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Best CENTER FIELDER of all time???
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--- Quote from: Literally on March 14, 2011, 10:16:10 PM ---Im waiting to vote but TY COBB is my vote so far - the best mix of offensive + defnese CF
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If I were to choose three players from MLB history, Ty Cobb would be one of those three but history really overrates his defensive value.
Shallow:
The problem with Cobb is we can judge him as a batter based on his numbers, but there really isn't any footage of him playing in te field to warrant saying you'd rather have him back there than Willie. Now if we're in the bottom of the 9th, down by 1, 2 outs, bases loaded, and I can only pick 1 batter to go up and give me the best chance of winning this game then yeah I pick Cobb, but I don't know anything about his athletic ability to run down the ball or his arm.
"THE" MoSav:
mays also took a few years off to fight in the war, if that didnt happen this couldnt be debated
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Willie Mays
Without the injuries, Griffey would have made a push for best ever.
Even now he is one the greatest ever.
5th on all time HR's list (630)
10x Golden Glove
13x All Star
He would have have broken Hank Aarons HR record had it not been for all the injuries
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--- Quote from: "THE" MoSav on April 06, 2011, 11:08:09 AM ---mays also took a few years off to fight in the war, if that didnt happen this couldnt be debated
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If and Mantle never blew his knee out in his early 20's who knows how good he would of been. The injuries early on his career left him in constant pain. So instead of going with what ifs how about we just examine the things that actually happened in there careers. And granted Mays missed three years because of the war, his five best seasons aren't as good as Mantles best five years and we have statistical proof to back that up.
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