Getting Ready for the Top 200 . . . .

A Dialogue Leads to History. Or at least Evolution.

A: "So, on my Top 100 page, there is a picture of Gil Hodges, Roy Campanella, and Duke Snider. Next to Gil Hodges, I put 'Top 200,' just to have something to put."

K: "Do you really think he would be in the Top 200."

A: "Oh yeah, definitely."

K: "It definitely seems like there are enough first basemen out there that Gil Hodges might not make it."

A: "Well, I mean there are plenty of good first basemen, but I don't think there are enough to keep Hodges off of the Top 200."

S: "You know, you might be thinking of Orlando Cepeda."

K: "Actually, I do get them confused. I can't tell them apart."

A: "Well, a good place to start is their physical characteristics."

K: "You know what I mean . . . "

S: "So, first basemen. Fred McGriff, definitely. Will Clark. Tony Perez maybe?"

K: "Norm Cash."

A: "Jack Fournier, George Sisler."

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And so it began. The quest for a Top 200. Can it be done?

Find out at All Star break, 2006.

The Candidates:

The Catchers under consideration for the Top 200.

The First Basemen under consideration for the Top 200.

The Second Basemen under consideration for the Top 200.

The Third Basemen under consideration for the Top 200.

The Shortstops under consideration for the Top 200.

The Outfielders under consideration for the Top 200.

The Pitchers under consideration for the Top 200.