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Posted By: Mark Evans

Assuming a poll of "average" adults, thus including mostly non-fans, I think that after Babe Ruth, the answer might well turn on when such poll is conducted because the players named, at least by some, may well be those who are receiving coverage in the mainstream press at the time. So now, for example, the other two receiving most votes could be Jackie Robinson and Barry Bonds. If the poll were conducted at another time, I think you could see DiMaggio, Mantle, Rose, maybe even Joe Jackson. Mark