Christmas Day, 2010: Is there a better day to present you with a list of the greatest players in Major League Baseball history?
Please note: I have picked the best player for each given letter, so some players lucked out by having a name starting with an unusual letter. How else can a pretty good player like Carlos Quentin have the same odds of making my list as Stan Musial, a true all-time great.
One more note: Neither player made my list. Sorry to upset all the Carlos Quentin fans out there. Do read on.
But seriously, I hope you will enjoy one man’s opinion of the best our great national pastime has offered us—given these criteria. You will find pitchers and players alike from the deadball era to whatever era we call today’s major league baseball.
I hope these names will warm your heart on this cold December day. Please read and feel free to register your approval and/or disapproval with passion—and civility, given this season.
Time to unwrap your present, and let the great game begin!