It's Baseball HoF time again. In this week's episode we are creating the greatest 9 man baseball roster ever to be assembled because the HoF has yet to do so.
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Jake
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Good stuff. It's funny you picked Ernie Banks as best shortstop of all time since A-Rod might not go in as one, but Banks is actually in the Hall as a first baseman.
I had no idea about Banks HoF position. I just assumed it was SS. Taking that into consideration, it definitely muddles the best SS ever pick. I'll stick with Ernie though.
Regardin A-Rod, I am very curious as to what position he goes in as (if he gets in at all). If he stays at SS, he's without question the best ever. In all honestly, I think a player should go in at their natural position, not necessarily the one they played the most. Unless of course someone is a "natural" 1B but plays LF his entire career. If its close, go with what the guy should have been. In A-Rod's case, that should have been SS. As we all know, he only got moved over because Jeter was entrenched at SS for the Yanks already.
I think the hall just automatically picks which position you played more games at. Banks had barely 100 more games at 1B than ss. Musial is also technically a 1B too. So I do agree Rodriguez is probably the best SS of all time, but I imagine by the end of his career he'll be a 3B in the halls eyes. It's not how I would do it, but whatever.
Jake, I didn't know that either. I, like Dylan, haven't ever really paid attention to what position a player goes in the HoF as. I probably should. Blyleven went in as a pitcher right?
That was a joke.
I think A-Rod will probably get in, barring any more PED trouble, and knowing what Banks went in as, I would say he will probably go in as a 3B. I still think of him as a SS for some reason though.
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Good stuff. It's funny you picked Ernie Banks as best shortstop of all time since A-Rod might not go in as one, but Banks is actually in the Hall as a first baseman.
Jake,
I had no idea about Banks HoF position. I just assumed it was SS. Taking that into consideration, it definitely muddles the best SS ever pick. I'll stick with Ernie though.
Regardin A-Rod, I am very curious as to what position he goes in as (if he gets in at all). If he stays at SS, he's without question the best ever. In all honestly, I think a player should go in at their natural position, not necessarily the one they played the most. Unless of course someone is a "natural" 1B but plays LF his entire career. If its close, go with what the guy should have been. In A-Rod's case, that should have been SS. As we all know, he only got moved over because Jeter was entrenched at SS for the Yanks already.
I think the hall just automatically picks which position you played more games at. Banks had barely 100 more games at 1B than ss. Musial is also technically a 1B too. So I do agree Rodriguez is probably the best SS of all time, but I imagine by the end of his career he'll be a 3B in the halls eyes. It's not how I would do it, but whatever.
Jake, I didn't know that either. I, like Dylan, haven't ever really paid attention to what position a player goes in the HoF as. I probably should. Blyleven went in as a pitcher right?
That was a joke.
I think A-Rod will probably get in, barring any more PED trouble, and knowing what Banks went in as, I would say he will probably go in as a 3B. I still think of him as a SS for some reason though.
I didn't know Banks played 1B that much.
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