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How about Francisco Liriano, the pitcher from the twins. Kid was great and blew his elbow out. Also Rick Ankiel, he was the Cardinals ace back in 99-2000 or so. He had HUGE upside, but one day lost his control. It got to the point where he was lucky to hit the backstop. Not really the biggest names, by the time I saw this thread everybody was taken.
By the way, what ever happened to Eric Gagne? Havn't heard anything about him since he got hurt.
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Bo Jackson immedietly comes to mind.
As a curveball I'll throw in Jim Brown's name. He quit the NFL in his PRIME.
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07-24-2007, 11:31 AM
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Bo Jackson immedietly comes to mind.
As a curveball I'll throw in Jim Brown's name. He quit the NFL in his PRIME.
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He is still acknowledged as the greatest to play the game, though. He is also regarded as the best U.S. college lacrosse player in history. Many people say he was even better at lacrosse than football
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How about Francisco Liriano, the pitcher from the twins. Kid was great and blew his elbow out. Also Rick Ankiel, he was the Cardinals ace back in 99-2000 or so. He had HUGE upside, but one day lost his control. It got to the point where he was lucky to hit the backstop. Not really the biggest names, by the time I saw this thread everybody was taken.
By the way, what ever happened to Eric Gagne? Havn't heard anything about him since he got hurt.
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Ankiel is now in the Card's minors system as a position player. He is doing quite well last I heard.
Gagne is with the Rangers, he got roughed up last night. Three runs in one inning of work.
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By the way, what ever happened to Eric Gagne? Havn't heard anything about him since he got hurt.
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He's pitching in Texas now..................
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/player...e?statsId=6342
Check out his stats........14 saves this year.....
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How about Francisco Liriano, the pitcher from the twins. Kid was great and blew his elbow out. Also Rick Ankiel, he was the Cardinals ace back in 99-2000 or so. He had HUGE upside, but one day lost his control. It got to the point where he was lucky to hit the backstop. Not really the biggest names, by the time I saw this thread everybody was taken.
By the way, what ever happened to Eric Gagne? Havn't heard anything about him since he got hurt.
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Liriano isn't done yet, he's only 21 or 22 and will be back next year.
Rick Ankiel was a good one, he was the top pitching prospect in all of baseball at one point. He has actually made the transition to center field quite nicely. He is leading AAA in homeruns and would have been called up when Edmonds went down but he is out of options. He will be in the majors by September though.
Eric Gagne is closing for the Rangers and is a hot topic of trade rumors.
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Grant Hill was a good one so was Jim Brown and I'll also say Barry Sanders, he quit when he was 30, I know he still had a great career, but he retired cause he didn't want to hold records and still be a loser.
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He is still acknowledged as the greatest to play the game, though. He is also regarded as the best U.S. college lacrosse player in history. Many people say he was even better at lacrosse than football
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Ahhh but he was awesome in Mars Attacks.....
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Ankiel is second in the minors to Craig Brazell with 27.
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07-24-2007, 02:22 PM
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Liriano isn't done yet, he's only 21 or 22 and will be back next year.
Rick Ankiel was a good one, he was the top pitching prospect in all of baseball at one point. He has actually made the transition to center field quite nicely. He is leading AAA in homeruns and would have been called up when Edmonds went down but he is out of options. He will be in the majors by September though.
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I was hesitant to put Liriano on the list. I know he will be back, but I wonder how good he will be. He was as good, or better than Santana when he was healthy, then he had all the arm problems (He heard popping in his elbow at one point).
As for Ankiel, I saw him pitch in Johnson City for the Cards Rookie league team after he lost control. There are always reports of him getting back into the majors, but at this point I'll belive it when I see it.
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