Who is your favorite childhood baseball player?

holybull · #1 04-02-2019, 09:47 PM

Johnny Bench.....I was 10 when the Reds won the World Series in 1975 and followed that up with another in 1976....Bench was the 1976 WS MVP...rest is history....

bmattioli · #2 04-05-2019, 06:32 PM

Jim Rice. Saw him in Double A in Bristol CT and was hooked.. In '75 my buddy across the street followed Lynn and I followed Rice. What a great year and Summer of Baseball..

Mike D. · #3 04-05-2019, 08:17 PM

Wade Boggs and Roger Clemens, which basically reveals where and when I grew up.

RTK · #4 04-06-2019, 09:36 AM

Ernie Banks. I wasn't around for his prime years but I'm old enough to have seen him play his last several years, maybe 5-6 games. WGN, the Cubs & Ernie, it was a great childhood.

swabie2424 · #5 04-06-2019, 10:13 AM

Bobby Murcer was my hero as a young boy. Adored him and still do. My mother sewed me a custom Murcer Yankees #2 pinstripe uni to wear when I was 4 years old. (God Bless her!)

The victim of unreal expectations, he still had an awesome career. A .277 hitter with over 250 HRs and over 1,000 RBIs. 5 time All-Star and a heck of a broadcaster and an even better human being.

My mother-in-law recently passed from a brain tumor - the same type that claimed Murcer's life. I never appreciated how awful he had it near the end until I saw a loved one go through it.

gustomania · #6 04-06-2019, 12:00 PM

Growing up it was always watching the "Murph" as Americas team on TBS

sthoemke · #7 04-06-2019, 06:45 PM

Pete Rose was my favorite player in the 1970's.

Rickey Henderson was my favorite player in the 1980's.

brian1961 · #8 05-30-2019, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by RTK

Ernie Banks. I wasn't around for his prime years but I'm old enough to have seen him play his last several years, maybe 5-6 games. WGN, the Cubs & Ernie, it was a great childhood.

Ernie Banks was my childhood hero, too. Those were great times. Regardless of how things ended in '69, I loved that team. They were a strong contender for several wonderful years, after being a doormat for a couple decades. Have a great day, bro. ---- Brian Powell

Mark70Z · #9 05-30-2019, 05:24 PM

Brooks Robinson was my childhood hero and still my favorite all time player. I loved the O�s players and teams, but Brooksie stood out. I�m a Orioles fan for life; I try to take the good with the bad and at times I have to live in the past...

perezfan · #10 05-31-2019, 02:58 AM

As a long-suffering Reds Fan, same here... LOTS of living in the past.

And Brooksie absolutely stifled us in the '70 World Series. That series was perhaps my biggest disappointment as a young kid, as I really expected the Reds to win. But play after play, it cemented the fact that Brooks Robinson was one of the greatest 3rd Basemen ever.

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