#70 DARRYL MOTLEY

FAVORITE BRAVES PLAYERS OF THE 1980'S

#70 DARRYL MOTLEY

ATLANTA BRAVES 1986-1987

During the Braves late 80's doldrums, the team actually put together a fairly productive bench of reserve players. These players were dubbed "The Bomb Squad" by former all-star Ted Simmons and charter member of the "BS." For my version of the Bomb Squad, I use the phrase in more general terms for eighteen players the Braves got at the wrong end of their career during that decade.

Darryl Motley 1987

AND ON THE LIST WITHIN A LIST...

COMING IN AT #15 ON THE LIST-

"THE BOMB SQUAD: 1980'S FORMERLY PRODUCTIVE 

MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS THE BRAVES ACQUIRED

NEAR THE END OF THEIR CAREER"-Darryl Motley

Career: Motley had a couple of good seasons with Kansas City in 1984 and 1985, hitting 15 and 17 home runs during those seasons. He is probably best remembered for his at-bat against John Tudor in Game 7 of the 1985 World Series. He hit a mammoth shot that went foul on a 3-2 pitch. He switched bats and hit another blast that went fair and put the Royals up to stay in that game.

The Bomb squad: After being traded to the Braves in 1986, there wouldn't be such heroics. His two-year Brave career resulted in only 2 hits in 19 at-bats. He did manage one RBI in 1987, even though he was 0-8 at the plate that season.

Darryl Motley 1985

This post made me think of the old Motley's Crew
comic strip.