The Top 10 Second Basemen in Baseball’s Hall of Fame
Published by Cliff Eastham on June 5, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - MLB
Here we are at installment four of my “Cooperstown’s Best†series. We are going to talk second basemen today. Stereotypical fireplugs like Nellie Fox.
The tendency for some, even those who grace the Bleacher Report, is to just give a guy a pass if he is a middle infielder and can play decent defense and steal a sack or two.
Not in my way of thinking. If I have to make a choice between a defensive guy and an offensive one, it is a no-brainer. I take the man who doesn’t have to bunt his way on every time.
Having said all that look at who our candidates are: Carew, Collins, Doerr, Evers, Fox, Frisch, Gehringer, Herman, Hornsby, Lajoie, Lazzeri, Mazeroski, McPhee, Morgan, Robinson, Sandberg, and Schoendienst....
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