Who's your favorite baseball player currently? Who's your favorite baseball player of all-time?

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  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    What's depressing to me is how much incentive there is to be the worst in baseball to get high draft picks, especially in smaller markets.  Kudos to the Cubs and Astros making it work.  However, my team went from champs to the second-to-third worst team in baseball a few years later.  Now, they're mired in another string of 90-100 loss seasons, while they try to re-stock their farm system.  Most of the AL has teams tanking just so they can try to copy what the Astros and Cubs did.  The same can be said in the NFL and NBA, however the amount of time it takes to rebuild is so much longer in baseball.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,756
    dankind said:
    I'm fairly close to giving up on it altogether. The changes they've made to the game to appease the short attention spans of today's "fans" has killed the spirit of the game. There was a purity about it that just isn't there anymore for me. I'll likely not renew my 10-game plan next season. I still love Fenway Park and the Red Sox, but the game being played on the field these days is soulless.

    The whole world will be different soon... - EV
    RED ROCKS 6-19-95
    AUGUSTA 9-26-96
    MANSFIELD 9-15-98
    BOSTON 9-29-04
    BOSTON 5-25-06
    MANSFIELD 6-30-08
    EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
    BOSTON 5-17-10
    EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
    PJ20 9-3-11
    PJ20 9-4-11
    WRIGLEY 7-19-13
    WORCESTER 10-15-13
    WORCESTER 10-16-13
    HARTFORD 10-25-13









  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,234
    Current: Ronald Acuña 
    Growing up: Tom Glavine
    Yes, I'm a Braves homer. 
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    markymark550 said:
    Current: Ronald Acuña 
    Growing up: Tom Glavine
    Yes, I'm a Braves homer. 
    Nothing wrong with that.  When I was at my folks last year, they had me go through some boxes of my stuff from when I was little.  I found a book I drew when I was 6, where Bo Jackson was teaching me how to hit home runs.  Maybe Bo Jackson was my favorite growing up.  It would be a homer thing for me to say George Brett, but I was too young to appreciate Brett in his prime.  I do remember his 3,000 hit at least.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,625
    Bumgarner

    Bonds
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,325
    ed243421 said:

    Nice !!
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    I still love the game of baseball at its core, but I admit I'm a little old & grumpy when it comes to the exit velo, launch angle, home run or sit the fuck down that the game is quickly becoming.  It's always going to be my favorite sport, no matter what, and I'm sure we'll eventually cycle back to hitting, slugging (and by that I mean hitting doubles & triples, not just homers), advancing runners, etc.  History repeats and I can't help but think what we're going through now is likely how many people felt 100 years ago.  But the bottom line is, baseball is and always will be the best.
    Growing up, Ryne Sandberg was my favorite player.  He and Harry Caray are the two main reasons I'm a Cubs fan.  Grace, Dawson, & Sosa are up there as far as Cubs fandom goes.  Kirby Puckett was my favorite non-Cub, and I was also a big fan of the hometown boy John Kruk.
    Favorite current player is Anthony Rizzo.  Non-Cub would be Buster Posey.
    Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 25
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,629
    Current: Rhys Hoskins.
    Runner-up: Mike Trout (if he didn't play on the west coast maybe would be my favorite). I'm on the east coast so I rarely get to see him play.

    All-time: Mike Schmidt
    Runners-up: Cal Ripken Jr., Ken Griffey Jr., and when he first came out until the steroid scandal I was a huge Roger Clemens fan
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,625
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I still love the game of baseball at its core, but I admit I'm a little old & grumpy when it comes to the exit velo, launch angle, home run or sit the fuck down that the game is quickly becoming.  It's always going to be my favorite sport, no matter what, and I'm sure we'll eventually cycle back to hitting, slugging (and by that I mean hitting doubles & triples, not just homers), advancing runners, etc.  History repeats and I can't help but think what we're going through now is likely how many people felt 100 years ago.  But the bottom line is, baseball is and always will be the best.
    Growing up, Ryne Sandberg was my favorite player.  He and Harry Caray are the two main reasons I'm a Cubs fan.  Grace, Dawson, & Sosa are up there as far as Cubs fandom goes.  Kirby Puckett was my favorite non-Cub, and I was also a big fan of the hometown boy John Kruk.
    Favorite current player is Anthony Rizzo.  Non-Cub would be Buster Posey.
    Harry Caray was the worst.

    worst. ever.
    If I had known then what I know now...

    Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
    Missoula 24
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,960
    I loved Ron Santo.
    Caray?  Not so much. 
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    Mattingly first. Jeter favorite ever. CC at the moment 
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,563
    Shawon Dunston is my favorite of all time, don't really have a current favorite, so i suppose I'll leave now.
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    Malroth said:
    Shawon Dunston is my favorite of all time, don't really have a current favorite, so i suppose I'll leave now.
    Yes get outta here, only those who can answer both questions!! 
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,067
    Baseball has always been, and still is, the best 
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,515
    Maddux - Ever
    Grace - favorite Cub after Maddux
    Bryant - current
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    Mike Hargrove... the human rain delay.  I mimicked his approach when I was very early baseball.
  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,325
    mrussel1 said:
    Mike Hargrove... the human rain delay.  I mimicked his approach when I was very early baseball.
    https://youtu.be/8tGm_JajqLo
  • bbiggs
    bbiggs Posts: 6,965
    Wobbie said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    I still love the game of baseball at its core, but I admit I'm a little old & grumpy when it comes to the exit velo, launch angle, home run or sit the fuck down that the game is quickly becoming.  It's always going to be my favorite sport, no matter what, and I'm sure we'll eventually cycle back to hitting, slugging (and by that I mean hitting doubles & triples, not just homers), advancing runners, etc.  History repeats and I can't help but think what we're going through now is likely how many people felt 100 years ago.  But the bottom line is, baseball is and always will be the best.
    Growing up, Ryne Sandberg was my favorite player.  He and Harry Caray are the two main reasons I'm a Cubs fan.  Grace, Dawson, & Sosa are up there as far as Cubs fandom goes.  Kirby Puckett was my favorite non-Cub, and I was also a big fan of the hometown boy John Kruk.
    Favorite current player is Anthony Rizzo.  Non-Cub would be Buster Posey.
    Harry Caray was the worst.

    worst. ever.
    Hey now...them are fightin’ words! ;) 
  • Glorified KC
    Glorified KC KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    cutz said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Mike Hargrove... the human rain delay.  I mimicked his approach when I was very early baseball.
    https://youtu.be/8tGm_JajqLo
    Again a readjustment of the...
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,981
    I was always a little disappointed that he was a completely normal manager. 

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