Chain of Players Game

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Here's how the game works.

I'll name a Major League baseball player (active or retired). The next person has to name a different player who is somehow connected to that player.

Example:

I say Tony Perez
Next person says Dave Concepcion (both were players on the Big Red Machine)
Next person says Dave Williams (both named Dave)
Next person says Curt Schilling (both born in Alaska)
Next person says Randy Johnson (2001 WS Co-MVPs)
etc...

I'll start things off with...

JOHN MAINE

[gojays]

Great idea, metsguy.

Johan Santana(both Mets pitchers)

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Ervin Santana (same last name)

[gojays]

Vladimir Guerrero (both Dominican, also both Angels)

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Pedro Guerrero (both Dominican same last name)

[gojays]

Pedro Martinez(same first name)

[Silver Blaze]

Larry Walker (both played for the Expos)

[gojays]

Justin Morneau(Canadian MVPs)

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Michael Cuddyer (both play for the Twins)

[gojays]

Mike Schmidt(same first name)

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Richie Ashburn (both in HOF as a Phillie)

[gojays]

Willie Mays(both centerfielders)

[Reds41]

Pumpsie Green (both played for the Mets)

[gojays]

Shawn Green(same last name)

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Mike Piazza.

Both played for the Dodgers and the Mets.

[Reds41]

Josh Beckett (Played for the Marlins as did Piazza)

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

A.J. Burnett.

Teammates with the Marlins.

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Roy Halladay (current Blue Jays teammates)

[gojays]

Pat Hentgen(Blue Jays Cy Young winner)

[whoisonit]

Pat Zachry

- both pitchers named Pat

[Reds41]

Jason Bay (RotY as was Zachry and Piazza and Pat Listach)

[whoisonit]

Oliver Perez

- traded in same deal w/Bay from Padres to Pirates

[NJMetfan4life]

Robeto Hernandez (traded with Perez)

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Scott Boras (agent of Perez)

I think I have to vomit...

Scott Brosius is next.

[NJMetfan4life]

I think I have to vomit...

Scott Brosius is next.

Didn't realize you posted when I edited it, wanted it to be a player.

But anyway, Rickey Hendeson( Both played for the Yankees and the A's)

[Reds41]

Vince Coleman (led the league in SB 5 of the same years Henderson did)

[whoisonit]

Choo Choo Colemen

- both Colemens played for the Mets

[gojays]

Jerry Coleman(same name)

[whoisonit]

Phil Rizzuto

- both infielders who spent their entire career w/yankees, then became quotable announcers

[NJMetfan4life]

Phil Humber (same name, and started playing in New York)

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Same first name:

Phil Garner

[Reds41]

Gene Tenace - both played for the A's.

[whoisonit]

Rollie Fingers

-both trade in same 1980 deal from Padres to Cardinals

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Paul Molitor - teammates on the Brewers

[whoisonit]

Robin Yount

- his fellow Brewer HOF'er & double play partner

[west coast orange and black]

cal ripken, jr

he and yount are the only shortstops to be voted mvp during the 80s

[whoisonit]

Moises Alou

- both were managed by their dads

[Reds41]

Darren Daulton

- both played for the 1997 Marlins

[whoisonit]

Lenny Dykstra

- both suffered broken bones in the same 1991 car wreck

[west coast orange and black]

lenny dykstra >> nails

hank aaron >> hammer

[gojays]

Babe Ruth(I don't think I need to say the reason)

[west coast orange and black]

barry bonds

he and babe ruth have posted the 2 highest slugging percentage seasons.

[NJMetfan4life]

Bobby Bonds (His fater/same last name)

[west coast orange and black]

barry bonds

members of 300 / 300 club.

[NJMetfan4life]

Omar Vizquel (teammates)

[west coast orange and black]

luis aparicio

leaders in games played at a position

[gojays]

Ozzie Smith(Gold Glove shortstops)

[west coast orange and black]

jay bell

won gold glove after longstanding winner did not

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Jose Lind - the other half of the Bucs middle infield in the early 90's

[Reds41]

Benny Distefano

-teamates on the Pirates '88-'89

[west coast orange and black]

was away from the game for a few seasons, then returned

[NJMetfan4life]

Sammy Sosa

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Same family name:

Jose Sosa

[NJMetfan4life]

Jose Reyes (same first name)

[west coast orange and black]

ray king

same last name... sorta

[NJMetfan4life]

ray king

same last name... sorta

Ray means king in spanish, Reyes is the year-to-year stolen base king, so I guess it works. Anyway, Rey Ordonez.

[whoisonit]

Rey Ordonez.

Bud Harelson

- good glove/no hit Met shortstops

[Reds41]

Bud Harelson

- good glove/no hit Met shortstops

Pete Rose

- beat up Harrelson in the '73 NL Playoffs.

[west coast orange and black]

>> pete rose <<

[west coast orange and black]

>> ty cobb <<

[jackmcmanus21]

cy young....not every day you find someone with a 2 letter first name!

[west coast orange and black]

ed delahanty

[whoisonit]

Ed Herman .

[west coast orange and black]

herman franks

[whoisonit]

played with -

Joe Medwick

[west coast orange and black]

reggie jackson

(each had a candy bar named for him)

[NJMetfan4life]

Wille Randouph

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Graig Nettles

[NJMetfan4life]

3rd Baseman

[Reds41]

George Brett

[west coast orange and black]

>> ken brett <<

[Reds41]

Ken Harrelson

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Blue Moon Odom (played with Ken Harrelson)

[west coast orange and black]

dusty baker

first name also a variant of "john" (johnny odom; johnnie baker) but known by another name.

[NJMetfan4life]

Infield, as it is "dusty" actually sandy, but I don't feel like deleting any of this. :p

[Steve Jeltz]

Sandy Alomar

[west coast orange and black]

ken griffey

(as alomar, another father whose son played)

[blacksilverfan12]

Mike Cameron (Traded from Cincinnatti to Seattle for Griffey)

[NJMetfan4life]

Xavier Nady (Traded to the Mets from thr Padres for Mike Cameron)

[Gee Walker]

Stan Javier

-pronounced the same way as Xavier in Spanish.

[blacksilverfan12]

Julian Javier (Another father-son combo to play in the majors)

[Crawdaddy]

Wandy Rodriguez (another player born in Dominican Republic)

[blacksilverfan12]

Alex Rodriguez (Same last name)

[stejay]

Ivan Rodriguez

[blacksilverfan12]

Mike Redmond (Pudge's backup catcher on the '03 Marlins)

[NJMetfan4life]

Luis Castillo (on '03 Marlins)

[blacksilverfan12]

Jose Reyes (Castillo's double-play partner with the Mets)

[NJMetfan4life]

David Wright, other great young Mets player

[NJMetfan4life]

Mike Hampton, was traded to Rokies for the draft pick where the Mets got David Wright.

[blacksilverfan12]

Denny Neagle (The other highly payed free agent bust the Rockies signed in '01)

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Shawn Chacon - '01 Rockies

[blacksilverfan12]

Ramon Ramirez (Traded from the Yankees for Chacon)

[NJMetfan4life]

Ramon Ortiz- same name

[stejay]

Ramon Ortiz- same name

Had his no hitter broken up in 2006 against the Cards by Aaron Miles.

[blacksilverfan12]

Aaron Sele (Same first name)

[Steve Jeltz]

Mo Vaughn, teammate of Sele in Boston.

[west coast orange and black]

mariano rivera
whose tag is the same "mo"

[blacksilverfan12]

Dave Roberts (Stole the most famous base in Red Sox history off Rivera)

[Steve Jeltz]

Jim Lonborg. Like Roberts, a cult hero among BoSox faithful.

[blacksilverfan12]

Bob Gibson (Beat Lonborg in Game 7 of the '67 Series)

A fun fact: Jim Lonborg went to my high school

[stejay]

Bob Gibson (Beat Lonborg in Game 7 of the '67 Series)

A fun fact: Jim Lonborg went to my high school

Has a star on the St Louis Walk of Fame...
As does Yogi Berra

[stejay]

Dale Berra(Son)

[Steve Jeltz]

Edguardo Perez, son of Tony Perez

[stejay]

Edguardo Perez, son of Tony Perez

It's Eduardo Perez

Eric Young, his co-analyst on Baseball Tonight.

[blacksilverfan12]

Michael Young (same last name)

[Steve Jeltz]

Esteban Loaiza (Toronto traded Young for him)

[blacksilverfan12]

Dontrelle Willis (Another pitcher arrested for DUI)

[Steve Jeltz]

Dennis Eckersley, had a drinking problem.

[AutographCollector]

Dennis Eckersley, had a drinking problem.

Dennis Martinez (Same first name)

[blacksilverfan12]

Mark Gardner (No hit the Dodgers before losing in the 10th two days before Martinez's perfect game)

[NightHawks2007]

Pedro Martinez (threw a no-hitter through 9, but it was broken in the 10th)

[blacksilverfan12]

Derek Lowe (He and Pedro left the Red Sox after winning the World Series in '04)

[NJMetfan4life]

Brad Penny, pitches with Derek Lowe

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Kenny Rogers

Started for the AL in 2006 in the All Star Game, the year Penny started for the NL...

[blacksilverfan12]

Randy Johnson (Both attacked cameramen)

[Scoops]

Dave Winfield. Fellow bird-killer.

[blacksilverfan12]

Mike Witt (Traded for Winfield)

[soberdennis]

Jim Fregosi(Witt's first manager in California)

[blacksilverfan12]

Gene Mauch (Replaced Fregosi after he was fired)

[soberdennis]

Johnny Callison-played for Mauch on the infamous 1964 team as a rookie and for a few years afterwards.

[NJMetfan4life]

Johnny Bench

[blacksilverfan12]

Johnny Edwards (Not only do they have the same first name, Becnh replaced Edwards)

[soberdennis]

Jim Maloney-Edwards caught his no-hitters in 1965, including the one he lost in the 10th.

[AutographCollector]

Jim "Catfish" Hunter (same 1st name)

[west coast orange and black]

steve trout

[AutographCollector]

steve trout

Dizzy Trout (Steve's dad)

[Steve Jeltz]

Dizzy Dean, same nickname

[NJMetfan4life]

Daffy Dean (teammates, same last name, brothers)

[soberdennis]

Dean Chance-first name is Paul Dean's last name.

[NJMetfan4life]

Julio Franco- their was a good Chance he'd strikeout when pinch-hitting.

[whoisonit]

Von Hayes - was traded from Indians to Phillies for JF & others, '82

[NJMetfan4life]

Ben__Hayes

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Ben__Hayes

Charlie Hayes

[NJMetfan4life]

Charlie Manuel

[Steve Jeltz]

Charlie Grimm

[whoisonit]

Charlie Grimm

Babe Ellison, (both made their debuts as teenagers in 1916)

[AutographCollector]

Babe Ellison

Babe Dahlgren

[whoisonit]

Babe Dahlgren

Played 1st base the day Lou Gerhig sat

[1905 Giants]

Played 1st base the day Lou Gerhig sat


Played on the Murderer's Row Yankees, alongside Earle Combs.

[JDD]

Earle Mack played five games with the A's back before World War I.

Word on the street is that he was not very good, but ke knew the manager :shhh:

[NewEnglandAmazins]

Shane Mack

[whoisonit]

Shane Mack

the brother of Quinn Mack

[Cajun Cubbie]

the brother of Quinn Mack

Tony Gwynn - both OF born in Los Angeles who batted/threw left-handed

[henrich]

Tony Gwynn - both OF born in Los Angeles who batted/threw left-handed


Fred Lynn both outfielders who played for the San Diego Padres in the same year.

[Tacosaregood/metsguy234]

Fred McGriff

[josh24]

Lou Gehrig(both with 493 HR).

[ryors]

Lou Gehrig(both with 493 HR).

Cal Ripken Jr. (both held/hold the major league baseball record for consecutive games played)

[gojays]

Billy Ripken

[Francoeurstein]

Cal Ripken Sr.

[ryors]

Cal Ripken Sr.

Billy Hunter... both Hunter and Ripken Sr. coached third base for the Orioles.

[Francoeurstein]

Brian Hunter

[stejay]

rickey henderson.....
succeeded him as AL stolen bases champion in 1998
preceeded him as AL stolen bases champion in 1999

[gojays]

Lou Brock...
Preceded him as the Greatest.

[stejay]

..broke Maury Wills' single season record for stolen bases

[ryors]

Maury Wills is connected to Don Zimmer.


They were both team mates on the World Champion 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers.

Maury split time with Zimmer at shortstop that season....

By the way, Zimmer hit a blistering .165 that year......

[stejay]

....was coach under Joe Torre for 4 WS wins.

[gojays]

Joe Torre's hitting coach on the Yankees and Dodgers was Don Mattingly.

[ryors]

Joe Torre's hitting coach on the Yankees and Dodgers was Don Mattingly.

Don Mattingly is connected to Tony Gwynn because each won the 1984 batting title in their respective leagues.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/donMatt.jpg

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/Gwynn2.jpg

[stejay]

....had his first hit off....
Sid Monge

[ryors]

....had his first hit off....
Sid Monge

Gwynn and Monge were also teammates on the '83 Padres....

Sid Monge is connected to Roy Smalley as members of the 1979 American League All-Star Team.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/sidmonge.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/roysmalley.jpg

[ryors]

Since we have hit a lul in the thread.... here is an attempt to revive it.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/roysmalley.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/GeneMauch.jpg

Roy Smalley is connected to Gene Mauch..... Gene is Roy's uncle.

[west coast orange and black]

billy martin

both mauch and martin had time between managerial stints with a team.
mauch - angels
martin - yankees

[turiansky]

Mickey Mantle got loaded with Billy Martin.

[west coast orange and black]

joe dimaggio

it was dimaggio's position that mantle took over after the retirement of the yankee clipper.

[gojays]

In 1941, Dimaggio and Ted Williams both achieved records that have not been duplicated since.

[ryors]

Ted Williams is linked to Albert Belle.....

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/a_williams_spt.jpg http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa111/ryors/p1_belle_pensinger2_medium.jpg

Each homered in their last at bat.