September 28, 200322 yr Sportsline is having a poll for people to vote for their all time team. Some of the players on there are very questionable. Nolan Ryan the best right handed starter of all time is an absolute joke. Well anyways here is the link.Voting
September 28, 200322 yr Ernie Banks is runner up for Shortstop.......BWHAAAAAAAAAA He barly even played short
September 28, 200322 yr Author Just for kicks here is my all time team 1B Lou Gehrig 2B Rogers Hornsby SS Alex Rodriguez 3B Mike Schmidt C Johnny Bench RF Babe Ruth LF Barry Bonds CF Willie Mays DH Ted Williams-I couldn't leave any of these 4 outfielders off the team Starters (5 man rotation) 1. Bob Gibson 2. Sandy Koufax 3. Walter Johnson 4. Randy Johnson 5. Pedro Martinez Relievers- Lefty Setup Man Billy Wagner Righty Setup Man Trevor Hoffman CL Mariano Rivera Feel to do your own or flame mine.
September 29, 200322 yr Ernie Banks is runner up for Shortstop.......BWHAAAAAAAAAA He barly even played short 9 seasons as the primary shortstop 10 seasons at first base. Don't know if that counts as "barely". At one point he had the single season record for HR by a SS - 47, I believe... He was a pretty good SS in his day, and bear in mind that he played plenty of SS in the Negro Leagues too. Banks + arrogance + cheating - good attitude = Sosa
September 29, 200322 yr Heres mine: C- Carlton Fisk 1B- Lou Gehrig 2B- Joe Morgan SS- Honus Wagner 3B- Mike Schmidt OF- Lou Brock (need some speed!) OF- Babe Ruth OF- Willie Mays DH- Ted Williams SP- Bob Gibson SP- Ed Walsh SP- Sandy Koufax SP- Gaylord Perry SP- Roger Clemens Righty Setup- John Franco Lefty Setup- Rollie Fingers Closer- Goose Gossage
September 29, 200322 yr C Josh Gibson 1b Lou Gehrig 2b Roberto Alomar 3b Mike Schmidt SS Luke Appling OF Babe Ruth OF Willie Mays OF Ted Williams DH Barry Bonds (it's hard to leave off guys like Mantle, Clemente, Cobb, Henderson, DiMaggio ... wow, there are so many) SP Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Sandy Koufax, Christy Mattewson, Walter Johnson RP Hoyt Wilhelm, Dennis Eckersly, Goose Gossage
September 29, 200322 yr C Josh Gibson 1b Lou Gehrig 2b Roberto Alomar 3b Mike Schmidt SS Luke Appling OF Babe Ruth OF Willie Mays OF Ted Williams DH Barry Bonds (it's hard to leave off guys like Mantle, Clemente, Cobb, Henderson, DiMaggio ... wow, there are so many) SP Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Sandy Koufax, Christy Mattewson, Walter Johnson RP Hoyt Wilhelm, Dennis Eckersly, Goose Gossage Luke Appling? Bench, Gehrig, Joe Morgan, Honus Wagner, Mike Schmidt, Williams, Mays, Ruth. Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Cy Young, Warren Spahn, Bob Gibson. Eckersly and Wilhelm in the Pen.
September 29, 200322 yr here's an all time team based on just one best season. using the actual positions they played. 1b - lou gehrig 1927 47-175- .373 2b - rogers hornsby 1922 42-152- .401 3b - eddie mathews 1953 47-135- .302 ss - alex rodriguez 2002 57-142- .300 lf - al simmons 1930 36-165- .381 cf - joe dimaggio 1937 46-167- .346 rf - hack wilson 1930 56-191 .356 c - johnny bench 1970 45-148- .293 p - walter johnson 1913 36-7- 1.14 the clostest battles were between: rf - hack wilson 1930 56-191 .356 rf - babe ruth 1921 59-171 .378 p - walter johnson 1913 36-7- 1.14 p - lefty grove 1931 31-4- 2.06 p - steve carlton 1972 27-10- 1.97 (on a losing team)
September 29, 200322 yr How about limiting to players we've seen in person? Damn, I started a list twelve times and gave up.
September 29, 200322 yr in person (lifetime) i'd go with: 1b eddie murray 2b rod carew 3b mike schmidt ss alex rodriguez lf ted williams cf mickey mantle rf hank aaron c johnny bench p warren spahn
September 29, 200322 yr My lifetime, as short as it may be... C Johnny Bench 1B Eddie Murray 2B Pete Rose SS Alex Rodriguez 3B Mike Schmit LF Barry Bonds CF Ken Griffey Jr RF Dave Winfield DH Frank Thomas RHP Nolan Ryan LHP Steve Carlton Closer Dennis Eckersley
September 29, 200322 yr My lifetime, as short as it may be... C Johnny Bench 1B Eddie Murray 2B Pete Rose SS Alex Rodriguez 3B Mike Schmit LF Barry Bonds CF Ken Griffey Jr RF Dave Winfield DH Frank Thomas RHP Nolan Ryan LHP Steve Carlton Closer Dennis Eckersley That was almost exactly version 3 or 4 of mine. C Johnny Bench 1B Ernie Banks 2B Pete Rose SS Alex Rodriguez 3B Mike Schmit LF Barry Bonds CF Ken Griffey Jr? I keep thinking I must have seen better RF Hank Aaron DH Frank Thomas RHP Nolan Ryan Tom Seaver warrants a mention LHP Steve Carlton I don't know if I saw him in person. Closer Dennis Eckersley
September 30, 200322 yr C Josh Gibson 1b Lou Gehrig 2b Roberto Alomar 3b Mike Schmidt SS Luke Appling OF Babe Ruth OF Willie Mays OF Ted Williams DH Barry Bonds (it's hard to leave off guys like Mantle, Clemente, Cobb, Henderson, DiMaggio ... wow, there are so many) SP Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Sandy Koufax, Christy Mattewson, Walter Johnson RP Hoyt Wilhelm, Dennis Eckersly, Goose Gossage Luke Appling? Bench, Gehrig, Joe Morgan, Honus Wagner, Mike Schmidt, Williams, Mays, Ruth. Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Cy Young, Warren Spahn, Bob Gibson. Eckersly and Wilhelm in the Pen. That was my White Sox bias coming out.
September 30, 200322 yr C Josh Gibson 1b Lou Gehrig 2b Roberto Alomar 3b Mike Schmidt SS Luke Appling OF Babe Ruth OF Willie Mays OF Ted Williams DH Barry Bonds (it's hard to leave off guys like Mantle, Clemente, Cobb, Henderson, DiMaggio ... wow, there are so many) SP Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Sandy Koufax, Christy Mattewson, Walter Johnson RP Hoyt Wilhelm, Dennis Eckersly, Goose Gossage Luke Appling? Bench, Gehrig, Joe Morgan, Honus Wagner, Mike Schmidt, Williams, Mays, Ruth. Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Cy Young, Warren Spahn, Bob Gibson. Eckersly and Wilhelm in the Pen. That was my White Sox bias coming out. I'm cool with that. For what it's worth, Bill James lists Eddie Collins as the second best 2nd baseman of all time, behind Morgan. After I posted my list, I remembered somebody named Barry Bonds, who really has to be on the list. I'd have to freeze out Ted.
September 30, 200322 yr Hmm since I've got no idea about the history of baseball, and that I've only been following it for bout the last 5-10 years, here's my best team of the last decadish (1990 - 2003) Catcher - Ivan Rodriguez 1B - Edgar Martinez 2B - Roberto Alomar 3B - Cal Ripken Jr. (I think he played 3rd, lol) SS - Barry Larkin or Alex Rodriguez LF - Barry Bonds CF - Ken Griffey Jr. (bf the injuries) RF - Sammy Sosa SP - Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens RP - Trevor Hoffman, Jeff Nelson, Arthur Rhodes
September 30, 200322 yr C Josh Gibson 1b Lou Gehrig 2b Roberto Alomar 3b Mike Schmidt SS Luke Appling OF Babe Ruth OF Willie Mays OF Ted Williams DH Barry Bonds (it's hard to leave off guys like Mantle, Clemente, Cobb, Henderson, DiMaggio ... wow, there are so many) SP Bob Gibson, Tom Seaver, Sandy Koufax, Christy Mattewson, Walter Johnson RP Hoyt Wilhelm, Dennis Eckersly, Goose Gossage Luke Appling? Bench, Gehrig, Joe Morgan, Honus Wagner, Mike Schmidt, Williams, Mays, Ruth. Walter Johnson, Lefty Grove, Cy Young, Warren Spahn, Bob Gibson. Eckersly and Wilhelm in the Pen. That was my White Sox bias coming out. I'm cool with that. For what it's worth, Bill James lists Eddie Collins as the second best 2nd baseman of all time, behind Morgan. After I posted my list, I remembered somebody named Barry Bonds, who really has to be on the list. I'd have to freeze out Ted. Freeze out Ted Couldn't let that one go without comment...
September 30, 200322 yr Author Hmm since I've got no idea about the history of baseball, and that I've only been following it for bout the last 5-10 years, here's my best team of the last decadish (1990 - 2003) Catcher - Ivan Rodriguez 1B - Edgar Martinez 2B - Roberto Alomar 3B - Cal Ripken Jr. (I think he played 3rd, lol) SS - Barry Larkin or Alex Rodriguez LF - Barry Bonds CF - Ken Griffey Jr. (bf the injuries) RF - Sammy Sosa SP - Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens RP - Trevor Hoffman, Jeff Nelson, Arthur Rhodes Not criticizing your list, because this is just opinion, but how can you not have Pedro on there. If you look at how dominant he has been compared to the rest of the league its almost ridiculous. He has been a much better pitcher than both Schilling and Glavine and he has been better than Johnson or Maddux.
September 30, 200322 yr Hmm since I've got no idea about the history of baseball, and that I've only been following it for bout the last 5-10 years, here's my best team of the last decadish (1990 - 2003) Catcher - Ivan Rodriguez 1B - Edgar Martinez 2B - Roberto Alomar 3B - Cal Ripken Jr. (I think he played 3rd, lol) SS - Barry Larkin or Alex Rodriguez LF - Barry Bonds CF - Ken Griffey Jr. (bf the injuries) RF - Sammy Sosa SP - Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens RP - Trevor Hoffman, Jeff Nelson, Arthur Rhodes Not criticizing your list, because this is just opinion, but how can you not have Pedro on there. If you look at how dominant he has been compared to the rest of the league its almost ridiculous. He has been a much better pitcher than both Schilling and Glavine and he has been better than Johnson or Maddux. not to mention ... how could there be a tossup between arod and larkin?????
September 30, 200322 yr Hmm since I've got no idea about the history of baseball, and that I've only been following it for bout the last 5-10 years, here's my best team of the last decadish (1990 - 2003) Catcher - Ivan Rodriguez 1B - Edgar Martinez 2B - Roberto Alomar 3B - Cal Ripken Jr. (I think he played 3rd, lol) SS - Barry Larkin or Alex Rodriguez LF - Barry Bonds CF - Ken Griffey Jr. (bf the injuries) RF - Sammy Sosa SP - Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Curt Schilling, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens RP - Trevor Hoffman, Jeff Nelson, Arthur Rhodes Not criticizing your list, because this is just opinion, but how can you not have Pedro on there. If you look at how dominant he has been compared to the rest of the league its almost ridiculous. He has been a much better pitcher than both Schilling and Glavine and he has been better than Johnson or Maddux. not to mention ... how could there be a tossup between arod and larkin????? Maybe he is taking 2004 salaries into account?
September 30, 200322 yr Author not to mention ... how could there be a tossup between arod and larkin????? I agree, I think that AROD is probably already the greatest shortstop of all time. Let alone of this era.
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