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Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Oct. 31.

1) Fred McGriff (1963)

The Crime Dog burst onto the baseball scene as a rookie with Toronto in 1987, blasting 20 home runs over 107 games and setting the stage for a run of seven straight campaigns of 30-plus homers, during which time he was dealt to the Padres. The sweet-swinging first baseman and five-time All Star batted .284/.377/.509 over his career with 493 home runs, also playing for the Braves, Devil Rays, Cubs and Dodgers. Oh, and of course McGriff is well known to a generation of early ‘90s kids for his appearances in commercials for Tom Emanski's Baseball Fundamentals training videos, which aired frequently on c

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