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Over time, I will be writing about 500 baseball players who might have been limited in Major League Baseball ability, but contributed to the game through hustle and a general love of the game. Please note that even mediocre Major League baseball players are amongst the best baseball players in the world -- very few high school and college players even make it to the minors! Please feel free to comment on the players mentioned, or send in some of your favorite players who fit into this category! It's a different way to recognize the greatness of our National Pastime! The thoughts expressed on this blog are purely opinion and are meant as a loving, good-natured tribute to our favorite game. Thank-you to the players mentioned on this site who gave us some good baseball memories.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Now Batting: Danny Ainge of the Toronto Blue Jays!

Mediocre Major League Baseball Players -- Danny Ainge
Looking at the baseball card above says it all: Danny Ainge, as a baseball player, looked as confident as Woody Allen and as lost as a Republican living in Massachusetts. I think he was working on a new batting approach in this card, perhaps thinking he could hit better with one hand than two. Maybe he was also pondering whether to be called "Dan" or Danny" (the card had him as Dan).

Before becoming a fine NBA basketball player and general manager -- most notably for the Boston Celtics -- Danny Ainge was a rather poor second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays from 1979 to 1981. He hit 220 for his career, approaching the legendary Mendoza line with every at bat. On the bright side, Ainge hit his two career home runs off mediocre pitchers like Joe Decker and John Montague! Thank goodness, Ainge quit baseball to play on World Championship Boston Celtic teams -- and be the general manager of one, this past year!
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