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A game....
See if you can get 30 points, if you can, you are a better man than I!
One guess per clue. First time the correct player is guessed is the points received....

Who Am I?

First Player
10 points- I was a 20/20 guy in 2005
9 points- Haven't done that before or since
8 points- I'm 5 letters from being Gay
7 points- I hate Citi Field
6 points- Soon, I may meet Dr. Frasier Crane
5 points- I suck at home run hitting contests
4 points- Joey Votto and I have something in common
3 points- I loved Fenway
2 points- My last name envelops McCovey Cove
1 point- Otis Redding couldn't have had the hit, 'Sitting at the Dock of the BAY', without my last name

Second Player
10 points- Shea loves Me
9 points- My last name is common
8 points- I only know one team
7 points- Only once did I play less than 100 games, so screw you!
6 points- Skip said my name best
5 points- I have something in common with Mantle and Teixeira, but I'm not a Yankee
4 points- Hi, I'm Larry and this is my brother Daryl, and my other brother Daryl
3 points- Has anybody seen my rocking chair?
2 points- Smoltz, Glavine, and Maddux may beat me, but I'll see them there
1 point- LARRRRRRRRRYYY! LARRRRRRRRYY! LARRRRRRRRYY!

Third Player
10 points- I'll be going to my fifth team this year
9 points- Don't call me Ray
8 points- I didn't play Major League Baseball till I was 27
7 points- Nobody drafted me in fantasy baseball till a couple of years ago
6 points- Because 'it was there'
5 points- People snicker when I face Wang
4 points- So, I told Ivan, 'quit throwing the ball back so hard! It registers faster on Juggs than when I threw it to you!'
3 points- Cy Young would probably chuckle
2 points- I'll never be a Tommy John 'donor'
1 point- Syndergaard and D'Arnaud? And they make fun of my name?


I know you've probably got the names, but just in case....

Jason Bay
Chipper Jones
R.A. Dickey

A Little Tougher version of
Who Am I......

Who Am I?
10 points- I play outfield
9 points- I've only played for one team
8 points- I have the same number of letters in both my first and last names
7 points- I batted anywhere from first to eighth in the lineup my first couple of years
6 points- The guy that has hit behind me most of the time shares his first name with a former tennis and wrestling great
5 points- Note to self- Don't date during baseball season
4 points- Yeah, I was taken number one overall in NFBC drafts
3 points- I missed a 40/40 season by one stinking home run
2 points- Our ownership contains a little 'Magic'
1 point- Vin Scully says, 'I move gracefully under an azure blue sky

Who Am I?
10 points- I was an outfielder
9 points - I played mostly for one team
8 points- I have the same number of letters in my nickname and last name
7 points- I was born over 100 years ago
6 points- I was the first baseball player to hire a physical trainer
5 points- My lifetime batting average was .342
4 points- But, nobody talks about that
3 points- My name was used as a 'password' for GI's during World War II
2 points- I was thrown out trying to steal second base to end a World Series
1 point- - I'll never know if I could have struck me out

Who Am I?
10 points- I play outfield
9 points- I'm underpaid
8 points- I played in the AFL, and sucked
7 points- Something's fishy
6 points- I hit more home runs last year than I ever did in the minors
5 points- Springsteen and I have something in common
4 points- I share the same first name as the MVP of the American League, sorta
3 points- Our first baseman had a 'crappy year' and had 15 more extra base hits than me
2 points- Like Ryan Braun, I'll go from almost nothing to first round in one year
1 point- And like Braun, they'll be fishing for me near the top of NFBC drafts this year


Answers:
Matt Kemp
Babe Ruth
Mike Trout

A few have written to me asking for more...

Who Am I?

10. I'm 29
9. Last year ended a 4 year streak of leading my league in a category
8. I hang out on a corner
7. My lifetime batting average is .235
6. That's higher than my last three seasons of batting average
5. WHIFF!
4. In 2009, I stole 24 bases
3. 2010-2012, I stole 14
2. This year, I join a new Tribe
1. If I didn't miss so much, my nickname could be 'Reynolds Rap'

Who Am I?

10. Believe it or not, next year will be my 11th season.
9. I've been drafted in the first round of fantasy drafts before
8. I played for the same team nine years
7. Now, I'll see my third team in three years
6. I've been called a 'difference maker'
5. I've been called judy
4. Between 2006-08, I hit 47 homers
3. Over half the number in my career
2. I had the Wright Stuff
1. Now, I'm Blue Jay Jose


The answers are:
Mark Reynolds and Jose Reyes