ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
May 19, 2011 2:20pm
Nolan Ryan
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
May 19, 2011 2:24pm
ernest_t_bass;773978 wrote:Nolan Ryan
He's not actually living. That's his zombie that does the Lowe's or whatever commercials. Or at least he has the acting range of a zombie while shilling products.
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Jawbreaker
Posts: 520
May 19, 2011 2:27pm
Mays
BigAppleBuckeye
Posts: 2,935
May 19, 2011 2:42pm
Laley23;773963 wrote:You can discredit Clemens cause of the steroids stuff, but numbers wise, he can easily make the claim as #1.
Clemens:
354 Wins
3.12 ERA (12 years with a sub 3 ERA and 2 years with a sub 2)
4672 Ks
7 Cy Young (1 runner up, 2 #3) and 1 MVP (1 #3)
11 All Star Games
I hate to agree with this Laley, but .... I agree. I HATE Clemens, but until someone proves he cheated (and I think we are close), he has to get the nod.
Still can't believe he didn't get ejected from Game 2 of the 2000 World Series for chucking that bat, what BS
BigAppleBuckeye
Posts: 2,935
May 19, 2011 2:44pm
Heretic;773969 wrote:You know who you really want to pick. Aaron Fucking Heilman.
Ahhh, Aaron Heilman, whose gopher ball cost us a spot in the '06 World Series ... his baseball card remains on my dart board, alongside Armando Benitez and Oliver Perez.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
May 19, 2011 2:48pm
BigAppleBuckeye;774019 wrote:I hate to agree with this Laley, but .... I agree. I HATE Clemens, but until someone proves he cheated (and I think we are close), he has to get the nod.
Still can't believe he didn't get ejected from Game 2 of the 2000 World Series for chucking that bat, what BS
I know, what a POS. I hate that guy as well. I also hate that he named his 3 kids with names starting with "K" What a douche lol.
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sportswizuhrd
Posts: 3,215
May 19, 2011 2:54pm
BigAppleBuckeye;774020 wrote:Ahhh, Aaron Heilman, whose gopher ball cost us a spot in the '06 World Series ... his baseball card remains on my dart board, alongside Armando Benitez and Oliver Perez.
what about Victor Zambrano?
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
May 19, 2011 2:56pm
BigAppleBuckeye;774020 wrote:Ahhh, Aaron Heilman, whose gopher ball cost us a spot in the '06 World Series ... his baseball card remains on my dart board, alongside Armando Benitez and Oliver Perez.
Ah, one of your versions of Stan Belinda for me and the Pirates.
BigAppleBuckeye
Posts: 2,935
May 19, 2011 3:07pm
sportswizuhrd;774039 wrote:what about Victor Zambrano?
You know, I admit that the Zambrano trade for Kazmir was absolutely RETARDED, but, with the way Kazmir fizzled out I am less pissed about this train wreck than I was about 5 years ago.
The Boss
Posts: 541
May 19, 2011 3:10pm
BigAppleBuckeye;774019 wrote:I hate to agree with this Laley, but .... I agree. I HATE Clemens, but until someone proves he cheated (and I think we are close), he has to get the nod.
Still can't believe he didn't get ejected from Game 2 of the 2000 World Series for chucking that bat, what BS
Read Torre's book, The Yankee Years, there is a good section in it about that incident.
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
May 20, 2011 2:26am
Justin Smoak. The stud of the Mariners.
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
May 20, 2011 11:21am
Stan the Man for sure. Since I have been in the STL area for 13 yrs. now, I can understand what he means to this region.
Gotta include my favorite of all time, though, Tom Seaver.
Gotta include my favorite of all time, though, Tom Seaver.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
May 20, 2011 11:27am
norwalk;773901 wrote:You could always do it by position.
1b - Votto
2b - Phillips
SS - Janish
3b - Rolen
LF - Gomes
CF - Stubbs
RF - Bruce
P - Volquez, Cueto, Bailey, Wood, Arroyo (can't decide)
RP - Cordero
norwalk;773902 wrote:I guess I forgot catcher.......Hanigan/Hernandez
Fixed.
Cleveland Buck
Posts: 5,126
May 20, 2011 11:57am
Willie Mays
justincredible
Posts: 32,056
May 20, 2011 12:02pm
Another vote for Mays.
Rotinaj
Posts: 7,699
May 20, 2011 12:08pm
Coco Crisp
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
May 20, 2011 1:28pm
I listen to Hawk Harrelson do the Sox telecasts from time to time. Might as well nominate him. Don't forget Duane Kiper doing the same with the Giants. Gotta love those ex-Indians.
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Sonofanump
May 20, 2011 7:11pm
killdeer;773589 wrote:my vote...
1. Mays
2. Musial
3. Aaron...
discuss...
Yep.
Ironman92
Posts: 49,363
May 20, 2011 10:17pm
Mays is the best IMO....but the longer time ago they played can boost them up some. Those super old HOF players like Yogi Berra and Stan Musial...any baseball fan and player of the past 55 years are going to get some chills when they see them being honored and such.
If not for his circumstances...Pete Rose would be way up there.
If not for his circumstances...Pete Rose would be way up there.
Early Cuyler
Posts: 1,097
May 21, 2011 1:12pm
Wily Mo Peña of course
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
May 21, 2011 8:51pm
Ironman92;775430 wrote:Mays is the best IMO....but the longer time ago they played can boost them up some. Those super old HOF players like Yogi Berra and Stan Musial...any baseball fan and player of the past 55 years are going to get some chills when they see them being honored and such.
If not for his circumstances...Pete Rose would be way up there.
No doubt about that. Pete really shot himself in the foot. Imagine, if he hadn't been such a dick he would regularly be mentioned in discussions such as these and would be a regular on baseball's biggest stages.
What a waste of truly incredible talent.
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Gardens35
Posts: 4,929
May 22, 2011 6:47pm
...or Manny Sanguillen.sportswizuhrd;774039 wrote:what about Victor Zambrano?
se-alum
Posts: 13,948
May 22, 2011 7:06pm
Just a curious question, how many people on here that are picking guys like Mays and Aaron actually watched these guys play? Just interested to know if you think the competition and the athletes back then are comparable to todays athletes.
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Gardens35
Posts: 4,929
May 22, 2011 7:18pm
SE, ^^^that right there would probably be a real good thread...
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Al Bundy
Posts: 4,180
May 22, 2011 7:26pm
se-alum;776905 wrote:Just a curious question, how many people on here that are picking guys like Mays and Aaron actually watched these guys play? Just interested to know if you think the competition and the athletes back then are comparable to todays athletes.
Mays and Aaron both played a good portion of their careers before expansion watered downt he talent level.