Greatest to Wear the Number: #13

sweaver · 08-10-2002, 09:33 PM

There are no Hall of Famers to wear #13, so this is what you might call a wide-open number. Not too many players have braved the "hex." Feel free to add any you want, I just had these two in the data bank.

Skip · 08-10-2002, 09:39 PM

Davey, Davey, Davey, Davey, Davey.

Puhhhh-leeaaaasssseee!

C'mon, throw me a bone. Do it for me - or I'll nuke all your posts! OK, not really, but if these are the two, its easy. Right?

JamesI · 08-10-2002, 11:04 PM

I have to go with Parrish. I find Davey very overrated, and a 300+ homer catcher is impressive.

sweaver · 08-10-2002, 11:06 PM

Gimme the leather. For a card-carrying 1970s Reds fan? Gotta be.

SmedIndy · 08-10-2002, 11:35 PM

I always thought Parrish was overrated until James' HBA came out.

He was pretty darn good. Not Freehan good, but pretty darn good.

Davey was a good player on a great team. But you put Darrell Chaney or Doug Flynn, they still win in 1975 and 1976.

I don't think the Tigers would have done as well with Bill Fahey and Manny Castillo behind the dish.

VNV Nation · 08-10-2002, 11:44 PM

Tough call, I went with Parrish. I guess Bill Stein doesn't get any love huh?

We missed the 0/00 in the polls...I'll vote for Al Oliver.

pwdennis · 08-11-2002, 12:35 AM

Went with Parrish, a fine catcher who had some fine offensive seasons

08-11-2002, 12:49 AM

Sorry, but #13 to me will always be Jimmy "the King" Leyritz.

Not a good player, but a nice guy that had some memorable post-season homers. Very memorable!!! (The 3-run shot off Wohlers is my fav all-time homerun...nothing will ever beat the memories of that one...especially when I lived in GA at the time.)

I know he is not even close to Lance or Davey, but I love the King!

(He just might be my avatar someday.

)

LeGrandOrange · 08-11-2002, 04:08 AM

Ah, you noticed the lack of #0 too. I thought about pointing it out since I am a proud card-carrying member of the Al Oliver for the HOF Club.

I picked Parrish. I like Concepcion, and I see nothing wrong with him being in Cooperstown, but I'd prefer to have Parrish. Hard to find a lot of catchers with 300 HR's and fairly good skill calling a game. Low average and OBP is just a distraction.

tortured angel · 08-11-2002, 07:50 AM

Angels fans in the 70's became Reds fans around mid-September so it's got to be Davey.

sweaver · 08-11-2002, 08:59 AM

But, Johnny, you didn't vote "other!"

#0 will come at the end.

NCFella19 · 08-11-2002, 09:24 AM

Dare I vote "Other" and say..........Omar?

LeGrandOrange · 08-11-2002, 11:18 AM

As in Little Overrated?
Well, that's your choice. I won't hold that against you, if I did you might be choked to death.

08-11-2002, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sweaver
But, Johnny, you didn't vote "other!"

#0 will come at the end.

I did not vote at first because I know Jimmy is not near the player that Lance or Davey was. Love notwithstanding, I could not make that vote.

However, seeing as though Albert Belle's best friend got a vote, I now cast my vote for the King!

(Doesn't everyone have a scrub that they hold dearly?)

WiredTiger · 08-12-2002, 12:16 PM

I have to go with my brother's favorite player... Lance Parrish. If he would have stayed in Detroit and off the artificial turf of Philly he would have made a good run at the HOF.

View Poll Results: Greatest to Wear the Number: #13
Dave Concepcion	3	18.75%
Lance Parrish	10	62.50%
other (please state who in post)	3	18.75%
Voters: 16. You may not vote on this poll

08-11-2002, 12:35 AM	#7
pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	Went with Parrish, a fine catcher who had some fine offensive seasons __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

08-11-2002, 09:24 AM	#12
NCFella19 All-NetShrine Team Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 417	Dare I vote "Other" and say..........Omar? __________________ "It's not the high price of stardom that bothers me, it's the high price of mediocrity." -- Bill Veeck

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08-10-2002, 09:33 PM	#1
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	Greatest to Wear the Number: #13 There are no Hall of Famers to wear #13, so this is what you might call a wide-open number. Not too many players have braved the "hex." Feel free to add any you want, I just had these two in the data bank.

08-10-2002, 09:39 PM	#2
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Davey, Davey, Davey, Davey, Davey. Puhhhh-leeaaaasssseee! C'mon, throw me a bone. Do it for me - or I'll nuke all your posts! OK, not really, but if these are the two, its easy. Right?

08-10-2002, 11:04 PM	#3
JamesI Netshrine Vacuum Cleaner Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Potsdam, N.Y. Posts: 3,723	I have to go with Parrish. I find Davey very overrated, and a 300+ homer catcher is impressive.

08-10-2002, 11:06 PM	#4
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	Gimme the leather. For a card-carrying 1970s Reds fan? Gotta be.

08-10-2002, 11:35 PM	#5
SmedIndy NetShrine's Historian Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Zionsville, IN Posts: 10,569	I always thought Parrish was overrated until James' HBA came out. He was pretty darn good. Not Freehan good, but pretty darn good. Davey was a good player on a great team. But you put Darrell Chaney or Doug Flynn, they still win in 1975 and 1976. I don't think the Tigers would have done as well with Bill Fahey and Manny Castillo behind the dish.

08-10-2002, 11:44 PM	#6
VNV Nation Membership Suspended 11/19/02 Join Date: May 2002 Location: VNV Nation Posts: 2,952	Tough call, I went with Parrish. I guess Bill Stein doesn't get any love huh? We missed the 0/00 in the polls...I'll vote for Al Oliver.

08-11-2002, 12:49 AM	#8
johnny Posts: n/a	Sorry, but #13 to me will always be Jimmy "the King" Leyritz. Not a good player, but a nice guy that had some memorable post-season homers. Very memorable!!! (The 3-run shot off Wohlers is my fav all-time homerun...nothing will ever beat the memories of that one...especially when I lived in GA at the time.) I know he is not even close to Lance or Davey, but I love the King! (He just might be my avatar someday. )

08-11-2002, 04:08 AM	#9
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	Ah, you noticed the lack of #0 too. I thought about pointing it out since I am a proud card-carrying member of the Al Oliver for the HOF Club. I picked Parrish. I like Concepcion, and I see nothing wrong with him being in Cooperstown, but I'd prefer to have Parrish. Hard to find a lot of catchers with 300 HR's and fairly good skill calling a game. Low average and OBP is just a distraction.

08-11-2002, 07:50 AM	#10
tortured angel Guest Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: middle east Posts: 573	Angels fans in the 70's became Reds fans around mid-September so it's got to be Davey.

08-11-2002, 08:59 AM	#11
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	But, Johnny, you didn't vote "other!" #0 will come at the end.

08-11-2002, 11:18 AM	#13
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	As in Little Overrated? Well, that's your choice. I won't hold that against you, if I did you might be choked to death.

08-12-2002, 12:16 PM	#15
WiredTiger Guest Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The city of Kaline, Cobb and Greenberg Posts: 3,395	I have to go with my brother's favorite player... Lance Parrish. If he would have stayed in Detroit and off the artificial turf of Philly he would have made a good run at the HOF.

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