my ALL TIME baseball team, can you build a better team with different players???

[Blackout]

this is my personal favorite all-time team and I firmly believe we would DESTROY your favorite team, any day of the week and any series!

my hitters

SS-Hanley Ramirez 2007
2nd-Nap Lajoie 1901
LF-Babe Ruth 1921
CF-Mickey Mantle 1956
3rd-Miggy Cabrera 2007
RF-Vlad Guerrero 2001
C Jorge Posada 2007
DH-David Ortiz 2006
1st-Jeff Bagwell 1994

back-up infielders: Jeter 1999, Joe Gordon 1941

back-up outfielders: Ty Cobb 1911, Hack Wilson 1930

back-up catcher: Joe Mauer 2009

pinch hitter/runner: Rickey Henderson 1990



my pitchers:

Pedro Martinez 2000
Whitey Ford 1964
Lefty Grove 1931
Randy Johnson 2002
CC Sabathia 2008

long term relief: Greg Maddux 1995

set up man: David Robertson 2011

Closer: Mariano Rivera 2008

Skipper: Joe Maddon





nobody could beat this team!







edit: added a few positions

[Second Base Coach]

I'll take Sandy Koufax at his peak, his pick of a catcher, Steve Garvey (who never played on a losing All-Star team or one that lost a NLCS) and six other guys who are marginal HOFers or better and meet you in the sandlot at two-thirty.

I like my chances

[Blackout]

I'll take Sandy Koufax at his peak, his pick of a catcher, Steve Garvey (who never played on a losing All-Star team or one that lost a NLCS) and six other guys who are marginal HOFers or better and meet you in the sandlot at two-thirty.

I like my chances

pfft

we'll run you over!

[redban]

I think the all-steroid team has you beat:

Starting Players
C- Pudge Rodriguez 1999
1B - Mark McGwire 1998
2B - Bret Boone 2001
3B - Ken Caminiti 1996
SS - Alex Rodriguez 2002
CF - Brady Anderson 1996
RF - Gary Sheffield 1996
LF - Barry Bonds 2001
DH - David Ortiz 2006

Bench
Manny Ramirez 1999
Jason Giambi 2001
Todd Hundley 1996
Juan Gonzalez 1998
Sammy Sosa 1998

Pitchers
P - Roger Clemens 1997
P - Kevin Brown 1996
P - Andy Pettite 1996
P - Denny Neagle 1997

Set-up - John Rocker 1999
CL - Eric Gagne 2003

Skipper - Tony Larussa

[LouGehrig]

Delusional.

Gehrig 1927
Hornsby 1922
Rodriguez 2002
Rodriguez 2007
Ruth 1921
Cobb 1911
Bonds 2001
Piazza 1997
Koufax 1966
Johnson 1913
Johnson 1995
Mathewson 1908
Rivera any year you want

[9RoyHobbsRF]

if you want La Russa to manage you need aboout 8 more guys in the bullpen so he can make 3 relief changes in both the 7th and 8th innings each

I think the all-steroid team has you beat:

Starting Players
C- Pudge Rodriguez 1999
1B - Mark McGwire 1998
2B - Bret Boone 2001
3B - Ken Caminiti 1996
SS - Alex Rodriguez 2002
CF - Brady Anderson 1996
RF - Gary Sheffield 1996
LF - Barry Bonds 2001
DH - David Ortiz 2006

Bench
Manny Ramirez 1999
Jason Giambi 2001
Todd Hundley 1996
Juan Gonzalez 1998
Sammy Sosa 1998

Pitchers
P - Roger Clemens 1997
P - Kevin Brown 1996
P - Andy Pettite 1996
P - Denny Neagle 1997

Set-up - John Rocker 1999
CL - Eric Gagne 2003

Skipper - Tony Larussa

[Bothrops Atrox]

Skipper - Tony Larussa

You should have had Joe Torre instead, who managed more players on the Mitchel Report and more highly suspected/admitted PEd users than any other manager that I can think of. High profile players too. Of course he is rewarded by getting a high profile job with MLB.

How Torre has escaped PED criticism is one of the greater mysteries in the sporting universe, IMO.

[Jobu Voodoo]

SS - Cal Ripken Jr.
2nd - Pete Rose
LF - Babe Ruth
CF - Willie Mays
3rd - Eddie Mathews
RF - Roberto Clemente
C - Mike Piazza
DH - Jim Thome
1st - Albert Pujols

Pinch Hitter/Runner: Ty Cobb

Pitchers:

Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Randy Johnson
Nolan Ryan
Justin Verlander

RP Mariano Rivera

Skipper: Tony LaRussa

[dgarza]

I firmly believe we would DESTROY your favorite team,

Plenty of other years/players that were competitive to these. Even if your team is better, they wouldn't destroy all other teams. Plenty of other teams that would lose by just 1 run. Hardly "DESTROY" them.

For example, Rickey Henderson's 1990 was not all that better than his 1985 in a pinch hitter/runner role.

[Blackout]

I think the all-steroid team has you beat:

Starting Players
C- Pudge Rodriguez 1999
1B - Mark McGwire 1998
2B - Bret Boone 2001
3B - Ken Caminiti 1996
SS - Alex Rodriguez 2002
CF - Brady Anderson 1996
RF - Gary Sheffield 1996
LF - Barry Bonds 2001
DH - David Ortiz 2006

Bench
Manny Ramirez 1999
Jason Giambi 2001
Todd Hundley 1996
Juan Gonzalez 1998
Sammy Sosa 1998

Pitchers
P - Roger Clemens 1997
P - Kevin Brown 1996
P - Andy Pettite 1996
P - Denny Neagle 1997

Set-up - John Rocker 1999
CL - Eric Gagne 2003

Skipper - Tony Larussa

a bench and set-up? that's cheating

[Blackout]

Delusional.

Gehrig 1927
Hornsby 1922
Rodriguez 2002
Rodriguez 2007
Ruth 1921
Cobb 1911
Bonds 2001
Piazza 1997
Koufax 1966
Johnson 1913
Johnson 1995
Mathewson 1908
Rivera any year you want

it's delusional to construct a team of the same player at 2 positions

you are fielding 8 humans, my team would easily beat you haha

[StanTheMan]

SS - Cal Ripken Jr.
2nd - Pete Rose

Stopped reading after the above...

Your team would lose IMO. The number of significantly better choices at 2B (you could have a Triple Criwn Winner or amguy who hit better than .400 for several year window for example) - those better than Rose are almost too numerous to mention, and there are tons at SS as well...

I'm not sure if you will, but please don't come back with the "All-Time Hit King" argument. Impressive, sure, and amassed a total never to be broken imo, but a mark of longevity more than anything else. If Rose were merely a .220 hitter or so, he played for soooooo long he still would have had 3,000 hits! Not that such a crappy hitter would get that many AB's, but still...

[JR Hart]

To follow the OP, I will have no duplicate players, even in different years


Gehrig 1927
Hornsby 1922
Rodriguez 2002
Schmidt 1981
Williams 1941
DiMaggio 1937
Bonds 2001
Bench 1970
Koufax 1963
Johnson 1913
Mathewson 1908
Gibson 1968
Gossage 1981

MGR John McGraw

[fenrir]

I think the all-steroid team has you beat:

Starting Players
C- Pudge Rodriguez 1999
1B - Mark McGwire 1998
2B - Bret Boone 2001
3B - Ken Caminiti 1996
SS - Alex Rodriguez 2002
CF - Brady Anderson 1996
RF - Gary Sheffield 1996
LF - Barry Bonds 2001
DH - David Ortiz 2006

Bench
Manny Ramirez 1999
Jason Giambi 2001
Todd Hundley 1996
Juan Gonzalez 1998
Sammy Sosa 1998

Pitchers
P - Roger Clemens 1997
P - Kevin Brown 1996
P - Andy Pettite 1996
P - Denny Neagle 1997

Set-up - John Rocker 1999
CL - Eric Gagne 2003

Skipper - Tony Larussa

Sosa's 2001 is far superior to his 1998 season.

[Jobu Voodoo]

Pete Rose broke 3,000 hits during his 15th season. He was the 4th fastest in all of Major League baseball history to reach the mark, so longevity has nothing to do with his reaching 3,000 hits. Now, you can attribute a bit of longevity to his all-time hits leader mark, but he is hardly the only player to have played 24 years and I can guarantee you that there are many players who have played for 20+ years and still haven't even broken 3,000. Fact is, he is certainly a more than suitable 2nd baseman and he played with a fire unlike many players so he was my choice. As far as Ripken, you're high if you think there are tons at SS that surpass him.

Stopped reading after the above...

Your team would lose IMO. The number of significantly better choices at 2B (you could have a Triple Criwn Winner or amguy who hit better than .400 for several year window for example) - those better than Rose are almost too numerous to mention, and there are tons at SS as well...

I'm not sure if you will, but please don't come back with the "All-Time Hit King" argument. Impressive, sure, and amassed a total never to be broken imo, but a mark of longevity more than anything else. If Rose were merely a .220 hitter or so, he played for soooooo long he still would have had 3,000 hits! Not that such a crappy hitter would get that many AB's, but still...