Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

[Bondsgloves]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1.) Barry Bonds
2.) Willie Mays
3.) Ken Griffey
4.) Rickey Henderson
5.) Frank Thomas

[apfriz]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1. Pete Rose
2. Steve Carlton
3. Bo Jackson
4. John Smoltz
5. Andruw Jones

[gingi79]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

Matt Diaz
Kelly Gruber
Shawn Camp
Dale Murphy
Chipper Jones

Used to be McGwire until he crippled himself in my eyes using steroids.

[godwulf]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

My favorite all-time player is Matt Williams.

On the field, he always gave 100%, respected the game, and had his teammates' backs all the way. His seriousness about the game is legendary; his nickname is "The Marine".

I've had several opportunities to speak with Matty - about his bats, in particular, of which I've collected 29, so far - and watch his interactions with other fans, and he is as friendly, caring and personable as any player I've ever seen.

[Tedw9]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1) Carlton Willey (Was a very close friend of mine and my wifes)
2) Ted Williams
3) Babe Ruth
4) David Ortiz
5) Dwight Evans

[legaleagle92481]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1. Mariano Riveria. 2. Derek Jeter.
3. Craig Biggio (we share a hometown)
4. Eddie Murray (despite his rep on both occassions that I met him he was a gentleman and a very underated player)
5. Kirby Puckett
6. Ozzie Smith

[Mark17]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

Ted Williams.

Mostly for the man he was, giving 5 of the best years of his career to serving in the military, flying dangerous missions and being shot down in flames. He was a true hero (not just a "hero" who hits a game-winning homer in a big game.)

His reputation was that he could be difficult, yet he had very close, almost lifelong friendships with several teammates (Pesky, Dom Dimaggio, Doerr to name a few.) He is in the fishermans' hall of fame, hunted big game in Africa, and generally lived what, to me, is the almost ideal life, excelling at everything he did (except marriages.)

I've read a few books about him and no question, if I could spend a day with any ballplayer, it would be Ted, absolutely no question.

Rube Waddell would be second.....

[momen55]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

roberto clemente
pete rose

[justinwc80]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1. Griffey Jr
2. Eric Davis
3. Pete Rose
4. Mickey Mantle
5. Jay Bruce
6. Joey Votto

[Neal]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1) Pete Rose
2) Mike Schmidt
3) Greg Luzinski
4) Junior
5) Duke Snider

[panthrotc]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

Mark McGwire
Mark David McGwire
Mac
Big Mac
Big Red

[flota89]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

Albert Pujols-position player
Adam Wainwright-pitcher

[dougiedshow]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1) Jackie Robinson
2) Marquis Grissom
3) Ozzie Smith
4) Tony Gwynn
5) Bo Jackson
6) Ken Griffey Jr
7) Willie McGee
8) Hanley Ramirez
9) Pedro Martinez
10) John Kruk

[G1X]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1. (Tie) Willie McGee & Darren Lewis
2. Jose Cardenal
3. Joe Rudi
4. Garry Maddox
5. Bobby Richardson

Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
gixc@verizon.net

Always looking for Atlanta Falcons and WFL jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis game-used items.

[reed1216]

Re: Your Favorite all-time baseball player..

1) Graig Nettles (Any kid growing up a Yankee fan in the mid 1970s has to have him on their list.)

2) Reggie Jackson (I met him at Lou Piniella's baseball camp in 1979. I loved Reggie!)

3) Thurman Munson (Great Yankee-tragic, tragic loss...)

4) Goose Gossage (I met him at the doctor's office when I was in the 2nd grade. He was getting a check-up for one of his kids. I still have small sheet of paper he signed for me that day. I was completely awe-struck- like the Brady kids were when they met Joe Namath!)

5) Ron LeFlore (His book was one of the first ones I ever read. A very interesting story of how Billy Martin got him an early release from prison, so he could joing the Tigers. He later became an all star and one of the best base stealers of his time.)