Baseball fans - who is your all time favorite player?

**Qbert** · 10-23-2008, 03:53 AM

My favorite player is also a hall of fame third baseman, Brooks Robinson.

**Zuzana Designs** · 10-23-2008, 04:29 AM

I never really got into baseball .. But I guess I have seen alot of Oakland A's games back when I was in highschool.. So I guess Mark McGwire

**Spunky** · 10-23-2008, 05:16 AM

Babe Ruth

**Daddy Big Nuts** · 10-23-2008, 06:40 AM

Tough One....

- Reggie Jackson

**Scott McD** · 10-23-2008, 06:42 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

INow the series is on two different channels over night so I can watch it.

What ones ??

**Lycanthrope** · 10-23-2008, 06:43 AM

Robin Yount

**Triple10Terry** · 10-23-2008, 06:54 AM

Mickey Mantle

**ADL Colin** · 10-23-2008, 06:56 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

So, who is your all time favorite player? I was born in 1976 in the Philly area so for me it is Mike Schmidt.

Great 3B for sure.

**ADL Colin** · 10-23-2008, 06:59 AM

1985 Dwight Gooden.

20 years old. 24-4. 1.53 ERA. 268 K's.

Never lived up to the promise of that season though.

**Sarah_Jayne** · 10-23-2008, 06:59 AM

Originally posted by Scott McD

What ones ??

Channel 5 (they used to do great baseball coverage every week but lost the rights..made it feel like a real club) and then NASN (North American Sports Network) that you get as part of the Setanta sports package. They are both taking the same feed though.

**HotMeghan_GL** · 10-23-2008, 07:14 AM

My favorite as a kid was Darren Daulton!

Al Kaline, George Brett, Lenny Dykstra, Greg Maddux are also some of my favorites.

**Scott McD** · 10-23-2008, 08:35 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

Channel 5 (they used to do great baseball coverage every week but lost the rights..made it feel like a real club) and then NASN (North American Sports Network) that you get as part of the Setanta sports package. They are both taking the same feed though.

Yeah i used to watch quite a lot of it on Channel 5. Wondered what had happened to it.

I don't get NASN with our Setanta package for some reason. When i phoned up they wanted another £10pm just to add that channel...

**Joe BrainCash** · 10-23-2008, 08:47 AM

Being from Montreal, my hero was Gary Carter! No need to tell you what position I played...Catcher!

**iamkathi** · 10-23-2008, 08:50 AM

I have loved baseball all my life. I watched Dwight Gooden back in the days of him playing on the same farm team as Darryl Strawberry.

But, my favorite player was Orel Hershiser. I can still hear the announcer saying" and now batting Orrrreeelllll Hershiser" So cool.

And I love Lou Piniella... Sweet Lou...

And the year I took my dad to see a full on weekend of Cubs games, double header on Saturday and then Sunday afternoon. That was in 1995... 2 months before he passed away. The best trip of my entire life... just me and him and baseball!

Did I mention I adore baseball???

**okok** · 10-23-2008, 09:02 AM

Cal Ripken

Eddie Murray ("EDDIE! EDDIE! EDDIE!")

George Bell (I loved the Blue Jays as a kid even as a Baltimoron, only because for some reason I LOVED the logo and font of their uniforms in the 80s)

**axelcat** · 10-23-2008, 09:17 AM

Kirk Gibson

**mvee** · 10-23-2008, 09:19 AM

I am a Bay Area homer so in no particular order...

Will 'the thrill' Clarke
Barry Bonds
Dave Stewart
Reggie 'Mr October' Jackson
Willie Mays
Willie McCovy

There are so many though

**Sarah_Jayne** · 10-23-2008, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by Scott McD

Yeah i used to watch quite a lot of it on Channel 5. Wondered what had happened to it.

I don't get NASN with our Setanta package for some reason. When i phoned up they wanted another £10pm just to add that channel...

It comes with it for us and really was the whole reason for getting it for me. I think we only pay like £10 a month for the whole package. We have sky but we had to call Setanta and have the package added by them directly rather than through sky.

**Rebel D** · 10-23-2008, 09:40 AM

Alan trammell for me. Awesome SS for the Tigers.

**Porno Dan** · 10-23-2008, 09:43 AM

Ryne Sandberg

**Luscious Media** · 10-23-2008, 09:46 AM

The late great Thurman Munson.

**DAMNMAN** · 10-23-2008, 09:46 AM

See other post for my favorite.

http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=...hlight=damnman

**Andrew138** · 10-23-2008, 09:48 AM

Madonna in A league of their own.

**OMG Jim** · 10-23-2008, 09:48 AM

I would have to say my favorite all-time is

Mr. BASEBALL... Pete Rose

This is the guy that I patterned my playing style after in high school and college

_

**SykkBoy** · 10-23-2008, 09:51 AM

Dale Murphy

**CDSmith** · 10-23-2008, 09:58 AM

Johnny Bench

**NaughtyRob** · 10-23-2008, 10:02 AM

Favorite all time player would have to be Roberto Clemente although he was before my time. After that, Pete Rose ( I greatly admire his play ) but I have always been a Pittsburgh Pirates fan.

**baddog** · 10-23-2008, 10:06 AM

The 1968 Giants. Mays if I have to choose just one.

**WhiplashDug** · 10-23-2008, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by Zuzana Designs

I never really got into baseball .. But I guess I have seen alot of Oakland A's games back when I was in highschool.. So I guess Mark McGwire

BIG MAC! fo sho!
'Let's Go A's'

**Sarah_Jayne** · 10-23-2008, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by AlmightyJim

I would have to say my favorite all-time is

Mr. BASEBALL... Pete Rose

This is the guy that I patterned my playing style after in high school and college

_

Being from Philly in that era I was a fan of his growing up too.

**Sarah_Jayne** · 10-23-2008, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by CDSmith

Johnny Bench

My dad is big into strat-o-matic fantasy baseball and when he was teaching me how to play it as a teen I always ended up with Johnny Bench on my team.

**Sarah_Jayne** · 10-23-2008, 10:18 AM

Originally posted by Andrew138

Madonna in A league of their own.

Is it wrong of me to actually like that film?

**mynameisjim** · 10-23-2008, 10:28 AM

Always liked Greg Maddux. I like the way he prepares and studies the game. Works hard to be a complete player, not just a pitcher.

**SykkBoy** · 10-23-2008, 11:41 AM

Originally posted by mynameisjim

Always liked Greg Maddux. I like the way he prepares and studies the game. Works hard to be a complete player, not just a pitcher.

same here
and he doesn't really look like an athlete either...

**BlockThree** · 10-23-2008, 11:45 AM

**ADL Colin** · 10-23-2008, 11:50 AM

Originally posted by Sarah_MaxCash

My dad is big into strat-o-matic fantasy baseball and when he was teaching me how to play it as a teen I always ended up with Johnny Bench on my team.

oh helllll yeah

I had football too.

**ADL Colin** · 10-23-2008, 11:52 AM

Baseball fans - who is your all time favorite player?

Baseball fans - who is your all time favorite player?

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