So who is the goat baseball player?

[Real]

Don't think ya did, cac

Oh....i did. CAC.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Oh....i did. CAC.

cac please

 

[Real]

cac please

fukk you cac

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

fukk you cac

your cac mama

 

[Real]

your cac mama

fukk you and your whole cac family.

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

fukk you and your whole cac family.

your entire cac lineage

 

[the cool]

how can ya'll say barry bonds when he was juiced up?

 

[Real]

your entire cac lineage

fukk your cac family, and every cac pet your family has had

 

[Alexander The Great]

Maybe if this was 1996, cac.

lol at you not even understanding the point of my post

cac

I understood VERY well, cac

Don't think ya did, cac

Oh....i did. CAC.

cac please

fukk you cac

your cac mama

fukk you and your whole cac family.

your entire cac lineage

fukk your cac family, and every cac pet your family has had

 

[holidayinn21]

anyone but babe ruth.

dude led the majors in HR's as a full-time pitcher.

can't take him serious.

 

[infamous212]

I can name 50 pitchers better than Nolan Ryan.

I'd like to see that.

 

[HHR]

Don't be silly. Bonds juiced and before the 98 season (the season he started juicing), Griffey was better across the board minus stolen bases. They're equal IMO

I know edited this...but I'm still going to respond, because they were not equal.

Let's compare their best 8-year stretches, Bonds 1.0* between 1990-97, and Griffey between 91-98.

Barry Bonds - .305/.438/.599 - 290 HR - 66 WAR
Ken Griffey Jr - .304/.386/.596 - 316 HR - 55 WAR

Even if we factor in that Griffey had more value as an elite CF than Bonds did as an elite LF, that 50 POINT GAP in on-base percentage is insurmountable.

It's really not even close. Bonds wasn't the media's favorite (for good reason), but he was clearly the better and more valuable player.

 

[Th3G3ntleman]

Mike Piazza

 

[HHR]

I'd like to see that.

Walter Johnson
Steve Carlton
Pedro Martinez
Greg Maddux
Roy Halladay
Johan Santana
CC Sabathia
Sandy Koufax
Don Drysdale
Lefty Grove
Mordecai Brown
Curt Schilling
Randy Johnson
John Smoltz
Tom Seaver
Satchel Paige
Bullet Joe Rogan
Cannonball Redding
Smokey Joe Williams
Whitey Ford
Bob Gibson
Bob Feller
Christy Mathewson
Jim Palmer
Warren Spahn
Justin Verlander
Felix Hernandez
Roger Clemens
David Cone
Rube Waddell
Cy Young
Luis Tiant
Juan Marichal
Early Wynn
Gaylord Perry
Mike Mussina
Bert Blyleven
Pete Alexander
Smokey Joe Wood
Leon Day
Dizzy Dean
Phil Neikro
Carl Hubbel
Kevin Brown
Robin Roberts
Dazzy Vance
Leon Day
Fergie Jenkins
49...............

OK, I only got to 48. But I steered away from guys like Old Hoss Radbourn, Tim Keefe, Kid Nichols and Eddie Plank

Nolan Ryan is probably the most single overrated played in the history of baseball. IMO. He was a very good player, but he was much more a freak of nature for his ability to stay healthy than for being a truly GREAT pitcher. Sure, the strikeouts and the no-nos are great...but he's also the ALL-TIME leader in walks. By a fukking MILE. Seriously, he 52% more walks than #2 on the list

 

[SmoothOperator88]

Junior Griffey's my favorite player but I gotta quote Bill James on this one

"Ken Griffey, Jr. is the second best left-hand hitting center fielder ever born on November 21st in Donora, Pennsylvania.”

Aaron
Bonds
Mays
Williams
Musial
Ruth
A-Rod
Gehrig
and then Griffey in my eyes.