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#7 Lou Gehrig As this series returns from far too long of a vacation, I have to start with this statement: If you have not seen The Pride of the Yankees, you are not a baseball fan. Please leave...

#8 Hank Aaron For several decades Hank Aaron led off the Major League Baseball encyclopedia with the rare Aa. In 2004 Hank Aaron's place atop the encyclopedia was supplanted by David Aardsma. I...

#9 Rogers Hornsby Unlike many of the players on this list, Rogers Hornsby did not start his career on the fast track to stardom. In fact, his big league career almost never got started. His...

#10 Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle, born during the heart of the Great Depression was named for one of baseball's most popular players in a difficult time -- the A's great catcher, Gordon Cochran....

Feel free to use this as an all-purpose Fan Fest thread. I'm going to Fan Fest on Saturday and plan on having a great time ... yada yada yada ... it was awesome last year ... yada yada yada ......