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In no particular order:
Ken Griffey Jr
Albert Pujols
Roger Clemens (before he left Toronto...)
Carlos Delgado
Roy Halladay
Orlando Hudson
Pedro Martinez
Eric Gagne
Francisco Rodriguez
Ichiro Suzuki
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Cal Ripken Jr.
Ty Cobb
Richie Ashburn
Chase Utley
Greg Maddux
Jackie Robinson
Cy Young
Mickey Mantle
Ted Williams
Jimmy Rollins
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Hey Bill, when you considered all the players in MLB history there's only one player on your "All-Time List of favorite players" that you've seen play, Nolan Ryan, and he ranked 9th. But on your list of All-Time favorite players that you've seen play you rank him 6th. I would have thought he would be number 1 on that second list. Are you sure that's the way you intended it? Just curious.
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My list is fluid. I don't sweat the small change. I could move Nolan around, but that's how I felt at that particular moment. My moods and whims vary quite a bit, day to day.
2010, Year of the Giant
1. Barry Bonds
2. Willy Mays
3. Willy McCovey
4. Ted Williams
5. Randy Johnson (That All Star game against Kruk puts him over the top)
6. Joe D. (He's from SF and married MM for gawds sake, what a paisan)
7. Ricky Henderson
8. Greg Maddux
9. Will Clark (yap yap yap! Cracks me up.)
10. Tony Gwynn
Ask me next month you'll get a different list, there's so many. Some are guys I "liked", some admired, some for their skills. Vida Blue would be up there too.
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1- Ken Boyer
2- Brooks Robinson
3- Stan Musial
4- Boog Powell
5- Frank Robinson
6- Bob Gibson
7- Bill White
8- Jim Gentile
9- Dave McNally
10 - Harmon Killebrew
Managers - Johnny Keane and Earl Weaver.
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Mine are:
Johnny Bench
Reggie Jackson
Robin Yount
Brooks Robinson
Nolan Ryan
Pete Rose
Mark McGwire
Johnny Grubb
Bruce Bochte
George Brett
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1. Babe Ruth
2. Willie Mays
3. Barry Bonds
4. Ken Griffey, Jr.
5. Alex Rodriguez
6. Hank Aaron
7. Sammy Sosa
8. Harmon Killebrew
9. Mark McGwire
10. Frank Robinson
I saw all 10 of these play including Babe Ruth
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My top 10 lists, in no particular order (mainly because, like Bill's list, the order changes with the weather, the phase of the moon and the stock market).
Players I saw play (at least on TV)
Carl Yastrzemski
Albert Pujols
Roberto Alomar
Kirby Puckett
Randy Johnson
Larry Walker
Devon White
Paul Molitor
Tom Henke
Roy Halladay
Before my time (or just missed seeing them play)
Mickey Mantle
Ted Williams
Whitey Ford
Jackie Robinson
Hank Greenberg
Sandy Koufax
Lou Gehrig
Roberto Clemente
Warren Spahn
Allie Reynolds
"I can see how he won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five." - Yogi Berra on Sandy Koufax's 1963 season.
The Natural
1. Willie Mays *
2. Johnny Bench *
3. Joe Morgan *
4. Sandy Koufax
5. Mickey Mantle
6. Juan Marichal
7. Roberto Clemente
8. Willie McCovey *
9. Tim Lincecum
10. George Brett
* have met "personally" (not at a major league game)
you might note I have every position covered except SS (Mantle - "LF")
plus 3 LH batters, 3 RH batters and 1 switch hitter
Lincecum is new to my list this year, replacing Barry Bonds
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Going with players who were/are my favorites, some I've seen and some I only wish I had, and (clearly) not those I think were the best players:
1. Ernie Banks
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3. Honus Wagner
4. Satchel Paige
5. Roberto Clemente
6. Christy Mathewson
7. Mark "The Bird" Fidrych
8. Brooks Robinson
9. Bruce Sutter
10. Ron Santo
The #2 spot is held open for a guy I used to really like . . . name escapes me, but they called him Charlie Hustle, because he used to play the game like an eight-year-old turned loose on the field . . . seems like he was even making a run at the all-time hit record once, then he just sort of vanished, and I never heard about him again. Wonder what happened to him.
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If you need to have your tongue surgically removed from your cheek . . .The #2 spot is held open for a guy I used to really like . . . name escapes me, but they called him Charlie Hustle, because he used to play the game like an eight-year-old turned loose on the field . . . seems like he was even making a run at the all-time hit record once, then he just sort of vanished, and I never heard about him again. Wonder what happened to him.
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Interesting that your top 10 has nine players that retired by the 1930s. Only two of your top 15 are alive. Does the modern game not appeal to you, Bill?
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Mark Prior
Marcus Thames
Sam Fuld
Manny Sanguillen
Greg Maddux
Ferguson Jenkins
Roberto Clemente
Billy Williams
Kerry Wood
Ted Lilly
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Actually, it does not. Too many home runs, too many strike outs, the fences are way shorter than they should be.
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I can only name them according to the category I enjoyed them in;
Batting/Hitting
Lou Pinella
Rod Carew
Rusty Staub
Mickey Rivers
Joe Morgan
Steve Garvey
Ichiro Suzuki
Pitching
Catfish Hunter
Greg Maddox
Tom Seaver
Mark Fidrych
Tug McGraw
Al Hrabosky
Fielding
Rey Ordonez
Craig Nettles
Paul Blair
Just About Everything
Pete Rose
Cary Carter
Keith Hernandez
John Stearns
Thurman Munson
Fighting With Umps
Earl Weaver
Billy Martin
Reading/Learning About
Babe Ruth
Mike Kelly
Satchel Paige
Josh Gibson
Yogi Berra
Gil Hodges
Casey Stengle
Moe Berg
Is that more than 10 ? I lost count.
I was never all that interested in Moe Berg and his curous doings until I read that his last, death bed words were "how did the Mets do today ?". Gotta love that
2005 World Series Champs
1.) Cecil Travis
2.) Paul Konerko
3.) Tug McGraw
4.) Nap Lajoie
5.) Joe Jackson
6.) Ross Youngs
7.) Billy Martin
8.) Ty Cobb
9.) Lefty Grove
10.) Jimmy Dykes
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Baseball's Perfect Knight
Ozzie Smith
Stan Musial
Yadier Molina
Scott Rolen
Bob Gibson
Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca
Albert Pujols
Babe Ruth
Whitey Herzog
Hon Mention
Owen Smith
Cal Ripken (attending 2,130 and 2,131 will do that to you)
Roy Hobbs
Dizzy Dean
Satchel Paige
Tanner
Amanda
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"Herman Franks to Sal Yvars to Bobby Thomson. Ralph Branca to Bobby Thomson to Helen Rita... cue Russ Hodges."
The Natural
1. Willie Mays
2. Johnny Bench
3. Sandy Koufax
4. Joe Morgan
5. Roberto Clemente
6. Mickey Mantle
7. Juan Marichal
8. George Brett
9. Joe DiMaggio
10. Willie McCovey
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Favorite players I loved to read about:
Dizzy Dean
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Sandy Koufax
Stan Musial
Ted Williams
Ducky Medwick
Rogers Hornsby
Lefty Grove
Favorite players I had while growing up:
John Tudor
Steve Garvey
Tommy Herr
Lonnie Smith
Ozzie Smith
Dwight Evans
Wade Boggs
Paul Molitor
Dave Parker
Fred Lynn
Favorites from more recent years:
Jimmy Edmonds
Albert Pujols
Chris Carpenter
Yadier Molina
Larry Walker
Skip Schumaker
Matt Holliday
Lance Berkman
David Freese
Allen Craig
"It ain't braggin' if you can do it!" Dizzy Dean
"I went through life as a 'player to be named later.'" Joe Garagiola
"There's a conspiracy among the clubs. Nobody's hiring 37 year old players who can't hit." Mike Jorgensen
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Most of my favorites are players that I've watched play.
Greg Maddux
Frank Thomas
Mike Piazza
Albert Pujols
Mickey Mantle
Ted Williams
Pedro Martinez
Rickey Henderson
Willie Mays
Johan Santana
Mcgwire was my favorite player as a kid, but times have changed.
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It's REALLY hard to narrow it to ten.
1. Dale Murphy
2. Babe Ruth
3. Roberto Clemente
4. Ted Williams
5. Thurman Munson
6. Catfish Hunter
7. Dennis Eckersley
8. Nolan Ryan
9. John Smoltz
10. Chipper Jones
Guys who might be in tomorrow, depending how my mood changes:
Lou Gehrig
Satchel Paige
Harmon Killebrew
Greg Maddux
Ernie Banks
Rickey Henderson
Mark McGwire
Terry Steinbach
Eddie Mathews
Ken Griffey, Jr
Vida Blue
Mike Schmidt
Jimmie Foxx
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