are 51 players here and probably unanimously it's weird to think of them as Toronto Blue Jays, yet at some point in their respective careers, all of them were.

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Haha, definitely weird to think about a few of them.
Hmmm, not a bad team there.

Derek Fisher as a Warrior/Jazz (especially after .4)
Robert Horry as a Spur (ironic since the season before he missed a game-winner against the Spurs)
Shawn Marion as a Heat/Knick
Mike Bibby as a Hawk
Steve Francis on any team besides the Rockets
Stephon Marbury in the NBA
KG on the Celtics
Ray Allen on the Celtics
Ben Wallace and Chauncey Billups not on the Pistons

Jerry Rice as a Raider/Seahawk
Joe Montana as a Chief