Mine: Kevin Maas, Jeff Zimmerman, Jerome Walton, Steve Avery, Gregg Jefferies

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Bob Hamelin

I'm a really big fan of Joe Charboneau.

Anyone who can get stabbed at a exhibition game in Mexico, recover to win Rookie of the Year, start the next season off hitting .208, end his career by injuring his back sliding, open beer bottles with his eye socket, do his own dental work, and turn it all into a career as the head coach of North Ridge Ohio's parks and rec department baseball team gets my approval.

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Joe Horn

How are people that played 10+ years in the majors considered a "flash in the pan"?

Puig

Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd

Gerald Young circa the mid-80's astros

shane spencer

jose cruz jr

While Zimmerman falls under the "flash in the pan" definition, he basically just never recovered from Tommy John surgery.

Mike greenwell, Gregg Jeffries, Ruben Sierra

Ruben Mateo

Todd Van Poppel

Josh Hamilton

Rick Ankiel pitching. That 2000 regular season, he was something else. At 20 years old no less.

Luke Scott

He's had some very solid seasons, so he may not fit as a "flash in the pan" player. But he has definitely fallen off from his 2-3 year run of solid production

Ron Leflore
Wore jersey #82374216 at jackson St.


John Pacella
Cap fell off after each pitch


Lyman Bostock
RIP

My two "weird" favorites have always been Brandon Backe and Wandy Rodriguez.

Backe definitely defines "flash in the pan", but Wandy made himself a pretty good career.

Morgan Ensberg with the Astros. I got an autograph from him at a Round Rock Express (AA at the time) game. Looked like that signature was going to be worth quite a bit during his 2005 season when he hit 36 homers with 101 RBIs. The flameout was spectacular though.

Puig

Carlos Hernandez


....Mark Fidrych?

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Gary Matthews Jr.
Chris Shelton's start in 2006 - 9 HR's in his first 13 games, only to be optioned to AAA by the end of July.

Jim Abbott, the one handed pitcher. It was really strange to see him move to the NL and have to bat.

Mike Greenwell for me. Jim Abbott had a decent career, I thought.

Sidd Finch

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Moonlight Graham

The quickest flash in the pan of all...

Alan Zinter, the penultimate AAAA player, finally gets his cup of coffee, and hits a homer in his first major league at bat (13 years after he was drafted 24th overall by the Mets) for the Astros in 2002. I remember watching that game, that was really cool for him.

Cleveland Indian player was Joe Charboneau.

Guy Carbonneau won several Stanley Cups with Canadiens and Stars. Recently got let go as Stars GM.

Ruben Mateo was the next Sammy Sosa... And the Rangers weren't going to trade him like they did Sosa. And what a career he had!!!

Also Benji Gil

Charlie Kerfeld

Rocker

I don't think some of you understand "flash in the pan"

Cal Ripken

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Ruben Mateo was the next Sammy Sosa... And the Rangers weren't going to trade him like they did Sosa. And what a career he had!!!

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Yeah, damn his femur for breaking and essentially ending his career!!!!!!!!!