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Rick2583

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Since things are a little slow, pick your favorite top 5 players that you've actually seen play.

1) Willie McCovey
2) Mickey Mantle
3) Willie Mays
4) Joe Pepitone
5) Bobby Bonds
 
1) Mickey Mantle
2) Mariano Rivera
3) Derek Jeter
4) Don Mattingly
5) Griffey Jr.
 
In no particular order/rank....

Griffey Jr
Mo
Jeter
Ripken jr
Boggs
I'd love to add Donnie, but he ranks behind the afore mentioned 5... & Gwynn....
 
Bernie Williams
Don Mattingly
Willie Randolph
Mickey rivers
Mo

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Jeter
Mo
Munson
Guidry
5 is a tie: Posada, Williams, ONeill, Nettles and Reggie

Best Yankee Game ever attended: 2000 WS Game 1, left bleachers next to the spot they launched the eagle from.
 
Did I mention that they DON'T have to be Yankees?
 
Rick2583 said:
Did I mention that they DON'T have to be Yankees?
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I had 2.5 non-Yankees of the 5... Boggs was a brief Yankee hence the half, but still... Ripken Jr. & Griffey Jr. were also on my list.. ;)
 
Rick2583 said:
It was directed at Totus & Al.
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I actually understood your intent, and I answered truthfully. I can appreciate guys on other teams, but they don't make my top 5. Living in San Diego the past 22 years, you have to like Hoffman and Gwynn. And Griffey anchored many a fantasy league team in the 90s. If he had been a Yank, he would be in my top 5.
 
totus44 said:
I actually understood your intent, and I answered truthfully. I can appreciate guys on other teams, but they don't make my top 5. Living in San Diego the past 22 years, you have to like Hoffman and Gwynn. And Griffey anchored many a fantasy league team in the 90s. If he had been a Yank, he would be in my top 5.
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San Diego was one of my stopping points, graduated from High School (Mission Bay), at that time the Padres were a Red Sox Farm Club. Always had fond memories of "Dago" though and took interest in the team when they hit MLB status. Thought the '84 and '98 teams were good units and I too was a fan of Hoffman and Gywnn.
 
I still remember when Nate Colbert hit 5 home runs in a double header. I think it was around 71 or 72. He had a very short career. Was doing well with the padres but they traded him for reasons unknown when he was in his late 20s & his career just seemed to die. And by the time he was 30 he was out of baseball.
 
1. George Brett
2. Don Mattingly
3. Ken Griffey Jr.
4. Derek Jeter
5. Dave Parker
 
totus44 said:
I actually understood your intent, and I answered truthfully. I can appreciate guys on other teams, but they don't make my top 5. Living in San Diego the past 22 years, you have to like Hoffman and Gwynn. And Griffey anchored many a fantasy league team in the 90s. If he had been a Yank, he would be in my top 5.
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So Totus why did Colbert career end so early?
 
barry bonds
chili davis
buster posey
matt cain
ken griffey jr
 
right on man! i noticed the giants on your list so thought id chirp in

they win the WS every other year so they are due!
 
Barry Bonds pre or post steroids up the wazoo? cause in Pitt, he was most likely clean, but definitely not in SF....
 
Hammerojustice said:
Barry Bonds pre or post steroids up the wazoo? cause in Pitt, he was most likely clean, but definitely not in SF....
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he was probably juicing after 2000 or so, watching lesser players like mcguire and sosa get accolades likely drove his ego to "level the playing field" as it were

he was 35 in 2000, having already played 7 seasons in sf, so i have to disagree with you to an extent
 
3RA1N1AC said:
he was probably juicing after 2000 or so, watching lesser players like mcguire and sosa get accolades likely drove his ego to "level the playing field" as it were

he was 35 in 2000, having already played 7 seasons in sf, so i have to disagree with you to an extent
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Most believe he started after that farce season of 98 when Sosa & McGwire were getting all the attention. So I'd have to say it lasted from 99-04. and keep in mind that prior to 99 he had already over 400 HRs over 400 SBs, 3 MVPs & 8 gold gloves.
 
Rick2583 said:
Most believe he started after that farce season of 98 when Sosa & McGwire were getting all the attention. So I'd have to say it lasted from 99-04. and keep in mind that prior to 99 he had already over 400 HRs over 400 SBs, 3 MVPs & 8 gold gloves.
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1999/2000 yeah

as a lifelong giants fan im well aware of his accomplishments, steroids or not, one of the best to ever play the game
 
fuck i cant believe i forgot will clark, he might be #1 for me...i am a failure as a human being
 
1 Mantle
2 Guidry
3 Cedeno, Cesar threw a frozen rope from deep center field to 3B in the old Jarry Park in Montreal that I will never forget
4 Winfield
5 Jeter
 
3RA1N1AC said:
he was probably juicing after 2000 or so, watching lesser players like mcguire and sosa get accolades likely drove his ego to "level the playing field" as it were

he was 35 in 2000, having already played 7 seasons in sf, so i have to disagree with you to an extent
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Look at the side by side season shots... He was a bean pole in Pittsburgh & almost immediately after joining SF, he started looking like a football player...
 
Hammerojustice said:
Look at the side by side season shots... He was a bean pole in Pittsburgh & almost immediately after joining SF, he started looking like a football player...
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In his last year in Pittsburgh his numbers were 34 / 103 / 311 in 470 ABs & he led the league in Walks, IBB, Runs, OBP, SLG%, OPS, OPS+ and he won his 2nd MVP So he wasn't exactly a slotch for the Pirates either. But yeah, he did get bigger as the years went on.
 
Will Clark was one hell of a ball player, remember those Mattingly for Clark Trade rumors. Had the Giants remained in New York they might have been my NL Team. Still respected the franchise after they went to San Fran probably because I entered fandom when Mays, Mantle and Snyder were up in NY, Aaron in Milwaukee and though they did not have the big power numbers other Center Fielders from that era I respected were Richie Ashburn and Bill Virdon.
 
Yankeefan5545 said:
Will Clark was one hell of a ball player, remember those Mattingly for Clark Trade rumors. Had the Giants remained in New York they might have been my NL Team. Still respected the franchise after they went to San Fran probably because I entered fandom when Mays, Mantle and Snyder were up in NY, Aaron in Milwaukee and though they did not have the big power numbers other Center Fielders from that era I respected were Richie Ashburn and Bill Virdon.
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And when you think of the players the Giants traded away over the years or lost to free agency...........Will Clark, Jack Clark, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Gary Mathews, Bobby Bonds, Gaylord Perry, Orlando Cepeda. The list of great players are just endless.
 
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