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would like to see someone present use a 46 oz. bat. Talk about a piece of lumber!!! 
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Originally Posted by I'm Trying
Where are the pitchers?? You should have said the greatest oldtime hitter.
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Originally Posted by min0 lee
Cy Young, I ran out of spots. Plus I had to make space for the other great Dimaggio.
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Originally Posted by I'm Trying
Where are the pitchers?? You should have said the greatest oldtime hitter.
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Originally Posted by I'm Trying
I voted for Robert Dimaggio
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Originally Posted by JerseyDevil
I wish we had a time machine and could transport a 'natural' Barry Bonds back to the same year as Ruth's hitting debut. In kind, bring Ruth to hit starting in Bonds rookie season and give the fat ass some roids. Bonds would SO CLEARLY blow away Ruth's 714, and Ruth would be minor league material against true major league pitching, it would be embarrassing.
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Originally Posted by min0 lee
Can you imagine if "that Fat Ass" had worked out and layed off the booze, he probably would have hit 100 homers in a season and hot 1500 homers for his career.
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Originally Posted by bio-chem
babe ruth was hitting more home runs in a season than entire divisions when he played. the dude was an animal. thats like bonds hitting a home run every time he gets up to the plate. and lets not forget that babe ruth was a great athlets as well. yeah he did get fat and slow, but in his youth he played pitcher, outfield, and anywhere else they needed him. plus he had a curse on the red sox that lasted like 70 years. thats pretty cool to be able to curse a former team for that long
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Originally Posted by Maynard Keenan
How can you not have Mickey Mantle in this?
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Originally Posted by Maynard Keenan
How can you not have Mickey Mantle in this?
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Originally Posted by njc
No seriously, its Carney Lansford.
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An often-overlooked outstanding natural hitter, Lansford was the Angels Rookie of the Year in 1978, third in the overall AL vote. Traded to Boston in December 1980, in 1981 Lansford became the first righthanded hitter since 1970 to lead the AL in hitting (.336). He went to Oakland in December 1982 in a deal for Tony Armas. A superb fielder despite a lack of range, Carney appeared headed to first base until the emergence of Mark McGwire. Slowed by wrist and ankle injuries in 1983 and a broken right wrist in 1985, the streaky Lansford was healthy over the next four years and was usually the leadoff or number-two hitter. He stole a career-high 29 bases in 1988 and was second in the AL with a .336 batting average as Oakland won AL pennants both years. A quietly intense player, Lansford became recognized as a team leader on the Athletics. Carney's younger brother Jody Lansford played 25 games for the Padres in 1982-83. (ME) |
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Originally Posted by maniclion
Yogi Berra with his wonderful quotes:
"Baseball Is 90% Mental. The Other Half is Physical" "This is like deja vu all over again" |
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Originally Posted by gr81
howabout Willie Mays, a far greater all around player than Ruth, Cmon folx
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Originally Posted by Pepper
Gr81 is driving the correct motorcylce.
Mays is the answer. |
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Originally Posted by fantasma62
How about Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose and Reggie Jackson?
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