On Boone
Erik is right; I am very high on Aaron Boone. I chose the players on the list because I liked them, either as players or as people. In 1999, Aaron Boone drove me crazy at a Reds-Rockies' game. In his first three at-bats, Aaron saw nine pitches, swung at all of them, missed all of them, and retreated to the bench.
In his final at-bat, with the game on the line in the ninth, he swung at the first pitch and lined out to left. The Reds lost.
But I became a big fan of Aaron because the more I watched him, the more I admired the way he played the game.
Hal McCoy, possibly the best baseball writer of all-time, called Boone his favorite player of all time. Hal has seen it all, and that has to say something.