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View Poll Results: Who is the greatest living player today?
Ronald Acuna Jr 1 0.24%
Johnny Bench 16 3.85%
Mookie Betts 0 0%
Barry Bonds 116 27.88%
Steve Carlton 0 0%
Roger Clemens 2 0.48%
Ken Griifey Jr 38 9.13%
Rickey Henderson 27 6.49%
Randy Johnson 3 0.72%
Sandy Koufax 52 12.50%
Greg Maddux 7 1.68%
Pedro Martinez 5 1.20%
Shohei Ohtani 18 4.33%
Albert Pujols 16 3.85%
Cal Ripken Jr 5 1.20%
Alex Rodriguez 0 0%
Pete Rose 39 9.38%
Nolan Ryan 34 8.17%
Mike Schmidt 17 4.09%
Ichiro Suzuki 7 1.68%
Mike Trout 1 0.24%
Other 12 2.88%
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Old 06-20-2024, 09:48 PM
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Leon, thanks for moving this thread over.

Someone voted for Other. If they are willing to post who they would vote for, I'd like to know since I thought I listed players that covered the most likely suspects.
It was me. I jokingly posted that Leon was my answer.

At the time, three of the top six threads on the main page were, "greatest living player" discussions. I found that a bit ridiculous. My poll answer matched my mood at the time.

As an aside, I'm surprised Sadaharu Oh isn't on the list. Are we only considering MLB players?
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I think Bonds is the choice, but Reggie and Brett probably deserve to be on the list for votes.

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Admittedly I picked Clemens, which I know people have issue. However, then I went with my top 5 for fun and three of them are being held out of the hall. That is a little sad to think about.
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Bonds is the answer. Could list many stats, but his 7 MVPs when no one else in league history has more than 3 is ridiculous.
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Sincere question for people who pick Bonds; do you think Bonds was better than Willie Mays too? If the answer is yes, then wouldn't he have been the greatest living player this whole time?

My point is that stats are stats and you can use stats to discuss Bonds, but if you do, then how do you factor Mays ahead of him at all?
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Not sure about the greatest living player, BUT I think he deserves to be in this top 20 voting list.
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Bonds??????? That cheatin' POS??? How can ANYONE vote for that clown? You know there is a reason he's not in the HOF, right? Pujols is the obvious choice. No question he is clean and did AMAZING things in his career. I get the Koufax contingent but he had 6 good years and 6 average/below average seasons. I discount almost every guy on that list as most weren't even the best player of their era except Bench.
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Bonds??????? That cheatin' POS??? How can ANYONE vote for that clown? You know there is a reason he's not in the HOF, right? Pujols is the obvious choice. No question he is clean and did AMAZING things in his career. I get the Koufax contingent but he had 6 good years and 6 average/below average seasons. I discount almost every guy on that list as most weren't even the best player of their era except Bench.
Because of math.
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That’s “new” math, G1911. The Bonds folks are voting for an asterisk “greatest” player ever. Bonds’ most noteworthy achievements are all tarnished, every single one. It boggles my mind that people have become so jaded as to willingly select someone as their “living representative” as best ever (living) at a sport they enjoy, and which he knowingly tarnished. People can argue all they want for their pick or their favorite, but your guy Bonds will always be ***. This isn’t difficult, and yes I know you aren’t the only one pining for him. Trent King
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Because of math.
Bonds is definitely the greatest living juicer. The things that man could do with a needle! Too bad we don't have highlights, it would be fun to watch.

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It was me. I jokingly posted that Leon was my answer.

At the time, three of the top six threads on the main page were, "greatest living player" discussions. I found that a bit ridiculous. My poll answer matched my mood at the time.

As an aside, I'm surprised Sadaharu Oh isn't on the list. Are we only considering MLB players?
Josh Gibson...what too soon?
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I went with Rickey Henderson.
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Josh Gibson...what too soon?
Sorry, I have no idea where you’re going with this. I wouldn’t have responded; however, you quoted me and then wrote this.
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I had to go with Griffey Jr. just because I liked the way he played.
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I ranked them:

(1) Rose - Hit King
(2) Bonds - unfortunately tainted by PEDs
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Well, it's complicated. There is normally a player who may or may not be the greatest but is chosen as the elder statesman. I think Koufax assumes that role.

Bonds is clearly the best but has more baggage than LaGuardia. Rose and Clemens have similar issues.

Schmidt and Bench are both generally seen as the greatest players ever at their position.

Henderson, Griffey Jr, Ripken Jr also could have their justifications.
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