How can anyone not love Roberto Clemente? No list of Pirates favorites would be legit without Clemente. Same "no-brainer" category as Tony Gwynn.
Willie Stargell was the first (non-Padres) player I remember being a fan of. I got the chance to meet him in the late '80s. He was friendly and ridiculously generous with his time and signature. Somewhere I have a 1983 Fleer card autographed by him. It will be donated to the 83 Fleer Project as soon as I find it. The '79 World Series was the first World Series that I remember watching. We are Family, me and Pops.
Mike LaValliere... Come on! Spanky! Gotta love him! If Bonds didn't have such a rag arm, Bream was OUT!!!
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love the floating heads
you are right about clemente.
the 79 series was the first one i remember not including the dodgers, as i started watching in 77. i do recall that the final game of the series pre-empted a very special episode of '8 is enough' (the one where adam rich burns down the house). i hated that earl weaver was making so many pitching changes!
Seeing Spanky LaValliere on there with the old Pops and Clemente is pure genuius.
I loved Spanky when he was on the White Sox! I remember seeing him hit an inside the park home run with the Sox, but I can't find evidence to support that.
My favorite memory of Spanky as a White Sox was a segment on Fox when he showed that he spray painted his bald spot with that fake hair stuff. I miss him.
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