I recently browsed through the A’s rosters of the last ten years, and found 14 players in the last decade that I have absolutely no recollection of them ever appearing in an A’s uniform.

Most of them were from 1996-98, which makes sense, because (a) there have been plenty of time for those brain cells to evaporate, (b) the A’s weren’t very good in those years, and (c) I was working about 100 hours a week in them crazy dot-com days, so who had time to pay close attention to anything important like baseball?

Some of the names are familiar to me, but I don’t remember them playing in Oakland. Here’s the list:

• Rob Ryan, 2001, 7 AB, 0 hits.
• Jon Ratliff, 2000, 1 IP, 0 RA.
• Tim Kubinski, 1997 & 1999, 25 g, 25IP, 16ER.
• Mike Neill, 1998, 6 g, 4-for-15.
• Jim Dougherty, 1998, 9 g, 12 IP, 11 ER.
• Mark Holzemer, 1998, 13 g, 9 2/3ip, 6 ER.
• Steve Connelly, 1998, 3 g, 4 2/3ip, 1 ER.
• Scott Sheldon, 1997, 13 g, 6-for-24.
• Dane Johnson, 1997, 38 g, 45 2/3ip, 23 ER.
• Richie Lewis, 1997, 14 g, 18 2/3ip, 20 ER.
• Gary Haught, 1997, 6 g, 11 1/3ip, 9 ER.
• Paul Fletcher, 1996, 1 g, 1 1/3ip, 3 ER.
• Allen Battle, 1996, 47 g, 25-for-130.
• Torey Lovullo, 1996, 65 g, 18-for-82.

For a sec, I thought I remembered watching Tim Kubinski, but then I realized I was thinking about the guy who married a monkey.

Anybody remember these guys?

What players have you forgotten from your favorite team? Or is that like asking what you look like in a mirror with your eyes closed?