"Greatest Living Ballplayer"

• ernest_t_bass

  

  Nolan Ryan
• Heretic

  

  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.
• Jawbreaker

  Mays
• BigAppleBuckeye

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.
• sportswizuhrd

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  Justin Smoak. The stud of the Mariners.
• stlouiedipalma

  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.
• wildcats20

  

  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

  

  Willie Mays
• justincredible

  

  Another vote for Mays.
• Rotinaj

  

  Coco Crisp
• stlouiedipalma

  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.
• Sonofanump

  killdeer;773589 wrote:my vote...
  1. Mays
  2. Musial
  3. Aaron...
  
  discuss...

  
  Yep.
• Ironman92

  

  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.
• Early Cuyler

  

  Wily Mo Peña of course
• stlouiedipalma

  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.
• Gardens35

  sportswizuhrd;774039 wrote:what about Victor Zambrano?

  ...or Manny Sanguillen.
• se-alum

  

  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.
• Gardens35

  SE, ^^^that right there would probably be a real good thread...
• Al Bundy

  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.