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blueyeznj asked in SportsBaseball · 1 decade ago

Barry Bonds, Cal Ripken or Mike Piazza?

If you somehow knew in advance exactly what their careers would bring (the good, the bad and the ugly), which one player of these three would you draft?

Consider whatever aspects of the players you think are important in making this decision. It would be cool if you provided the reasoning behind your response. Finally, as always, please be respectful of other opinions. Thanks in advance for taking the time to answer!

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Ripken. Solid defensive player, solid bat, leader in the clubhouse, class act on and off the field, doesn't get injured.

  • tung
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    certain. properly, probable certain. Larkin suffers from under no circumstances being the spotlight shortstop in baseball. For a lengthy time period, Ozzie replaced into the protecting wizard and Ripken, the enormous slugger. Larkin did win the 1995 NL MVP, yet at the same time Cal replaced into passing Gehrig and getting each and each of the headlines. and then, in basic terms as Ozzie retired and Cal's enormous quest replaced into over, alongside got here the triumvirate -- Garciaparra, Jeter, and the tsunami of Alex Rodriguez. Larkin under no circumstances had an significant window in which to be the common of shortstopping in baseball. And which will probable value his candidacy a year or 2, yet he could get in without too a lot delay.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    It's a disgrace to Ripken's name to mention those other two in the same sentence. Bonds was a "juicer", and a total jerk. All Piazza could do was hit. He was a liabilty on defense. Ripken was "clean", could hit and play defense. No contest.

    Sarge

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No brainer! Cal Ripken Jr. Upstanding guy, clean player and I would know that we would win a world series as well.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Ripken, easily. If you knew you wouldn't need a SS fr the next 15 years, you'd be golden

  • 1 decade ago

    MIKE PIAZZA! im a huge mets fan so i guess im kinda biased but i would still take piazza... in his prime he was good defensively and even better offensively... Catcher is the hardest position to find a good 2 way player and piazza was it. Ther are plenty of good fielding and hitting outfielders and shortstops, but not many catcher's... piazza had swagger and new york loves him... LETS GO METS

  • MBL
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    I don't know why, but I just really like Cal Ripken.

  • 1 decade ago

    Barry Bonds. Even without steroids, he could still hit homeruns easily. Most feared hitter in baseball.

    Source(s): Bring on the thumbs down.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Why would anyone want Bonds.

    He is a disgrace to baseball.

    I would without hesitation go with Ripken.

    Rookie of the year, MVP and just did his job day after day. He also provided us with one of the greatest events in sports history, the night he broke Lou Gehrig's record.

    Source(s): Long time baseball fan that has no use for anyone that took steroids.
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