Greatest Right Fielders/Favorite Songs of the '70s

With us deep into October playoff baseball, this week's poll/thread will be the Mr. October tribute thread celebrating Reggie Jackson's 1977 three-homer bravura performance. So, the first half will be listing the ten greatest right fielders ever who played most of their careers after WWII.

The second half will be listing our favorite songs from the awesome anything-goes 70's. Some of us were in high school/college in the 70's; some, like myself, were in grade school, and some only know it from Dazed and Confused. However, we all have favorites from this decade of Rock, Prog Rock, Country Rock, Reggae, Punk, and Heavy Metal.

Greatest Right Fielders
1. Hank Aaron. The true home run king. Tremendous power overshadowed excellent all-around game.
2. Frank Robinson. The stealth Aaron. Quiet, awesome right fielder too often overlooked in talks of the greats.
3. Roberto Clemente. Defensive force, offensive whiz, and wondrous character unparalleled since his death.
4. Vladimir Guerrero. Loved every pitch thrown to him, hit most of them, and had a bazooka arm.
5. Dave Winfield. Best athlete to play the position, maybe the best athlete to ever play the game.
6. Ichiro Suzuki. Batting machine and a dancer in Right with a rifle arm. Pretty speedy, too.
7. Reggie Jackson. October dramatics in 77 overshadowed his solid D and long career of prodigious power.
8. Andre Dawson. Hawk was the epitome of the big, bad rf. Awesome arm, power, and a deathly stare.
9. Larry Walker. Career in Coors caused skeptics, but he was the prototypical athletic, powerful Rf.
10. Tony Gwynn. Best pure hitter at the position and speedy in his early career.

Favorite Songs of the 70's
1. Melissa by The Allman Brothers. Soulful Southern croon by Gregg, beautiful accompaniment by Duane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwbowi-8Yoo

2. Ain't Talkin Bout Love by Van Halen. Killer opening Eddie riff and deep, growling vocals by David Lee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuyvT8nFMLY

3. Surrender by Cheap Trick. Post-punk classic influenced Nirvana, The Foo Fighters and other later greats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sAm5UCJ9vA

4. Into the Mystic by Van Morrison. Soulfully spiritual with Van slipping mystically into his slipstream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RHTb-WE4zo

5. Over the Hill and Far Away by Led Zeppelin. Robert Plant's best vocal performance with Page's lyrical mastery.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bD9t44JUD4

6. Go All The Way by The Raspberries. Power pop gem influenced Springsteen among others.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swicdtaddy0

7. Backstreets by Bruce Springsteen. This resonant urban aria is the best song on The Boss' best album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oID_fZDtcs0

8. Alison by Elvis Costello. Elvis' biting classic of loss and acceptance announced his genius in '77.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9GlC9GyF4Y

9. Message in a Bottle by The Police. The Police's first great blend of rock and reggae with Sting's delicate growl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE

10. September Gurls by Big Star. Another power pop classic unfairly forgotten like Big Star themselves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA

you put some work into this weeks list. I shall compile my list
Hard to argue wth your list so I will give you some honarable mentions

Al Kaline
Dwight Evans
Dave Parker
Roger Maris

Songs from the 70's
Keep Yourself Alive -Queen
Father to Son - Queen
Nothing to Say - Jetrho Tul
Mind Games - John Lennon
Paradise by the Dashboard Light = Meatloaf
Walk Away - James Gang
Gimme Three Steps -Lynyrd Skynyrd
Montana - Frank Zappa
Lonelyhearts - The Atlantics

Your RF list is pretty good, I think I'd move Gwynn up a couple spots but that's my only quibble

As for songs, I'd have a hard time narrowing down to 10 ALBUMS of the 70's, much less 10 songs. of songs that come to mind immediately , I'd say My God and Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull are probably my top 2

I'd say My God and Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull are probably my top 2

My God http://youtu.be/OT0SizMN6aI

Nice Alk. Love the "rawness" of the early performance (the Aqualung album hadn't even been recorded yet at the time of the Tanglewood festival). They polished it up pretty nicely 30 years later too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeK6KN3N9o

It's a good day for you, Steve. Not only did you get to talk Tull with another fan, but the Dodgers also hired Andrew Friedman--one of the brightest minds in MLB--to be their President of Baseball Operations, a combo of General Manager and President. As a Giants fan, I'm not happy for their gain.

Alk, I had Al Kaline at number 11. He was an amazing right fielder, but he just got nudged out by the more dynamic Walker.

I'm excited by the Friedman signing. I kind of expect Maddon to come on board a year from now as well. Guggenheim has invested way too much money to continue to except mediocre management personel.

Walker was outstanding outfield numbers may have been helped by Coors

They polished it up pretty nicely 30 years later too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDeK6KN3N9o

I have watched this also just amazing performer, saw them live twice back in the day at the old Boston Garden.

Awesome RFers in your list, I.strether. Brings back cool memories. Thanks

I have to go with this tune for my favorite 70's song...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5vA-GQHvSA

I love 70's music as there's SOOOOOO many great tunes. I love that decade for music. Just that "Father & Son" has a personal relevance to me that is very very deep and complicated.