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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Darren
My list |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Ryan Christoff
Babe Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Brett
This is a tough one, but for these guys should be top 3 anyways... |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Aaron
Ty Cobb |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Bob
Babe Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)
I tell you what, you'd have a hard time knocking about 20 off the top 5 list... I think the original 5 are pretty darn good... then there were others after them.... |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Damian Anderson
Tough call, my list in no order |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: john/z28jd
1 Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Wagner |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: peter chao
Guys, |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Ray
That's a VERY tough question. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: barrysloate
Babe Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: David G
My picks would be: |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: MVSNYC
babe ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Marty Ogelvie
The one constant in everyone's response has been Babe Ruth. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Al C.risafulli
In order, position players only |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Mark L
Wagner |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Sean Coe
Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: T E
Can't see any modern player cracking this list...top two- |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: John Kalafarski
One of my pet topics. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
I agree with the postscript, John K. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: David G
Here are some top 5 modern players hofers |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: T E
David G, you can't take Ryan over Seaver, can you? For all those Ks and No-hitters, the guy was not the one I'd want on the mound in a do-or-die situation. Seaver, Koufax, Gibson were CLUTCH HOFs... |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Jason L
In no particular order (since Top 5 is hard enough!) |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Glyn Parson
5 Best Hall of Famers |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Bill Stone
1)Babe Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Anonymous
Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: barry arnold
Ruth,Cobb,Wagner,Johnson,Mathewson---My top 5 |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Andrew
Tough to rank pitchers and hitters together. . . |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Richard
Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
No question that Ruth and Cobb are or should be in everyone's top 5. Assuming Rose eventually gets in: does he get into the top 5 ahead of, say, an Aaron or Mays? And if not, does he merit a position ahead of the other modern greats such as Schmidt, Jackson, et al? |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: howard
Pete Rose is not even close to the top five. There were plenty of better players than him even when he was playing, even on his own team. Jackson and Schmidt are among those better than Rose. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Jason L
my God, Howard is exactly right on this one. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)
Rose could probably be in the top 5 HUSTLE players. He played with all his heart and soul. I'm not saying others didn't but you could call Rose the ultimate over-achiever. He played so much that the longevity factor really makes him stand out because of his hits record. I would in no way berate Roses ability as a player because he played the game the way it was supposed to be played. He's to baseball what Dick Butkus was to football. Look what he did to Ray Fosse in 1971... he just played old style, hard nose, tough as nails, in your face - baseball. How many players can make the claim that they played over 600 games at 4 different positions. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: sean
ty cobb |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: blackborder
1. Babe Ruth (good grief, the guy was a power hitter who had a lifetime .342 average and almost 100 wins pitching with a .671 winning percentage which was higher than Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, or Walter Johnson!) |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Jeff Lichtman
Well, that's exactly why Mantle is not a top 5 HOFer; he wasn't one of the best of all time. While I love the Mick, he had like 4 100 RBI seasons... |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Jim
in no particular order.... |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Glenn
Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Dan Koteles
Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Thank you, Blackborder... |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: George Dreher
Babe Ruth |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: CN
Willie Mays,Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Gary Carter, Duke Snider, Warren Spahn,Casey Stengel I am still waiting for Mike Piazza and Tom Glavine to get in. Let's Go Mets. CN |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: John Kalafarski
I was born in 1945 and when I was a kid the standard answer to who was the greatest ballplayer of all time was Ty Cobb. I think most of us are aware of the famous quote by Cobb about what he thought about Ruth (I think at the time of his death). The gist of it was that he was a great guy ("the most unaffected man I ever met") but he didn't approve of the style of play he brought to the game: the game should be played inside the fences with more nuance Cobb felt. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Don
"Well, that's exactly why Mantle is not a top 5 HOFer; he wasn't one of the best of all time. While I love the Mick, he had like 4 100 RBI seasons..." |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Don
"Also, how many homers would he have with that short right field in Yankee Stadium to shoot at for half of every season? Or if he was a Tiger (he loved hitting in that field)." |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Don
Players |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: John Kalafarski
Hey Don: Ted was a dead pull hitter and certainly was hurt by the long distance in right field. Your point is well taken about how tough, in general, Yankee pitching was during his career. But if he was a Yankee, he wouldn't have to face them. I think the green background of Fenway and Detroit helped Ted see the ball better. Likewise, Joe D suffered with the long shot to left he faced in Yankee Stadium. Also, Musial has been on record as saying that he was not the hitter Ted was. You sure about Grove? You know he did pitch for the Red Sox. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: Don
John -- Musial wasn't the hitter that Williams was. Even taking into consideration the Fenway-Factor, Williams was one of the three-to-five greatest offensive players of all time. But Musial was the better all-around player. He was a better fielder, a better base-runner, and a better teammate. And he could hit a little too. |
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The Top 5 Hofer's
Posted By: peter chao
Guys, |
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