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Nine Best Center Fielders of All-Time

Good Evening Everybody,

If you frequent this site you probably know how excited I was when the MLB Network went on the air on January 1st.  To tell the truth, I have pretty much been watching it non-stop since it went live, I think I am addicted.  I am creating this FanPost because I love baseball, not just the Braves, but the sport as a whole.  I love everything about it the history, the home run, the strikeout, the double-play, the smell of a leather glove and freshly cut grass, the sound of the bat hitting the ball, to me baseball it poetry in motion and beauty defined. 

I am also creating this FanPost because I am tired of reading about/posting about the same hot stove topics and I am hoping that this will cause some discussion/friendly debates.  The MLB Network has a show where they run down the Nine Greatest _______ of All-Time.  For example, tonight, they ran down the Nine Greatest Center Fielders of All-Time as well as the Nine Greatest Home Runs of All-Time.  I am assuming that the follow list takes all aspects of the game into consideration since the show wasn't titled the Nine Greatest Fielding Center Fielders, or the Nine Greatest Hitting Center Fielders.

MLB Network's List:

9. Kirby Puckett

8. Jim Edmonds

7. Duke Snider

6. Ken Griffey Jr.

5. Joe Dimaggio

4. Tris Speaker

3. Mickey Mantle

2. Ty Cobb

1. Willie Mays

What do you all think of this list?  Does Andruw Jones belong anywhere on this list?

I personally think that they underrated Griffey Jr., overrated Willie Mays, and my list would not include Kirby Puckett.  Just missing the list was Richie Ashburn, who I believe is the only center fielder in baseball history to have over 500 put outs in at least four seasons.  Some food for thought, none of the players who ended up making the list have ever had a 500 put out season.

Was anybody left out?

 

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