#10 Musings Beyond the Bunker (Tuesday April 27)
Good morning!
For the first time since 1921, a player started a game while leading the Major Leagues in home runs. The last guy was Babe Ruth. Yesterday, it was Shohei Ohtani, who pitched for the win, struck out nine, scored three runs and had two RBIs. Crazy…
BASEBALL GREATS
Here’s the next sports vote… Name the top five pitchers and top ten position players since 1960. This time I’ll start with a personal list of many of the most obvious possible choices. This is a quick list; I’m sure I’ve missed a lot:
Position players
Willie Mays
Henry Aaron
Pete Rose
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Roberto Clemente
Mickey Mantle
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Derek Jeter
Johnny Bench
Miguel Cabrera
Frank Robinson
Mike Schmidt
Yogi Berra
Ichiro Suzuki
Ernie Banks
Joe Morgan
Rickey Henderson
Pitchers
Sandy Koufax
Nolan Ryan
Roger Clemens
Mariano Rivera
Bob Gibson
Greg Maddux
Pedro Martinez
Tom Seaver
Randy Johnson
Still playing, but you decide whether to include
Bryce Harper
Mookie Betts
Mike Trout
Albert Pujols
Justin Verlander
Clayton Kershaw
Steroids boys—What do you think?
Alex Rodriguez
Barry Bonds
Sammy Sosa
Jose Canseco
Have a great day,
Glenn