Nobody did everything better than Willie Mays - plus he was almost as

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Sep 22, 2014
2:07:57pm

BigD Coug

Nobody did everything better than Willie Mays - plus he was almost as

revolutionary as Babe Ruth in terms of his standing vs. his peers.

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BigD Coug

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Still the Greatest MLB Player ever...

PenrynCoug

9/22/14 1:50pm

+1

ChinoCoug

9/22/14 1:50pm

No doubt in the top 2

billyrust

9/22/14 1:54pm

who do you have for the other?

PenrynCoug

9/22/14 1:57pm

Babe Ruth is universally #1, and Mays is #2 in every major list I've seen

billyrust

9/22/14 1:59pm

agreed....

PenrynCoug

9/22/14 2:03pm

And its kind of a moot point arguing between the 2. Different players. Different

billyrust

9/22/14 2:05pm

Willie Mays was a much better baseball player than Babe Ruth.

IrishBlue

9/22/14 2:01pm

the Babe could have been one of best pitcher ever as well.....

PenrynCoug

9/22/14 2:04pm

He was good.

IrishBlue

9/22/14 2:07pm

And Willie did it against the best competition available (integrated league)

BYU1982

9/22/14 2:24pm

those 12 Gold Gloves..they didn't start the award til his 7th year in the league

PenrynCoug

9/22/14 2:27pm

Good to note the dimensions of the Polo Grounds diminished May's apparent power

IrishBlue

9/22/14 2:30pm

Willie, Babe and Ted Williams are my top three. What Mays did and how he did it

wabluecoug

9/22/14 1:57pm

Barry Bonds is the greatest player I ever saw. He will continue to rank below

Memmo

9/22/14 2:02pm

And Mays did all of that while also missing two years to serve in the Army.

IrishBlue

9/22/14 2:03pm

RE: And Mays did all of that while also missing two years to serve in the Army.

steve3125

9/22/14 2:12pm

Yeah, he is another guy that would have had even more amazing stats.

IrishBlue

9/22/14 2:15pm

Nobody did everything better than Willie Mays - plus he was almost as

BigD Coug

9/22/14 2:07pm

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