Top 100 Red Sox of All Time -- Nominations 71-80 Options

[John Marzano Oly...]

We're pretty close to be done, so you should know the drill by now, folks:

Remember, lurkers are encouraged to vote. Either submit your nominations to me or another Dope or Mod.

A quick refresher: each week we're going to do is nominate 20 of the greatest Red Sox players and then vote on those same players the following week. If there are 25 players nominated, we will only vote on the top 20. Those extra players (also those who didn't make the week's voting cut) will be tossed back into the nomination thread. The 20 players with the most nomination votes will move to the following weeks votes, so even if 15 people have nominated someone, you should nominate that player too; just in case.

Unlike the GOAT thread, you can nominate as many players as you want. But like the GOAT thread the nominees have to be bolded. If they aren't bolded, they won't count. The following week you can vote in the poll (it will be linked in the poll). The nominations and polls close on Sunday morning.

Here are the Top 70 as voted by you, the SoSH members:

1. Ted Williams
2. Pedro Martinez
3. Carl Yastrzemski
4. Cy Young
5. Roger Clemens
6. Manny Ramirez
7. Tris Speaker
8. Wade Boggs
9. Jimmie Foxx
10. Babe Ruth
11. Jim Rice
12. Carlton Fisk
13. Dwight Evans
14. Bobby Doerr
15. David Ortiz
16. Lefty Grove
17. Smokey Joe Wood
18. Nomar Garciaparra
19. Joe Cronin
20. Dom DiMaggio
21. Luis Tiant
22. Mo Vaughn
23. Tim Wakefield
24. Fred Lynn
25. Tony Conigliaro
26. Johnny Pesky
27. Jason Varitek
28. Harry Hooper
29. Curt Schilling
30. Mel Parnell
31. Jimmy Collins
32. Dick Radatz
33. Rico Petrocelli
34. Jonathan Papelbon
35. Mike Greenwell
36. Bob Stanley
37. Bill Lee
38. Vern Stephens
39. Jackie Jensen
40. Dennis Eckersley
41. Derek Lowe
42. Dutch Leonard
43. Reggie Smith
44. Bruce Hurst
45. Pete Runnels
46. Kevin Youkilis
47. Buck Freeman
48. Dustin Pedroia
49. Larry Gardner
50. Ellis Burks
51. Josh Beckett
52. Frank Malzone
53. John Valentin
54. Tex Hughson
55. George Scott
56. Ellis Kinder
57. Duffy Lewis
58. Johnny Damon
59. Billy Goodman
60. Rick Burleson
61. Trot Nixon
62. Jim Lonborg
63. Bill Monboquette
64. Marty Barrett
65. Jimmy Piersall
66. Mike Timlin
67. Rick Ferrell
68. Carl Mays
69. Joe Dobson
70. Rich Gedman

Please remember that you have to re-nominate anyone that you think is worthy. And the more nominations, the better.

And that's another thing, feel free to question other choices and be prepared to defend yours. This is supposed to be a fun topic and hopefully, we'll spark some really interesting discussions. And also, any reasons why you think that your Sox player should be in the top 100 will be used. If you want to look at it from a numbers perspective, go for it. If you want to look at it from word-of-mouth POV, awesome. If you want to base it on both, even better.

Here are my seven:
Freddy Parent
Chick Stahl
Bill Campbell
Lee Smith
Dave Henderson
Everett Scott
Frank Sullivan

The Henderson nomination is very, very early but I wanted to get it in before I forget. Personally, I think that he should be in the 90s some where, but I want folks to at least start thinking about him. Despite playing one calendar year for the Sox, Henderson has always been one of my favorite players. His ALCS home run is what made me a Sox fan and the way that he played the World Series that year was tremendous. When you're a kid there's always one guy on your favorite team that you gravitate to for a reason and Henderson was my guy.

I remember thinking that he was even cooler when I read in the Sox 1987 Yearbook that his favorite thing to read was Playboy.

The shine came off him a bit in 1987 but if I ever saw Hendu in a bar, he wouldn't have to buy any of his drinks.