MLB Players and Their "Heroes" Counterparts
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by user Pean
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The first season of NBC's Heroes ended on Monday. In my opinion, one of the best seasons of TV I've ever seen. Only the first few seasons of 24 can potentially rival it -- but that's a different article for a different site. Anyway, here is a look at the "heroes" of MLB. Enjoy.
Greg Maddux / Peter Petrelli & Sylar (Empathic mimicry)
It's no surprise that Greg Maddux is a phenomenal poker player. Like Sylar (one of my favorite villians ever), Maddux gets into people's minds. While Sylar and Peter absorb other people's powers, Maddux sticks to getting outs, piling up wins and hoarding poker chips.
Jose Reyes / Nathan Petrelli (Flight)
OK, so they don't share the same superpower per se, but Reyes has been the spark atop one of the league's most dangerous lineups for the past few years while flying around the bases. The question is, will he have to explode like Nathan in order to save the Mets playoff chances?
Bobby Abreu / Claude Rains (Invisibility)
The official baseball rules state that you need 9 batters in the lineup. The Yankees have 8. If he doesn't want to be noticed, Abreu is doing an excellent job.
Julio Franco / Claire Bennett (Rapid cell regeneration)
Forty-eight years old. Unbelievable. The alligator-blood-wielding New York Mets backup was in RBI-FREAKING-BASEBALL (although when Roger Clemens returns soon he will join Franco as the only active members of the game that was released in 1988).
J.J. Hardy / Candace Willmer (Illusion)
J.J. Hardy is obviously really Alex Rodriguez. You don't think that the Alex Rodriguez on the Yankees is really Alex right? You can't just suddenly become clutch! You are born with it!
Barry Bonds / Jessica Sanders (Enhanced Strength)
Is it possible that Bonds really didn't do steroids? Maybe his brother Bobby Bonds Jr. died years ago, and every time Barry looks into a mirror he turns into his brother with enhanced strength?
Vicente Padilla / "The Haitain" (Memory Manipulation)
Padilla puts his hand on top of Texas owner Tom Hicks' head and thinks
"You will forgot the past 10 years of Texas signing mediocre pitchers to stupid contracts, so you can then give me, a mediocre pitcher, a stupid contract"
Roger Clemens / Eden McCain (Persuasion)
"I want 28 million dollars". "I don't want to travel with the team". "I want to come back on a Wednesday day game in June". "I want my son to be the Yankees fifth starter". Lets all remember what happened to Eden.
Jason Giambi / Ted Sprague (Induced radioactivity)
Steroids. Amphetamines. Plutonium. Why not?
Aaron Rowand / D.L. Hawkins (Phasing)
Oh phasing means walking through things, like walls. My mistake. Rowand is the anti-D.L. Hawkins.
Derek Jeter / Hiro Nakamura (Space-time manipulation)
the following blurb was written with complete Yankee bias
Like Hiro, Derek Jeter arrived in New York City with a destiny. A destiny to win championships. With the help of his sidekick Jorge Posada (Ando), Derek slowed down the game of baseball on the way to 4 rings and a Hall of Fame Career.
