Post by MoZonover on Feb 28, 2017 23:33:34 GMT
...Who would they be? Era doesn't matter.
I go with: Ted Williams and Rickey Henderson
www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willite01.shtml
www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henderi01.shtml
Both were headcases in their own ways, divas even, so locker room chemistry is a concern, but oh what they bring to the field. No one set the table as well as Henderson, & he played in an offensively depressed era. Williams played in a far deeper, more balanced era than Ruth, so his accomplishments r more "true"; maybe the purest hitter ever.
Special mention for Willie Mays, & a wildcard on Ruth
For pitchers, bit harder, but I went with: Walter Johnson & Pedro Martinez
www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnswa01.shtml
www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martipe02.shtml
I don't like to go too far into the past; much harder to gauge just how good a player/competition was. But seems by just about every metric (& anecdotes about his arm), Johnson was a beast. Pedro did things in the offensively jacked steroid era that defy belief...
Special mentions for Nolan Ryan & Bob Gibson
I go with: Ted Williams and Rickey Henderson
www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willite01.shtml
www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henderi01.shtml
Both were headcases in their own ways, divas even, so locker room chemistry is a concern, but oh what they bring to the field. No one set the table as well as Henderson, & he played in an offensively depressed era. Williams played in a far deeper, more balanced era than Ruth, so his accomplishments r more "true"; maybe the purest hitter ever.
Special mention for Willie Mays, & a wildcard on Ruth
For pitchers, bit harder, but I went with: Walter Johnson & Pedro Martinez
www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/johnswa01.shtml
www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/martipe02.shtml
I don't like to go too far into the past; much harder to gauge just how good a player/competition was. But seems by just about every metric (& anecdotes about his arm), Johnson was a beast. Pedro did things in the offensively jacked steroid era that defy belief...
Special mentions for Nolan Ryan & Bob Gibson
