Well, it wasn't MLB Network's pick of the "9 greatest players", it was the "greatest player at each of the 9 positions". When I heard that at the start of the show, I figured Mickey Mantle would be left off the list (and so was Roberto Clemente).
The biggest surprise to me was that Sandy Koufax and Brooks Robinson were not among the 9 players; (and after skipping over Koufax, Bob Gibson was also not selected)!
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Well, it wasn't MLB Network's pick of the "9 greatest players", it was the "greatest player at each of the 9 positions". When I heard that at the start of the show, I figured Mickey Mantle would be left off the list (and so was Roberto Clemente).
ReplyDeleteThe biggest surprise to me was that Sandy Koufax and Brooks Robinson were not among the 9 players; (and after skipping over Koufax, Bob Gibson was also not selected)!
Only 2 of the 9 were American Leaguers.
I hope Al Kaline was one of the 2 A.L. players.
ReplyDeleteKaline is to often overlooked.
No, Kaline wasn't selected, but I think he was one of a few guys they mentioned at the top of the show as "here's some that didn't make the cut".
ReplyDeleteThe batting order:
2B Pete Rose
LF Carl Yastrzemski
CF Willie Mays
RF Hank Aaron
1B Willie McCovey
3B Ron Santo
C Bill Freehan
SS Maury Wills
P Juan Marichal