Roberto Clemente

[westcoastinvader]

Good points, and I certainly like Vlad as a ballplayer.

As to smoothness, if one ever gets the chance to see Ichiro play RF live and in person, do so. That guy plays one of the smoothest RF games since Clemente, IMHO. I've had the good fortune to see him here in the Bay Area, and I'll just say that he's a ballplayer whose true abilities are best observed in person.

The TV camera does not do him justice.

I put Ichiro in a class all his own, much like Clemente.