Fastest runner in baseball? Ichiro, Podsednik, or Figgins?
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Ichiro fastest from plate to first base by .15 sec over Pod. and .07 over Figgins
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One name: Steve Dalkowski.  You could talk about him for five minutes or five hours, but he might be the most interesting baseball figure of all time, though he never made the majors.  He was a minor league phenom who played in the 1960s and was rumored to throw 110 mph.  Not surprisingly, he had massive control problems and just when he started to put it all together, he blew out his elbow.  There's a lot of stuff on the Internet about him, but there's one particularly good interview here:  http://www.widewordofsports.com/Articles-016.htm
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i'd go with pedro, due to the run support that the mets have, he's a pretty solid option from start to finish...there's a slight risk for injury unfortunately, but i think it's worth it.  if you have something against martinez or the mets, then i suggest going with chris carpenter.
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The best shortstop ever is Ozzie Smith. 13 straight Gold Gloves and he wasn't a bad hitter. He had 580 stolen bases in his career, #20 on the all-time list. Who can forget his game winning home run he hit in the 1985 playoffs against the Dodgers. Classic.\n\nCurrently, the best shortstop is Edgar Renteria. He had an off season hitting last year, but he is great defensively and a good solid hitter, especially in clutch situations. I think he has the best all around package at this point (defense, power, average, speed). Omar Vizquel is good too, but he's at the end of his career. I like Derek Jeter too, but I hate the Yankees too much and can't be objective about Jeter.
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you got to say ty cobb because he is one of the top ten greatest of all time but you have to put trammell and lou whitaker al kaline gates brown hank greenbergh, and hal newhouser i would have to say the greatest now is future hall of fame catcher ivan rodriquez he has a ton of playoff experience so when they get deep into the playoffs this year he can be a good leader
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Not counting rooks, the active players with the most at bats and no HR are Curt Schilling, Jon Lieber, Luis Ordaz, Brett Tomko, Pedro Martinez, and Matt Clement.\n\nThere are a ton of rookies and callups who are active with no HR - a little too many to name. \n\nOdd that this was just in a Jayson Stark column....
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smoltz and kent are already in. smoltz has better credentials than dennis eckersly(both were great starters and closers) whose already in. kent is already all-time leader in hr by 2nd basemen. other than that i agree with your list.
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Present day player is Derek Jeter. All time was Mickey Mantle, with Thurman Munson a close second. You can tell I'm not a Yankee fan.... lol!
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Matt Anderson, has thrown the fastest pitched baseball which measured 103 miles per hour (166 km/h or 46.0 m/s). This time was measured in the past 1999 baseball season.
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Rickey Henderson is the one with the most stolen bases.  I don't believe there is a test for running in baseball, as in football tryout, so no one knows who is the fastest.  In order to steal a base, it depends not only on your speed, but also the timing.  It's hard to judge speed from SB record.\n\nMany pitchers run fast too, but they would never try to steal bases because they have to protect themselves.
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yes, they are correct and way faster than I am. He is none other than Albert Pujols!!
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fastest white guy for sure but there are plenty of people who are faster thatn him including LT, santana moss, and michael vick
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I would have to either go with Andruw Jones or Chip, Chip, Chipper... Both have consistantly performed through out the duration of their career.  So my answer is most definitly John Smoltz.  Hes been a been around forever, and still is a killer pitcher.  He has changed his style to fit the improvement of hitters, and has been one hell of a gunslinger.  No question.
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Geronimo was the best defensively. Eric Davis was pretty good with the glove but was more dangerous with the bat. Griffey Jr. has both a good glove and bat but  can't seem to stay healthy. All in all I would go with Geronimo.
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I'd say albert pujols, since he is only "officially" 26, but we all know the guy is like 47.  \n\nMy top 3 age 26 or younger:\n\nDavid Wright - 3b - NY Mets\nJake Peavy SP - San Diego Padres\nMiguel Cabrera - LF - Florida Marlins\n\n5 tool player at 3rd, stud strikeout king starting, and Miguel Cabrera is going to be an MVP on a winning team someday
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The best sluggers in the game would beat a team of all rookies, because the best sluggers were often times the best rookies. If you are limiting to people who are just rookies this year look at the Marlins. There team is mostly rookies and they are not very good. \n\nNow if you want to do Under-30 vs over-30 then you would get interesting my under-30 team\n\nC-Victor Martinez (27)\n1B-Albert Pujols (26)\n2B-Chase Utley (27)\nSS-Jose Reyes (23)\n3B-David Wright (23)\nLF-Miguel Cabrera (23)\nCF-Carl Crawford (24)\nRF-Johnny Gomes (25)\nDH-Travis Hafner (29)\nSP-Scott Kazmir (22)\nSP-Johan Santana (27)\nCP-John Papelbon (25)\n\nOver-30\n\nC-Ivan Rodriguez (34)\n1B-Jim Thome (35)\n2B-Alfonso Soriano (30)\nSS-Miguel Tejada (30)\n3B-Alex Rodriguez (30)\nLF-Manny Ramirez (34)\nCF-Johnny Damon (32)\nRF-Vladimir Guerrero (30)\nDH-David Ortiz (30)\nSP-Pedro Martinez (34)\nSP-Chris Carpenter (31)\nCP-Mariano Rivera (36)\n\nPersonally if that was the situation I would take the under-30 team
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Come on man Mike Lowell. Word? that can't be a fa real answer. there are only three 3rd baseman worth having in the AL. A-rod, Chavez, and Crede. I was ready to go with Chavez, who plays a mean hot corner. but after reading the page, Notso_25 makes  pretty good arguement for Joe Crede so I'ma have to go with Joe. I mean no one is more clutch than Joe. Sox wouldn't be the best team in baseball right now with out him.