Who is the greatest baseball player of all time?
charlie and algernon
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Mon Mar-15-10 09:29 AM
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Poll question: Who is the greatest baseball player of all time?
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Mon Mar-15-10 09:34 AM
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1. The Babe...he did it all...he was larger than life...n/t
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Mon Mar-15-10 09:56 AM
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The greatest all-around Pitching stats, career: W: 94 L: 46 ERA: 2.28 In 1916 and 1917 he won 23 and 24 games with the Red Sox This, on top of a career batting average of .342 and 714 home runs.
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:14 AM
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3. I'm a homer I voted for Walter Johnson
AFAIK, he's the only sports figure that has a public school named for him in the county I live in!
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Tue Mar-16-10 07:24 AM
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14. A candidate for greatest pitcher. WHY don't they name a school for Jurgensen while he's alive????
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:32 AM
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4. Willie Mays..best all around player in history..
I can't consider Ruth or several of the other players because they only played against whites.
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Mon Mar-15-10 10:36 AM
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5. Mays, the ultimate 'five tool' baseball player nt
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Mon Mar-15-10 11:36 AM
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6. I vote goes for Willy Mays, although I don't know who he is
I used to go to the infamous Candlestick Park and see Willie Mays, who would be my choice if he were listed.
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Mon Mar-15-10 11:47 AM
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7. He's Willie's second cousin, twice removed
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Mon Mar-15-10 11:50 AM
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THINK BLUE GO DODGERS BEAT THE HATED GIANTS
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Mon Mar-15-10 12:53 PM
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Followed closely by Bryce Harper. I love the Big Train, but the the fact that he was a Republican.
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Mon Mar-15-10 01:01 PM
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10. I'll throw Josh Gibson out there
I don't know if he is the best and I never seen him play(but read a lot about him) but I think he should get a mention with the other greats.
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Tue Mar-16-10 07:23 AM
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13. For Home run hitters. Absolutely. nt
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Mon Mar-15-10 07:05 PM
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11. For the game? Ruth. For skills? Mays. nt
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Tue Mar-16-10 01:40 AM
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12. I voted for Lou Gehrig
Better overall player than Ruth, imo, just had his career cut too short. The other two guys I love are Sandy Koufax and Joe Dimaggio. I know...two Yankees!! Go figure. Probably helped that they were quiet and gentlemanly. I don't like flashy guys or showoffs.
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Tue Mar-16-10 07:25 AM
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15. I actually wrote a letter to the USN suggesting they name an aircraft carrier after Gerhig -
"the Iron Man," how cool is that? I'm sick of presidents and corrupt politicians names on carriers.
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Tue Mar-16-10 07:57 AM
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16. I had already figured...
the fact that you're a closet Yankee fan surprises not at all..We'll just keep that little nugget filed away. Just out of curiosity..if you "don't like flashy guys or showoffs"..why do you root for Manny*?
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:59 AM
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So you read my post and somehow take from it that I'm a "closet Yankees fan"? Because as a boy I was attracted to quiet heroes with integrity who didn't toot their own horn? I don't care what team someone is on, if they are classy I'm probably going to admire them. But I'll go easy on you seeing as you've never had anyone classy to look up to in your boyhood sports world. Jeffrey "one flap down" Leonard was probably your hero.
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Tue Mar-16-10 08:01 AM
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Edited on Tue Mar-16-10 08:01 AM by PVnRT
He was the complete package, more so than Ruth. Second place vote for Stan Musial.
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Tue Mar-16-10 08:15 AM
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Ruth had a higher obp, slugging, more home runs. And would have been a hall of famer as a pitcher as well. He held the record for shutout innings as a pitcher in the World Series for 50 years.
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Tue Mar-16-10 08:05 AM
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I saw so much of Roberto Clemente as a kid that he will forever be my favorite player of all time, but Mays had a bit more power than Clemente so I decided to vote for Mays.
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Wed Mar-17-10 06:54 PM
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20. It depends on the time period.
However, since I only have one choice I'll say Josh Gibson.
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