which of these 2 teams is the strongest??

[Blackout]

team a:

c-mike piazza
1b-keith hernandez
2b-alfonso soriano
ss-rey ordonez
3b-brooks robinson
lf-manny ramirez
cf-duke snider
rf-mel ott

sp greg maddux
sp curt schilling
sp kid nichols
sp david wells
sp lefty gomez

rp johnny murphy
rp lee smith
rp trevor hoffman
rp bruce sutter
cl mariano rivera



team b:
c-jason varitek
1b-lou gehrig
2b-craig biggio
ss-hanley ramirez
3b-miguel cabrera
lf-ted williams
cf-torri hunter
rf-dave kingman

sp randy johnson
sp christy mathewson
sp lefty grove
sp glendon rusch
sp shawn chacon

rp guillermo mota
rp ron villone
rp kyle farnsworth
rp goose gossage
CL billy wagner

[Seels]

I'm leaning towards team B, but team B is hideously bad defensively.

[brett]

Team B has a little better hitting, and better 1-3 starters.

Are we basing this on 1 year peaks, short peaks, long peaks etc.

[Blackout]

each player is at their peak

[soberdennis]

One thing that makes team A look good is that many of the players, I counted at least 8, have thrived in the Postseason. The question asks about the World Series between the two.What can you say about how these guys did in the postseason?
Robinson
Snider
Ott
Ramirez
Schilling
Gomez
Murphy
Rivera

Agreed Team B has Gehrig and Matthewson, to name a couple. I think it would be close. But I'll take Team A

[steve rogers]

team a:

c-mike piazza
1b-keith hernandez
2b-alfonso soriano
ss-rey ordonez
3b-brooks robinson
lf-manny ramirez
cf-duke snider
rf-mel ott

sp greg maddux
sp curt schilling
sp kid nichols
sp david wells
sp lefty gomez

rp johnny murphy
rp lee smith
rp trevor hoffman
rp bruce sutter
cl mariano rivera



team b:
c-jason varitek
1b-lou gehrig
2b-craig biggio
ss-hanley ramirez
3b-miguel cabrera
lf-ted williams
cf-torri hunter
rf-dave kingman

sp randy johnson
sp christy mathewson
sp lefty grove
sp glendon rusch
sp shawn chacon

rp guillermo mota
rp ron villone
rp kyle farnsworth
rp goose gossage
CL billy wagner

I'd go with team B. But I want to pick against Farnsworth. Having a 19th century pitcher throws it off for me. These are very evenly matched teams. The top 3 starters on team B plus Williams and Gehrig I think would offset the bad defence. Grove, Randy, and Christy at their peaks would be pretty unstoppable. Hunter will help make up for the bad left and right fielders.

Great post. Interesting.

Scott