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Dicktar2023 wrote: ↑11 Dec 2025 09:18 am What is the first name that comes to mind when someone asks 'who is the best defensive 1B of all time?'

That's why Hernandez should be in the HOF.

Hernandez, Vic Power, Bill White. There have been some that were special, like Marvelous Marvin Thornberry, or Dick Dr. Strange Glove Stuart.

I don't think either should be in the HOF. But for my money I'd take Hernandez as my first baseman over DM anytime. Keith could drive in runs and get on base he was a great #3 hitter even though he lacked homerun power. With the glove he was one of the best I ever saw. Keith belongs in the hall of very good, Donny in the hall of ok.

DwaininAztec wrote: ↑11 Dec 2025 18:10 pm

Dicktar2023 wrote: ↑11 Dec 2025 09:18 am What is the first name that comes to mind when someone asks 'who is the best defensive 1B of all time?'

That's why Hernandez should be in the HOF.

Hernandez, Vic Power, Bill White. There have been some that were special, like Marvelous Marvin Thornberry, or Dick Dr. Strange Glove Stuart.

ahh marv throneberry --- we still don't know what he was doing in those miller lite commercials...

83-89 Mattingly was a monster.

To me, it's obviously Keith. Also, fairly sure they changed the rule that a 1st baseman has to be in fair territory when a pitch is thrown. As a lefty, he would stand in foul territory for pick off throws for the quick tag.