Worst personality in baseball .....

[OldEnglishD]

With all the Terrell Owens crud going on in the NFL, it makes me wonder who is baseball's T.O. ? I know that no one is on par with that dofus; but MLB still has it's cancers.

So, who's worst (please limit this thread to players, and leave out the Seligs, Steinbrenners, etc.)

[Mr. Met]

Kevin Brown comes to mind.

[runningshoes]

A.J. Pierzynski

Mods..He's safe at home. You can close this thread.

[Mattingly]

Since Brown was already mentioned, I'd say that Barry Bonds qualifies. In the past, I'd have added John Rocker and Albert Belle.

Too bad that Kenny Rogers doesn't quite have the finesse of the "Lady Love" crooner, since his showing no lover to cameramen (in a Sean Penn (actor) kind of way), makes him a current MLB bad-boy.

[runningshoes]

^^^^^^As soon as either one of them plants a knee in his trainers groin, I'll nominate him as well.

Until then, i'm sticking with A.J.

[ndistops]

Pierzynski and Bonds. In that order.

(Yes, I just said AJP is worse than Bonds. What's wrong with me? )

[runningshoes]

Originally Posted by Mattingly

Too bad that Kenny Rogers doesn't quite have the finesse of the "Lady Love" crooner, since his showing no lover to cameramen (in a Sean Penn (actor) kind of way), makes him a current MLB bad-boy.

I can understand pushing a degenerate camera man around; I've worked with many over the years, but phyisically abusing a member of my own organization?

Bonds is a goof, no question about it, but I don't think he's a sociopath, which I would definatley define as a persoality disorder.

[Dasperp]

Jeff Kent. He has fought with teammates everywhere he's gone.

[E.Banks#14]

How about this then? http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/s...=ESPNHeadlines

Maybe more like O.J. to the NFL...

[plask_stirlac]

Or his compatriot, Milton Bradley.

[runningshoes]

Originally Posted by E.Banks#14

How about this then?

Revenge doesn't count, guys.

[AnaheimAngelsFan]

P - Kevin Brown
C - AJ Pierzynski
1B -
2B- Jeff Kent
SS - David Eckstein (just kidding)
3B -
LF - Barry Bonds
CF -
RF - Milton Bradley

[steveox]

Reggie Jackson.. Reggie dont like following orders from a manager or from the owner. Just like billy martin told reggie to swing away he wanted to bunt. So reggie bunted and cause a big fight in the dugout at fenway. Remember that?

[ElCaminoSS]

rex hudler

[Brian McKenna]

Originally Posted by steveox

Reggie Jackson.. Reggie dont like following orders from a manager or from the owner. Just like billy martin told reggie to swing away he wanted to bunt. So reggie bunted and cause a big fight in the dugout at fenway. Remember that?

if we're talking the past - rogers hornsby has to be up there

[Go Bravos!!!#1]

oh you all have to get good ol' Rickey Henderson on there. I love that story about he and John Olerud.

[Zito75]

Originally Posted by Go Bravos!!!#1

oh you all have to get good ol' Rickey Henderson on there. I love that story about he and John Olerud.

Yes! Love the story about Ricky & Olerud as well. It always makes a great ice breaker.

Worst personality ever? Here's a few:

Ty Cobb- No explanation needed. He hated EVERYONE.
AJ Pierzynski- He's not nearly as good as he thinks he is.
Barry Bonds- Also hates everyone, including himself.
Rafael Palmeiro- Lying is the worst personality trait, IMO.
Donald Fehr- Just plain annoying.
Bud Selig- Needs to get a real job.

[Looping Line Drive]

Here's my first post.

Here's a hypothetical...
You're stuck on a desserted Isle ,and you have to have 3 of the players mentioned in this thread with you on the Isle.
Who do you pick to have with you?

[MyDogSparty]

Originally Posted by Go Bravos!!!#1

oh you all have to get good ol' Rickey Henderson on there. I love that story about he and John Olerud.

I've never heard it, what's the story?

[DownUnderDodger]

All depends who the media want to denegrate at the time - after all most of the crap that come out about any player in any sport is media generated, so we are the ones who chose to believe what we read. I know in watching Sports Center fairly regularly that T.O. is a favourite in NFL. Seems that Bonds is the Baseball favourite, and, despite the occasional "big story" such as Sosa's corked bat, it always seems to return to Bonds.

[trosmok]

I hereby nominate Doug "Mendoza line" Mientkiewicz. Almost $4mil. for a bench riding free agent, who was poison in Minnesota, was traded to the Red Sox and seemed to blossom. Then after the World Series, he started with that "Boston isn't big enough for the both of us at first..." on his platoon role with the team. In '05 with the Mets he fussed about being benched, but was hitting a whopping .208 at the time, his SLG% about the same, not exactly what you need from a power position.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Originally Posted by MyDogSparty

I've never heard it, what's the story?

When Henderson was with the Mets, I believe, with Olerud as a teammate, he noticed Olerud would wear a helmet on the field. He remarked how he used to have a teammate in Toronto who did that very same thing. The teammate in Toronto being Olerud, of course.

Flake? Sure. Bad personality? I wouldn't think so.

[KCGHOST]

This "award" should be named after Dick Allen and awarded annually.

[runningshoes]

Originally Posted by KCGHOST

This "award" should be named after Dick Allen and awarded annually.

Would we call it the "D*ck H**d" Award?

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[Mattingly]

Originally Posted by DownUnderDodger

I know in watching Sports Center fairly regularly that T.O. is a favourite in NFL.

In all my discussions here, I never thought for *ONCE* that I'd see anyone remotely as bad as $cott Bora$, much less anyone who'd make me think that Bora$ could possibly look charming (shudder the thought) next to someone else. Along comes Drew Rosenhaus, T.O.'s agent, who decides that since his client's $49m/7 yr deal is "chump change", to use his own words, he should be allowed to belittle the QB who'd helped get them to the Super Bowl, get into arguments, fights with a team's retired "ambassador", and belittle the organization itself as having "no class" for not honoring him for being the 6th guy in the NFL getting 100 TD passes.

"Ballistic" doesn't describe the word I'd use if any MLB player ever tried that one. As bad as Bora$ is in getting amped-up, overpriced long-term deals (A-Rod, Chan Ho Park, Beltran, etc), I've never seen him resort to anything that bizarre.

Terrell's just lucky that his playing field is a 100-yd gridiron, rather than a diamond with a 9-man team, 16 others either pitching, in the pen or bench. No way baseball would ever tolerate that nonsense, and even the Philly Eagles aren't, despite the "out there" personas by T.O., Randy Moss, Keyshawn Johnson.