Favorite MLB player when they were at their prime...

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Favorite MLB player when they were at their prime... 

Post#1 » by jrsmith1 » Sun Aug 5, 2007 3:45 am

at each postion, go head and list them i
ll be back with my list after i think it over.
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Post#2 » by backer55 » Sun Aug 5, 2007 3:48 am

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BARRY BONDS.
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Post#3 » by nykgeneralmanager » Sun Aug 5, 2007 3:49 am

Bernie Williams
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Post#4 » by SportsWorld » Sun Aug 5, 2007 3:49 am

Ken Griffey Jr.
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Post#5 » by Klomp » Sun Aug 5, 2007 4:01 am

SP: Johan Santana
C: Joe Mauer
1B: Kent Hrbek
2B: Roberto Alomar
SS: Derek Jeter
3B: Cal Ripken, Jr.
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Kirby Puckett
RF: Sammy Sosa
DH: David Ortiz
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Post#6 » by A.J. » Sun Aug 5, 2007 4:01 am

SportsWorld wrote:Ken Griffey Jr.


Same here
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Post#7 » by 34Celtic » Sun Aug 5, 2007 5:10 am

Kent Hrbeck...i love it


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Post#8 » by bigboy1234 » Sun Aug 5, 2007 5:29 am

My favs:

SP: Walter Johnson
C: Johnny Bench
1B: Lou Gehrig
2B: Rogers Hornsby
SS: Honus Wagner
3B: Mike Schmidt
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Willie Mays
RF: Babe Ruth
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Post#9 » by JoeJohnson2two » Sun Aug 5, 2007 3:13 pm

SP: Pedro Martinez
C: Darren "Dutch" Daulton
1B: Tino Martinez
2B: Paul Molitor
SS: Barry Larkin
3B: t-Alex Rodriguez/t-Scott Brosius
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Mickey Mantle
RF: t-David Justice/t-Roger Maris
DH: Frank Thomas
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Post#10 » by Posey H8er » Sun Aug 5, 2007 3:43 pm

Sandy Koufax FTW
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Post#11 » by Basketball Jesus » Sun Aug 5, 2007 3:50 pm

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Post#12 » by Da Schwab » Sun Aug 5, 2007 4:54 pm

JoeJohnson2two wrote:SP: Pedro Martinez
C: Darren "Dutch" Daulton
1B: Tino Martinez
2B: Paul Molitor
SS: Barry Larkin
3B: t-Alex Rodriguez/t-Scott Brosius
LF: Barry Bonds
CF: Mickey Mantle
RF: t-David Justice/t-Roger Maris
DH: Frank Thomas



I'm confused....you're a Brewers fan, but you only have one former Brewer on your list.

My List:

C: Jorge Posada
1B: Tino Martinez/ Donnie Baseball
2B: Craig Biggio
3B: Scott Rolen
SS: Derek Jeter
LF: Ricky Ledee (But where is he now?)
CF: Bernie Williams
RF: Paul O' Neill
SP: Andy Pettitte (Despite my dislike of him skipping town for Houston few years back)
RP: Mariano Rivera

Seems pretty standard, but they're the guys I've grown up watching.
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Post#13 » by cb4_89 » Sun Aug 5, 2007 4:57 pm

Griffey.
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Post#14 » by JoeJohnson2two » Sun Aug 5, 2007 8:59 pm

gunnabdaschwab09 wrote:I'm confused....you're a Brewers fan, but you only have one former Brewer on your list.


Yes, I'm a Brewers fan but I'm not obliged to like them anymore than other players for opposing teams.

There's only a handful of Brewers worth noting on the list but I like other players better (Cecil Cooper, Robin Yount, Rollie Fingers, Gorman Thomas, Greg Vaughn).

Look at my list again and think of the Milwaukee Brewers. Do we really have that many players that I could like more than the guys on my list?
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Post#15 » by Jasen777 » Mon Aug 6, 2007 10:33 pm

SP - Charlie Hough
RP - Dennis Eckersley
C - Ivan Rodriguez
1B - Andres Galarraga
2B - Craig Biggio
SS - Ozzie Smith
3B - Robin Ventura
OF - Tony Gwynn
OF - Ricky Henderson
OF - Dante Bichette
DH - Edgar Martinez
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Post#16 » by stro4swift » Mon Aug 6, 2007 10:41 pm

Griffey Jr.
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Post#17 » by livestrong4ever » Mon Aug 6, 2007 11:04 pm

Barry Bonds
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Post#18 » by Dirty Water » Mon Aug 6, 2007 11:45 pm

Nomar Garciaparra by far
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Post#19 » by SwiLL2432 » Tue Aug 7, 2007 3:00 am

Griffey is the GOAT IMO. He is/was/ and always will be a BEAST!!!!

And his video games are awesome
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Post#20 » by Manhattan Project » Tue Aug 7, 2007 3:28 am

A part of me wants to say that if Griffey JR was not your favorite player during his prime, then you were deprived. Robin Ventura and Nomar Garciaparra are two other answers id give. In five years it will be Vlad the Imapler.
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