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19. I'd like to see Satchel Paige pitch.

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If you could watch one player, past or present, for one game who would it be? [View all] kairos12 Feb 2019 OP

Mickey Mantle, my childhood hero Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #1

Me too! n/t Still Sensible Feb 2019 #4

I saw him play wryter2000 Feb 2019 #26

Me too. He had such a natural charisma. empedocles Feb 2019 #30

Mickey was a hero to most every kid in Oklahoma Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #34

I never heard that story wryter2000 Feb 2019 #39

You must be as old as I am.. pangaia Feb 2019 #35

Born in 48 wryter2000 Feb 2019 #38

43 gotcha.. pangaia Feb 2019 #40

Nice to meet someone older than me. wryter2000 Feb 2019 #48

Yeah, rub it in, why dontcha... pangaia Feb 2019 #49

I've got some old flint tools GeoWilliam750 Feb 2019 #61

Definitely Mickey! blur256 Feb 2019 #43

Yes, Tom Greenwade Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #45

Unfortunately for me blur256 Feb 2019 #47

I only saw Mickey play once Jarqui Feb 2019 #55

You got to see two of the all-time greats Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #56

There were a number of great players there. Jarqui Feb 2019 #59

It's great that your memories are still so vivid after all these years Bradshaw3 Feb 2019 #60

I remember some of their faces or their physical appearance Jarqui Feb 2019 #64

I can remember the smell of the bathrooms at the Stadium ! pangaia Feb 2019 #63

An old NHL locker room ... Jarqui Feb 2019 #65

Roberto Clemente, my childhood hero in Pittsburgh! Guilded Lilly Feb 2019 #2

My 1st baseball memory is going to Forbes' Field The Polack MSgt Feb 2019 #12

My grandfather knew Bob Prince and though I was very young... Guilded Lilly Feb 2019 #13

I remember my first trip to Cleveland Municipal Stadium Ohiogal Feb 2019 #28

It is an absolutely AWESOME memory!! One of a kind. Guilded Lilly Feb 2019 #50

Me too The Blue Flower Feb 2019 #37

Babe Ruth... ADX Feb 2019 #3

Same Auggie Feb 2019 #21

The Bambino was in a class by himself. In context, before Ruth, Home Run Baker had 12 HRs. empedocles Feb 2019 #29

Hands down, Jackie Robinson Ferrets are Cool Feb 2019 #5

Ted Williams,what a treat to Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #6

Arguably, the greatest hitter ever, despite Fenway's 380 ft right field. empedocles Feb 2019 #31

Got the chance to see him player against the White Sox Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #41

Me too. I got to go to Yankee Stadium 1x/year. I always picked fri nite red sox. empedocles Feb 2019 #44

Best part,no one can take those moments in life away. Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #46

Lou Gehrig CanonRay Feb 2019 #7

Roberto Clemente appleannie1943 Feb 2019 #8

That's easy. Satchel Paige El Supremo Feb 2019 #9

dizzy dean, ted williams, willie mays, joe dimaggio rampartc Feb 2019 #10

I would love to watch Walter Johnson pitch and Ty Cobb hit Va Lefty Feb 2019 #11

The meanest man in baseball oswaldactedalone Feb 2019 #14

Napoleon Lajoie blm Feb 2019 #15

Stan "the Man" Musial. nt Atticus Feb 2019 #16

+1 SaintLouisBlues Feb 2019 #22

Mr. Baseball kacekwl Feb 2019 #17

Warren Spahn rlegro Feb 2019 #18

I'd like to see Satchel Paige pitch. JDC Feb 2019 #19

Hank Aaron. akraven Feb 2019 #20

Two players, actually, and I'd set my way-back machine for July 2, 1963 Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #23

Wow! What a game. Thanks. kairos12 Feb 2019 #24

Back when men were men; to Hell with relief pitchers Brother Buzz Feb 2019 #25

That's a great stat. Trivia for you. kairos12 Feb 2019 #42

I would love to see (in their prime) Ohiogal Feb 2019 #27

it would be between Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Jackie Robinson rurallib Feb 2019 #32

Joe Shlabotnik TlalocW Feb 2019 #33

THE MICK... who I saw many times in the REAL Yankee Stadium... pangaia Feb 2019 #36

mays, koufax Kurt V. Feb 2019 #51

Jackie Robinson, in his first game... hands down. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #52

The only answer randr Feb 2019 #54

Yup!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2019 #58

Dizzy Dean cureautismnow Feb 2019 #53

Bob Uecker LakeArenal Feb 2019 #57

I totally get Walter Johnson GeoWilliam750 Feb 2019 #62