Way OT: Would you pay to see this team?

[Brian Van Horn]

Let me first clarify I am sober as I am creating this post.

Of sound mind? Hmmm.

What if comedy and baseball were put into a team? (Remember I have been watching the Pirates for a long time.)

My team:

Pitcher: Stan Laurel
Catcher: Oliver Hardy
Infield: The Marx Brothers
Outfield: The Three Stooges (Spread Out!)
Manager: Bud Abbott
1st base coach: Lou Costello
3rd base coach: Dean Martin
Pitching coach: Jerry Lewis
Bullpen coach: Foster Brooks
Bench coach: Red Skelton
Batting coach: Shemp Howard
General manager: Gummo Marx
Marketing directors: Jackie Gleason and Art Carney
Contract Negotiator: Jack Benny
Chief financial offer and Public Relations Director: Zero Mostel
Chief of Security: Peter Sellers
Special Advisors to the Owner (based on real life experience): Bob Hope and Bing Crosby
Owner: W.C. Fields
President of the League: Harvey Korman with special assistant Tim Conway
Commissioner: Mel Brooks

Mascots?! We don't need no stinking mascots! Still, official fan entertainment would consist of Max Patkin, Al Schacht and Nick Altrock.

I have to admit this post was partially inspired by another post by Rob D. and with a comment in the post by Barry.

[FUBAR]

so the Harlem Globetrotters of baseball....

Could be entertaining

[barrysloate]

Can anyone on that team hit?

My favorite of the group: W. C. Fields

[Bill Stone]

I would add George Costanza as the Assistant to the Traveling Secretary and Fred Mertz as the team Accountant ( he is said to have written into his contract with the I Love Lucy show that he did not have to work during the World Series if the Yankees were playing).

[Oldtix]

Actually, it really happened! This 1939 souvenir program from a charity game contains many photos and facsimile autographs. Comedians on the team included Buster Keaton; Groucho, Chico & Harpo Marx; the Ritz Brothers; Joe E. Brown; Laurel and Hardy; Eddie Cantor; Charley Chase; George Burns; Harold LLoyd; Joe Penner; Mae West; Edgar Kennedy; Andy Devine; and Jack Benny. It seems they were doing the same thing for football, too...

[D. Broughman]

Stars and Comedians have been doing benefits for years but I like your lineup best.