See even these lists are useless.TMurphy wrote:This is why I like baseball, this kind of list is much easier. There's Babe Ruth, and then everyone else.
Heck, I'd say Gerhig was a better player. None of us know how much ALS was affecting him in his later years of playing. Heck, Gerhig played every game with fractures, illness and whatnot. He didn't booze it up and gamble either. He just played good solid baseball.
As far as tuba players go, you can't create one list. There are many players in many genres. You have people who excel at quintet playing, orchestral playing, misc. ensemble playing, jazz playing, score recording, solo playing, teaching, etc. While one player might excel at one thing, he/she might be mediocre at another.
The other thing with these lists and why they are controversial is that we see someone elses opinions and have our own and become defensive in support of our heroes.
I have one list that I know the start of:
Top ten tuba players at stirring $h!t:
1)Bloke ::D:
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Have fun.
