re: Barry Bonds is the GOAT Baseball Player

Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:24 am to grizzlylongcut

Posted by SteelerBravesDawg

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Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:24 am to grizzlylongcut

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Mickey Mantle is the greatest player of all time.

Hank Aaron and Willie Mays would say otherwise.

A lot of ice cold takes ITT.

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Posted by grizzlylongcut

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Posted on 2/19/24 at 6:29 am to SteelerBravesDawg

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Hank Aaron and Willie Mays would say otherwise.

Hank Aaron? Hank Aaron????

I’ll give you Mays as being possibly as good as Mantle. But Hank Aaron was not.

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Posted by Liberator

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Posted on 2/19/24 at 12:58 pm to SteelerBravesDawg

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Mickey Mantle is the greatest player of all time.

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Hank Aaron and Willie Mays would say otherwise.

Mickey: Better PEAK

Mays: Better consistency + fielding. Not a natural leader.

Aaron: Underrated, spectacular longevity and consistency -- but peak not at Mantle-Mays levels

No one led and inspired a team like Mickey Mantle. Especially when it counted.

Everyone knows (or should know) played much of his career with little/no cartilage in his knees (nothing to do with drinking).

Only reason Mantle persevered was that he was blessed with tremendous spirit & determination and gifted with extra-thick muscularity which compensated for the lack of knee cartilage.

Best Mantle book ever (even if none of you were Yankee Fans):