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Post by dumdave on Apr 25, 2015 10:58:30 GMT -6
I saw some sports talking heads. They were giving their views on the greatest LIVING baseball players. Eacj listed four players. Here are some of their names. A-Rod Willy Mays Randy Johnson Pedro Martinez Rodger Clemons
Here is my four. YOGI Berra Why didn't anyone bring up Yogi? Willy Mays This is a given A-Rod Even w/o the peds he is an amazing player. Rodger Clemons. I don't like the man at all. But he did win 7 Cy Young awards. (specail mention to Randy Johnson, Pedro and Sandy K.. There were great for a shorter time.) What is your favorite four living ball players?
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Post by dumdave on Apr 26, 2015 13:07:44 GMT -6
I don't know your name, but I'll bet you were a horse. Streator tornado 5-15-1915?
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Post by father of two on Apr 26, 2015 13:40:10 GMT -6
The best 4 living ball players is a tough call. I would go with Mays, Aaron, Ripken and Ryan. Hard to leave out many, Rose, Maddux, Koufax... So many good ones.
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Post by cmon on Apr 26, 2015 14:46:23 GMT -6
Mays, Aaron, Koufax, Gibson.
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Post by willy on Apr 26, 2015 20:53:28 GMT -6
I gotta pick Pete Rose, all star at 5 different positions, played in more games won, most hits of all time. Ripken broke the holiest of all records and Lou Gehrig was one of the best of all times. Ken Griffey Jr. was pretty good and played the game the right way and got hurt a lot playing hard ball. Had he not been hurt so much hard telling what records he'd have gone after. My last is George Brett, pretty good ball player and my bias towards Kansas City. My friend Marty Pattin played with him. I think with the names cmon , MM and FOT listed, it would be a pretty tough team to beat. No wrong answers.
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Post by dumdave on Apr 27, 2015 10:40:25 GMT -6
Tore off a sction of the old Crawford Locomotive works bldg. It was 300' X 75. Now the james St rec area.
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Post by dumdave on Apr 30, 2015 11:26:30 GMT -6
NLF draft is tonight. So in 1965 the Bears drafted two players consecutively with two of the top 5 picks. They both went to the HOF. Who were they?
BTW Dallas picked Craig Morton not too far away. St Louis Cards picked Willie Joe Namath. Later on the Balt. Colts picked Ralph Neeley, & traded him to Dallas. He was a future HOF.
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Post by father of two on Apr 30, 2015 14:35:12 GMT -6
I'm going to guess gale Sayers and dick Butkus
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Post by willy on Apr 30, 2015 18:19:46 GMT -6
FOT got it right. Amazing how good Sayers was and he played so few games and still made the Hall. That's how impressive his short career was, was good anytime he touched the ball and that was from the backfield, punt and Kickoff returns. And unlike Hester who couldn't remember the plays once he crossed the chalk lines, Sayers was pretty smart.
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Post by dumdave on May 1, 2015 12:00:42 GMT -6
D!ck Butkus was just an amazing guy to watch play. No One, really On One, played middle linebacker any better for some really average Bears teams. The guy could dominate and was almost involved in every tackle. He was a joy to watch. Gale Sayers was the best runner of his short time. I wonder if today's sports medicine could have fixed him up?
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Post by dumdave on May 1, 2015 13:56:03 GMT -6
Today in MLB history. 1991 Someone threw his 7th no hitter.
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Post by cmon on May 1, 2015 14:36:08 GMT -6
Nolan Ryan
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Post by dumdave on May 2, 2015 1:41:44 GMT -6
Yup. Read about it today.
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Post by willy on May 2, 2015 9:15:19 GMT -6
Barry Bonds is a guess. Home runs.
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Post by dumdave on May 2, 2015 9:50:52 GMT -6
That is such a good question. I had to cheat and I looked it up. Never would have guess as I think this player was on the West coast & I didn't follow MLB beyond the Rangers (I saw the no hitter on my local TV).
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