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The A's that Time Forgot
2006-02-07 21:21
by Ken Arneson

I recently browsed through the A's rosters of the last ten years, and found 14 players in the last decade that I have absolutely no recollection of them ever appearing in an A's uniform.

Most of them were from 1996-98, which makes sense, because (a) there have been plenty of time for those brain cells to evaporate, (b) the A's weren't very good in those years, and (c) I was working about 100 hours a week in them crazy dot-com days, so who had time to pay close attention to anything important like baseball?

Some of the names are familiar to me, but I don't remember them playing in Oakland. Here's the list:

For a sec, I thought I remembered watching Tim Kubinski, but then I realized I was thinking about the guy who married a monkey.

Anybody remember these guys?

What players have you forgotten from your favorite team? Or is that like asking what you look like in a mirror with your eyes closed?

Comments
2006-02-07 23:03:33
1.   deadteddy8
Jalal Leach
http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leachja01.shtml

Chris Brock
http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brockch01.shtml

Bronswell Patrick
http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/patribr01.shtml

Dan Peltier
http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/peltida01.shtml

I not only don't remember these guys playing for my team, I don't remember ever hearing/reading those guys' names anywhere.

2006-02-08 09:44:25
2.   Ken Arneson
I remember Jalal Leach. Cute story about a long-time minor leaguer finally getting his cup of coffee a couple years ago.
2006-02-08 17:10:58
3.   das411
I actually have Paul Fletcher's autograph, I got to meet him along with a boatload of other Phillies pitchers at spring training 1994. Fletcher's autograph was just a little overshadowed by my getting Lenny Dykstra's on the same baseball that day.

You might want to go ask the Dodger Thoughts crew what they know about Torey Lovullo...

1 - Chris Brock was a big part of the Phils' rotation for a couple of years. He was supposed to be the next Mike Grace.

Didn't Jalal Leach play Steve Urkel?

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