Joe Posnanski's Best Players in Baseball (from 1970-2009, based on Win Shares, via David) confirmed my childhood belief that Will Clark was the best player in baseball for a couple of years.
My reasons for his best-player status may not be as statistically valid, but they include: Clark homered in his first major league at bat, off of Nolan Ryan; and, as was pointed out in the comments, his 1989 NLCS grand slam against Greg Maddux was, well, thrilling:
There's also no one close to Vin Scully when it comes to calling games. Also, Zimmer's look is priceless.
Posted by: David Jacobs | January 05, 2010 at 11:28 AM
More on Clark here:
http://thefastertimes.com/baseballbythenumbers/2010/01/10/the-strange-case-of-will-clark/
(via rob neyer)
Posted by: David Jacobs | January 11, 2010 at 09:14 AM