MLB Mount Rushmore

[teddywingman]

My thinking for this is that someone has to be inner circle Hall of Fame talent-wise and also be an important part when telling the story of baseball. Ruth and Mays obviously qualify. Satchel Paige was the most famous baseball player in the country in the 40s (with the possible exception of DiMaggio) and had the talent to match. Robinson may have been the most historically significant player, but couldn't touch Aaron on the field. What Aaron dealt with when breaking Ruth's record is second to Robinson in the story of black players in the majors.

And I agree with this. 42's significance in the history of the game is undeniable, even beyond Ruth. But Hank Aaron's offensive statistics tower over everyone but Bonds... and fuck that guy.

 

[zenax]

In the first game of a doubleheader at Fenway on July 8, 1918, Babe Ruth hit hit a ball over the RF fence in the bottom of the 10th with a runner on 1st in a 0-0 game and the Sox won 1-0.. The rule at the time was if the batter hit an outside the park home run when the score was tied in the bottom of the 9th or in extra innings, he would only be credited with a hit equal to the number of bases necessary to score the runner. So, he got a triple and when his career ended, he had 714 home runs rather than 715.

The rule was changed after the 1919 season after a lot of discussion that ended up disallowing changes to records of the 37 times this had happened prior.
https://sabr.org/journal/article/babe-ruths-lost-715th-home-run/

 

[djbayko]

Can we revoke this guy's membership?

He probably has Kobe on the NBA Rushmore too.

 

[runnels3]

Mays
Aaron
Clemente
Paige