I guess I probably need to actually grind out a list to comment but I remember seeing lists on the Cardinals to see where Pujols 'pace' was and it was easy top 10 stuff.
I'm sure a lot of those "top 10" pace stuff was based on numbers that I don't necessarily value. Nostalgia has nothing to do with it. It's not like I saw Cobb or Ruth play.
I think the lists on here are more modern than some I've seen. Certainly the Hall of Fame is a bit backloaded with older players.
I'd take Pujols over Foxx as well, I won't argue too much on Frank Robinson. He's at the bottom of my list (and the last position player) and I did say that Pujols was on the cusp of top 25. So that would be splitting hairs
6 or 7 years? He would've annihilated the record books. He probably needed about 2 more really solid years to cement his legacy with the all timers imo.
I said 6-7 more years to surpass Gehrig, who I have as the 14th best player ever. I think he would have been top 10 All-Time with 6-7 more years.
Well, if he had 6-7 years of 40+ HR's, I think he would be number 1 on the all-time HR list, wouldn't he?
No he would still be 70 home runs short. I said if he continued his pace from 2001-2010. As in, from 2011-2017 if he continued that pace. I'm not saying if he started a 6-7 run NOW at his 2001-2010 rate.
Most MVPs would certainly be in play though you could argue that isnt a real stat.
I doubt he would have gotten 4 more MVPs. He certainly could have beaten out Braun in 2011 with another typical Pujols year. He was 5th anyway and was showing his first signs of decline. He only won 3 in 10 years when he was a dominant player so it's very hard to win 4 in the next 6-7 years.
I'm not really commenting on anyone's list too much. Around 25 or so is probably where he belongs give or take a few spots. Its just a real shame that him and Griffey were 2 great players that I got to watch and neither really hit the scale of legends.
I am not a big Clemens fan because I was a heart broken kid when he posted his best year right after leaving Boston. But I can't deny he's one of the greatest players of all time and should be a HOFer.
I can't get over the idea that without PEDs, he might have been a bum by the time he got to Houston and the Astros were the big rival back then. Probably not too terribly different than how you feel about his time on the Yankees except without the possible betrayal feeling.
I don't care about PEDs. Even the first year of testing Clemens had one of his best seasons of his career.
Appreciate the different list. Just a couple that stood out to me.
