What Angels player did you mimic as a kid?

[HaloMilliVanilli]

Little league.  Backyard fun.  Over the line.  Was there a player, or players, that you modeled your stance after?  Primarily Angels?  Or other major leaguers?  The "How long have you been an Angels fan?" thread brought back memories.

[AngelsAndRamsFan]

Lance Parrish. 

 

I was a Parrish and Tigers fan before I moved to So. Cal. in 1982. I immediately became an Angels fan after I moved here. 

[Stradling]

Brian Downing or Dan Ford, only when playing Wiffle Ball.

Edited December 30, 2013 by Stradling

[Inside Pitch]

Bobby Grich.  Always Bobby Grich.

[Tyler]

K-Rod and his slider.

[Chuck]

Don Baylor and Doug DeCinces.

 

Non-Angels player, Rickey Henderson. I used to have some serious wheels before I hit the weight room and later on tore both my hamstrings (ruptured one).

 

On the mound I always threw like Goose Gossage, even as a starting.

[UCLAngel]

I'm a youngin'. Edmonds, Salmon, Chili, Langston, Finley, and DiSarcina. GA a bit but his nonchalance drove me crazy, even as a kid.

[m0nkey]

I tried to use darin erstads stance in little league

[Ohtaniland]

Angels Don Baylor and um.....Dodgers Steve Garvey

[ten ocho recon scout]

Downings bat on the shoulder, joyners bat to the cleat tap in between pitches.

As an adult, I mimicked cecil fielder at restaurants.

[FabulousFabregas]

I would run through the whole 2002 starting lineup's stances.  My favorite was Glaus' though.

[nando714]

Mo Vaughn

Garrett Anderson

[IEAngelsfan]

Rod Carew when he was with the Twins.

[Angelsjunky]

Chuck, did you speak about yourself in the third person like Rickey?

[Schildog]

a right handed langston leg kick.

[Jammer36]

Tried to emulate Troy Glaus even though Im a lefty. Even got to play 3rd base for a year in little league.

[Second Base]

My brother and I would play wiffle ball in the backyard, and we'd cut lineups out of the newspaper and would have to mimic each player in the lineup.  Batting stance, LH/RH, swing, everything.  So I mimicked quite a few growing up, but my favorite was always Wally Joyner.   Sweet swing that came naturally to me.  My brother always went after more outlandish swings that he could have fun with like Gary Sheffield and Jeff Bagwell. 

[Scott34]

Vlad.

[RenoHalo]

Nolan Ryan, every day while I was throwing my tennis ball 'express' against the garage door. They were wooden then, and didn't make the racket that the hollow aluminum ones today do. One day my Uncle jokingly said that I looked like Nolie in my 5th grade school photo. I thought he was serious, and was never so proud.

[Brent Maguire]

Definitely Vlad. 

 

Boy did I love him when he was with the Angels. 

[Spencer]

Finley.

I had a mullet

[brianvargo]

When I wanted to hit for power, I'd emulate Brian Downing's exaggerated wide-open stance.  When I wanted to hit a liner to the opposite field, I'd sort of let my bat dangle until the last moment, a la Rod Carew (albeit a right-handed version).  Most of the time, I ended up doing a spot-on impersonation of Reggie Jackson drilling himself into the ground with a mighty swing and miss. 

[stormngt]

Vada Pinson or Sandy Alomar where my favorites. As I got older Rod Carew.

[Punk]

Tim Salmon, Mo Vaughn, Scott Spiezio, Vladimir Guerrero

 

Non-Angels: Jeff Bagwell, Gary Sheffield

[Amazing Larry]

Joyner and Langston