During the rain delay in Boston Sunday I passed the time looking at Ron Villone's baseball-reference.com page and was astonished at the many great players he played with during his journeyman career. Hence, this week's Insider, which is my compilation of his All-Star team of former teammates with his thoughts.
Since I gave him the option of subbing some players onto the list that I may have missed, I did not include any of his current Yankees teammates, thinking that would be unfair for him to compare them to others he has played with. So here's our list, with his memories of his time with each player, and a few other notables.
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That was great - I had never thought about how he's been around the league in terms of teams and years. It made me want to look at Randy Johnson, and go through a list of his teammates, but he is probably too much of a shwantz to actually sit with and get a similar story out of. To note, I am really bored at work:
1B Galarraga (Expos '88-89)
2B Biggio (Astros '98)
SS Vizquel (Mariners '89-93)
3B Williams (D-backs '99-03)
OF Walker (Expos '89)
OF Raines (Expos '88-89)
OF Griffey Jr (Mariners '89-98)
DH Edgar Martinez (Mariners '89-98)
P Dennis Martinez (Expos '88-89)
P Schilling (D-backs '00-04)
RP Wagner (Astros (98)
Also:
Bagwell (Astros '98)
Nixon (Expos '88)
Gossage (Mariners '94)
Thigpen (Mariners '94)
Charlton (Mariners '93,95-97)
Nettles (Expos '88-89)
Grace (D-backs '01-03)
Mitchell (Mariners '92)
Coleman (Mariners '95)
I enjoyed this article very much. Villone's selections have seemed to rub off on him. He always takes the ball and gives a good accounting of himself. He may have journey man status which is sometimes look down upon but someone always wanted him in the mix. Played for some great teams.