Oh yeah, Rogers Hornsby was definatly a stud. The only player in major league history to bat 400 and hit 40 home runsjf32 wrote:elkheart22 wrote:Willie Mays.
The Life, The Legend.
A great read about, quite possibly, the greatest all-around baseball
player of all time. Certainly, the first five-tool player in the game. Although,
before Mantle got hurt, and lost some speed, that may have been a toss-up.
1st 5 tool player? Not so sure I'd buy that - there were some studs back in the day that scouts couldn't (or didn't as it may not have been coined) give this label to. An example would be Roger Hornsby who out hit Mays (higher slugging % and average), was primarily a 2nd baseman ie primo defensive position, and according to wikipedia had more than decent speed. I wish I could have seen him play to personally attest to his speed or fielding - and it must have been awesome to watch him hit. That said I also wish I could have seen Mays play (as well as quite a few others). I'll happily agree Mays is definitely in the top 10, and most likely in the top 5 of my personal list of greatest ball players (if i were to make that list and try to be objective).
oh - and to add something to the intent of the thread - just finished high exposure by breashears - great read
in the same seaon, three triple crowns. A hitting machine. I would give him 4 out of 5 tools, second baseman play there
for a reason: no arm strength. However, I digress. Talking too much about old Major League baseball players
in a climbing forum probably doesn't bode well with the masses.
Then again, the topic was: what are you reading?
Next up for me is a Lee Childs book, Gone Tomorrow.
