Dream Team

[margoaepi]

Based strictly on guys I loved to watch.

C: Mike Piazza
1b: John Olerud
2b: Edgardo Alfonzo
SS: Rey Ordonez
3b: Robin Ventura
OF: Andruw Jones
OF: Shane Victorino
OF: Jim Edmonds

SP: Roy Halladay
SP: Pedro Martinez
SP: Randy Johnson
SP: John Smoltz
SP: Roy Oswalt

RP: Turk Wendell
RP: Trevor Hoffman

[JTysver]

Gotta love those '99 Mets.

[vintagechris]

I heard an interview from the Red Barber show in 1947 with Connie Mack giving his all time team and interestingly enough he picked George Sisler for
1B. Over Lou Gehrig. That really surprised me.

[mechanicalman]

Cool question.

I've never seen any of these guys play, but if I could build a field in Iowa, and these dudes would show up, I'd be in heaven.

C Cochrane
1B Gehrig
2B Gehringer
SS Wagner
3B B Robinson
OF Ruth
OF Speaker
OF Cobb

SP Walter Johnson
SP Matty
SP Feller
SP Grover Cleveland Alexander (but only hungover)
SP Satchel Paige

Bench: Mays, H. Wilson, DiMaggio, Musial, Clemente

[VoodooChild]

These are guys I've seen with my own eyes and could watch play the game all day long:

2B - Jose Altuve
3B - Buddy Bell
CF - Kirby Puckett
1B - Frank Thomas
RF - Vladimir Guerrero
LF - Bo Jackson
C - Ted Simmons
SS - Ozzie Smith

SP - Greg Maddux
Closer - Kent Tekulve

[AndrewJerome]

Fun thread. For guys I've actually watched play in person and on tv, here are some of my favorite guys to watch:


C: Mike Piazza
1b: Frank Thomas / Don Mattingly
2b: Robinson Cano
SS: Alex Rodriguez / Omar Vizquel
3b: Kyle Seager
OF: Ken Griffey Jr.
OF: Jose Canseco
OF: Ricky Henderson
DH: Edgar Martinez

SP: Randy Johnson
SP: Pedro Martinez
SP: Greg Maddux
SP: Nolan Ryan
SP: Felix Hernandez

RP: Mariano Rivera
RP: Edwin Diaz (this kid is filthy)

[JTysver]

Oh yeah, I'd have Max Patkin coaching first base.

[bravos4evr]

gotta make 2 teams here: Team A is my "best baseball team" and Team B is my "favorite players" team


Team A:

C- Bench
1b- Gehrig
2b: Hornsby
SS: Wagner
3b:Schmidt
LF: Ted Williams
CF: Mays
RF: Aaron
DH: Ruth

4 man rotation:

W Johnson
Greg Maddux
Nolan Ryan
Randy Johnson

Closer: Rivera


Team B: (faves)

C-Piazza
1b- Mark McGwire
2b-Craig Biggio
SS- Andrelton Simmons
3b- Chipper Jones
LF- Manny Ramirez
CF- Andruw Jones
RF- Dale Murphy
DH- Jim Thome

5 man rotation:

Maddux
Randy Johnson
Rube Waddell
RA Dickey
Smoltz

Closer- Al Hrabosky