# Snap answer to this: "who's your favorite baseball player ever?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499 "2007-07-12T14:34:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/41 "2007-07-12T17:46:15Z")
[QUOTE=Atomicktom] Willie Mays Hayes [/QUOTE] He may run like Hayes, but he hits like- um. Ausmus? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/42 "2007-07-12T18:00:54Z")
Ron Guidry ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/43 "2007-07-12T18:05:16Z")
[QUOTE=Trunk] Some dude asked me that once. . .“without thinking, who is your favorite baseball player ever?” Rickey Henderson. (I thought up the question today for the obvious reason) Yours? [/QUOTE] My favorite player ever is Lou Gehrig. (Established the corporate/professional image of the Yanks and played the game 100% correct, 100% of the time) My favorite player from my childhood who I watched play was Thurman Munson. (Was the heart and soul of the Yanks, the first good player as I started watching the Yanks as a little guy and of course Hated the Red Sox more than even the fans did.) My favorite current player is Derek Jeter. (All class and always plays the game right, not the best player, but my favorite.) I have a thing for Yankee Captains I guess. My favorite living player is Yogi Berra. (How can you love baseball and not love Yogi?) My favorite player to watch playing is either Ricky Henderson or Mo Rivera in his prime. (Ricky was EXCITING, a single was as good as a double, he ran at will, pitchers were rattled and games were changed, I loved him in Oakland and I loved him even more in NY.) (Rivera was so good for so long that he was accused of being machine-like, he would always challenge hitters and few could get him.) Jim ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/44 "2007-07-12T18:09:36Z")
Clint Hurdle He is from my home town. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/45 "2007-07-12T18:11:00Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Roberto Clemente/Willie Stargell in a dead heat. [/QUOTE] I was gonna say Clemente. Oh, well then. Sidd Finch. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/46 "2007-07-12T18:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I was gonna say Clemente. Oh, well then. Sidd Finch. [/QUOTE] Helluva fastball,that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/47 "2007-07-12T18:17:55Z")
Ok, if you guys are going with Sidd Finch, I’m going to go with Eddie Gaedel. Good ol’ number 1/8. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/48 "2007-07-12T18:24:49Z")
Tony Gwynn ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/49 "2007-07-12T18:43:56Z")
I don’t have a favorite anymore. When I lived in Seattle, it was Edgar Martinez. Baseball fans who have HBO might enjoy **The Ghosts of Flatbush**. I remember the 1955 World Series, but only because a teacher (!) asked me who I was rooting for. When does a teacher ever ask a 10-year-old’s opinion on anything? I said the Dodgers (of course), and the teacher smiled and said, “Ah, you like underdogs then.” That made me think that rooting for the underdog must be a good thing. It made watching the Mariners a lot easier in later years. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/50 "2007-07-12T18:59:13Z")
Ronnie Lott ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/51 "2007-07-12T19:09:09Z")
Ozzie Smith Favorite current player: David Eckstein. A complete player, and a master of the suicide squeeze bunt. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/52 "2007-07-12T19:10:50Z")
I’m not a baseball fan, but I’ve always liked Cal Ripken. And I have a crush on Derek Jeter. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/53 "2007-07-12T19:17:42Z")
I think I’d say JT Snow. I always love watching a good defender, and his HR in 2000 is tainted only because we went on to lose the game. If we’d won, that shot would be up there in the neighborhood of Bobby Thompson’s. He and Robb Nen were in the Celebrities & Legends softball game this week, and I cracked up when someone hit a “shot” down the first base line, JT dove for it and came up with it cleanly, and tossed a perfect lead to Nen, who covered perfectly. Even in a softball game against Kenny Mayne. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/54 "2007-07-12T19:17:47Z")
Baseball’s the one with the stick, right? ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/55 "2007-07-12T19:24:49Z")
I know a lot of you will be dismayed but tough shit Pete Rose Been watching baseball since 1968; no one else has come close to impressing me. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/56 "2007-07-12T19:34:49Z")
[QUOTE=outlierrn] Baseball’s the one with the stick, right? [/QUOTE] No, that’s hockey. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/57 "2007-07-12T19:36:13Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] Ozzie Smith Favorite current player: David Eckstein. A complete player, and a master of the suicide squeeze bunt. [/QUOTE] \ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/58 "2007-07-12T19:48:21Z")
Willie McCovey. ---
**Author:** ![melvin\_coznowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@melvin\_coznowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melvin_coznowski)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/59 "2007-07-12T19:48:35Z")
Lou Brock. No one could steal bases like he could. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snap-answer-to-this-whos-your-favorite-baseball-player-ever/411499/60 "2007-07-12T19:54:20Z")
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