Can Your Favorite Player be a guy from another era?

I think it depends. I'm a 16 year old Red Sox fan myself. I honestly don't think there's that much of a chance that there can be. For a favorite player, I don't think that you can unless you've encountered a personal life experience with a player, and he got you influenced in the game itself. And then, you start watching all his games or something. Honestly, I don't think you can. You've never watched a person play that often, and I think that a favorite player should be a player that you really like to watch play.

If he's your favorite player, why would he be your favorite player out of all of the other players that you watch on TV and you hear about.

My favorite player is Babe Ruth. I don't need to watch him to say that. Stats speak for themselves, not to mention all the books about him. Favorite book: The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Homeruns.

Who would people choose as a favorite player right now? Guys like Cal Ripken Jr or Tony Gwynn... OR Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig? People nowadays haven't been around that long to see Ruth or Gehrig play, but many people have seen Gwynn and Ripken play. It takes more than just their style of play, or what you've heard. It's about the memories that you have with the player when you watch them play. You see game winning homers, you watch records break, you see this and that, but guys like Babe Ruth? Oh yeah, he's my favorite player. Did you watch him play personally? No, but he changed the game. Did you see how he changed the game? (you see what I mean)

Of course.

My favorite player is Phil Simms and I never got to watch him in his prime, not live at least. I have seen most of his games because I have a relative that has taped every giants game since the mid 80s so I think it is fair to have a player you didnt see play or didnt see play that much as long as you know alot about the player, watched alot of his games, and have valid reasons for liking them