Who is your favorite childhood baseball player?

[brian1961]

Originally Posted by RTK

Ernie Banks. I wasn't around for his prime years but I'm old enough to have seen him play his last several years, maybe 5-6 games. WGN, the Cubs & Ernie, it was a great childhood.

Ernie Banks was my childhood hero, too. Those were great times. Regardless of how things ended in '69, I loved that team. They were a strong contender for several wonderful years, after being a doormat for a couple decades. Have a great day, bro. ---- Brian Powell

[Mark70Z]

Brooks Robinson was my childhood hero and still my favorite all time player. I loved the O’s players and teams, but Brooksie stood out. I’m a Orioles fan for life; I try to take the good with the bad and at times I have to live in the past...

[perezfan]

As a long-suffering Reds Fan, same here... LOTS of living in the past.

And Brooksie absolutely stifled us in the '70 World Series. That series was perhaps my biggest disappointment as a young kid, as I really expected the Reds to win. But play after play, it cemented the fact that Brooks Robinson was one of the greatest 3rd Basemen ever.

[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by perezfan

As a long-suffering Reds Fan, same here... LOTS of living in the past.

And Brooksie absolutely stifled us in the '70 World Series. That series was perhaps my biggest disappointment as a young kid, as I really expected the Reds to win. But play after play, it cemented the fact that Brooks Robinson was one of the greatest 3rd Basemen ever.

I’m glad I’m not the only one and that there’s others that can relate

I guess the O’s knew going into the ‘70 WS that there would be plenty of action on the SS/3rd base side with all the pull hitters on the Reds. What most people don’t consider is that Brooks was 33 years old at the time and been making plays like this, year after year, over the past 15 years or so. As an O’s fan we knew, we got to see first hand, day in and day out, but the rest of the baseball world got to see just a glimpse of how great Brooksie really was at third. Of course in my mind, and likely each and every old school B’more fan, that he IS the greatest 3rd basemen ever...

[Bocabirdman]

Mostly.....

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With a side of...

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