Who is the greatest Southpaw of all time ?
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Hagler\n\n\nAdditional - Hagler switched all right. That is one of the reasons that he lost to Ray Leonard. he was just ambidextrous enough to lose.
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THE BEST ONE OF ALL TIME\n\n PATRICK ROY (WAH)
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1. Willie Mays (best outfielder of all time, great homerun hitter - 4th all time, and very high batting average.\n\n2. Babe Ruth (maybe the best player in baseball history, set many HR records, revolutionized baseball)\n\n3. Mickey Mantle\n\n4. Ty Cobb\n\n5. Ernie Banks\n\n6. Barry Bonds\n\n8. Joe Dimaggio
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I would have to go with Hulk Hogan...look at his longevity.\n\nOther greats (at least in my opinion) include:\nStone Cold, Ric Flair, Brett Hart, Macho Man, and Kurt Angle...to name a few.
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Albert Pujols......the best no doubt
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The greatest sportsman who ever lived is Jackie Robinson. He was the first black man to play major league baseball, he was MVP in 1949 while leading the Brooklyn Dodgers to the World Series and he paved the way for racial diversity in baseball. Not to mention he's the only player in MLB history to have his number retired by ever single team. \nThe greatest sportswoman ever was Martina Navratilova. During her tennis career she won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times!! Not to mention 18 grand slam titles and 40 doubles titles.
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I'm not sure about best. I have a hard time comparing fighters from different weight classes and different eras. But Julio Cesar Chavez is my favorite and definitely one of the all-time greats.\n\nChavez wasn't at lightweight very long, but it would have been great to see him from '89 fighting a Roberto Duran from '78. That would have been an exciting fight - two guys free with their fists and with great chins. Personally, I think Chavez would have won by decision with his more refined subtle defense, but there's no way of knowing for sure.
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Cobb by Al Stump is probably my favorite sports book. Ty Cobb, the greatest hitter ever and probably the meanest SOB to ever lace up spikes. A definite good read if you're a fan of baseball.
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David Ortiz. He is arguably the most clutch hitter in all of the Major League.
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By way of flair & fireworks : Brian Lara\nas for having the best technique and consistency: Sachin Tendulkar     And this is something that counts!!\n\nI know many will disagree with me on the sachin point but look at that man's career records & the immense pressure from 1 billion cricket crazy country men, the way he carries himself on the field; his dignity.\n    One would say that dignity has nothing to do with performance but Tendulkar, had the world at his feet for 15 long years & now his body is showing the signs  wear & tear due to 15 years of non stop cricket. He has maintained his dignity in a country that makes it's heroes only to topple them. And in this world Tendulkar has stood tall- Be it with his dignity or his 35 test centuries or 40 something ODI centuries or his 25k international runs or ANYTHING.\n                   He is by far the best batsman in world cricket now. If there's any need for proof of his greatness - recall India vs Pakistan at the World Cup'03!!!!!!
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Since when is doing cute and entertaining back flips the criteria for being the best shortstop in the Hall of Fame?\n\nHONUS WAGNER (correctly pronounced hon-iss - as in promise)\nwas clearly the best.  Exceptional glove work and no other shortstop comes close to his batting prowess (batting average and power).  Wagner was one of only 3 National League shortstops to win a batting title.  The Wizard of Aaahhhhhss was not one of the other two.
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If you're talking current players...Derreck Lee for the Cubbies and Jim Thome for the Sox. All-time? Ryne Sandberg for the Cubs and Harold Baines for the Pale Hose.
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Has to be Sandy Koufax.  0.95 ERA in four World Series!
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So many to name.....old school I go with Ivan Koloff...The Russian Bear was one of the best heals ever....and could wrestle.  Some other old School were Ernie the Cat Ladd, The Samoans with Lou Albano and Sgt Slaughter when he first came in.  As time moved on, Razor Ramon( The real Bad Guy) and Diesel were great heals.  Jerry Lawler will also rank as one of the greats.
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Good question. It could be that some are avoided because of reluctancies but if the southpaw is good enough he will eventually get the big fights just out of an inflated record if nothing else. I know Chris Byrd was avoided for a while. He is probably the best known heavyweight southpaw still fighting. Cuba makes all their fighters learn to box southpaw for Olympics and I have seen some American boxers go back and fourth from southpaw to regular stance but I personally think that there is just not as many "natural" southpaws in the elite status in the heavier divisions.
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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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The first two to pop into my mind are Ozzie Smith, and Willie Mays, but that leaves out COUNTLESS other great players.  I'll edit this after I think a bit...\n\nAll right, with 16 consecutive gold gloves I'll throw Brooks Robinson in as number 3.\n\nHere's a list by position for the AL, year by year, (the list at the bottom includes both leagues)