Today we move on to the outfield for my "all-time all-stars" expanded sub-set from 1976.
The Sporting News went and picked three American Leaguers for their all-time outfield: Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams.
And while many can't really argue with an outfield like that, it's
fair to say the National league had their own powerhouse outfield trio
that stacked up pretty well with their A.L. counterpart.
For this installment, the first of three for the outfield, I teamed the "Bambino" up with Giant great Willie Mays.
Take a look at the Ruth card as issued by Topps in 1976, as well as my design for the Mays card:
There's no question as to Babe Ruth's place in all-time baseball
history, and picking him on ANY all-time team goes without saying, and I
feel the same way about Willie Mays, the "Say-Hey Kid".
Even back in 1976 when the Sporting News was picking players in
celebration of the 100th year of Major League ball, Mays would have been
an obvious choice had they picked both American League and National
League rosters.
Nice combo of players here: arguable the greatest American League
player of all-time along with possibly the greatest National League
player. Just awesome.
Who are the other two N.L. guys that fill out the outfield? Well
you can pretty much guess, but if not keep an eye out here as I post
them up in the next couple of weeks along with Cobb and Williams.
