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Originally Posted by darwinbulldog
Personally I'd put Eddie Collins a little ahead of Mickey Mantle, but I can understand having Mantle a bit ahead of Collins. 7th vs. 82nd though just bespeaks a shameful ignorance, as does Griffey ahead of Hornsby, Jeter ahead of Speaker, Cy Young at #21...
83% of the list is reasonable, but these 17 rankings are not.
82. Eddie Collins
57. Pete Alexander
54. Lefty Grove
46. Ichiro Suzuki
39. Yogi Berra
36. Tris Speaker
34. Pete Rose
28. Derek Jeter
21. Cy Young
20. Rogers Hornsby
17. Roger Clemens
16. Joe DiMaggio
13. Ken Griffey Jr.
12. Honus Wagner
9. Walter Johnson
7. Mickey Mantle
6. Lou Gehrig
You can't put Koufax in your top 50 and leave WaJo out of your top 3. |
+1 No list can make everyone happy but there are some real head scratchers here. Your points were well made.