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/
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/
No batting gloves also -
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
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 -
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
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
I'm an asshole! What's your excuse?
''Don't be a bad dagh..."
I'm an asshole! What's your excuse?
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).
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).