Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn will be inducted to the Hall of Fame this weekend. They are a pair of class act and have made their sport proud. They are also very unique as they played their entire careers for just one team (Orioles and Padres).
Who are some of the best known gentlemen of baseball?
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
For sure not Barry Bonds.
Kirby Puckett? Joe DiMaggio?
Did they both not play for just one team, Padres (Gwynn) and Orioles (Ripkin) in their Major league career.
Commendable in this age of free agency.
Jamie Moyer of the Phillies (many years for the Mariners) runs the Moyer Foundation, helping children in distress. http://www.moyerfoundation.org/
Eric from Seattle (Mariners fan)
In terms of class – Hank Aaron.
At the risk of sounding parochial: Ryne Sandberg and Ron Santo.
Sandberg walked away from tens of millions of dollars because he felt he wasn’t playing up to his standards.
Santo has raised has raised tens of millions for juvenile diabetes research. He’s a passionate and funny broadcaster; imagine the mental strength of a double amputee who makes his living spreading his positive attitude to others.
biggio+bagwell
I think Ripken is sleazy.
Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Satchel Paige.
OK, I’m nitpicking, but “very unique” is a phrase I hate. Either something is unique, or it’s not. In this case it’s not. “Very rare” would be the proper phrase.
Sorry, but that one always makes me cringe.
-Matt
Oh yeah, my fav, Carl Yastrzemski, 23 years with the Boston Red Sox.
-Matt
Hi Susan,
Don’t want to nitpick but that should read ” A pair of class ActS” just like how it is always one of many, like in ‘… one of the PlayeRS is/was/goes etc …’ or ‘one of the customerS does/wants/is etc … ‘