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  • #1

    The All Local Team

    I was thinking how cool it would be if ball players had to play for the team that was closest to them. For instance Stan Musial is from western PA so he doesn't make the Philadelphia team, he'd be in Pittsburgh. So here goes. Make a team, current or historical, where all the players are locals (or your city is their closest). I'm interested to see who has the most talent. You don't have to pick a city with a team either, or your city. Also players don't have to be from the metro area either.

    Feel free to be lax with positions but lets not get crazy.
    Last edited by bluesky5; 02-28-2012, 09:15 AM.
    "No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”
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  • #2
    All-Time Philadelphia
    C - Roy Campanella
    1B - Mike Piazza
    2B - John Ward
    3B - Jimmie Dykes
    SS - Hughie Jennings
    LF - Del Ennis
    CF - Reggie Jackson
    RF - Carl Furillo

    Bench - Oyster Burns, Mickey Vernon, Tom Herr, Joe Dugan, Jimmy Sheckard

    SP - Christy Mathewson, Stan Coveleski, Mike Mussina, Harry Coveleski, Jamie Moyer
    RP - Gene Garber, Steve Kline, Bobby Shantz, Gary Lavelle

    Lost - Plank, Sutter to Baltimore
    Last edited by bluesky5; 02-28-2012, 09:14 PM.
    "No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”

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    • #3
      Originally posted by bluesky5 View Post
      All-Time Philadelphia
      C - Roy Campanella
      1B - Mike Piazza
      2B - John Ward
      3B - Dick Allen
      SS - Hughie Jennings
      LF - Del Ennis
      CF - Ken Griffey Jr.
      RF - Reggie Jackson

      Bench - Oyster Burns, Ken Griffey Sr., Jimmy Dykes, Mickey Vernon, Carl Furillo, Tom Herr

      SP - Christy Mathewson, Stan Coveleski, Mike Mussina, Eddie Plank, Jamie Moyer
      RP - Bruce Sutter, Gene Garber, Steve Kline, Bobby Shantz, Gary Lavelle
      Excuse me, but.... Dick Allen is from Wampum, PA, 40 miles north of Pittsburgh. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. are from Donora, PA, about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. Allen and both Griffeys would be on the Pittsburgh team, not Philadelphia.
      Last edited by BigRon; 02-28-2012, 08:29 AM.

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      • #4
        ooops I must have misread where Allen was from. Didn't look up the Griffeys.
        Last edited by bluesky5; 02-28-2012, 09:11 AM.
        "No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”

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        • #5
          All Chicago area team.

          1.) Tom Haller-C Lockport
          2.) Phil Cavarretta-1B Chicago
          3.) Ossie Bluege-2B Chicago
          4.) Lou Boudreau-SS Harvey
          5.) Freddie Lindstrom-3B Chicago
          6.) Rickey Henderson-LF Chicago
          7.) Kirby Puckett-CF Chicago
          8.) Wally Berger-RF Chicago
          9.) Greg Luzinski-DH Chicago

          1.) Curtis Granderson Blue Island
          2.) Fred Lynn-OF Chicago
          3.) Wally Pipp-1B Chicago
          4.) Darrin Fletcher-C Elmhurst
          5.) Dick Bartell-2B,SS Chicago
          6.) Kenny Lofton-OF East Chicago,Indiana*

          1.) Bret Saberhagen Chicago Heights
          2.) Denny McLain Chicago
          3.) Larry Gura Joliet
          4.) Charlie Liebrandt Chicago
          5.) Jim Clancy Chicago

          1.) Mark Mulder South Holland
          2.) Bob Kipper Aurora
          3.) Cy Falkenberg Chicago
          4.) Ed Farmer Chicago
          5.) Dan Plesac Gary,Indiana*

          will reedit rest
          Last edited by chicagowhitesox1173; 02-28-2012, 10:30 AM.
          "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

          "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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          • #6
            Originally posted by bluesky5 View Post
            ooops I must have misread where they were from.
            The Griffeys are from the same city as Musial.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by BigRon View Post
              Excuse me, but.... Dick Allen is from Wampum, PA, 40 miles north of Pittsburgh. Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. are from Donora, PA, about 25 miles south of Pittsburgh. Allen and both Griffeys would be on the Pittsburgh team, not Philadelphia.
              Pittsburgh gets Nellie fox by 3 minutes too. 3 minutes!!!
              "No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”

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              • #8
                Originally posted by EdTarbusz View Post
                The Griffeys are from the same city as Musial.
                Yea, I didn't even look them up I thought they were from outside Philly for some reason. I misread Allen. My bad I got all mixed up.
                "No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
                  All Chicago area team.

                  1.) Tom Haller-C Lockport
                  2.) Phil Cavarretta-1B Chicago
                  3.) Ossie Bluege-2B Chicago
                  4.) Lou Boudreau-SS Harvey
                  5.) Freddie Lindstrom-3B Chicago
                  6.) Rickey Henderson-LF Chicago
                  7.) Kirby Puckett-CF Chicago
                  8.) Wally Berger-RF Chicago
                  9.) Greg Luzinski-DH Chicago

                  1.) Richie Becker-OF Aurora
                  2.) Fred Lynn-OF Chicago
                  3.) Wally Pipp-1B Chicago

                  1.) Bret Saberhagen Chicago Heights
                  2.) Denny McLain Chicago
                  3.) Larry Gura Joliet
                  4.) Charlie Liebrandt Chicago
                  5.) Jim Clancy Chicago



                  will reedit rest
                  Guys don't have to be from the metro area either. I just added that. Chicago just has to be the closest city. If thats what ya wanna do tho go for it. Your team looks like it may be better than mine and I have coal miners and farmers from basically east of the Susquehanna River.
                  Last edited by bluesky5; 02-28-2012, 09:18 AM.
                  "No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by bluesky5 View Post
                    Guys don't have to be from the metro area either. I just added that. Chicago just has to be the closest city.
                    Illinois really has two parts the Chicago area and then the rest is Central or Southern Illinois. I would like Jim Thome or Robin Roberts but those guys are from Peoria and Springfield and thats like 100 miles from Chicago.

                    I woulda always thought Illinois woulda had more talent than this though.

                    California, Texas and NewYork have the best talent and Alabama had alot of great players too.
                    Last edited by chicagowhitesox1173; 02-28-2012, 09:33 AM.
                    "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

                    "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
                      Illinois really has two parts the Chicago area and then the rest is Central or Southern Illinois. I would like Jim Thome or Robin Roberts but those guys are from Peoria and Springfield and thats like 100 miles from Chicago.

                      I woulda always thought Illinois woulda had more talent than this though.

                      California, Texas and NewYork have the best talent and Alabama had alot of great players too.
                      Curtis Granderson is from Blue Island.
                      They call me Mr. Baseball. Not because of my love for the game; because of all the stitches in my head.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by ol' aches and pains View Post
                        Curtis Granderson is from Blue Island.
                        wow I dont know how I missed him on wikipedia Illinois born mlb players but he's deff better than Richie becker. I hate to take Becker off because I played baseball with him for 1 year in highschool.
                        "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

                        "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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                        • #13
                          Looking at both teams now I would say the Philadelphia team is better because of the pitching.
                          "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

                          "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by chicagowhitesox1173 View Post
                            Looking at both teams now I would say the Philadelphia team is better because of the pitching.
                            The thing with my team is I went pretty far inside PA. Baltimore could claim Eddie Plank from Gettysburg. Pittsburgh probably turned out more talent than Philly. I kept it in state but I'm not being a stickler.
                            "No matter how great you were once upon a time — the years go by, and men forget,” - W. A. Phelon in Baseball Magazine in 1915. “Ross Barnes, forty years ago, was as great as Cobb or Wagner ever dared to be. Had scores been kept then as now, he would have seemed incomparably marvelous.”

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                            • #15
                              I took two cities from Indiana but those two cities really are considered Chicago area. There in all the used car commercials here.
                              "(Shoeless Joe Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning." -- Connie Mack

                              "I have the ultimate respect for Whitesox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Redsox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country."--Jim Caple, ESPN (Jan. 12, 2011)

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