If you could honor baseball greats with a commemorative stamp which four players would you choose and why?

Question

The United States Postal Service issued a series of four commemoritve stamps depicting baseball slugger greats,Mickey Mantle, Mel Ott,Roy Campanella, and Hank Greenberg.today.

Would you have chosen these four outstanding players? If not them, who would you have chosen and why?

Would your selection be from NAtional League and American League equally?

What present day athletes in any sporting event should be considered for a commemorative stamp ?

Answer 1

the only ones I can think of are Pete Rose, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron.

Answer 2

I would pick the following four from other sports for the next commemorative stamp...

Rocky Marciano...One of the greates athletes in the history of sport

Secretariat..He became a hero to the American people when a hero was needed (even though he has a stamp-do it again).

Eddie Arcaro..The master and teacher should always be recognized.

Wilt 'the Stilt' Chamberlain...Never fouled out of a basketball game and stiil has the record for most points scored in a single game (100 points).

There are others and the list could go on and on, but, for now...

Answer 3

In the future, I would like to see a commemorative stamp series that is focused on women athletes.

Danika Patrick- because she is a pioneer in the world of racing for women.
Billie Jean King- Women's tennis player. who in the "Battle of the Sexes" beat Bobby Riggs in a widely publicized match.
Nancy Lopez- Pioneer for women in golf, brought a lot of publicity to the sport
Tracy Caulkin- Most versatile swimmer ever, she won three Olympic Gold Medals.

All of these athletes are an example to women that they can be great and excel in any sport. Some have been pioneers and opened doors that were once shut tight. For this reason, in the distant future, I would like to see a series of commemorative stamps that honor these women or great women just like these.

Answer 4

Babe Ruth - besides being one of the greatest players that ever lived, he popularized baseball and made it much of what it is today.

Walter Johnson - the "Big Train" was said to be in a class all by hiself. He is second all-time with 417 wins (verify that number). What amazes me is that most of that time was spent on losing teams. I have heard reports about several announcers that saw him play in their early days that his fastball was in a class all by itself. I don't know that the public would really appreciate his greatness or the stamp, since he played in the early 1900's.

Jackie Robinson - besides being a fantastic player, he broke the color barrier in baseball..

Ty Cobb - .367 career batting average. He was a stat machine and a fierce competitor. Not a very nice person by most accounts, but you asked for baseball greats not nice guys. Best hitter of all time.

This gives me 3 American Leaguers and 1 National Leaguer. I don't worry about that criteria too much, especially with the recent AL domination of All-Star Games.

You could insert Cy Young for Walter Johnson. I am more impressed with Johnson's stats and the accounts I have heard about him than I am Cy Young. Just one person's opinion.

Answer 5

1. Babe Ruth

2. Mickey Mantle

3. Bob Feller

4. Pete Rose

Answer 6

OK, first don't they have to be dead to be on a u.s. stamp? (the answer to that is yes).

So my four would be Babe Ruth (best hitter ever).
Cy Young (best pitcher ever).
Josh Gibson (best black player in the ***** leagues)
Jackie Robinson (helped bring them all together)

Answer 7

Curly, Moe, Joe & Shemp. And Larry, is that too much to ask?

Answer 8

ted williams jackie robinson hank aaron babe ruth

Answer 9

i think jackie already has a stamp?

honus wagner, joe dimaggio, willie mays, roberto clemente

Answer 10

I think that would be a good idea.