Greatest to Wear the Number: #26

sweaver · 08-30-2002, 05:04 PM

The fields get shorter now. I'm good for players up to about #40.

Skip · 08-30-2002, 05:29 PM

Billy was really good, but here's a case where the anecdotal and the verifiable line up together - Satch.

tortured angel · 08-30-2002, 05:32 PM

The legend alone is worth the vote. Satchel.

soxfan121 · 08-30-2002, 05:33 PM

Hey! How does the 39th greatest player in baseball history get left off the list!?!

Wade Boggs might not have been the 39th best player of all time, but he sure looked good slapping doubles off the Green Monster.

JamesI · 08-30-2002, 06:47 PM

Easy Paige No debate

TGwynn19 · 08-30-2002, 10:32 PM

Again an AOL problem.....Gimme Paige..thanks

sweaver · 08-30-2002, 11:03 PM

Boggs was at #12, where he lost to Roberto Alomar.

soxfan121 · 08-30-2002, 11:21 PM

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Originally posted by sweaver
Boggs was at #12, where he lost to Roberto Alomar.

If I was Skip, I might blame this on a "senior moment" but could my memory be that awful? I coulda sworn it was #26...my bad folks.

LeGrandOrange · 08-30-2002, 11:30 PM

I really do like Billy Williams.
But had to vote for Leroy here. Just had to.

Skip · 08-31-2002, 12:16 AM

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Originally posted by soxfan121
If I was Skip, I might blame this on a "senior moment" but could my memory be that awful? I coulda sworn it was #26...my bad folks.

Hardy har har. According to the wizards at Denny's, I'm not senior till I am 55; 40 just makes me well seasoned. With lots of garlic, habanero, and onion, if I have any say.

pwdennis · 08-31-2002, 12:32 AM

Satchel for sure - he was already past his declining years when he got his opportunity. His actual MLB record tells you how great he was when younger - he was pretty darned good in his 40s)

sweaver · 08-31-2002, 10:12 PM

Boggs wore #26 as well, but mostly wore #12.

BTW, I voted for Satch.

pathogan · 09-01-2002, 05:48 PM

Leroy was the man, all the Bs stories aside, he could pitch against anyone. And bet them.

09-01-2002, 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by JamesI
Easy. Paige. No debate.

rcartman28 · 09-02-2002, 03:32 AM

If Paige was half as good as his legend, he is still an easy choice.

View Poll Results: Greatest to Wear the Number: #26
Amos Otis	1	4.55%
Satchel Paige	17	77.27%
Billy Williams	3	13.64%
other (please state who in post)	1	4.55%
Voters: 22. You may not vote on this poll

08-31-2002, 12:32 AM	#11
pwdennis NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Winter Springs, FL Posts: 2,503	Satchel for sure - he was already past his declining years when he got his opportunity. His actual MLB record tells you how great he was when younger - he was pretty darned good in his 40s) __________________ "I would submit that if the world survives for a million years, perhaps its finest hour may be that in the last half of the 20th century, when the power to blow up the world rested in the hands of a few men in two very unsophisticated and suspicious countries, we didn't do it, and one American, Richard Nixon, moved the cold war away from permanent confrontation toward victory. How could any wrong that he did compare with that?" - John Sears

09-01-2002, 05:48 PM	#13
pathogan william Blake's Innkeeper Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 2,828	Billy was sweet, But Leroy was the man, all the Bs stories aside, he could pitch against anyone. And bet them.

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rcartman28 NetShrine All-Century Team Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Hudson, WI Posts: 1,408	If Paige was half as good as his legend, he is still an easy choice. __________________ I would have looked out for the water main. But that's just me..... Brett Favre

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08-30-2002, 05:04 PM	#1
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	Greatest to Wear the Number: #26 The fields get shorter now. I'm good for players up to about #40.

08-30-2002, 05:29 PM	#2
Skip NetShrine Vagabond Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 7,866	Billy was really good, but here's a case where the anecdotal and the verifiable line up together - Satch.

08-30-2002, 05:32 PM	#3
tortured angel Guest Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: middle east Posts: 573	The legend alone is worth the vote. Satchel.

08-30-2002, 05:33 PM	#4
soxfan121 Renounced Membership 7/9/03 Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Live Free Or Die, USA Posts: 1,335	Hey! How does the 39th greatest player in baseball history get left off the list!?! Wade Boggs might not have been the 39th best player of all time, but he sure looked good slapping doubles off the Green Monster.

08-30-2002, 06:47 PM	#5
JamesI Netshrine Vacuum Cleaner Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Potsdam, N.Y. Posts: 3,723	Easy Paige No debate

08-30-2002, 10:32 PM	#6
TGwynn19 Guest Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 2,087	Again an AOL problem.....Gimme Paige..thanks

08-30-2002, 11:03 PM	#7
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	Boggs was at #12, where he lost to Roberto Alomar.

08-30-2002, 11:30 PM	#9
LeGrandOrange Membership Suspended 4/11/04 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 3,783	I really do like Billy Williams. But had to vote for Leroy here. Just had to.

08-31-2002, 10:12 PM	#12
sweaver Netshrine Cleanup Hitter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The Mountain State Posts: 8,883	Boggs wore #26 as well, but mostly wore #12. BTW, I voted for Satch.

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