Former big name Reds players - You don't remember

[ColonelCrazy]

How about Mark Wohlers? He was a flame thrower in Atlanta. I think Chipper Jones was sleeping with his wife & Wohlers was unable to throw a strike. From what I recall, he came to Cincinnati and did fairly well.

 

Wohlers had the fastest clocked fastball until Joel Zumaya broke the record fairly recently.

[CincySportsFan]

How about Mark Wohlers? He was a flame thrower in Atlanta. I think Chipper Jones was sleeping with his wife & Wohlers was unable to throw a strike. From what I recall, he came to Cincinnati and did fairly well.

 

Wohlers had the fastest clocked fastball until Joel Zumaya broke the record fairly recently.

 

I think he had Steve Blass disease...same thing that affected Steve Sax, Chuck Knoblauch and Mackey Sasser.

[The Scribe]

Buddy Bell

Bill Gullickson

Terry Francona

Leon Durham

Manny Trillo

Juan Samuel

[The Scribe]

I think he had Steve Blass disease...same thing that affected Steve Sax, Chuck Knoblauch and Mackey Sasser.

Chuck Knoblauch connected with his wife last week. Got arrested for domestic assault.

[John Anthony]

Russell the muscle Branyan

Brady Clark

 

Fan favorites..

[the mathemagician]

Eric Milton

 

.... Still leaves a sour taste

[the mathemagician]

A trio of pretty good closers:

 

Trevor Hoffman

Lee Smith

Jeff Brantley

[super]

Tony Cloninger,a longtime starter for the Braves in the 60's,Pitch for the Reds in the early 70's.

[LRCW]

A trio of pretty good closers:

 

Trevor Hoffman

Lee Smith

Jeff Brantley

 

 

Hoffman was in the Reds farm system, but never played for the Reds.

[ColonelCrazy]

Eric Milton

 

.... Still leaves a sour taste

 

I got to meet Dave Dombrowski (GM, President, et al. of the Detroit Tigers) shortly after they won the World Series. I was privileged to actually go into his office & meet with him for a short time before the Tigers played the Cardinals in a World Series rematch of the year before.

 

I told him that Cincinnati had a "well-kept secret named Eric Milton" that he should pursue.

 

He responded, "You know, it's funny you say that. I was just talking to John Allen the other day. With a contract like that, I think Milton is going to remain a well-kept secret in Cincinnati for a LONG time."

 

I tried my best.

[ckshockey]

What about the Boomer, David Wells?

[NEERFAN]

Ruben Sierra, Frank Viola, Juan Guzman.

[Clyde]

Three Fingers Brown

[NEERFAN]

Rick Mahler - Will forever be a Brave in my mind, but spent two years in Cincinnati, and was on their championship team in '90.

 

Did he ever look odd without that beard?

[Clyde]

For those that remember the 75 Series, Bernie Carbo.