serious baseball fans only please and no links. personally, i think a tie between pitcher and catcher.
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each position is equally hard\n\ncatcher:100 mph fastballs coming at your face and you have to catch them!!!!\n\npitcher:you are the one that has to throw 100 mph fastballs and it is the position with the  most injuries and lately hitters have been hitting line drives ouch!\n\ninfield( 1-b 2-b 3-b short stop):if you think about it whenever the ball comes to them its usually going 60-70 mph and they once they get they have to throw it accurately and speedy on the run from 30-180 feet away\n\noutfield(center field right field left field)usually the ball goes at least 70-100 ft in the air to make it to that out field and there's always the risk of hitting the wall while running not to mention the suns in their eyes and robbing homers is haaaard!!!\n\n\nconclusion::based on that i would probably have to say the hardest position would have to be either pitcher catcher of outfield.
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1) Nolan Ryan based on his stats and his fastball.\n2) Satchel Paige based on stories I have been told.\n3) Cy Young for that award thing.
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Well I’ll say Jeter on the fact that every year he has made the playoffs. Not many players can say that.  In addition, I’ve seen the way he acts on the field, like a pro every time the first Yankee out of the dugout to congratulate a player for anything and the first to tell them it’s all right.  I know Wright is only in his second year but and it is like comparing apples and oranges but Wright hasn’t played in any playoff games yet. \n\nOh and Rolen's couldn't hold either jockstrap in a rainstorm
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I'd have to say O.J. since he has gotten away with it!
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offense Mickey Mantle\ndefense toss up between Willie Mays or Roberto Clemente.
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Bonds.\nI would hate to see Hank Aaron's record broken by that crumb.
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LOL...Hank Hill, of course!  He's straight-laced...but the most capable of them all.\n\nThat is a hilarious question.
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hmm... tough one. im obligated to say jeter cuz he's my favorite athlete EVER!!!! but they all rock!!\njeter, bad attitude?!? what planet do you come from??? ever heard of the "turn 2 foundation"? kindly do before you start spouting crap about truly special human beings (i know it sounds corny, but its true!!)!!!\nYANKEES ROCK FOREVER!!!!!!!!!
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I'll probably take heat for this, but I have to go with Bonds here.\n\nAaron had incredible longevity and consistency - he never hit over 50 home runs, yet holds the career home run record; very impressive. He also did this under intense scrutiny and racial tension - back then, people weren't excited about the Babe being passed by a black man (you might say the same thing is true today, but not to the same extent).\n\nHowever, even before Bonds allegedly (this has never been proven for sure, although it certainly looks like he did it) took steroids, he was doing things few players have ever done in the sport, like hitting for 30 home runs and stealing 30 bases in the same season, which he did a bunch of times (he even went 40/40 in '96). And then his stats are just unbelievable for the past 6-10 years. Not only his home run totals, either. His slugging percentage and walks (he barely got pitches to hit for a few years in a row) rivaled the Babe during this stretch. Sure, steroids (if he did take them) helped, but his innate ability and hard work had to have a big part of this. I mean, the guy was unpitchable for awhile. Aaron was never unpitchable or even close to it.\n\nIt's too bad Bonds has this steroid thing hanging over him.
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Wow, that is a goood question, I am a bit prejudiced towrds the Yankees, but I think historically this still valid. The best catchers of my youth are Bench, Fisk or Munson.\n1.Mickey Cochrane \n2.Johnny Bench\n3.Yogi Berra \n4.Josh Gibson\n5.Carlton Fisk\n6.Ivan Rodriguez\n7.Roy Campanella\n8.Elston Howard\n8a.Thurman Munson\n9. Mike Piazza\n10. Bill Dickey\nSorry if it seems like their are alot of Yankees, but that is the way I see it.\n\nHey Disgraced, it was Jackie Robinson, not Hank Aaron.\n\nIn retrospect I think Gibson could be #1 but he was not allowed to play at the same time as many of  his contemporaries, by far he is the best hitter of the bunch.
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Over all it will either be Albert Pujols or Alex Rodrguez.\nOver the last two years they are the two best.  Even with Pujols hurt now he should still be there as on of the best.\nAlex has proven to be one of the best already and when all is said and done he will be in the top of most cat. in baseball.
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Luis Gonzales and Roger Clemens are my two best bets.\n\nBrady Anderson would be an interesting one.  Entirely believable that he'd be a user.  Nobody cares about Belle anymore; he's just a punchline, which is too bad.
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Base hit (single for batter).\nThe closest defensive player gets credit for an unassisted putout.
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Pete Rose is the greatest hitter in the history of baseball.  If the hall of fame lets steroid cheaters such as mcgwire, sosa, palmeiro, bonds, etc in, then it is a shame that they won't let the greatest hitter and hardest player in the history of the sport in.  Pete Rose is my idol, i don't care if he bet on baseball or not, that is nothing compared to CHEATING, and yet these cheaters will still get in the hall of fame.
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I think Jose Reyes has the best chance.  He's young and his legs are fresh plus he'll have many chances to do it with his young age.  My darkhorse pick would have to be Chone Figgins.
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no one.. the steroid era is over... it will never happen again.. at least not for a loooong time
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roger clemens. the rocket. hes the best active pitcher all-time, and current, even though he hasnt pitched a major league game yet this year. by the end of the year he'll prove hes still the best. the best reliever is jonathon papelbon