I SAW Barry play for years, and it is hard to imagine anyone dominating the game to the degree that he did. But then I hear (and have heard my whole life) how everyone who saw Mays play came away with the same opinion. And he had the all-time great D to go along with everything else. Bonds was solid defensively early in his career, but he became a statue out there later, and I can’t help but detract him for that. Those years were a LOT of why he is so high on the list, so you can’t just toss that performance the way you can with Rickey’s late-years where he was just hanging out after his legacy was already written.
I suspect he will be in the runoff vote for #3
Just because people praise Bonds does not make them “Bay Area loving fellas”. Only a couple of the participants in these polls are “Giants fans”, and these tend to support Mays over Bonds anyway.
I actually am looking forward to the lower levels of this thing. I think the debates can get real fun at the 6, 7, 8 range.
You are absolutely allowed to have your opinion. But other people don’t have to share your opinion. That’s why we have a poll to get an idea where the board sits on the topic.
Yeah I said the same thing, I guess the thought was pitching is why Ruth is #1, and why Ohtani is in the mix. But it'd be more interesting to do hitters only and pitchers only, since combining them only matters for 2 people
