You know, I thought this was a fun idea. Pick the 10 greatest players of all time. What a cool midsummer project, I thought -- until I actually had to come up with the 10. Then I realized the word for this was not "fun."
How about "impossible?" I'm going with that word. Impossible. Can't be done.
Like my friend, Dave Schoenfield, I didn't like the idea of compiling a list comprised mostly of guys who were active in, like, 1923. I've covered baseball for more than 30 years. I've seen greatness with my own eyeballs. I wanted to honor that greatness.