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Posted By: scott brockelman

in my last post on this board, i will have to disagree that mantle, or williams or dimaggio were the greatest player, or even ruth or cobb, perhaps all great and charismatic,. but matter of factly, the greatest player was willie mays, he could run, throw, field, steal & hit better than any of the above when all is factored in. his downfall was attitude, not toward the game but towards the fans and management and later, people not willing to accept his position in baseball history. ted williams is second only because he DID lose so much war time, otherwise he would have blown away the others. mantle was great but like so many modern celebs, he could not handle the lime light. except in his day the press and management disguised it as "injury, sickness, illness, etc" he destroyed himself! in todays world he would have been chewed up and spit out by the press in a few seasons. no excuses! as so many of the short term superstars are today.


oh, by the way, the ONLY person to have a shot at immortality in this decade is sammy sosa, not a great overall player, but sure to surpass the home run records and just a great guy for baseball, you can count his naysayer's on your thumb.


goodbye


scott