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Bloops: The 40 Most Undeserving Starting Lineup Figures Ever

Posted by Neil Paine on September 4, 2009

Remember collecting those old Starting Lineup sports action figures when you were a kid? Well, I do, at least. And for every Barry Bonds and Greg Maddux, they also made figures of some pretty questionably-talented players -- some of which unfortunately ended up in your stocking when you were 7 because it was Christmas Eve at Toys-R-Us and Mom didn't know that Damon Berryhill sucked.

Anyway, the blog Sharapova's Thigh has taken the time to chronicle the 40 (!) worst choices for starting lineup figures ever. And guess who's in there? Yep, Berryhill. So at least I know someone else can relate.

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3 Responses to “Bloops: The 40 Most Undeserving Starting Lineup Figures Ever”

  1. statboy Says:
    September 4th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    I nominate Clint Malarchuk. He didn't deserve this...
    http://cache.deadspin.com/sports/upload/2006/07/bloddyfigureine.jpg

  2. spaceman Says:
    September 6th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Great post. Starting line ups were great. I like the Rickey Henderson figure that had the glove on the wrong hand.

  3. jksesq1 Says:
    September 7th, 2009 at 7:31 pm

    Jeff Ballard! What a blast from the O's past 🙂 At the time I thought his minor league stats said "SUPERSTAR" (http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=ballar001jef). Instead he had one Cy Young-ish season, was 23-45 otherwise, and out of baseball by 31.

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