If you could eat lunch with one Major League Baseball Player - Page 2

Duncan Idaho · 08-26-2003, 02:51 PM

I would want to eat lunch with Nolan Ryan.

woody5254 · 08-26-2003, 03:05 PM

Bernie Williams.

Don Zimmer would be fun too, if we can include coaches

JerseyPride · 08-26-2003, 04:49 PM

No questions asked George Steinbrenner. I pick him just so I could spend a million bux on the food.. and then convince him to buy the restuarant that we go to, because it will be a good way to use his money. Just like it was a good way to use money trading for Jessie Orosco and then trading him a month later. After you realizing he is probably going to die soon.

JerseyPride · 08-26-2003, 04:50 PM

Now player I'd like to have dinner with would be Derek Jeter. He seems like a cool guy and seems very down to earth. Plus, you know a million girls would be around him, and that never hurts.

Gastric ReFlux · 08-26-2003, 04:55 PM

Hideki Matsui, so I could ask him about the impact he is having.

JerseyPride · 08-26-2003, 05:12 PM

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Hideki Matsui, so I could ask him about the impact he is having.

In that case you might have to bring along the guy who translates everything he says. Or else he would be going on and on and you would be shaking your head thinking "Why the hell did I want to eat with him!"

Gastric ReFlux · 08-26-2003, 05:17 PM

Everyone speaks English.

scoobz0202 · 08-26-2003, 05:28 PM

Ken Griffey Jr.

Specs · 08-26-2003, 05:35 PM

I'd have to say Cecil Fielder so that I'd see if he could eat everything mentioned in the Lunch thread -- in one sitting. 3-1 says he can.

In all honesty? My dad once brought me to a charity thing where he paid $200 so that he and I could eat with, among other Red Sox, Mo Vaughn and John Valentin. As I was on of the only kids there (this was about 6-8 years ago), I was seated next to Big Mo, and he was the nicest guy. I ate dinner with Roger Clemens in Subway in New Hampshire when I was 7, though, and he was nothing but great to me. I've forgiven him completely, and even for a fleeting moment considered becoming a Blue Jays fan in 1996... but have never considered becoming a Yankee fan.

If I could have lunch with anyone connected with sports, it would probably be Bill James or maybe Bill Simmons.

Anyone in history, it would have to be JFK, Teddy Ballgame, Sam Adams, and Russell, the Bengali guy who owns the local Kwik-E-Mart equivalent... because he's awesome.

BondsForever · 08-26-2003, 06:54 PM

Easy, Barry Bonds

jaxmagicman · 08-26-2003, 11:45 PM

I would love to eat lunch with Barry Bonds. If it could be him, Pete Rose and Turk Wendell I don't think lunch would ever end.

Skipaway · 08-27-2003, 12:53 AM

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Originally posted by ctorg

Mike Piazza seems like a cool guy to hang out with, but he might take the lunch to be more than just a lunch, if you know what I mean.

I am not as sure about his gay rumors as you are.

Gastric ReFlux · 05-05-2005, 11:06 AM

Bartolo Colon.

CommishJoe · 05-05-2005, 11:22 AM

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Bartolo Colon.

ugh, I see GR is having another boring day at work. Bumping a thread from 2003, and not even a very good one at that.

Gastric ReFlux · 05-05-2005, 11:30 AM

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ugh, I see GR is having another boring day at work. Bumping a thread from 2003, and not even a very good one at that.

So there are no ballplayers you might entertain the idea of chowing down with them, or you forgot to block outgoing passive-aggressiveness with the firewall on the new computer?

TheRockCT · 05-05-2005, 11:40 AM

I guess it would depend what I felt like eating:

*If it were a 15 lb. burger I'd say Moo Vaughn, although I wouldn't get any of it.
*If it were country cookin' I would John Rocker just to see what he'd say to the waiter/waitress.
*If it were oriental food, I would like to hang with Ichiro.
*If it were Mexican food, I would not hang out with Jose Lima.
*If it were Italian, it would be Mike Piazza - although I'd sit across the room.
*If it were just me and a few baseball guys hanging out drinking some juice, it'd be Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Jose Canseco.

UngratefulDead · 05-05-2005, 11:46 AM

Curt Schilling so I could talk him into playing OOTP.

Jason Schmidt because he seems like a really cool guy.

Craig Counsell because he's ****ing awesome.

tim_uwrf · 05-05-2005, 11:49 AM

Damnit. I read like half of them when I realized that this was an old thread. It was when I saw Specs avatar I realized it...I was gonna make fun of whoever said Ted Williams since it would be hard to eat a lunch with him today.

Luis_Rivera · 05-05-2005, 11:50 AM

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Curt Schilling so I could talk him into playing OOTP.

He does play... or at least has. On SOSH (Red Sox message board) there were a few guys that set up an online league over the offseason and he was a GM (of the Phillies, no less) but backed out when ST hit.

tim_uwrf · 05-05-2005, 11:55 AM

Maybe he posts here. That would kick ass. He always has been one of my favorite active pitchers.

08-26-2003, 02:51 PM	#21
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08-26-2003, 03:05 PM	#22
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08-26-2003, 04:49 PM	#23
JerseyPride All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dirtay Jerzey Posts: 951	No questions asked George Steinbrenner. I pick him just so I could spend a million bux on the food.. and then convince him to buy the restuarant that we go to, because it will be a good way to use his money. Just like it was a good way to use money trading for Jessie Orosco and then trading him a month later. After you realizing he is probably going to die soon. __________________ "I guess you could call the Yanks my daddys." -Pedro Martinez

08-26-2003, 04:50 PM	#24
JerseyPride All Star Reserve Join Date: May 2003 Location: Dirtay Jerzey Posts: 951	Now player I'd like to have dinner with would be Derek Jeter. He seems like a cool guy and seems very down to earth. Plus, you know a million girls would be around him, and that never hurts. __________________ "I guess you could call the Yanks my daddys." -Pedro Martinez

08-26-2003, 11:45 PM	#31
jaxmagicman Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Retired defloration-maker living in Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 7,801	I would love to eat lunch with Barry Bonds. If it could be him, Pete Rose and Turk Wendell I don't think lunch would ever end. __________________ See ID Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Minor League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with the permission of Minor League Baseball. All rights reserved.

08-26-2003, 04:55 PM	#25
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Hideki Matsui, so I could ask him about the impact he is having.

08-26-2003, 05:17 PM	#27
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Everyone speaks English.

08-26-2003, 05:28 PM	#28
scoobz0202 All Star Reserve Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Celina, Ohio Posts: 969	Ken Griffey Jr.

08-26-2003, 06:54 PM	#30
BondsForever Minors (Single A) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Milpitas, CA Posts: 52	Easy, Barry Bonds

05-05-2005, 11:06 AM	#33
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Bartolo Colon.

05-05-2005, 11:40 AM	#36
TheRockCT All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: TN Posts: 1,083	I guess it would depend what I felt like eating: If it were a 15 lb. burger I'd say Moo Vaughn, although I wouldn't get any of it. If it were country cookin' I would John Rocker just to see what he'd say to the waiter/waitress. If it were oriental food, I would like to hang with Ichiro. If it were Mexican food, I would not hang out with Jose Lima. If it were Italian, it would be Mike Piazza - although I'd sit across the room. If it were just me and a few baseball guys hanging out drinking some juice, it'd be Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Jose Canseco. __________________ GM, Vermont Emperor Penguins - POTD POTD Champions: 2011, 2012, 2013 GM, Monterrey Aztecs* - NABA *NABA Champions: 2013

05-05-2005, 11:46 AM	#37
UngratefulDead Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 3,415	Curt Schilling so I could talk him into playing OOTP. Jason Schmidt because he seems like a really cool guy. Craig Counsell because he's ****ing awesome.

05-05-2005, 11:49 AM	#38
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	Damnit. I read like half of them when I realized that this was an old thread. It was when I saw Specs avatar I realized it...I was gonna make fun of whoever said Ted Williams since it would be hard to eat a lunch with him today.

05-05-2005, 11:55 AM	#40
tim_uwrf Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Field of Dreams Posts: 1,998	Maybe he posts here. That would kick ass. He always has been one of my favorite active pitchers.