Your Random Mid 80's To Early 90's Baseball Player Of The Day: Greg Swindell!

Your Mid 80's to Early 90's Random Baseball Player of the Day is Greg Swindell.

Greg Swindell was possibly the greatest player to ever put on a Texas Longhorns baseball jersey that arguably didn't use Performance Enhancing Drugs to find his success on the baseball diamond, <cough>. He was one of only 7 players to be named to the College Baseball All-American Team three times. Such success led him to be the second overall pick in the 1986 draft behind the incomparable Jeff King. Though he never truly lived up to lofty expectations, through will power, an irresistible zest for life and gutsy determination, Swindell would eventually find his glory.

Swindell suffered through the early part of his career playing in for the miserable late 80's early 90's Cleveland Indians. While with these atrocious Indians teams, Swindell was the number two starter behind Eddie Harris, was roommates on the road with Jake Taylor, slept with Roger Dorn's wife (that slut), didn't quite understand the humor of Willie Mays Mayes and served as a young mentor for Rick Vaughn.

Just when the game had seem to have passed Swindell by, he reinvented himself as a mediocre middle reliever eventually winning a world series win with the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks. Wherever the winds of fate take Swindell for the rest of his life, he will always be able to know that as of the time of this post, he's 92nd all-time in Major League Baseball in walks per nine innings pitched at 2.02.

Swindell has also dabbled a little bit in acting. According to his IMDB.com resume, Swindell has appeared in the 2001 World Series as "himself (Arizona Diamondback Pitcher), and the 1989 MLB All-Star Game as "himself (A.L. Pitcher).

So a tip of the hat to you, Greg Swindell, you weren't able to save the Cleveland Indians, but your 123-122 career record is the very definition of mediocrity.