Carl Yastrzemski Boston
January 2nd, 2008 | 
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Carl Yastrzemski Boston
Is Manny Ramirez "the best ever to play left field in Boston"?
Manny certainly seems to think so.
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/50116
I once heard of these two guys who were supposed to be pretty good back in the day, Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski.
What do you think: truth, Manny being Manny, or Manny being an arrogant jackass?
Ramirez is a great player and a feared hitter, no doubt.
But I still think that sliced bread was a pretty damn good invention.
Manny is so hilarious. In my opinion, it is hard for anybody to pass Teddy BallGame. I grew up a Red Sox fan in the 70's and 80's--Ted Williams is a secular God where I come from. I still argue he is the best pure hitter in the history of the game, and he revolutionized the way major league hitters prepare.
But Manny is nearly as dedicated a student of hitting as Williams was. It's a big myth that Manny is just some super-talented space case who just shows up and rakes line drives all over the park. He is a true hitting scientist. He's going to hit 600 bombs before he finishes. When you combine power and average, he probably is the best pure, all-around hitter of his era. He is kind of a right handed Ted Williams.
But Williams would have hit six hundred homeruns, too, if he hadn't taken off five prime seasons for WWII and Korea--he probably would have had seven hundred. And his .344 average for a power-hitter is absolutely untouched. The only players with higher all-time averages were hitters from the dead ball era.
Yaz is the best defensive left-fielder all-time for the Sox. He was a gold glover. I think he won a gold glove one season in Centerfield, as well. He was the hero of my boyhood. But even adjusting for eras, I don't rate him quite on a par with Manny as a hitter.
Manny is not an arrogant jackass. He is an all-time great and feels confidence in himself. He didn't grow up as a Sox fan, viewing the likes of the Splinter and Yaz as Sainted figures. They are co-Hall-of-Famers for Manny--his peers in immortality. As a great athlete, it is natural for him to believe he is the best.
I rank Red Sox left-fielders as follows: 1. Williams 2. Manny 3. Yaz 4. Rice. Not a bad quartet.
Carl Yastrzemski makes a great catch
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