Name Your Top 5 Greatest Baseball Players Ever
#21
Posted 13 March 2010 - 05:17 PM
Barry Bonds
Babe Ruth
Ted Williams
Willie Mays
Nolan Ryan (5th hitter would be Ty Cobb)
Favorite:
Alex Rodriguez
Ken Griffey Jr.
Albert Pujols
Andy Pettitte (the stare over glove to catcher)
Randy Johnson
#22
Posted 13 March 2010 - 07:28 PM
Barry Bonds
Babe Ruth
Ted Williams
Willie Mays
Nolan Ryan (5th hitter would be Ty Cobb)
Favorite:
Alex Rodriguez
Ken Griffey Jr.
Albert Pujols
Andy Pettitte (the stare over glove to catcher)
Randy Johnson
Joshua,
It's funny you would mention the stare over the glove by Pettitte. I'ts exaxtly the reason I DON'T like him.
#23
Posted 14 March 2010 - 12:34 AM
1) - Name your top 5 all-time greatest
2) - Name your top 5 favorite players ever
5 Greatest
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Willie Mays
Ted Williams
Hank Aaron
5 favorites
Al Kaline
Mickey Lolich
Kirk Gibson
Alan Trammell
Willie Horton
I agree with Bandido's 5 greatest players.....never saw Ruth or Cobb, but Mays, Aaron and Williams were a joy to watch....of those three, I would take Mays..........he just simply loved the game of baseball......I also think that Barry Bonds should be there .......steroids has tarnished his image, but the guy could play.......
And Dido.....I know you love those Tigers, but what about 'Stormin Normin Cash'....Denny McClain, and the 'Gator'...Gates Brown....not a Tiger fan, but always loved to hear those Tiger fans talk about these 'relics'!!!!!
#24
Posted 14 March 2010 - 07:22 AM
And Dido.....I know you love those Tigers, but what about 'Stormin Normin Cash'....Denny McClain, and the 'Gator'...Gates Brown....not a Tiger fan, but always loved to hear those Tiger fans talk about these 'relics'!!!!!
I agree that Bonds would have been great without the 'roids. He probably would have hit over 600 homers anyway. He was evidently such a pain and so universally disliked that no one signed him in the end even though he had something left in the tank. Looking at the numbers only, he is the greatest player of all time. Of course, we cannot ignore the steroids. (Rightfully so).
As for McClain: Last guy to win over 30 in a season. An astounding feat that will never happen again.
#25
Posted 14 March 2010 - 07:45 PM
As for McClain: Last guy to win over 30 in a season. An astounding feat that will never happen again.
lep.......
I have told my little friend Dido this many times......but, I had the pleasure of meeting Denny McClain just before he went to prison......I almost lol.....he sure did not look like an athlete......just a little butterball with 'hot dog' like fingers......but, a great sense of humor......after looking at him, I wondered if hitters took him seriously!!!!!
#26
Posted 14 March 2010 - 09:07 PM
I have told my little friend Dido this many times......but, I had the pleasure of meeting Denny McClain just before he went to prison......I almost lol.....he sure did not look like an athlete......just a little butterball with 'hot dog' like fingers......but, a great sense of humor......after looking at him, I wondered if hitters took him seriously!!!!!
I was a wee lad then, so I don't really remember his stuff. Was it a nasty slider? A curve that fell like a waterfall? Blazing fastball? 30 wins! Crime in Italy, man, what was his secret?
#27
Posted 21 March 2010 - 04:51 PM
1. Babe Ruth
2. Ty Cobb
3. Ted Williams
4. Pete Rose - Every hit was a triple until someone stopped him
5. Nolan Ryan
Honorable mention - Joe Dimaggio, Hank Aaron, Cal Ripken(anyone who plays that many games in a row deserves mentioning), Bob Feller -What would he have done by not serving in the war
5 Favorite
1. Omar Visquel - Magical
2. Mark "The Bird" Fidyrich - Worth the price of the ticket to watch.
3. Gaylord Perry - Try and figure where he was getting his stuff from
4. Julio Franco - Had to root for him as long as he played
5. Rich Reese - A Deshler product who we knew personally and played for Detroit and Minnesota
#28
Posted 30 March 2010 - 03:45 AM
Babe Ruth
Ty Cobb
Willie Mays
Rogers Hornsby
Mickey Mantle
Favorite
Barry Larkin
Pete Rose
Jim Thome
Chris Sabo (with those awesome goggles)
Paul O'neil
#29
Posted 31 March 2010 - 07:28 AM
#30
Posted 02 April 2010 - 08:53 PM
Roberto Clemente - Poetry in Motion
Pete Rose - The kind of player you hated....unless he was on your team
Lou Gehrig - Quiet, unassuming and in my opinion the greatest Yankee of them all
Willie Mays - Was and still am a Yankee fan. There was always a debate about who was better..Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. Despised Willie but in retrospect he was the better player.
Ted Williams - From the hated Boston Red Sox. His numbers however, speak for themselves.
Favorite:
Al Kaline - Never a Detroit fan but you have to love Al Kaline. Great hitter and perhaps a better defensive player than offensive. Put up fantastic numbers in a lineup, through much of his career, where teams pitched around him.
Harmon Killebrew - Great power hitter and had even less protection in the batting order than Kaline
Rod Carew - Perhaps the purest hitter I have ever seen
George Foster - The most underrated player on the Big Red Machine.
Yogi Berra - One of the best all around catchers in the history of baseball.
#31
Posted 03 April 2010 - 07:17 AM
Roberto Clemente - Poetry in Motion
Pete Rose - The kind of player you hated....unless he was on your team
Lou Gehrig - Quiet, unassuming and in my opinion the greatest Yankee of them all
Willie Mays - Was and still am a Yankee fan. There was always a debate about who was better..Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle. Despised Willie but in retrospect he was the better player.
Ted Williams - From the hated Boston Red Sox. His numbers however, speak for themselves.
Favorite:
Al Kaline - Never a Detroit fan but you have to love Al Kaline. Great hitter and perhaps a better defensive player than offensive. Put up fantastic numbers in a lineup, through much of his career, where teams pitched around him.
Harmon Killebrew - Great power hitter and had even less protection in the batting order than Kaline
Rod Carew - Perhaps the purest hitter I have ever seen
George Foster - The most underrated player on the Big Red Machine.
Yogi Berra - One of the best all around catchers in the history of baseball.
Interesting that, although you describe yourself as a Yankee's fan, your only Yankee "Favorite" was Berra. Even with the slew of Yankee greats available. Nothing wrong with it 'Creek, just note worthy
#32
Posted 27 April 2010 - 06:03 AM
Ted Williams
Ty Cobb
Roger Hornsby
Willy Mays
Hank Greenberg
Favorites
Allan Trammell
Dick McCaulife
Bill Frehan
Mickey Lolich
Al Kaline
#33
Posted 01 May 2010 - 07:41 AM
#34
Posted 03 May 2010 - 08:03 PM
I know he had exactly 3000 hits, but how old was he?
#35
Posted 04 May 2010 - 07:24 PM
You have a point ...I did not realize he was 38 when he died.....
#36
Posted 08 May 2010 - 08:58 PM
#37
Posted 08 May 2010 - 09:23 PM
#38
Posted 09 May 2010 - 07:53 AM
Agreed, (especially with Maris) Reggie Jackson benefitted from that kind of batting order protection. Paul O' Neil was a much better hitter with the Yanks that the Reds. Some greats are crushed by the weight of the pinstripes though. Dave Winfield comes to mind, as does Ruben Sierra.
#39
Posted 09 May 2010 - 03:49 PM
#40
Posted 27 July 2010 - 11:02 PM
1.Nolan Ryan
2.Hank Aaron
3.Willy Mays
4.Pete Rose
5.Ty Cobb
5 Favorite
1.Tyler Colvin (Cubs)
2.Starlin Castro (Cubs)
3.Ryan Sandberg (Cubs)
4.Marylon Byrd (Cubs)
5.Mark Grace(Cubs)
Lol imma die hard cubs fun
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