My All-Time Favorite Players
While Jim Hendry and the front office continue doing absolutely nothing, I try to come up with blog material. Here's one just for fun, a list of my all-time and current favorite players to watch. This has little to do with my generally numbers obsessed way of analyzing the game, rather just the guys I like to watch play. Now my all-time list was heavily influenced when I was a child and the players that had cool batting stances or pitching motions that we would then try and emulate during recess and after school and of course the Cubs. As I get older, I tend to have a finer appreciation for the more talented players that just make the game look easy.
All-Time
C - Tony Pena
1B - Will Clark
2B - Ryne Sandberg
SS - Tony Fernandez
3B - Ron Cey
LF - Rickey Henderson/Tim Raines
CF - Bob Dernier
RF - Sammy Sosa
Pitchers - Rick Sutcliffe, Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, Kent Tekulve
Honorable Mentions: Ken Griffey Jr., Shawon Dunston, Pete Rose, Jody Davis, Benito Santiago, Mark Grace
Current
C - Joe Mauer
1B - Lance Berkman
2B - Chase Utley
SS - Troy Tulowitzki
3B - Aramis Ramirez
LF - Grady Sizemore
CF - Carlos Beltran
RF - Vladimir Guerrero
Pitchers - Francisco Rodriguez, Carlos Zambrano, Chris Carpenter, Roy Halladay, Johan Santana
I cheated on the outfielders because I can't think of one left fielder in baseball that I enjoy watching play, maybe Carl Crawford, but I've maybe watched 5 Tampa games in my lifetime. Vlad is a bit of a cheat as well since he's a DH now, but his hacktastic, yet amazing ability to make contact are sure fun to watch. On principle I should hate all Cardinals - but Carpenter, much like Halladay - just make pitching look too easy.
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