The best athlete to ever play baseball

Dr. Roto gets about 180-200 requests a week from our readers looking for answers to readers questions. Depending on how hot a topic is, often many of the questions are on similar topics.

For some odd reason, this week there were 14 questions about who the greatest athlete to play the game of baseball was.

Dr. Roto will be answering that himself but it's a question I wanted to weigh in on as well.

When you think of great athletes in baseball you think of Ricky Henderson, Micky Mantle, Barry Bonds, etc. Players with speed and power.

For my money, it was someone that you won't find in the hall of fame, someone you probably weren't thinking about.

Ok, the picture gave it away (so much for suspense). Here's a reprint from the "Remember When" section of our site that I think sums it up quite well.

"Best pure athlete I've ever seen, hands down. "WORLD CLASS." He should have been an Olympian in something. What a shame we didn't get to see more. The breaking the bat over his knee only added to his legend. (Now it's just vogue when someone does it.) He broke a bat over his head too (Haven't see anyone else try to copy that....) In a world where we scour the world to find professional athletes, he was a two sport All-Star in both MLB and the NFL. If he had more time, I'm sure he could have chosen just about any sport he wanted and been world class at it."

If you have a "Remember When" Moment, send it in. It's one of the neatest places to go on this site. - David Fry

David Fry is an independent sports photographer currently covering Major League Baseball. David will be reporting on observations as he sees them in MLB stadiums throughout the year.