OT: An all time line up just for fun, whos yours?

[ShoelessCrusader]

Originally Posted by ShoelessCrusader

My starting lineup:

1. Lou Gehrig 1st base
2. Rogers Hornsby 2nd base
3. Honus Wagner shortstop
4. Mike Schmidt 3rd base
5. Johnny Bench catcher
6. Ted Williams leftfield
7. Willie Mays centerfield
8. Babe Ruth rightfield
9. Sandy Koufax starting pitcher

It seems a lot of us have similar lineups. Here's what my bench would look like:

1. Jimmie Foxx 1B
2. Jackie Robinson 2B
3. Derek Jeter SS
4. Brooks Robinson 3B
5. Yogi Berra C
6. Stan Musial LF
7. Ty Cobb CF
8. Hank Aaron RF
9. Walter Johnson SP

Not too bad for a bunch of backups, huh?

[glynparson]

1b- Lou Gehrig
2b- Joe Morgan
3b- Mike Schmidt
SS- Honus Wagner
Rf- Babe Ruth
Cf- Willie Mays
Lf- Barry Bonds
C- Johnny Bench
Dh- Ted Williams
Sp- Walter Johnson
Rp- Mariano Rivera

Bench-
Ty Cobb
Rickey Henderson
Pete Rose

[the 'stache]

Hmm, no matter what I put down, I'm going to change my mind 5 minutes later.

1B Lou Gehrig
2B Rogers Hornsby
SS Honus Wagner
3B Mike Schmidt
LF Ted Williams
CF Willie Mays
RF Roberto Clemente
C Johnny Bench
DH Babe Ruth (hey, my team is in the National League. The Babe can eat some hot dogs while the team is on the field)

Bench
OF Stan Musial
OF Ken Griffey, Jr
OF Ty Cobb
1B Hank Aaron
IF Paul Molitor (can play third, second, shortstop or outfield)
C Yogi Berra

SP Sandy Koufax
SP Greg Maddux
SP Walter Johnson
SP Bob Gibson
SP Bob Feller
RP Mariano Rivera

No middle relievers needed with that rotation.

[MacDice]

Here is mine

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r1kesqD...%3Dr1kesqDBXh0

[bnorth]

1B Lou Gehrig
2B Pete Rose
SS Derek Jeter
3B Wade Boggs
OF Ted Williams
OF Babe Ruth
OF Ty Cobb
C Ivan Rodriguez
DH David Ortiz()
P Roger Clemens

[Eric72]

1. CF - Ty Cobb
2. SS - Honus Wagner
3. 2B - Rogers Hornsby
4. LF - Ted Williams
5. 1B - Lou Gehrig
6. RF - Babe Ruth
7. 3B - Mike Schmidt
8. C - Johnny Bench
9. P - Walter Johnson

P - Christy Mathewson
P - Satchel Paige
C - Josh Gibson (no offense to King Kelly)
IF - Napoleon Lajoie
OF - Oscar Charleston
OF - Joe Jackson
Manager - John McGraw

[Tyler]

To those with Ruth on your bench...why?

[Nashvol]

C Roy Campanella
1B Lou Gehrig
2B Joe Morgan
SS Honus Wagner
3B Mike Schmidt
OF Ty Cobb
OF Babe Ruth
OF Willie Mays
P Cy Young

C Johnny Bench
2B Rogers Hornsby
OF Joe DiMaggio
OF Mickey Mantle
P Christy Mathewson
P Sandy Koufax
Mgr John McGraw

[Piratedogcardshows]

1.Wagner SS
2.Cobb CF
3.Gehrig 1B
4.Ruth RF
5.Gibson C
6.Williams LF
7.Schmidt 3B
8.Hornsby 2B
9.Johnson P

Chapman RP
Mays OF
Brett 3B/1B
J.Jackson OF
Biggio C/2B
Mays OF

[Wihawk]

Cobb CF
Hornsby 2B
Ruth Rf
Williams LF
Gehrig 1B
Wagner SS
Campanella C
B. Robinson 3B
W. Johnson P

Wow! Tough to leave so many favorites out of the starting lineup

[KCRfan1]

This is a fun topic, well done!

Wagner - ss
Cobb - cf
Aaron - rf
Musial - lf
Williams - dh
Gehrig - 1b
Brett - 3b
Cano - 2b
Bench - c

reserves

Ruth
Mays
Berra
Hornsby
Schmidt
Banks

Someone will always get left off a list like this one. A pitching rotation would be fun as well.

A five man rotation for me would be:

Koufax
Gibson
Feller
Ryan
Seaver

[novakjr]

Obviously, my hope is that any lineup I set in fantasy, will be the greatest of all time on any given day.

[71buc]

These are always fun conversations. I prefer to list players that I saw perform in person more than once. I appreciate the past. My father raves about Feller, Doby, DiMaggio and Williams. My Grandfather had Ruth, Gehrig, Foxx and Johnson. Fortunately I had the honor to witness these guys, and would put this group up against the stars of any other generation. I truly believe they would consistently win as well. I'll leave Cobb, Hornsby, Gehrig, and Ruth to Bill James and the archeologists

Dh Rickey Henderson
2b Roberto Alomar
Rf Hank Aaron
Cf Ken Griffey Jr
3b Mike Schmidt
Lf Barry Bonds
1b Miguel Cabrerra
SS Cal Ripken Jr
C Johnny Bench

Reserves
Pudge Rodriguez
Derek Jeter
Joe Morgan
Roberto Clemente
Albert Puljos

Pitchers
Nolan Ryan
Greg Maddux
Tom Seaver
Pedro Martinez
Jim Palmer
Randy Johnson
Steve Carlton

Pen
Mariano Rivera
Dennis Eckersley
Aroldis Chapman

[dabigyankeeman]

This is the team I want to see, it may not be all the best players at each position, but these guys would interest me the most:

1- Hornsby 2B
2- DiMaggio CF
3- Ruth RF
4- Gehrig 1B
5- Mantle LF
6- Ted Williams DH
7- Schmidt 3B
8- Berra C
9- Jeter SS

Bench:
Campanella
Greenberg
Lazerri
B. Robinson
Mays
R. Henderson

Starters:
Koufax
Ford
Clemens
W. Johnson
Mathewson

Relivers:
Rivera
Gossage

[WillowGrove]

Good idea. Okay let's do this.....


CF- Cobb
SS - Wagner
1B - Gehrig
RF - Ruth
C- J. Gibson
2B - Hornsby
LF - Aaron
3B - Schmidt

Bench:
Ted Williams
Willie Mays
Rose
Joe Jackson
George Brett
Goslin
Musial

Additional thoughts:
My sincere apologies to Mr, Aaron for batting him 7th.

Mike Schmidt's reaction to seeing the line-up card..."I guess that makes sense."

I wonder how Shoeless Joe would feel being on the bench while Josh Gibson, a black player, was starting. Goslin was from Jersey and probably would have been more comfortable with it. (I guess. He sounds like a fair man on the Glory of Their Times CD)

I sure hope Wagner is okay taking some pitches and I'm not screwing him up by batting him second. He was so used to clean up.

Was gonna leave off Hornsby because he always seems like kind of a dic* but his numbers make it tough to bypass him.

I need some more righties on the bench. Jackie R. may have to replace Musial.

Goslin I always viewed as an Eddie Murray type - when runs were there to be driven in, their focused intensified.


Fun stuff.

[btcarfagno]

1. Honus Wagner SS
2. Rogers Hornsby 2B
3. Babe Ruth RF
4. Ted Williams LF
5. Lou Gehrig 1B
6. Willie Mays CF
7. Mike Schmidt 3B
8. Johnny Bench C

Some gloves up the middle who also happen to be great bats.

Pitchers (no closers needed with this staff)

1. Walter Johnson
2. Cy Young
3. Pedro Martinez
4. Warren Spahn
5. G.C. Alexander

Bench

Yogi Berra C
Alex Rodriguez SS
Ernie Banks Utility
Stan Musial OF
Frank Robinson OF
Joe Dimaggio OF
Lefty Grove P
Randy Johnson P

Tom C

[VoodooChild]

I have to go with guys that I saw with my own eyes:

1. Rickey Henderson - LF
2. Tony Gwynn - RF
3. Ken Griffey Jr. - CF
4. Frank Thomas - 1B
5. Mike Schmidt - 3B
6. Johnny Bench - C
7. Ryne Sandberg - 2B
8. Ozzie Smith - SS

Bench:
1. George Brett - 3B
2. Robin Yount - SS, CF
3. Craig Biggio - C, CF, 2B
4. Rod Carew - 1B, 2B
5. Kirby Puckett - OF
6. Bo Jackson - LF, DH

I'm not listing any pitchers, but if I needed to win one game, I'd start Greg Maddux.

[Moonlight Graham]

Here's mine:

Ty Cobb CF
Joe Jackson LF
Babe Ruth RF
Lou Gehrig 1B
Roberto Alomar 2B
Derek Jeter SS
Mike Schmidt 3B
Yogi Berra C
Christy Mathewson P

Bench:

Mickey Mantle
Rogers Hornsby
Buck Weaver
Joe Dimaggio
Walter Johnson
Mariano Rivera

[ZenPop]

Lineup
1. Barry Bonds (LF)
2. Joe Morgan (2B)
3. Willie Mays (CF) (Best player of All Time)
4. Babe Ruth (RF)
5. Josh Gibson (C)
6. Lou Gehrig (1B)
7. Ray Dandridge (3B)
8. Ozzie Smith (SS)
9. Satchel Paige (P)

Bench
Ted Williams
Joe Dimaggio
Mickey Mantle
Hank Aaron
Stan Musial
Rickey Henderson
Hank Aaron
Mel Ott

Rotation
Satchel Paige
Lefty Grove
Christy Mathewson
Juan Marichal
Sandy Koufax

Bullpen
Smokey Joe Williams
Carl Hubbell
Bob Gibson
Bob Feller

Bench Coaches
John McGraw, Casey Stengel

Announcers
Vin Scully, Russ Hodges, Jon Miller

Team Uniforms
1906 NY Giants "World Champions" home jerseys

Stadiums
Home: AT&T Park (San Francisco), Polo Grounds (New York)
Away: Wrigley Field (Chicago), Fenway (Boston), Yankee Stadium (New York), PNC Park (Pittsburgh)

Note: If Willie Mays is not in your lineup, your team is invalid... ha ha...