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Posted By: jay behrens

People will argue about the steroids and as you mentioned, because they think he is a jerk. I got to meet him and he was pleaseant. I know sportswriters don't like him. But I wasn't even aware of it until about a year or so before he broke the record.

I was assuming a seperate list for hitters and pitchers. And as I said, Koufax makes it if you are talking peak performance, but that doesn't cut it when you talking all-time greats. You have be great for the vast majority of your career, not just 5 years. Personally, I'd prolly put Gehrig on the top 10, but I've also seen lists with him left off and I couldn't really argue with choices