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Just curious from a fans prespective if your opinion has ever changed when a player you disliked or liked from another team came to play for your team and then you felt differently? Mine are below
Travis Lee - huge fan of his when he was with Arizona. When he was with the Rays, there was a view of him being an underachiever, not passionate, and at times lazy. Rays manager, Joe Maddon even released him froma Rays team that lost 100 games in September of that year because of his attitude. Never felt the same about Lee since.
Carlos Pena - viewed him as a blah player that couldn't hit his 1st round pick potential. Obviously with his on field succes, it changed my view, but amazed how great he always was with the fans.
Manny Ramirez - I will never be a big fan of his, but heard a lot of good things about him out of Tampa already. Even a huge season (and maybe post season) out of him won't get me to be a huge fan of his.
Gabe Kapler - never thought much of him as a player. When with Tampa, not huge numbers, but a VERY knowledgable player and does things the right way, team guy, shuts his mouth, worked very hard. I am sure he will be managing again when he retires.
Wade Boggs - liked him more as a Red Sox star and Yankee world Series winner, maybe I just saw more of him and liked him a bit less. He worked hard but at the end was just wanting to get to 3,000 instead of other reasons. He had more left in the tank but seemed like he got bored at the end and lost some hunger, but maybe that is just me.
Fred McGriff - got an appreciation for him a lot more from seeing him up close. Very athletic player, fluid and while nevr flashy, very consistant. he had a repuation of smearing his own autogrpah intentionally, which I thought was a little strange. As a ball player, underated.
John Rocker - never liked him, but disliked him more when seeing him in person once with the rays, arrogant and carried himself in an odd way, and at that point he wasn't good enough to flaunt it.
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Jeff Garcia - Tampa Bay Buc, never much cared for him. Still not a huge fan, but I really had to respect the way he played with his time with Tampa Bay, even with the Eagles he was a very tough guy that really worked very hard to get where he was. The way he was late in career really changed my view of him.
Roman Oben - not impressed with him before coming to the Bucs, put a very solid 2002 in for the Bucs Super Bowl Team. It was nice to see a guy that happy from winning a Super Bowl
Lomas Brown - Gruden called him out of retirement to mentor some young O-Line members. Very humble man that was one of the bes tin his era. VEry humble and soft spoken player that jsut thrilled to win a super bowl in his final season (17th year) in the NFL
Rob Johnson - Qb #11 The human sack machine, didn't want to throw the ball away or get INT to hurt his QB rating, that lead to way too many sacks. It was painful to watch him play.
Derrick Deese - Thought a ton of him when he was a 49er, as a Bucs he was very bitter at Gruden for putting him on the bench, a little too vocal in the media for my liking in his brief time in Tampa. I would have liked seeing more of him in his prime and proabbly would have thought differently.
Randall McDaniel - even at the end of his career, I really liked how much of a instructor and teacher he was. He was a quiet man that played for my least favorite team, the vikings. Really enjoyed his 2 years in Tampa, while not overally dominant, really was amazed what type of athlete that guy was.
Travis Lee - huge fan of his when he was with Arizona. When he was with the Rays, there was a view of him being an underachiever, not passionate, and at times lazy. Rays manager, Joe Maddon even released him froma Rays team that lost 100 games in September of that year because of his attitude. Never felt the same about Lee since.
Carlos Pena - viewed him as a blah player that couldn't hit his 1st round pick potential. Obviously with his on field succes, it changed my view, but amazed how great he always was with the fans.
Manny Ramirez - I will never be a big fan of his, but heard a lot of good things about him out of Tampa already. Even a huge season (and maybe post season) out of him won't get me to be a huge fan of his.
Gabe Kapler - never thought much of him as a player. When with Tampa, not huge numbers, but a VERY knowledgable player and does things the right way, team guy, shuts his mouth, worked very hard. I am sure he will be managing again when he retires.
Wade Boggs - liked him more as a Red Sox star and Yankee world Series winner, maybe I just saw more of him and liked him a bit less. He worked hard but at the end was just wanting to get to 3,000 instead of other reasons. He had more left in the tank but seemed like he got bored at the end and lost some hunger, but maybe that is just me.
Fred McGriff - got an appreciation for him a lot more from seeing him up close. Very athletic player, fluid and while nevr flashy, very consistant. he had a repuation of smearing his own autogrpah intentionally, which I thought was a little strange. As a ball player, underated.
John Rocker - never liked him, but disliked him more when seeing him in person once with the rays, arrogant and carried himself in an odd way, and at that point he wasn't good enough to flaunt it.
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Jeff Garcia - Tampa Bay Buc, never much cared for him. Still not a huge fan, but I really had to respect the way he played with his time with Tampa Bay, even with the Eagles he was a very tough guy that really worked very hard to get where he was. The way he was late in career really changed my view of him.
Roman Oben - not impressed with him before coming to the Bucs, put a very solid 2002 in for the Bucs Super Bowl Team. It was nice to see a guy that happy from winning a Super Bowl
Lomas Brown - Gruden called him out of retirement to mentor some young O-Line members. Very humble man that was one of the bes tin his era. VEry humble and soft spoken player that jsut thrilled to win a super bowl in his final season (17th year) in the NFL
Rob Johnson - Qb #11 The human sack machine, didn't want to throw the ball away or get INT to hurt his QB rating, that lead to way too many sacks. It was painful to watch him play.
Derrick Deese - Thought a ton of him when he was a 49er, as a Bucs he was very bitter at Gruden for putting him on the bench, a little too vocal in the media for my liking in his brief time in Tampa. I would have liked seeing more of him in his prime and proabbly would have thought differently.
Randall McDaniel - even at the end of his career, I really liked how much of a instructor and teacher he was. He was a quiet man that played for my least favorite team, the vikings. Really enjoyed his 2 years in Tampa, while not overally dominant, really was amazed what type of athlete that guy was.
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