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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Shanon
I know there is no exact science to this as everyone has their own ideas who belong, but here is my team. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: dennis
i'd put musial at 1b and add willie mays to the outfield. hard to leave spahn and williams off any 50's all star team. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Neal Kane
may have been the most overlooked HOF player of the 50's. He may have also had the best overall numbers as an outfielder. I think he hit the most HR's during the decade as well, but it is hard to put him in the outfield. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: JimCrandell
C-Berra |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: identify7
I'd put Robinson and Mantle on the bench. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
You really can't intermix players from both Leagues, therefore...... |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: peter chao
You really can't put Koufax on the team. He really didn't get going until the '60s. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
Excuse me.....but, he did pitch for Brooklyn in 1955-57. Therefore, by definition he is also a pitcher of the '50s. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: barrysloate
Both of Ted's line-ups are right on, but Koufax is the one enigma. He had tremendous stuff from the beginning, but didn't really learn how to pitch until about 1961. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
In the 50s, Koufax couldn't find home plate with a cane and a seeing-eye dog. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Aside from that, the subject is "All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's". |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
I followed Johnny Mize's career very closely, I also met him several times including at his home in Demorest, Georgia. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: PAS
I think Spahn has to be the NL pitcher, or Robin Roberts who was probably the best pitcher for the first half of the decade. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
I agree with you, you go with Roberts when you need a righthander, and if the situation called for a Southpaw you go with Spahn. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: identify7
Ted: very funny, but off topic. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: identify7
Ted, I too was there and although I did not see anything special about this speedballing wildman, the Dodger management agreed with you. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Brian Lindholme
Not meaning to beat up Ted because he has mostly great choices in his list... |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
1st....Willie Mays playing at the old Polo Grounds with a CF distance marker of 483 feet was well suited for a CF position. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: PAS
Koufax was a sight to see on the mound, no question. I believe it was Buzzy Bavasi (or someone of that ilk) who said he had cried only two times in his life, once was the first time he saw the Sistine Chapel, the other was the first time he saw Koufax throw a fast ball. Not sure if that is real or apocryphal. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
OK guys....let's review Koufax's situation with Brooklyn. He was given a substantial contract to sign with the Dodgers |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Gilbert Maines
Mize was a great clutch hitter, and a darn good one even in non-clutch situations. Nobody is disputing this. And the Giants sure could have used him. No one is disputing that either. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Brian Lindholme
Sorry if you felt "criticized" in fact had you not put some solid choices in front of our keyboards, yours might be dismissed with "are you crazy, don't you know anything about baseball" type comments:) |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Paul S
To me, it has always seemed a combination of arbitrary timing and circumstances when picking a specific decade that would have to start and end with the same number 50-59, 60-69, etc. This seems to penalize players -- and hence those who put these teams together (when playing these types of fun all-star teams lineups) who may have come into the majors in the middle of a decade, give or take a few years. Why not pick any ten-year stretch of years? Then we can compare those teams to each other. This treats players like Mize and J. Robinson much more equally. It's not Mize's fault that WWII, ergo, post-war, happens to be in the middle of a decade. (Hey, let's all blame the Christian calendar! Let use the Aztec or Jewish calendars instead!) Essentially we are eliminating some great playing years and players. So, pick your best 10-year stretch. I'd expect to see some killer lineups. |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Ted Zanidakis
I dom't know how old you are......but, I am old enough to remember Bobby Avila very well in the early 1950's. He was always |
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All-Star Team of the Decade: 1950's
Posted By: Paul S
I too like that idea of solid players who didn't have star names. The Vic Power example is perfect. I have his cards from pretty much every year and different brands, and he played a long time, with solid stats, yet his is a name that never comes up. I should only have had his career! |
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