Edgar Martinez was one of (if not) the toughest "out" in baseball.
Hell yeah. You would know this being a Yankee fan too. Edgar was dubbed and will always be known as the "Yankee Killer." He would just feast off Yankee pitching throughout his career. Clutch hit after clutch hit. One of my favorite M's of all-time. Thanks for the 'Gar recognition there Sal.
Surprised no one has mentioned Bonds. Pretty damn disciplined.
very cool
His eye exercises started because he has a very rare eye disorder (he suffers from strabismus, an abnormality that prevents his eyes from working in tandem) .... which makes his career stats even more amazing...he had eye problems from 1999 on, the exercises were a requirement , he has a lazy .
The Mariners didn't give him a full season until he was 27, despite a .344 career average in AAA ...if he had started earlier he would have easily racked up enough stats to get in, he will still get some votes despite starting so late....great great hitter.
You beat me to it. Saw alot of Boggs and a ton of Dewey over years and there is not alot of difference, both the best Isaw on regular basis. Evans was also very smart stepping out of box often and getting pitcher out of sync.
Ricky Henderson on the other hand was a cheat in that he created the smallest strike zone ever for a pitcher and the umps let him get away with that. That always bothered me that from his knees to his chest was about a foot when he squatted and with all other players it was 3 ft. One ump used to dog him though, he would call a strike on him chest high and Ricky would give him a look or laugh it off.
