Thread: Who is baseball's greatest oldtime player?

Babe, didn't he use like a 46 oz. bat, plus had like 5000 less at bats than Aaron or something like that? would like to see someone present use a 46 oz. bat. Talk about a piece of lumber!!!

Hank was great too. The Babe was also a great pitcher who still had some unbroken pitching records just recently broken a few years ago.

I can't believe that Ruth is winning, he was a fat piece of shit, howabout Willie Mays, a far greater all around player than Ruth, Cmon folx

My top 3 are the following.
Babe Ruth---For a fat jolly guy he kicked ass.
Willie Mays---Unfortunatly, I got to see him at the end of his career. He was a true 5 tool player "Say Hey Kid"
Lou Gehrig----His power was amazing, he would he a line drive towards an outfielder who thought they have a chance to catch only to see it go over for a homer.

Shoeless Joe Jackson

Where's Kareem Garcia?

How can Babe not be the best? The guy was lightyears ahead of his time. Not to mention he was overweight, smoked and drank as his other "job".

No single player has ever revolutionized a sport like Babe Ruth did. Before Babe, baseball was all about "small ball"...singles, stolen bases, moving one base at a time. Babe Ruth turned baseball into a game of power.

I have to vote for Babe since he was not concerned with athleticism but arguabley the best hitter ever. You gotta love his personality and bad habits. He revolutionized baseball.

I voted for Robert Dimaggio

Where are the pitchers?? You should have said the greatest oldtime hitter.

Originally Posted by I'm Trying

Where are the pitchers?? You should have said the greatest oldtime hitter.

Cy Young, I ran out of spots. Plus I had to make space for the other great Dimaggio.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

Cy Young, I ran out of spots. Plus I had to make space for the other great Dimaggio.

Christy Mathewson or Walter Johnson.

Originally Posted by I'm Trying

Where are the pitchers?? You should have said the greatest oldtime hitter.

"Any Other Player, please explain " There you go.
They were great pitchers.

Originally Posted by I'm Trying

I voted for Robert Dimaggio

You ass kisser.

Ruth witout question... Those are some great names though. The only people who would have a shot at surpassing Ruth's domination of the game are Bonds on roids and me...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Yeah, but that would never happen.

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

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

How can you not have Mickey Mantle in this?

Jimmy fox, Eddie Matthews, Mel Ott, Harmon Killebrew, Ernie Banks

Originally Posted by Maynard Keenan

How can you not have Mickey Mantle in this?

There are just too many.

Hideo Nomo.

No way, he is just too hideous.

He isnt really an old timer, but I thnk ozzie smith probably had one of the nicest plays in baseball when he dove for a ball, the ball took a weird bounce and he quickly barehanded it. It was amazing, and where is MICKY?

Originally Posted by Maynard Keenan

How can you not have Mickey Mantle in this?

I was def. thinking the same thing. Gotta love the Mick. He would have been head and shoulders better then all of them if he didnt mess up his knee.

That is what they say, I forgot to include him. Trouble is there are so many great Yankees out there.