Enjoy.I'll be Spanking one of these Sat...Garlic Knots that make ya wanna slap someone down Ponce....
You think Tony Gwynn is the great hitter of all time?..that’s fair enough if your just going off average and hits. I take everything in account. Power, average, rbis, walks, plate discipline, approach ..but Barry’s presence puts him atop my list..dude would literally get maybe 3 pitches to hit a game and kill..that’s ridiculous..his threat at the plate was 2nd to none in The modern day..closet historically would be Babe but we have no to little actual footage..now we all know that era Barry played in and ppl wanna erase that and pretend those stats don’t count. Not me. A lot of ppl were juicing..but they wasn’t doing what Barry did..and Barry was a great hitter without the juice..but if we talking about the most feared hitter to ever play it’s Barry hands down
true. I’d never disrespect Tony Gwynn. I just think they were totally different types of hitter and tough to compareI am the biggest Tony Gwynn fan but I'm also a bitter Pirates fan so that's the only reason for my Bonds slander. Like you said, Barry on the juice was still heads above everyone else that was doing the same thing. Probably the most feared hitter of all time during that stretch as the dude was intentionally walked....with the bases loaded. I just can't stand him personally and I really appreciate the almost scientific way a guy like Gwynn approached hitting during that same era while being clean.
When you look at Mantles Stats...and remember he played at 70% from his 2nd yr on.....its Stupifing...Add to the fact it was a Deeper field at Yankee Stadium in the 50s....I am the biggest Tony Gwynn fan but I'm also a bitter Pirates fan so that's the only reason for my Bonds slander. Like you said, Barry on the juice was still heads above everyone else that was doing the same thing. Probably the most feared hitter of all time during that stretch as the dude was intentionally walked....with the bases loaded. I just can't stand him personally and I really appreciate the almost scientific way a guy like Gwynn approached hitting during that same era while being clean.
If it wasn’t for injuries, Griffey would have been the greatest hitter of all time
Look at the root on that thing.
I agree, but what about Frank ThomasGreatest natural hitter
Probably the greatest all around and most talented Baseball player ever along with Ruth.Mantle is the Greatest switch hitter in MLB History....Period... .300 from both sides...his speed from home to 1st was unparalleled...
Imagine if Gehrig...Mantle and DiMaggio had the confines of present day Yankee Stadium...My Grandfather and Grandmother were the BIGGEST Gehrig fans EVER....(since they too were Middle European)...and my Grandfather said Mantle was the best of them...including Ruth...Probably the greatest all around and most talented Baseball player ever along with Ruth.
Mantle suffered a torn ACL his rookie season...was a big time alcoholic...and still put up.
Imagine if he had the medical upgrades for his knee we have now instead of early 1950s.