Can you name some obscure All-Star players from the past?

[RNCoyote]

Carlos Garcia in 93 or 94

 

[RNCoyote]

Aaron crow for my royals

That one surprised me. I saw him pitch in double-A Royals club as a starter and completely blew. The following year he made the team out of spring training AND All-Star team

 

[SamHell]

Roger Pavlik - Rangers in 1996.[/QUOTE]
Have not heard that name in a while. Johnny Grubb in 1974.

 

[MrMet]

Jim Hickman. Was in one of the most famous plays in All Star history! No cheating! Do not google it. 99.999% of you will have no clue without cheating. One of my favorite trivia questions of all time.

Besides being the first Met to hit for the cycle and he hit the last homer at the Polo Grounds, he also had a hand in a rose of a play at the All Star game . But who made the throw from the outfield to Fosse? Oops, did I give it away?

 

[Slette]

Tim Laudner in 88 for the Twins

 

[chompsmcgee]

Lahair was a good mention. Less than a year after ASG he's banished to Japan.

Very happy for Salvador Perez. Sad that some fans are oblivious of one of the best backstops in baseball.

 

[jszczech]

Ron Coomer had to be a Twins all-star in the late 90's ...

Thats the first name I thought of when I saw the topic. I think he made it in either 98 or 99.

 

[hive17]

This thread proves why every team does NOT deserve a representative on the team.

 

[Brewer Andy]

Almost as impressive as the list of "THAT guy was a rookie of the year?"

 

[hive17]

Almost as impressive as the list of "THAT guy was a rookie of the year?"

We already know you're going to bring up Pat Listach...

 

[chompsmcgee]

Almost as impressive as the list of "THAT guy was a rookie of the year?"

^^^ done

Pat Listach

ASU pride.

 

[markakis8]

Awesome list. I smiled at the mentions of Ken Harvey, Lance Carter, and Tim Laudner.

 

[Brewer Andy]

We already know you're going to bring up Pat Listach...

I was thinking Bob Hamelin first. Listach is too obvious lol

 

[AmishDave]

I was thinking Bob Hamelin first. Listach is too obvious lol

Met Listach, Cal Eldred & Doug Henry after the '91 or 92 season, up in Superior. Great folks, from what I can recall

 

[Brewer Andy]

Met Listach, Cal Eldred & Doug Henry after the '91 or 92 season, up in Superior. Great folks, from what I can recall

Doug Henry was definitely good people. He drove an hour out to my buddy's house back in the day to look at his memorabilia collection and hang out for a couple of hours. Super down to earth guy at the time

 

[RITM]

Listach managed the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx once upon a time. Spoke with him on several occasions. Great guy.

 

[Greg Cleveland]

Came to Eau Claire for an autograph signing in the Fall after winning the ROY. That was a big deal back then! Nobody comes to EC anymore. We got bypassed for Twins Winter Caravan last year!

 

[byronscott4ever]

Tim Laudner in 88 for the Twins

Coomer came to mind for me as I forgot about this one. TK picked him and I seem to recall he had a good game and Steinbach was MVP

 

[jdowg84]

This always makes me think of the 2001 All-Star Game, where half the AL team was from the Mariners.

John Olerud??? Really???

 

[jdowg84]

I would also add Bret Boone (multiple times), but his 2001 season was freaking phenomenal.