Random Not Important Baseball Poll

[vthobby]

Lou Gehrig but damn that was a tough one! So many choices!

Peace, Mike

PS your avatar photo had no influence! Coincidence!

[Casey2296]

Post war. Willie Mays or Stan Musial (toss up)
Pre-war: Lou Gehrig
Deadball: Christy Mathewson

Honorable mention: Dock Ellis, any cat that throws a no-no on LSD has to be a lot of fun.

[Bigdaddy]

Mr. Cobbs. I'd bet he would have lots of opinions to share and it would be interesting to sit with him and watch today's players.

[Kevin]

John McGraw or Rafael Santana

[cardsagain74]

Hitting: Tony Gwynn

Pitching: Greg Maddux

[thatkidfromjerrymaguire]

George Brett

[TUM301]

Babe Ruth, Joe Jackson, Bill Lee.

[riggs336]

Watch a game with: Cobb.
Shoot the breeze with: Jim Bouton

[ajquigs]

Curtis Granderson

[egri]

Talk baseball with: Ted Williams

Talk investing with: Ty Cobb

[mechanicalman]

Originally Posted by ajquigs

Curtis Granderson

As a Detroit fan, I loved that guy. He genuinely seemed like a great dude.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by TUM301

Babe Ruth, Joe Jackson, Bill Lee.

I've never seen Bill Lee listed with Ruth and Shoeless Joe! Awesome!

I've literally met Bill Lee about 4 or 5 times in Vermont, sometimes by accident. He has a farm in Vermont and his nickname "Spaceman" is so appropriate!

I faced him in an over 35 baseball league (struck out). I was maybe 40, he was most likely in his 60's. He faced 9 batters on our team and struck out all 9! ugh!

Another time I faced him in a wiffle ball game for charity (Travis Roy Foundation event). I pitched the whole game against him and he even hit a HR off me. He was barking at me all around the bases.

Bill Lee is a true character and is quite fascinating!

Peace, Mike

[jimmer77]

I would go with Pete Rose, seems like he may have some interesting insights

[GeoPoto]

[QUOTE=vtgmsc;2056736]I've never seen Bill Lee listed with Ruth and Shoeless Joe! Awesome!

I've literally met Bill Lee about 4 or 5 times in Vermont, sometimes by accident. He has a farm in Vermont and his nickname "Spaceman" is so appropriate!

Quick (sorta) Spaceman story: Washington Nationals fan here. In 2012, we went to a weekend road series at Fenway and my wife bought me a 100 Years 1912-2012 of Fenway shirt. Sometime in 2013, I'm wearing the shirt at breakfast in a diner in CA (near SF) and a women approaches our table and asks If I know who Bill Lee is? (I forget exactly how she got to that question, but it was triggered by my shirt.) I said Spaceman Lee? She said: "Yes, I'm his wife. He's playing (in some baseball event) today near here." She then reached in her purse and pulled out a handful of his baseball cards and handed me one like it was a business card. Spaceman was busy elsewhere, so I didn't meet him, just his wife. But I got his card.

[GeoPoto]

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