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Subject: The All-Ugly Team/HTML practice Posted by: NCguy - [494381616] Sat, May 20, 17:14 Use this thread to come up with the All-Ugly Team. We will take nominations for each position, manager, bench players, etc. We can also practice posting pictures as well. My first nominee is who else than the Big Unit himself.  | ||||||
| 1 | Sludge ID: 20421222 Sat, May 20, 18:37 |
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| 2 | steve houpt ID: 28451222 Sat, May 20, 18:46 | I bet the Unit even looks worse as a lefthanded pitcher. | |||||
| 3 | Toral ID: 53438220 Sat, May 20, 18:53 |
steve h: Unit was throwing lefthanded, in my picture.
Anybody able to find a picture of one of my favourite players, Cliff Johnson? | |||||
| 4 | Ender ID: 13443221 Sat, May 20, 18:55 | Somebody has to have a picture of Willie McGee. He's definitely First Team All Ugly! | |||||
| 5 | texas flood ID: 12458220 Sat, May 20, 19:13 | jim "goober" thome, 1b. | |||||
| 6 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Sat, May 20, 19:18 | Was Cliff Johnson a catcher? | |||||
| 7 | Ender ID: 13443221 Sat, May 20, 19:19 | Anybody remember Rafael Ramirez. I can remember laughing at his baseball card hysterically (85, maybe 86, Topps). He had the goofiest pseudo cross-eyed look on his face. | |||||
| 8 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Sat, May 20, 19:27 |
So far we have:
LHP-Randy Johnson RHP- C-loser- C-Cliff Johnson? 1B-Jim Thome 2B- 3B- SS-Rafael Ramirez OF-Ricky Henderson OF-Willie McGee OF-Dante Bichette | |||||
| 9 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sat, May 20, 19:28 |
I got this picture from www.williemcgee.com. Sorry for the stuff around the outside | |||||
| 10 | Code Cracker ID: 8446221 Sat, May 20, 19:30 |
 Willie (ET) McGee | |||||
| 11 | steve houpt ID: 28451222 Sat, May 20, 19:32 | Boy, I don't know why when I first looked at Unit's picture, it looked like the ball was still in his right hand and the glove on his left. Looks clear now. | |||||
| 12 | Ender ID: 13443221 Sat, May 20, 19:36 | Nic one of Willie. I think his 86 Topps captured it best, but alas my collection is at my parents and I have no scanner anyway. | |||||
| 13 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sat, May 20, 19:39 |
I know he doesn't look too ugly but he has six fingers and eath hand and six toes on each foot. | |||||
| 14 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sat, May 20, 19:40 | Oops. His name is Felix Alfonseca. | |||||
| 15 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sat, May 20, 19:45 | he's a closer | |||||
| 16 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Sat, May 20, 19:47 | Is it Felix or Antonio? | |||||
| 17 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sat, May 20, 19:53 | Felix. he has a brother Antonio | |||||
| 18 | Toral ID: 53438220 Sat, May 20, 19:53 |
Needless to say, if this is an all-time team, someone's going to have to come up with a picture of Don Mossi, 50s reliever. There was a picture, and article about this specific subject, in Bill James' Historical Abstract (in which he, assisted by his wife, had all-ugly selections for every decade, and articles about some special players.)
Cliff Johnson was a sort-of catcher, started out at C but wasn't suited for it, actually played a few more games at 1B than C, and the great majority as DH. | |||||
| 19 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Sat, May 20, 20:01 |
By the way, if you need help posting a picture, check this out.
It might take a while to load. | |||||
| 20 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sat, May 20, 20:07 |
There he is. Don Mossi | |||||
| 21 | Ender ID: 13443221 Sat, May 20, 20:11 | Was he that pixellated and blotchy in real life? No wonder he's on the team ;-) | |||||
| 22 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Sat, May 20, 20:15 | That made me laugh out loud, Ender. | |||||
| 23 | peterl ID: 45420316 Sat, May 20, 20:20 | Don Zimmer. Fabulous baseball guy but somebody please dig up one of his photos--Bill "Spaceman" Lee nicknamed Zim the "Gerbil". Thanks. BTW, he came up w/Dodgers as a SS in the Fifties and was also one of the innumerable 3B of the Mets. | |||||
| 24 | Tim G ID: 24454220 Sat, May 20, 20:26 | Where's old man Otis Nixon? | |||||
| 25 | Toral ID: 53438220 Sat, May 20, 20:30 | Actually, Don Mossi looks pretty good in that picture. Rather distinguished. But you can see the ears. In the James article, talking about Don's face, he said something like, "The ears looked like something that had been taken from some other species, and sewn on without proper supervision." | |||||
| 26 | KM ID: 524322020 Sat, May 20, 20:38 |
Just take anyone from that phillies team that played the jays in the series a decade ago. Mitch Williams and John Kruk are missin a few genes. Id like to nominate Goose Gossage too. For present players...I dont know if hes still playing but you cant go wrong with Rod Beck.
This is off the topic but has anyone taken a good look at Tyone Hill on the 6ers, yeesh he makes Patrick Ewing look like Claudia Schiffer | |||||
| 27 | F.B. ID: 56439912 Sat, May 20, 21:08 |
Here is one of old man Otis. One of his 'better pictures'
Here is a closer that i nominate 
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| 28 | Bo ID: 23440720 Sat, May 20, 21:14 | yea, rocker is definitly the closer that ugly mother queer.....he reminds me of bobby bouchete from "The Water Boy" | |||||
| 29 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Sat, May 20, 21:28 |
LHP-Randy Johnson
RHP- Middle Relief-Don Mossi C-loser-Rod Beck, John Rocker, Goose Gossage, Mitch Williams, Felix Alfonseca C-Cliff Johnson 1B-Jim Thome, John Kruk 2B- 3B-Bill Lee SS-Rafael Ramirez OF-Ricky Henderson OF-Willie McGee, Otis Nixon OF-Dante Bichette Mgr-Don "Popeye" Zimmer 6th man-Tyrone Hill | |||||
| 30 | peterl ID: 45420316 Sat, May 20, 22:12 | NCguy--SORRY--I was unclear about Bill Lee--He was a LHP for the Red Sox. It was Zimmer who was the SS/3B. By the way for a catcher if you check out Andy Etchebarren (Orioles) he will win that spot maybe even the overall title! | |||||
| 31 | burntOWT ID: 50451220 Sat, May 20, 22:19 | jesse orosco | |||||
| 32 | Put me in, Coach.... ID: 39416321 Sat, May 20, 23:30 | how about Derek Bell and Jorge Posada? Anyone got pictures of them? UGH! | |||||
| 33 | 6-9 With The Afro ID: 35444321 Sat, May 20, 23:36 | Speaking of ugly mugs don't forget Denis "Oil Can" Boyd... | |||||
| 34 | Roo ID: 13427319 Sun, May 21, 00:09 |
Has anyone got a picture of Danny Napoleon?
"He's so ugly. When you walked by him, your pants wrinkle. He made fly balls curve foul." - Mickey Rivers | |||||
| 35 | big V ID: 1544840 Sun, May 21, 00:30 | If anyone can find a picture of Chris Sabo I nominate him for the starting 3B job. They didn't call him "Spuds McKenzie" because he brought the beer. | |||||
| 36 | EmbarrassedHawksFan ID: 1434210 Sun, May 21, 00:34 | my vote for lhp goes to zane smith, he beats rj hands down! | |||||
| 37 | KM ID: 524322020 Sun, May 21, 01:47 |
We appear to have a shortage of ugly second basemen...
Throw in Raleigh Fingers (hate those mustaches) Jeff Juden and the always adorable "Fernanado" | |||||
| 38 | Toral ID: 53438220 Sun, May 21, 02:20 | Re Bichette: can anybody find a copy of that widely circulated AP (I think) picture of him last year (1999) when he came in for spring training? It showed him, shirt off, joking with Larry Walker. I mean it was gross. He must have weighed 260 pounds, I swear. | |||||
| 39 | Toral ID: 544331814 Sun, May 21, 02:40 |
Ah, I love research! The picture I'm thinking of is probably ST 1998, not 1999, per this Sporting News article:
http://www.sportingnews.com/baseball/articles/19980306/59086.html It's dated February 20, 1998...and I understated my case. Bichette bragged of "bulking up" 44 pounds from 218 to 262 in the off-season. Now I think he may have been more like 280. Maybe some of our newspaper friends can help me find that picture! | |||||
| 40 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sun, May 21, 08:50 |
posada: 
Derek Bell:  He is in his on 30 something years old??
orosco: (I don't think he look too ugly) 
Bichette:  wow.
Zane Smith:  sorry. only picture I could find.
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| 41 | wqrtyt ID: 3646320 Sun, May 21, 08:52 | i meant for bell: He is only 30 something years old? And for Orosko LOOKS not LOOK. I just wanted to fix that | |||||
| 42 | Mike D ID: 184181921 Sun, May 21, 08:55 | We had a rather large (over 122 posts) thread like this on the hoops board, in case anyone is interested in checking that one out. | |||||
| 43 | texas flood ID: 12458220 Sun, May 21, 10:08 | i nominate don mossi as team captain. another fun thread would be the all afro hair-do team. check out some of your old baseball cards from the 70's. Oscar Gamble would be my all time favorite! | |||||
| 44 | Roo ID: 13427319 Sun, May 21, 10:28 |
Who's the one with the big nose on the left?
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| 45 | burntOWT ID: 50451220 Sun, May 21, 10:31 |
that's decent pic of orosco..keep lookin'....trust me!
DH: Greg "the Bull" Lusinski | |||||
| 46 | Roo ID: 13427319 Sun, May 21, 10:43 |
Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Jesse!
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| 47 | Ender ID: 13443221 Sun, May 21, 11:16 | That'd be Honus Wagner. | |||||
| 48 | babe ruth ID: 504501815 Sun, May 21, 11:47 | What about me? I had one of the largest noses in baseball. I also look similar to a monkey. | |||||
| 49 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Sun, May 21, 13:57 |
The results are in!!
LHP-Randy Johnson, Zane Smith, Fernando Valenezuela, Bill Lee RHP-Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, Jeff Juden Middle Relief-Don Mossi, Jesse Orosco C-loser-Rod Beck, John Rocker, Goose Gossage, Mitch Williams, Felix Alfonseca, "Handlebars" Fingers C-Cliff Johnson, Andy Etchebarren, Jorge Posada 1B-Jim Thome, John Kruk 2B-Mickey Morandini (late addition) 3B-Don Zimmer SS-Rafael Ramirez OF-Ricky Henderson, Babe Ruth OF-Willie McGee, Otis Nixon OF-Dante Bichette, Derek Bell DH-Greg Lusinski Mgr-Honus Wagner (honorary) 6th man-Tyrone Hill | |||||
| 50 | Pocket Puckett ID: 94402118 Sun, May 21, 18:40 | Rocker the "ugly mother queer"? There ya go, condemning Rocker by imitating him | |||||
| 51 | CanEHdian Shame ID: 841030 Sun, May 21, 23:54 |
I think that Craig Grbek needs mention. He is definatley uglier than Morandini or could fit the utility infielder spot.
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| 52 | NCguy ID: 494381616 Mon, May 22, 00:19 | Good one! | |||||
| 53 | Tim G ID: 24454220 Mon, May 22, 00:26 | I can't believe we left Pete Rose off this team. | |||||
| 54 | CanEHdian Pride ID: 841030 Wed, May 24, 00:41 | I liked this thread so much I thought I'd BUTT it because I'm sure we missed a bunch of ugly dude. Also a good HTML refresher. I'm getting pretty good now. Did Grbeck pic without any references. | |||||
| 55 | big V ID: 1544840 Wed, May 24, 01:09 |
A 3rd baseman and someone has to own this team | |||||
| 56 | Muskrat ID: 40415100 Wed, May 24, 01:28 | Gary Thurman lol!! I wish I could find a pic... One in particular comes to mind so I dont know if just any old picture would do it justice. I will look for it some more. | |||||
| 57 | CanEHdian Pride ID: 841030 Wed, May 24, 02:15 |
How 'bout a GM
My vote goes to Sam Cassell 
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| 58 | RecycledSpinalFluid ID: 21446223 Wed, May 24, 02:42 |
Is that picture in post #55 an outtake from Forrest Gump or something? I swear that's Tom Hanks! Maybe Chris Sabo is his twin, seperated at birth (for obvious reasons).
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| 59 | BF Dead ID: 2845638 Wed, May 24, 07:25 | No mention of Yogi Berra?! Not a handsome man. | |||||
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