Eight months ago, a thought-provoking question was posed by me in the depths of the MLB subreddit: if given the chance to replace the destroyed bust of Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines, which baseball player would you choose to immortalize? This wasn't about a Mount Rushmore of baseball (which most people usually ask), but a singular, powerful symbol. The original post highlighted the unique context of the Marcos bust – erected in 1978, destroyed in 2002 by communist rebels, and left unrestored, even by his own son, the current president.