Baseball Mount Rushmore - Babe Ruth a lock?

[Nate Colbert 17]

Babe Ruth
Oscar Charleston
Ty Cobb
Walter Johnson

(...with a small bobblehead of Nate Colbert at the base!)

 

[shanks25]

The Ruth question in itself is laughable.....

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[jflan702]

My Mount Rushmore would be, based on greatness, historical importance and name recognition:

Babe Ruth
Cy Young
Jackie Robinson
Ted Williams

^^^ This!

 

[AmishDave]

I'd guess you'd have to have a hitters one and a pitchers one. Just my opinion.

 

[pootshwan]

*GASP*

Babe's rolling in his grave that this is even a discussion.

Absolutely no question IMO.

 

[jcmint]

Starts and ends with Ruth
two hitters two pitchers
ruth
williams
walter Johnson
cy young

 

[hrbek14]

If some feel as tho Ruth should not be an automatic lock on an MLB Rushmore, leads me to believe 1 of 2 things....1. That person is still in pull-up diapers so when asked about ruth, the response would be "who's that?" Or 2. Not enough is known about the Bambino and think there are others far greater. IMO

Agree, definitely can see circumstances where he's not on people's lists. It's kind of the like greatest movie lists and people saying why the f should I care about Citizen Kane?

 

[Tzvih123]

My Mount Rushmore would be, based on greatness, historical importance and name recognition:

Babe Ruth
Cy Young
Jackie Robinson
Ted Williams

Ted Williams? Why not Nolan Ryan, Mickey Mantle, or even Derek Jeter. Today more people would recognize the name Derek Jeter than Ted Williams. and I'd put Jackie Robinson before Cy Young.

 

[Bootstraps9]

Derek Jeter is just laughable!! At least in my opinion

 

[Ghumbs]

Willie Mays has to be on there, right?

 

[cgilmo]

Babe is the best player of all time

 

[Tzvih123]

My Mount Rushmore would be, based on greatness, historical importance and name recognition:

Babe Ruth
Cy Young
Jackie Robinson
Ted Williams

Derek Jeter is just laughable!! At least in my opinion

I'm just saying Ted Williams doesn't have historical importance or name recognition. I think someone like Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, or Nolan Ryan would have more historical importance and name recognition. Particularly Hank Aaron.

 

[Krom]

I'm just saying Ted Williams doesn't have historical importance or name recognition. I think someone like Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, or Nolan Ryan would have more historical importance and name recognition. Particularly Hank Aaron.

Mantle over Williams?

 

[Lancemountain]

I'm just saying Ted Williams doesn't have historical importance or name recognition.

 

[MansGame]

Haha! +1

 

[maxe0213]

Ted Williams? Why not Nolan Ryan, Mickey Mantle, or even Derek Jeter. Today more people would recognize the name Derek Jeter than Ted Williams. and I'd put Jackie Robinson before Cy Young.

I think Jackie is definitely on there.

Derek Jeter is just laughable!! At least in my opinion

Just as laughable as Williams IMO. Neither should be there if you are picking 4 players.

 

[maxe0213]

I'm just saying Ted Williams doesn't have historical importance or name recognition. I think someone like Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle, or Nolan Ryan would have more historical importance and name recognition. Particularly Hank Aaron.

Agree with this. No Ted. Its Ruth, Cy Young, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Aaron IMO.

 

[MansGame]

Agree with this. No Ted. Its Ruth, Cy Young, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Aaron IMO.

I think it's definitely Ruth, Cy Young and Jackie Robinson... the 4th spots is probably where a lot of people differ IMO.

 

[Musial Collector]

Just as laughable as Williams IMO. Neither should be there if you are picking 4 players.

Wait.......Williams is laughable, not only laughable BUT just as laughable as Jeter???
And you agree that Williams "doesnt have historical importance OR name recognition"???
This one you need to explain!

 

[Musial Collector]

... the 4th spot is probably where a lot of people differ IMO.

You are spot on here