Who would you say are the three best baseball players of all time?

Ricky Vaughn

Roy Hobbs

Willie Hayes

The Boudreau shift.

coach wrote:

Pitch placement and shifts aren't th hat new. Ever hear of the William's shift? He still managed to hit well

Baseball is a unique sport in that great athletes don't always make the best baseball players. For instance Deion Sanders and Michael Jordan are two of the very best athletes of all time but both were very average or below average baseball players. For every Frank Thomas that probably could have been a great NFL tight end, you also have professional hitter, Matt Stairs who wouldn't have been good in any other sport.

coach b wrong wrote:

coach wrote:

Today's pitchers are better.

You'd think today's muscle bound players could swing a big bat and hit 500 foot shots, most can't even do it in a home run derby competition orbatting practice.

Ruth could do what he did, winding up with that swing, because the pitchers of his time didn't throw very hard. Again, the extremes on either end stick out to us which is why the statistics of eras gone by are so out of whack to the high end in terms of BA and OBP. He'd struggle vs HS pitchers attempting to do so today. Of course he'd make adjustments but he'd be a much lesser player in todays world.

The thought that the best 3 players, hitter, pitchers in the history of the game would have played as long as a century ago is preposterous.

Just because a player did not play in the "modern era" does not mean he can not be one of the best ever. Jack Nicklaus, whom many would consider the greatest golfer every, played almost 60 years ago. Wilt Chamberlain did not play in the "modern era." Neither did Alcindor. Rod Laver is one of the best tennis players ever. He played a number of decades ago.

WTF^n wrote:

roach. wrote:

Ahhh. Basketball and football. So do you feel a unwieldy 6'10" basketball player could have been a star hitter in baseball without doubt? Do you feel a 300 pound NFL player or perhaps quarterback would no doubt hit .400 and 80 homers per year had they played baseball? How are you determining athleticism? Especially when required to be specialized for a particular sport? Do you have an algorithm?

Completely disingenuous of you to choose "unwieldy 6'10" basketball player" and "300 pound NFL player or perhaps quarterback" for hypothetical baseball capabilities rather than 215 lb defensive backs, 225 lb running backs, 250 lb linebackers, 6' 3" point guards, 6' 6" and 6' 7" wings. The only possible conclusion is that you lack all integrity. You are at your essence nothing more than a lying sack of sh!t. Certainly not worth paying attention to.

Try honesty and integrity. It doesn't hurt. Honest!

Or just watch John Wall try and throw a baseball.

Kenny Fucking Powers

Wild Thing Ricky Vaughn

Nuke Laloosh

Robert Redford

Charlie Sheen

Kevin Costner

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