Players You Just Don't Like?

[lambeauleap87]

After an experience in Spring Traning today, I was wondering: are there any players you just don't like for personal reasons? I have two...

Indians UT Jason Donald - At a AAA Columbus Clippers game, he signed autographs once in the half dozen or so games I'd been there...a little boy, probably six years old, asked him to sign a ball and a hat for him. Donald blew up on the kid, telling him he was a spoiled brat and all that good stuff. Yeah, don't like him.

Twins 1B/C Joe Mauer - Voted Pro Sports' Nicest Athlete by ESPN the Magazine a few years ago, I expected him to be cool. Thus when we asked him for autographs throughout the day and he said "Later" I thought he might come through...instead, he blew us all off to record some Russian/Taiwan/Spanish TM promos and an interview with some Japanese reports, saying he wasn't going to sign. Put him on the bad guy list.

Anyone you just don't like?

[SutterRodney]

kevin youkilis

[remdawg1997]

Come on dude, we can't decide to like a player or not depending on if you sign an autograph. They're major league baseball players, they are not payed to do this. They have a lot more important thing to worry about. However, I do agree with your first example. It would be awful to blow up on a kid like that.

[nephinfan]

Shane Victorino
Bartolo Colon
Jose Lima
Ozzie Guillen

[remdawg1997]

Oh and I've never really liked Joba Chamberlain.

[ETSC]

Arroyo, Greene, and Man Ram. Long haired hippies shouldn't be allowed in baseball.

J/K...kind of.

[Bjsportscards77]

kevin youkilis

LOL i knew as soon as i saw the title of this thread, that youk would be mentioned.... i never liked Gary Sheffield....

[27andcounting]

josh beckett

[jusdukky]

Scott Cousins for his cheap and dirty hit on Buster Posey last year.

[remdawg1997]

LOL i knew as soon as i saw the title of this thread, that youk would be mentioned.... i never liked Gary Sheffield....

Haha, yah he isn't exactly the most popular guy out there. I actually like him, but it easy to undertand where his critics are coming from.

[MadHandle11]

Mark Teixeria has a major case of douche-face.

[Bjsportscards77]

i also have to say as a Red sox fan i strongly dislike these two players : JD drew and John lackey. I disliked them before they signed in boston, and now even more

[monkeymcgee]

Kent Hrbek. I was a Braves fan as a kid and I'm still bitter about his little wrestling move at first base.

For the same WS, Charlie Leibrandt.

[monkeymcgee]

Mark Teixeria has a major case of douche-face.

I was looking through some cards the other day and couldn't decide who won the douche-face off between Alex Gordon and Bryce Harper.

[Cardsfan08]

Brandon Phillips pisses me off

[danimal875]

Paul O'Neill
Raul Ibanez
Kevin Youkilis

Basically any super serious hothead player who think winning a baseball game is the cure for cancer.

[soxfanintx]

kevin youkilis

I love Youk. But I can totally understand why all non-Red Sox fans don't :)

Modern day players are for the most part just too likable. Take the modern Yankees for example. Its hard to hate guys like Rivera. I hate his game and his ability, but as a player...he's just classy.

When I was a kid I remember truly hating the Yankees players. Probably because my Dad, Grandfather, and Uncle all hated them too, but there were some real A-holes on those 70's Yankees teams; Piniella, Chambliss, Jackson, Rivers, Munson (rest his soul).

Now on the other hand, the Red Sox fielded a team of some of the classiest gentlemen ever to don cleats :D

http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff426/soxfanintx/carlton-fisk-signed-photo-fight-with-munson-8x10-196-t927759-500.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff426/soxfanintx/fisk01.jpg

[jsmitty7]

Jason Kubel
no idea why, just shifty looking lol

[mgugs46]

Bryce Harper

[GoMuskies22]

Yadier Molina pisses me off.

[ufcwecfan]

Michael fulmer. He stalked my boxes of 2011 Draft. I hate that shithead!

[220sports]

In my 19 years of working in professional baseball, only 2 players stand out as major A-holes. Keep in mind, if you work on the inside, 99.99% of players are really cool. Even the cocky ones as long as you work with the team closely. The two that stand out are Danny Clyburn and Drew Henson. Danny Clyburn pinned me up against a locker and threatened to steal my PlayStation because I lost one of his socks. Needless to say the whole team came to my rescue (luckly, dude was huge!). Now on to Drew Henson. In all my years, NO one, and I mean NO one has ever said no to me for an autograph. As a clubhouse manager, it just doesn't happen. Well, Henson was in town and he HATED signing autographs for the fans. Because of this, I had to drive my car on the field, sneak him out, and drive him to the hotel every night. In addition to this, I had to lock up his bats every night for fear of them being stolen. One ride home I asked him if he minded signing a few balls for me before they leave. He agreed and I waited until the last day to remind him. As I asked him, his reply was, No way, I gotta go. This was on top of a $10 tip for 4 days. It may sound petty but I always wished he would fail. I'm glad he did but he still got paid!

[VWBUS1978]

Shane Victorino.

really, i met him once, nice as pie! a little jumpy, like he's got the jitters or something. but otherwise a cool dude.

Arroyo, Greene, and Man Ram. Long haired hippies shouldn't be allowed in baseball.

J/K...kind of.

what about lincecum?

Scott Cousins for his cheap and dirty hit on Buster Posey last year.

you beat me to it! cousins is a cheap, dirty hooker.

i also hate, with a passion.... hold the phones, A-Rod and Chase Utley i freaking hate Utley!

[rmiller1k]

bj upton and chase utley

[Boqueesha]

A-Rod and dAndy Marte

[jayjay0122]

There's a few, but the newest one on my list is Ryan Braun.

[phabphour20]

A-Rod and dAndy Marte

Yes, Alex Rodriguez. Worst ever. Hope he gets Bonds' head and his bacne.

[nephinfan]

really, i met him once, nice as pie! a little jumpy, like he's got the jitters or something. but otherwise a cool dude.

Maybe that's where actually meeting the person might make a difference, but every time I see him interviewed or see him play, he has a cocky attitude and a serious chip on his shoulder. Just don't like the way he carries himself.

[CalJr3000]

Most of the guys I don't like have already been mentioned, but a couple more:

Josh Hamilton
AJ Pierzynski
JD Drew

[WalterAZ31]

Nyjer Morgan

Brandon Phillips

J.D Drew

Cody Ross

Fernando Rodriguez

Mark Reynolds

[MASNAR]

Jason Kubel
no idea why, just shifty looking lol

Kubel is a SUPER nice guy. Don't let the grizzzly beard throw you off. He will take your mom to dinner AND kiss her good night.

[4reals]

Shane Victorino


I completely agree. He is the only guy that even crossed my mind. Never met him but he plays the game like an arrogant prick. Put him on any other team and he fades away into oblivion.

[babyfaceposey]

Most of the guys I don't like have already been mentioned, but a couple more:

Josh Hamilton
AJ Pierzynski
JD Drew

I met Josh Hamilton, dude was super nice. Signed balls for my kids. Also got Derek Holland he signed for about 30 minutes. Ian Kinsler is a douche though, gave a dirty look when my kids asked for an auto, not cool at all.

[ETSC]

I met Josh Hamilton, dude was super nice. Signed balls for my kids. Also got Derek Holland he signed for about 30 minutes. Ian Kinsler is a douche though, gave a dirty look when my kids asked for an auto, not cool at all.

Holland was indeed cool. Got him to sign last year.

[BigEd]

Kinda shocked no one has mentioned Jeff Kent...

[johnny11]

Eric Byrnes

[teosdesserts]

Wiilie mays has been really hit or miss from what i've heard. Though i have no judgement as i have never met him.

[Kchance13]

I havent met them but I dont really care for Hunter pence or Nyjer Morgan.

[The Chad]

Mike Morse is by far the biggest D-bag in MLB. Don't forget he was one of the first players suspended for steroids.

I hope he gets a career ending injury and ends up on celebrity rehab.

[TGutta]

Nyjer Morgan and A-Roid

[cardinalscards4]

1st off.. really don't think anyone should be on this list because they stiffed you for an auto or something.. They aren't obligated to do so and theres other circumstances you have to consider as to why they did or whatever. If they went out of their way to be a jerk about it, then its a different scenario.

Now here's a few that came to my mind -

Nyjer Morgan - An absolute classless loser. Time and time again does idiotic things.

Michael Barrett - Anyone who fights with his own pitchers ....

Carlos Zambrano - Makes me so glad that I'm not a Cubs fan.

Johnny Cueto - What kind of a person kicks someone in the face with cleats?

[mnvikingstwins]

After an experience in Spring Traning today, I was wondering: are there any players you just don't like for personal reasons? I have two...

Indians UT Jason Donald - At a AAA Columbus Clippers game, he signed autographs once in the half dozen or so games I'd been there...a little boy, probably six years old, asked him to sign a ball and a hat for him. Donald blew up on the kid, telling him he was a spoiled brat and all that good stuff. Yeah, don't like him.

Twins 1B/C Joe Mauer - Voted Pro Sports' Nicest Athlete by ESPN the Magazine a few years ago, I expected him to be cool. Thus when we asked him for autographs throughout the day and he said "Later" I thought he might come through...instead, he blew us all off to record some Russian/Taiwan/Spanish TM promos and an interview with some Japanese reports, saying he wasn't going to sign. Put him on the bad guy list.

Anyone you just don't like?
Mauer may be a bit of a wuss when it comes to injuries and doesn't sign, but he still is one of the nicest MLB players
Kent Hrbek. I was a Braves fan as a kid and I'm still bitter about his little wrestling move at first base.

For the same WS, Charlie Leibrandt.
Don't you love this bobblehead they made for a Target Field giveaway?
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac10/mnvikingstwins/Memorabilia%20collection/DSCN2818.jpg
Shane Victorino
Bartolo Colon
Jose Lima
Ozzie Guillen
Ozzie was pretty nice at ST signing for everyone, even those with Twins jerseys, he seems to like the Twins more than the WSux as well.

My players I don't like would be Jeter and Rodriguez.

[gonzagacubs]

Mark Teixeria has a major case of douche-face.

Beat me to it.

Tony LaRussa and the majority of the Cards can be added to the list as well.

[monkeymcgee]

I think I just got PTSD from a bobblehead

[Luke Harley]

I'm John Lackey: Boston Red Sock! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohrEZzHx0K8)

[ETSC]

I havent met them but I dont really care for Hunter pence or Nyjer Morgan.

Come on man, how can you not like Hunter Pence. Totally biased by the way since I PC him.

[johnorpheus]

Ryan Braun, and this pre-dates testing for PEDS. Have you seen his clothing line? Also, the big, googly eyes.

[tsnider45]

The yankees.

[Sauceman]

I was looking through some cards the other day and couldn't decide who won the douche-face off between Alex Gordon and Bryce Harper.

We are on the same page...IMO the 2 biggest douche faces in baseball..I hate them.

[itsinusall]

Even though he made me money and free cards


Delmon Young when in MN and there was a fly ball it was all you could do is worry that he is going to get hurt and miss the ball...... again.

[astrosox]

Okay, so how many of us who named Red Sox players are Red Sox fans? How many non-Sox fans chose players they "just don't like" who are on their own team? Just wondering if it's just us.

I don't care for Youk myself. Lackey of course. Jenks. Beckett is starting to get on my nerves a little.

Non-Sox? Well. Many of the Yankees, I admit. ARod, Nick Swisher. Texeira. Posada. (It's easier to name Yankees I like -- Mo and Cano.)

And I don't like Joey Votto and Nyjer Morgan.

I know there are more ... gosh I don't like a lot of baseball players.

[onenineeightsix]

Joey Votto and Nyjer Morgan are great calls. I think if I spent five minutes in a room with Nyjer id come completely unglued. And Votto " seems " like a pretentious d-bag. Never met either of them though but I get that feeling.

[harper34nats]

all yankee players not named robinson cano...

[Lbsbigbro22]

I disagree with a couple of you. We have bad days, players are allowed to have them too! But some are d-bags though. A-rod being one of them!

[lambeauleap87]

Come on dude, we can't decide to like a player or not depending on if you sign an autograph. They're major league baseball players, they are not payed to do this. They have a lot more important thing to worry about. However, I do agree with your first example. It would be awful to blow up on a kid like that.

It's not just not signing...it's how they do it. When you hear nothing but good things about Mauer (for whatever reason...), making your fans wait six hours after promising all day, and then not signing because you want a massage? That was my issue.

1st off.. really don't think anyone should be on this list because they stiffed you for an auto or something.. They aren't obligated to do so and theres other circumstances you have to consider as to why they did or whatever. If they went out of their way to be a jerk about it, then its a different scenario.


Like I said above, it was the circumstances that made me not like him.

[4reals]

Even though I'm a Dodgers fan, if Ethier has the same "my crap don't stink" attitude this year that he did last year then I'll be adding him to this list!

[MetDude]

Jose Reyes :mad:

[mcdo0423]

Michael fulmer. He stalked my boxes of 2011 Draft. I hate that shithead!

Me too. I don't hate him but hate pulling his cards. I opened 2 boxes of draft and in one hit a refractor auto and in the other hit an orange refractor.

[bigmick33]

Chipper Jones!!!! I hate Larry Jones!

[brockw82]

agree with Tex, and I'm a huge Yankees fan -- he comes across as fake.

Harper is starting to get on my nerves...

BJ Upton

[astrosox]

Ryan Braun, kinda.

(runs and hides)

Just going to add here if more appear:
Zambrano!

[27andcounting]

dont understand all the hate for teixiera.... im a yankee fan but to me he seems like one of the nicest guys in baseball. My mother and sister met him at the post office and he had a genuine conversation with them

[frozenntimesports]

Joey Votto and Nyjer Morgan are great calls. I think if I spent five minutes in a room with Nyjer id come completely unglued. And Votto " seems " like a pretentious d-bag. Never met either of them though but I get that feeling.

You do know that Votto has some serious mental demons and his potential douchebaggery (is that a word?) may be the result of them.

Same thing with Josh Hamilton. You try being an addict and then try to stay clean in the spotlight. I'm amazed the guy hasn't fallen off the wagon more often.

[flem77]

A-Rod, Hanley Ramirez, JD Drew, AJ Burnett (AKA Truck Stop Serial Killer lookalike)

[houdini]

Fred McGriff

BJ Upton

[sstolakis]

Youk and pedrioa both guys are douches my buddy works for the ted williams foundation and says there just douche bags i meet them both and hes right pedrioa thinks he god and youk theres a reason hes always getting thrown at

[ilovethelakings]

LOL i knew as soon as i saw the title of this thread, that youk would be mentioned.... i never liked Gary Sheffield....

Sheffield always seemed like kind of d!ck to me.

[Prospect_Man]

dustin pedrioa

[BostonNut]

Love the fact that you all are ragging on these guys yet you'd poop your pants just to be in the same room with them.

A bunch of internet tough guys we have here!

[matt6822]

Jon Papelbon and John Kruk! I hate John Kruk with a passion

[matt6822]

Forgot the worst one of them all.....AJ Pierzynski

[jw442370]

Majority of the dominican players.
Barry bonds

Victorino was actually a real nice guy. After he was rule 5 drafted by the padres and returned to the dodgers, he never once big leagued me

[Luke Harley]

all yankee players not named robinson cano...

What about mo?

[ceczerwonka]

Carlos Zambrano - I am so glad he is gone from the Cubs.

[TFD50]

A Rod
Yadier Molina

[maddux31]

Never would've expected to see Utley on this list. Seems like a guy who just keeps his head down and plays as hard as he can. Only thing that would seem to make sense is if you're a SF Giants fan and you somehow took offense to Utley turning the tables on Jonathan Sanchez.

[jason25]

David Price. I beat him up in high school for talking sh!t in gym. Not many people can say they whooped a professional athletes a$$ lol

[darin2200]

A couple former MN twins, Kevin Slowey and Carlos Gomez, all you Minnesotans will know what I am talking about. Whether it was auto signings, at spring training or stories we heard about in the clubhouse, these two are jerks with huge egos. (For no good reason)

FYI to OP I've been to spring training for MN 3 times, and I have seen Joe sign hundreds of Auto's, and the pressure on him to sign is monstrous.

[metsandweezer]

bryce harper!!!

[Ironman]

Carlos Zambrano ....what a hot headed punk...

[a-train10]

David Price. I beat him up in high school for talking sh!t in gym. Not many people can say they whooped a professional athletes a$$ lol

Pics?!?!?!?!?

[fergman78]

Jeff Juden. Most people probably don't even know him but he was an ass. He was on MtL and I was up there on vacation with a few friends. We went to an Expos game and we were standing next to the dugout and he was signing. We told him we were from Massachusetts since he is from Salem or something. His response, "that might work on a rookie but not me." we were like ok and he angrily signed our program before going back in the dugout.

[tiger221166]

Pierzinski and Zambrano are obvious headliners.

I'm shocked no one has mentioned Valverde yet...does anybody actually like him? His celebrations make K-Rod look like Rivera.

Braun is also on my list, from before the juicing allegations...huge showboat, and the time he faked getting hit in the head by Dempster was incredibly douchey. Plus, as someone else mentioned, "Remetee."

Torii Hunter and the Latinos are "impostors" comment has also stuck with me.

[mrbaka]

I hate A-Rod with a passion. Wish the Yankees kick him off the team. The other would be Pedro Martinez for throwing Don Zimmer ...how dare he.

[jason25]

Pics?!?!?!?!?

lol I don't have any pics. I went to Blackman High in Murfreesboro,TN with him for 1 year

[BostonNut]

You're proud of the fact that you physically assaulted someone? :rolleyes:

David Price. I beat him up in high school for talking sh!t in gym. Not many people can say they whooped a professional athletes a$$ lol

[jason25]

You're proud of the fact that you physically assaulted someone? :rolleyes:

No I was only 15 years old at the time

[glewis222]

After an experience in Spring Traning today, I was wondering: are there any players you just don't like for personal reasons? I have two...

Indians UT Jason Donald - At a AAA Columbus Clippers game, he signed autographs once in the half dozen or so games I'd been there...a little boy, probably six years old, asked him to sign a ball and a hat for him. Donald blew up on the kid, telling him he was a spoiled brat and all that good stuff. Yeah, don't like him.

Twins 1B/C Joe Mauer - Voted Pro Sports' Nicest Athlete by ESPN the Magazine a few years ago, I expected him to be cool. Thus when we asked him for autographs throughout the day and he said "Later" I thought he might come through...instead, he blew us all off to record some Russian/Taiwan/Spanish TM promos and an interview with some Japanese reports, saying he wasn't going to sign. Put him on the bad guy list.

Anyone you just don't like?

You know what, I dont like people like you who judge a guy based on one experience. You "dont like him" because he wont sign for you? or for a kid? Please mate.

[glewis222]

Come on dude, we can't decide to like a player or not depending on if you sign an autograph. They're major league baseball players, they are not payed to do this. They have a lot more important thing to worry about. However, I do agree with your first example. It would be awful to blow up on a kid like that.

Im 100% sure he is not giving the whole story on that first example.

[astrosox]

What about mo?

Yeah, it's really hard to hate Mo. Consummate professional, general bad ass. Plus, since we get to him once in awhile, he's not all so bad. :)

I used to really not like Posada and his stupid chin, but then I heard about his kid and all the great things he's doing for craniosynostosis with his foundation.

The Jorge Posada Foundation | A Charity Supporting Children and Families Affected by Craniosynostosis (http://www.jorgeposadafoundation.org/)

[darealstunna]

Yankees = Classy

Pro's have made it big and while they don't owe it to anybody to sign anything..100% of the time, they should.

I waited for the Rocket at Yankee Stadium a long time ago when he was playing against the Yanks. He didnt pitch that day, I was the only kid out there, he looked at me with this nasty face and walked away. My dad shook his head, called him a pr*ck and said "that is how not to be".

It's not like I was rude about it....he just plain ol' thought he was above others. It took him longer to stand there and snarl then it would've been to sign my freakin mitt.

[lambeauleap87]

You know what, I dont like people like you who judge a guy based on one experience. You "dont like him" because he wont sign for you? or for a kid? Please mate.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again...I have no problem with people not signing. Obviously, it's their choice whether they want to sign or not. But after watching Mauer for the day, I was really unimpressed with him.

Im 100% sure he is not giving the whole story on that first example.

The Mauer story or the Donald story? I don't exactly have anything to lie about.

[trogdor]

Shane Victorino
Bartolo Colon
Jose Lima
Ozzie Guillen

Just curious as to the reasoning behind Lima? I've heard amazing stories about how good he is to the fans

[thebear29]

I'm not going personal...But I hated Tony Gwynn...He romped on Braves pitching!!!!

But let me add, I met him at All-Star Fanfest and he was surprisingly nice!

[bobwaters]

Barry Zito, but as a Giants fan I might be a little biased

[prospectorgems]

I know this is not going to be a popular answer, but this is how I feel.

Ken Griffey Jr.

Grew up a fan of his and it got me started in baseball and cards. Then when he demanded a trade, he immediately became a little cry baby to me. I burned his jersey and sold my entire Griffey collection. The Mariners are now my second favorite team, but when he came back I couldn't care less. I was really hoping they wouldn't have signed him. I have never had so much hatred for a player in all my life. Screw you cry baby Griffey!

[ShipleyBaldwin]

David Price. I beat him up in high school for talking sh!t in gym. Not many people can say they whooped a professional athletes a$$ lol

hahah there is no way that is true.

[zeeropointzeero]

Arod because he's a dirty player and a cheat.

Clemens because he's a liar and a cheat.

Pete Rose because he's an a-hole.

Pete was contracted to do a signing at a LCS I worked at in high school. We wound up only selling about half of the tickets for autos so we bought baseballs for him to sign, which we would just sell later (he's contracted to sign x number of autos for a set price).

Anyway, he's now mad that he has to sign these balls (which I can't understand because he's being paid to sign them). He proceeds to sign them and roll them across the table trying to drop them on the floor while we are scrambling to catch them. We wound up with more than half of them smudged.

Then, there is a mentally handicapped guy at the signing who tells Pete he is a huge fan. He asks Pete to put "To Mike" or whatever his name was. Pete says no, even though there was no crowd or line left at this point. After about 5 minutes of this guy telling stories, Pete gets fed up and yells to "get this guy away from me!". I mean, seriously, this guy was OBVIOUSLY handicapped.

I've never met such a douche in my life and wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Up to that point, I though he should be in the HOF. After that incident, I hope he never gets in.

[wwechampion619]

Jason Kubel
no idea why, just shifty looking lol

at spring training last year kubel was extremely nice and signed for every single person. A person that i don't like is Jayson Werth. what a dbag

[thebigcheese44]

Nyjer Morgan, Jayson Werth, Garrett Jones, Jered Weaver, John Lackey, Miguel Cabrera, Hanley Ramirez, and many others.

[sdsportsfan1214]

Beckett, Griffey Jr and Bryce Harper

[gwynn545]

I'm not going personal...But I hated Tony Gwynn...He romped on Braves pitching!!!!

But let me add, I met him at All-Star Fanfest and he was surprisingly nice!

Gwynn's name came up on this thread using the search. I thought to myself, "Man, this guy better have a good excuse for hating Gwynn..."

Good excuse! :)

[gergs1134]

Nick Freakin Punto. I am a Twins fan and have always disliked him.