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Old 11-26-2014, 11:26 AM
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Great vs.best?

Greatest I kinda have to go with Berra, perhaps Ryan. Griffey Jr. also comes to mind.

How about greatest living athlete = Bo Jackson, hands down.
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Great vs.best?

Greatest I kinda have to go with Berra, perhaps Ryan. Griffey Jr. also comes to mind.

How about greatest living athlete = Bo Jackson, hands down.
I remember watching Bo okay when I was a child. He was held with the same regard as Superman. I can't help but wonder what might have been.

Deon would also be on the list for greatest athlete.
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Old 11-26-2014, 12:10 PM
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Default Bo Jackson
One powerful dude.

Summer of 1987, on the spur of the moment we decided to go to a night game at Yankee Stadium (KC was the visiting team).

The only tickets available at the Ticket booth were for upper deck RF seats. So, that is were we sat.

In the 7th inning, Bo Jax came to bat. We were approx. 400 feet from homeplate, and we heard a crack of the bat that was unreal.
Then we realized that the ball was coming straight at us.

None of us dared to try and catch it. But, were hoping to get it when it hit the vacant sets near us. Well the ball did hit the nearby seats
with such intensity that it rebounded back into the outfield.

And, need I remind you that Bo was a righthanded batter.


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Old 11-26-2014, 12:15 PM
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Bo Jackson, Josh Gibson, and Babe Ruth -- identified by Buck O'Neill as being the only three hitters he had seen who produced a particular sound of bat on ball.
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Its just a shame, totally not right, that Baseball and/or Football Hall of Fame does not put in Bo. think about it…hall of FAME. Nobody was ever as famous at one point as Bo, except perhaps Ruth or Satchell Paige or Jordan. Of all the two bit barely make it players the Hall has allowed in, come on folks, give Bo some love, respect and acknowledgement he is well deserved due.
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1. Mays
2. Aaaron
3. Maddux
4. Rose
5. Griffey
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As to the question of Jeter - how about greatest living short stop. Would you take Ozzie Smith over Jeter? Jeter better at the plate, Ozzie in the field. Both were very successful in regular season and post season.
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Its just a shame, totally not right, that Baseball and/or Football Hall of Fame does not put in Bo. think about it…hall of FAME. Nobody was ever as famous at one point as Bo, except perhaps Ruth or Satchell Paige or Jordan. Of all the two bit barely make it players the Hall has allowed in, come on folks, give Bo some love, respect and acknowledgement he is well deserved due.
My other nominee for the Freaking Amazing Player Cut Down by Injury wing of the Hall would be J.R. Richard. I'm not going to bother dumping out stats here...just remember how dominant this guy was whenever I listened to him pitch against my Dodgers. And the season he suffered his stroke really felt to me like it could have been his finest.

Richard is a great rags to riches to rags to riches story and a player whose Life in Cards will definitely become part of my collection.

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Its just a shame, totally not right, that Baseball and/or Football Hall of Fame does not put in Bo. think about it…hall of FAME. Nobody was ever as famous at one point as Bo, except perhaps Ruth or Satchell Paige or Jordan. Of all the two bit barely make it players the Hall has allowed in, come on folks, give Bo some love, respect and acknowledgement he is well deserved due.
Bo might have become a great baseball player, but (paraphrasing Bill James) you aren't a great player just because you could have been a great player.
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Mays
Aaron
Frank Robinson

Can't see that Jeter is in the top 20
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I agree with Mays/Aaron/Frank

A side question between Mays, Aaron, and Frank Robinson. Who was better defensively in the outfield ? Who had the better throwing arm ? Who was faster in the outfield ? Who was the better clutch hitter ? Power ? Better Base runner ? More speed on the basepaths ? etc,...
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Deon would also be on the list for greatest athlete.
Deon couldn't tackle.
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