With today being Christmas Eve, I thought it’d be a good time to post a Christmas related baseball entry. I recieved the below answers last month, but wanted to wait until today (and tomorrow) to post them. Below is part one of the answers. I recieved SO many replies that I didn’t want to try and cram them all in into one entry.
I asked MLB players (and some minor leaguers) what the best present they ever recieved for Christmas was. I recieved some well thought out answers, and some, well, not so much. I hope you enjoy:
STEVE CISHEK
My two front teeth.
JEREMY GUTHRIE
A Pizzaz pizza cooker. Thing makes the perfect pizza out of frozen pizza! #BestChristmasGift
JOSH LUEKE
My two front teeth fixed. Haha.
DANIEL HUDSON
Good question. I’ve gotten too many good ones over the years. Hard to pick a favorite! #blessed
DAVID AARDSMA
I was ten and got a surfboard! Awesome.
FRANK CATALANOTTO
Best Christmas present ever is a tough one. But I’ll go with getting Nintendo when it first came out in 1985.
THOMAS NEAL
Car. ’94 rolla 100,000 miles with house speakers in the back.
SAM LECURE
I got a stuffed animal when I was 3 that I take everywhere. That’s at the top. I went skydiving last year which was awesome. Those two jump out but I’m sure I’ve gotten some really good ones I’m not thinking of.
CHARLES BREWER
That’s a tough question. Gonna say my Titleist AP2 clubs. 🙂
RYAN ROBERTS
I’ve had a lot of good ones but the present I use the most is a fancy coffee maker. I drink coffee every morning.
DIRK HAYHURST
Nothing. I loved it.
BUD NORRIS
Tough one. When I turned 12 “Santa” got me a Go-Ped. Little motorized scooter.
CHRIS SWAUGER
Ultimate Warrior WWF Wrestling Buddy. Still gets bodyslammed.
JIWAN JAMES
I don’t know. I’ve always been spoiled. Too many.
MATT ANTONELLI
Probably a go kart I got back in the day.
BARRY ENRIGHT
Spending time with family. Oh and “Penny” Hardaway Shoes back in the day! #Boom
GARRETT RICHARDS
I got an old school big foot that I drove into the ground! Blue with a foot print gas peddle. So sick. #monstertruckswag But probably my favorite thing around the house during Christmas time would have to be my Purple Ninja Turtle stocking. Only stocking I can remember having. #oldschool
FRANK THOMAS
My first bike. A 10 speed!
WILL MIDDLEBROOKS
Field goal post my dad made out of pvc pipe. Not full size. Probably 10 ft wide. I was 8.
RYAN VERDUGO
A red Ryder bb gun, and no I didn’t shoot my eye out. #achristmasstory
VINNIE PESTANO
Pobably my first PS2. Very hard to come by that year and my parents played it down very well.
BRENT LILLIBRIDGE
An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
JEMILE WEEKS
Last year having the suite at the magic game vs. boston celtics and my whole fam being there compliments of my bro and myself.
SHAWN KELLEY
I was 8 and got a 30 .06.
ANTHONY BASS
The best christmas present was one I never received. I asked for 10 years in a row for a 1995 A-Rod Starting Lineup. #stillwaiting
CODY DECKER
No question:
Part two will be posted tomorrow. (Sometime.)
Hahaha… this is a great blog man. Really enjoyed it!