Since polls seem to be the hip thing to do nowadays...I thought itd be cool to do a baseball player oriented one - to make an all-time great team.

 

Im going to make these nomination threads for each postion (with closers getting a thread as well) and then when we amass a good number of candidates, We will vote on them with the winner getting immortalized in MarlinBaseball.com lore forever.

 

Any player, who has ever played, may be nominated, since this is an all-time team.

 

Please try not to nominate more than 2 or 3 on your own, as this gets everyone involved.

 

 

THE POLLS ARE NOW OPENED AND THIS THREAD IS OPEN TO DEBATE YOUR CHOICES

Jimmie Foxx

Mark McGwire

three greatest 1B of all time:

Willie Mac

Stan Musial

Lou Gehrig

plus, being a Giants fan, I have to add:

Orlando Cepeda

Bill Terry

Stan the Man

Mark McGwire

Lou Gehrig

 

Upcoming:

Albert Pujols

Rafeal Palmerio

Palmiero

Gherig

Gherig as well

McGwire

Lou Gehrig

musial and gehrig are my 2 noms

Willie McCovey is my starting 1B...

Gerig is my back-up

Pujols, Gherig.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delgado :whistle .

Ummm....

 

Noone has mentioned the original Hammering Hank

 

Mr. Greenberg.

Ummm....

 

Noone has mentioned the original Hammering Hank

 

Mr. Greenberg.

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one of the most underrated players in baseball history :thumbup

Keith Hernandez - Possibly best fielding 1B ever? Had a great 10 year stretch offensively as well... I am a fan.

 

 

"Come on, I won the '79 MVP.. I can do anything I want."

 

"Who does this guy think he is?"

 

"I'm Keith Hernandez."

Anyone who's in an episode of Seinfeld gets my vote.

 

Keith Hernandez

Anyone who's in an episode of Seinfeld gets my vote.

 

Keith Hernandez

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Does that mean Danny Tartabull (sp) already have your vote? :shifty

Harmon Killebrew

and its spelled Gehrig

Orestes Destrade

Also, Frank Thomas, if you count him as a 1B.

Orestes Destrade

Also, Frank Thomas, if you count him as a 1B.

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He will be beacuse, there are no DH's on this team.

Im going to use the same method as I did with the catchers.

 

Foxx, Gehrig, Killebrew, Musial, and McGwire are the top of this poll IMO. So lets look at some stats...

 

Foxx:

 

Hits: 2646

HR's: 534

AVG: .325

Awards: 3 MVPs, Triple Crown, 9 Time All-Star, 2 Rings

 

Gehrig:

 

Hits: 2721

HR's: 493

AVG: .340

Awards: 2 MVPs, Triple Crown, 7 Time All-Star, 6 Rings

 

Killebrew:

 

Hits: 2086

HR's: 573

AVG: .256

Awards: 1 MVP, 11 Time All-Star

 

Musial:

 

Hits: 3630

HR's: 475

AVG: .331

Awards: 3 MVPs, 20 Time All-Star, 3 Rings

 

McGwire:

 

Hits: 1626

HR's: 583

AVG: .263

Awards: ROY, 12 Time All-Star

 

Stan is without a doubt the man, his numbers are staggering and I 100% back him as the greatest of all time.

Yep Stan is the Man

Lou Gehrig, that guy was the epitomy of in shape and a great player.

 

I am also giving my second vote to Hank Greenberg, the original Jewish slugger.

I voted for Stan the Man...

 

damnit...why did you put Orestes Destrade on this list???

 

You know people will jokingly vote for him...