Hamerin' Hank passes away. In my opinion still the home run king. Sorry to all the Bonds fans.
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Hamerin' Hank passes away. In my opinion still the home run king. Sorry to all the Bonds fans.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/bra...C2KRNX2KBKIEM/
That hurts - I grew up a Braves fan (after his time), but I always admired him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulldog Tom
Class individual, no showboating, hard to believe he only weighed 180 pounds. I caught the end of his career. Had one of his baseball cards.Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
No batting gloves also -
Forearms and wrist action. Nobody else has ever been able to do what he did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulldog Tom
Maybe the best ever? IDK, but I'd pick one of these...
Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, or Pete Rose.
As a pure hitter I would add Tony Gwynn in with those guys even though he didn't have their power.
Roberto Clemente could flat out play.
Agreed about Tony Gwynn being a great hitter, as were Rod Carew and George Brett.
Clemente might have been the most complete all around player ever -Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
Unfortunately he was lost to us before he reached his prime
The period from the late 60's through the entire 70's into the early 80's might have been the Golden Era talent wise for pure baseball talent - especially overall American talent (North and South)
This was before the NBA & NFL started siphoning off the best African American talent to their respective sports
Barry Bonds isn't in the top 100!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bulldog Tom
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Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
Clemente was 38 when he died...I think he was on the downhill side of prime.
Ted Williams lost almost five full seasons to military service when he was in his prime, and I've always wondered where he would have ended up if he'd played those five seasons.
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Originally Posted by CARTEK
Willie Mays lost almost two full seasons early in his career.
For some reason I thought Clemente was 28 instead of 38...Quote:
Originally Posted by CARTEK
You are correct about Teddy Ballgame - lost 3? to WWII and 2? to Korea - and he wasn't selling war bonds on his tours of duty, he was slinging lead and dropping TNT....
Clemente was still a helluva ball player.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
Chuck Yeager's wingman in Korea. Yeager is to have said that Ted was one of the best pilots he ever flew with...but he said that about most of them!
Clemente was 38 when he died. he also was a Marine Corps veteranQuote:
Originally Posted by CARTEK
Clemente made it to exactly 3000 hits (I have his last Topps baseball card), so I was a bit surprised by your first comment--was pretty sure he was getting older (though he did look young).Quote:
Originally Posted by Dwayne From Minden
If Williams could have gotten those years back, I wonder if he could have eclipsed Ruth. He still wouldn't have been as dominant compared to his era, but he probably would have matched the big numbers (HR and RBI, for instance).