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re: Last universally beloved player in baseball?

Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:37 am to
Posted by SuperSaint
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 12:37 am to
Rivera
Ripken
Bo Jackson
Posted by EagleEye99
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 5:52 am to
Ozzie Smith comes to mind
Posted by brgfather129
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 6:52 am to
Pat Tabler
Posted by catkiller
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:16 am to
Brooks Robinson!!!
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:36 am to
Tony Gwynn and Kirby Puckett.
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 7:37 am
Posted by Cregg
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 7:47 am to
Adam Dunn
Posted by Earnest_P
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 8:38 am to
La Tortuga

Posted by moneyg
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:06 am to
Does anyone not like Shohei Ohtani?
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:16 am to
About 30 people on the MSB according to the reactions to my post
Posted by BuckeyeGoon
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:24 am to
I think people like shohei just fine, its just no one ever likes when superstar players join teams that are already winning and competing for championships.
Posted by EphesianArmor
Member since Mar 2025
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:34 am to
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Mickey Mantle


Probably.

When we say "universally beloved" we mean pretty much unanimously loved, where fans in every city pulled for a player. Mickey Mantle was that guy.

Two more recent guys who were universally respected, a guy many pulled for seemed to be Derek Jeter, and before him, Don Mattingly, aka "Donnie Baseball". But not "beloved" as was The Mick".

Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:35 am to
Andre Dawkins
Ryne Sandberg
Puckett
Monitor
Gwynn
Ozzie
Biggio
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
Cincinnati, OH
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 9:57 am to
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As odd as it sounds, I think the late 90s/early00s yankee legends of jeter, posada, and Rivera were all pretty respected. I don’t think even many Boston fans hated jeter, posada, Rivera. Sure they hated the yanks and probably hated A rod, maybe Clemens, and maybe a few others but those three dudes seem to be pretty beloved.

do you live in new york city or something

this is wildly inaccurate. respected, sure? universally beloved? are you fricking insane
Posted by TexasTiger08
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:02 am to
So many people in here don’t know about Puckett’s past…beating his wife, groping females in public, cheating on his wife, urinating in public…
Posted by littleavery1948
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:03 am to
Aaron Judge is universally loved except for butthurt Astros fans. He's not arrogant or cocky, plays the game the right way, and is good with the fans, even though he hates the attention. He's loved in the clubhouse, and is clearly loved by MLB, as he has been named CAPTAIN of the USA team in the WBC.
Posted by BRich
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:18 am to
Roberto Clemente
Posted by BuckeyeGoon
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:20 am to
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Mike Trout

Has anyone ever actually seen Trout play? He plays on a bad west coast team and is always hurt on top of that.
Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:25 am to
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Pretty sure sox fans dont like him


Never had an issue with Rivera.

In a weird way, Jason Varitek may qualify because a huge chunk of Yankees fans hate ARod.
Posted by Jcorye1
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 10:26 am to
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posada


A lot of people hated Posada, he was annoying as frick and if I remember correctly said some pretty heinous shite to Pedro.
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 5/23/25 at 11:21 am to
Frank Thomas during his actual baseball days.

Then he made the awful Nugenix commercials...
This post was edited on 5/23/25 at 11:23 am
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