Jimmy! Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Apologies in advance if this has been covered before. But I'm too darn lazy to look this up. So if it gets graveyarded, I'll know why.I've been watching the Ken Burns baseball documentary, and I got to thinking. If you could meet one baseball player who has moved on to that great baseball diamond in the sky, who would it be? Me? Walter Johnson, hands down. 417 career wins, 110 career shutouts. All on a team, for the most part, was in the toilet of the American League. "I secretly hope people like that hydroplane into a wall." - Dennis "Big Sexy" Ittner POTD - 7/3/14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
See Red Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 For me, it would have to be Jackie Robinson and, obviously, it wouldn't so much be for what he did on the field, but the circumstances under which he did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Who wouldn't want to have a beer or three with Babe Ruth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baseballking99 Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Who wouldn't want to have a beer or three with Babe Ruth? I have to agree with that. Plus the man hit more home runs than anyone in his time. And he was a good pitcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiasco! Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 they aren't dead, but i'd love to meet Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax. LinkedIn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiss Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Ted Williams and Willie Mays. One currently with God and the other still among the human beings.I would also like to meet some Giants players like Bill Terry, Mel Ott, McGraw, Mathewson, "Dummy" Taylor and Monte Irvin... Eh, oh, also the great Pirate Honus Wagner!!! It's great to be young and a Giant! - Larry Doyle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Certain Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 1. Babe Ruth would be truly amazing. Pitcher, slugger, self-made man from nothing...orphan, titan of the game who lived large. 2. Shoeless Joe Jackson...country bumpkin with amazing natural talent. Would love to hear his thoughts on what really happened with the scandal.3. Ted Williams...fought for his country in WWII via the draft as a fighter pilot, then did it again as a volunteer in Korea. Could have sat out the last game of his .406 season to assure hitting over .400, but didn't. Played anyway out of sheer principle. That's a man with grit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winghaz Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 1. Roger Maris. Being from North Dakota, and having moved to his hometown of Fargo two years ago, I have special feelings for the guy. I'd love to talk to him about ... well ... North Dakota stuff, and if he ever wanted to talk about 1961, I'd leave it up to him.2. Satchell Paige. I'd like to ask him, "What was it like, probably being the best pitcher in all of baseball in 1935, and playing for a semi-pro team in Bismarck, N.D.?" I'd tell him about my dad going to see him play, and then, hopefully, I'd introduce him to my dad.3. Lou Gehrig, for obvious reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infrared41 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Being a baseball history buff it's difficult for me to pick just one but if I had to I'd probably go with Babe Ruth.Others I would love to meet.Jackie Robinson, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, John McGraw, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Satchel Paige, Jimmie Foxx, Hank Greenberg, Honus Wagner, Sam Crawford, Lefty Grove, Branch Rickey, Connie Mack, Dizzy Dean, Lou Gehrig, Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Joe Jackson, Gil Hodges, and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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