Week 4A: Top Ten

My top ten favorite baseball players of all time:

10. Sammy Sosa

Great Rightfielder and Homerun hitter who played in from 1989 to 2007 for the Rangers, White Sox, Cubs and orioles. Along with Mark McGwire brought the love of baseball back to america in 1998 with the great Home Run case. One of my favorite times of baseball. Who cares if he is a steroid user or that he corked his bat he made my year in 1998.

9. Honus Wager

Great Shortstop who played from 1897 to 1917. Hall of Famer whos baseball card is the most valuable in the world.

8. Mark Grace

Great 1st baseman who played from 1988 to 2003. Played for the cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks. Got well deserved World Series ring in 2001 with the Dbacks.

7. Ron Santo

legendary 3rd baseman who played from 1960 to 1974 for the cubs and crosstown Chicago rival White Sox. Should be in the HOF. Currently a Terriable radio color broadcaster for the cubs.

6. Pete Rose

Very good utility man who played from 1963 to 1986 for the Reds, Phillies and Expos. Career .303 Average. Should be in the HOF but bet on baseball. Betting on baseball not a big deal and has nothing to do with how he played but continuealy rejected by HOF.

5. Derek Jeter

Great Shortstop whos career took off in 1995 and is still going. Great all around player. To bad he plays for the Yankees or he could be #1.

4. Albert Pujols

Fantasic player who has played multiple postions and whos career started in 2001 and is still going. Best player in baseball right now. Has played whole career with the STL cardinals.

3. Cal Ripken Jr.

Tremendous Shortstop who also played 3rd base late in his career. Played from 1981 to 2001 all with one team the Balitmore Orioles. Was the IronMan of baseball played in 2,632 straight games which pasted the original Ironman Lou Gehrig who played in 2,130 straight games.

2. Ryne Sandberg

Best 2nd baseman to ever play the game of basball. Played from 1981 to 1997 for the phillies and the Chicago cubs. Is a Hall of Famer. Now he is Trying his hand in managing in the Minor Leagues. Brag Time: I know Ryno and his wife Margret very well. Good people.

1. Ozzie Smith

First I want to say that I am the biggest cub fan in the world so this is a surprising to some that I would pick a player who played for the cubs biggest rival the Cardinals(and by the way the cardinals are the cubs biggest rival not the Sox, the sox 9 fans out there want to think the cubs biggest rival is them but no cub fans give a crap about the sox-cubs serieses, Maybe in Chicago they care a little more but still the carinals are the cubs biggest rivary. Glad to get that off my chest.) Back to Ozzie Smith. Greatest Defensive Shortstop to ever play the game of baseball. I like defense. Ozzie Smith played from 1978 to 1996 for the padres and the Cardinals. He is a HOFer. Nickname= "The Wizard". Great player who deserves #1.