MLB's 100 Greatest Players

[Greg Ambrosius]

Let's give credit where credit is due. The NFL Network did a great job of unveiling the 100 greatest NFL players of all-time, doing specials on each player. They revealed their final Top 10 last week with Jerry Rice picked as the greatest player of all-time. I know this is a baseball board, but I thought most folks would find this interesting.



Anyway, you can find the list at http://top100.nfl.com/



Here's the Top 25:



1. Jerry Rice

2. Jim Brown

3. Lawrence Taylor

4. Joe Montana

5. Walter Payton

6. Johnny Unitas

7. Reggie White

8. Peyton Manning

9. Don Hutson

10. Dick Butkus

11. Ronnie Lott

12. Anthony Munoz

13. Joe Greene

14. Sammy Baugh

15. Deacon Jones

16. Otto Graham

17. Barry Sanders

18. Ray Lewis

19. Bronko Nagurski

20. Brett Favre

21. Tom Brady

22. Gale Sayers

23. John Elway

24. John Hannah

25. Dan Marino



Does anyone know if MLB has ever done this? Has The Sporting News or ESPN or any other media done this? If not, why the hell not? I mean, c'mon, baseball greats are the best debate around. It's always fun to compare Bob Gibson against Hank Aaron or Ted Williams vs. Nolan Ryan.



For all the die-hards out there like Doughboys, could you even create a Top 100 list? Could we start with a Top 10 and agree on it?? If nobody has done this yet, then the NFBC Message Board group should start it out. Let's compile a Top 10 list of all-time greats and see if we agree. Or if somebody already did it, let's post it and debate. If we're going to fight on the message boards, let's do it over baseball stats!! Anyone want to start us out?