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re: Most notable "flash in the pan" athletes
Posted on 5/11/25 at 4:36 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Posted on 5/11/25 at 4:36 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Lin was my first thought.
Lincecum was pretty good for a while.
Lincecum was pretty good for a while.
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Posted on 5/11/25 at 4:54 pm to beauchristopher
Tuffy Rhodes
Posted on 5/11/25 at 5:23 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Has no one said Duane Thomas yet?
Cowboy RB early 70s
Cowboy RB early 70s
Posted on 5/11/25 at 5:24 pm to Rize
quote:His horrible contract allowed him to continue playing when he absolutely had no right to be in the mlb. He had a 0 or below WAR for 9 of 13 seasons
He fell off hard but I wouldn’t say someone with close to 300 HR’s a flash in the pan.
This post was edited on 5/11/25 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 5/11/25 at 5:28 pm to lsupride87
Having a quick 4-5 year peak in your late 20s/early 30s as a power driven 1B/DH is pretty common, but his peak was much higher than is normal for that kind of player. And he received a lot of extra attention for the horrible contract. It’s all semantics
Celtics Isaiah Thomas is probably too good to qualify for this for most people but he had one of the strangest career arcs ever to me
Celtics Isaiah Thomas is probably too good to qualify for this for most people but he had one of the strangest career arcs ever to me
Posted on 5/11/25 at 6:20 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Mike Tyson
Posted on 5/11/25 at 6:24 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Mark "The Bird" Fidrych
Posted on 5/11/25 at 6:25 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Secretariat
Posted on 5/11/25 at 6:26 pm to Rize
People tend to forget that MLB banned Adderall the year Chris Davis went 0-54 and he was severely ADHD. That changed the trajectory of his career entirely
Posted on 5/11/25 at 6:26 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Brady Anderson, Baltimore. Had over 50 HRs in a season and didn’t snuff that again. 24 was next highest. He played in the majors a little while though.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 6:50 pm to West Palm Tiger561
White Sox closer Bobby Jenks during 2005 WS run.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 6:57 pm to Indiangensing
John Rocker
Posted on 5/11/25 at 7:15 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Damon Bailey
Posted on 5/11/25 at 7:29 pm to West Palm Tiger561
quote:
Most notable "flash in the pan" athletes
Currently.. A-ARon Judge
Posted on 5/11/25 at 7:42 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Ruben Sierra
Posted on 5/11/25 at 8:00 pm to West Palm Tiger561
Marcus Dupree— The Best That Never Was.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 8:26 pm to SCLibertarian
Dusty Baker ruined not just Prior but also Kerry Wood in the same season. They both had Hall of Fame talent and stuff.
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:13 pm to ZenFNmaster
Buster Douglas
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:19 pm to Tiger in NY
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Lincecum played for a decade and won 3 Cy Youngs. That is not a flash in the pan.
Lincecum’s body just gave out. He wasn’t a big guy, but a slight build. He was elite for those few years. Calling him a flash in the pan is dumb. I don’t think OP knows the definition.
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