What happened to Ben Grieve?

011873 · Nov 18, 2009

Was reading an article about this "phenom" from 1997 and wondered what happened to this guy?

He was off the charts in the minors and then had 4 plus very good or better years and then poof, off the face of the earth.

Wasnt like he was a Kevin Maas or Shane Spencer, this guy was mega touted and a first rounder too.

Because how fast he fell off, makes you wonder if he was doing anything fishy.

Gwynn545 · Nov 18, 2009

Calling Hallsgator....Alert...Alert...

Pinbreaker · Nov 18, 2009

There are several players that are highly touted and some get the call to play at the Major league level and some never make it and retire as a minor league player..

From Wikipedia.org

Grieve is currently out of baseball and living in Dallas with his wife and children. He was briefly referenced in a March 2009 Sports Illustrated article titled "How (and Why) Athletes Go Broke

19braves77 · Nov 18, 2009

I remember very vividly having Mr Grieve sign 18 cards one time during that 1996 season while letting Magglio Ordonez and Mike Cameron walked right by me. So I have 2 Cameron signed card and 1 Magglio while I have close to 40 Ben's. Oh the stories of minor league graphing.

1995BBRefractorGuy · Nov 18, 2009

I have some 1995 Bowman's Best Ben Grieve Refractors that I would let go for the most they used to sell for ...$250.00!

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