As a kid who was your first baseball hero?

Question

Lets see how old you are haha.

Mine was Ken Griffey Jr. I sort of loved him. It was incredibly painful when he no longer wanted to be in Seattle. Anyway, he's still one of my favorite players ever along with Edgar Martinez and Mike Cameron.

Answer 1

I was partial to lou gehrig after seeing the pride of the yankees movie with my father on t.v. one day.That converted me into a yankee fan and I became a fan of Reggie Jackson and Thurman Munson.I even had the autographed Reggie Jackson mitt,and I took in Reggie bars for my birthday to give to my classmates.

Answer 2

my first baseball hero would have to be

mark mcguire. i grew up when he was breaking the home run record. and i can remember when they made big mac land. and we would go to micky d's and get us a big mac ever time he hit a home run there. and i remember when he broke the record. we got the suviner baseballs at mcdonalds. i still have them. i was probably about 10 then. so he was all over the news and stuff then, so he was my favorite. and of course i am a huge cardinals fan. i also remember like mike matheny, and edgar renteria, and jd drew, woody willams and all those guys.

now my baseball hero would probably be, ozzie smith. he was amazing. and albert pujols. he's awsome too. an di am huge jim edmonds fan. there is no one better. he is just awesome. some of the playes he makes are just amazing.

Answer 3

Micky Mantle of the Yankees and Tom Seaver of the Mets, hey Im 47.

Answer 4

George Hendricks

Answer 5

First one, would have to be Cal Ripken, Jr. I grew up an O's fan. But my other favorite player was Jeff Bagwell, I loved that guy, I have like 15 different rookie cards and all that.

Answer 6

Definitley Tony Gwynn. Growing up in San Diego, I loved Tony Gwynn. I also like Ken Caminiti when I got older (that of course was before he died from steroid use).

Answer 7

Wheeze cough cough. Well, young whippersnapper, my first hero was Mickey Mantle. The Mick. I was 8 I guess, something like that, and I didn't know any better and I thought he INVENTED switch hitting. Cleverest guy in the world I thought, and a dang good player, too.

Now, after all these years, he's still my hero. Super good at baseball, good image for kids, a real live guy who drank and liked women, and like all good heroes, vulnerable Achilles heel. He died ashamed of his .298 lifetime average. He thought it should have been .300. Touch of sadness that makes me love the man.

Answer 8

Torii Hunter

Answer 9

David Ortiz

Answer 10

Mickey Mantel and Hank Arron