O/T Life or Death, One Game, My Starting 9

[wolf441]

2B - Morgan
SS - Wagner
CF- Mays
LF - Bonds (definitely while on steroids. Hey, my life depends on it )
DH - Ruth (okay, I'm cheating a bit here)
1B - Gehrig
RF - Clemente
3B - Schmidt
C - Bench


SP - Sandy Koufax (in his prime)
Closer - Rivera

[MVSNYC]

1. Ty Cobb, LF
2. Derek Jeter, SS
3. Rogers Hornsby, 2B
4. Babe Ruth, RF
5. Lou Gehrig, 1B
6. Willie Mays, CF (sorry Mick)
7. Mike Schmidt, 3B
8. Yogi Berra, C
9. Christy Mathewson, SP

Mariano Rivera, RP
Joe Torre, Manager

[Kenny Cole]

For one game:

2B Jackie Robinson -- Steals home in the WS and generally makes everyone nervous

SS Wagner -- Great in every respect.

RF Ruth -- enough said.

CF Mantle. I love Mays and Charleston, but Mantle was so dominant in the post-season that I have to pick him

1B Gehrig.

LF Bonds. Hands down. Far and away the greatest hitter I've ever seen in person, and I've seen many of them. IBB with the bases loaded? Seriously? No one ever wanted to pitch to him

3B Schmidt

C Probably go with Gibson over Bench by just a touch.

P Koufax. ERA in the world series he pitched in was miniscule.

[btcarfagno]

If my life depends on it defense goes out the window. My pitching will be good enough and offense good enough that it won't matter.

LF Ty Cobb
2B Rogers Hornsby
RF Babe Ruth
1B Barry Bonds
DH Ted Williams
CF Willie Mays
SS Honus Wagner
C Josh Gibson
3B Mike Schmidt

SP Walter Johnson
Relief Randy Johnson
Closer Mariano Rivera

That team would beat any team made up of any other players 10 times out of 10.

I think.....

Tom C

[Northviewcats]

CF Ty Cobb
2B Martin Dihigo
RF Babe Ruth
1B Lou Gehrig
LF Joe Jackson
3B Pete Rose
C Johnny Bench
SS Derek Jeter

SP Walter Johnson

[Runscott]

Intriguing question

2b - Joe Morgan
ss - Honus Wagner
cf - Joe DiMaggio
1b - Lance Berkman
rf - Carlos Beltran
dh - Kirk Gibson
c - Yadier Molina
lf - Ted Williams
3b - Brooks Robinson
sp - Curt Schilling
rp - Dennis Eckersley

[VoodooChild]

1. Pete Rose 2B
2. Tony Gwynn RF
3. Ken Griffey Jr. CF
4. Mike Schmidt 3B
5. Frank Thomas 1B
6. Johnny Bench C
7. Bo Jackson LF
8. Ozzie Smith SS
9. Greg Maddux SP

[conor912]

Originally Posted by VoodooChild

7. Bo Jackson LF

Nice

[z28jd]

If it's life or death, I don't know how you could pass on Bonds for your team, especially during his peak years. I'd also go for the best player for every position regardless if what I thought of their desire. Sure Rose or Jeter are great players, but you have to leave off all-time greats that dwarf them to put them on the team and I wouldn't risk that for one game with so much on the line.

Bench-Gehrig-Hornsby-Wagner-Schmidt
Bonds-Mays-Ruth
Ted Williams DH
Mathewson starting, Walter Johnson relief pitcher. In one all or nothing game you have to go with the two best pitchers ever.

[Mikehealer]

Only going with players I saw play, so from the mid 70's to present day.

SP-Randy Johnson
C-Johnny Bench
1B-Don Mattingly
2B-Roberto Alomar
3b-George Brett
SS-Alan Trammell
LF-Barry Bonds
CF-Ken Griffey
RF-Dwight Evans

If Brett is up late, with the game on the line, I like the chances of this team.

[botport]

Cobb-lf
Clemente-rf
Mays-cf
Ruth-p
Gehrig-1b
Wagner-ss
Bench-c
Robinson-3b
Sandberg-2b