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    Unfortunately, one of our moderators tried to transfer the thread where I invited everyone to create personal teams based on their given (i.e. not surname) names from history to trivia, and in the process sent the thread into the unexplored vastness of cyberspace. So, we'll try again. Remember, you can't work off anyone else's team, and surnames aren't usable (if we've got a Robinson, they'd be close to winning with that surname alone with Jackie, Frank and Brooks, among others). My given names are Jim and Fred. We can be reasonably liberal in this, since it's all for fun anyway. My team:

    c--Jim Sundberg
    1b--Jimmie Foxx
    2b--Jim Gilliam
    3b--Jimmy Collins
    ss--Jim Fregosi

    of--hard to pick from the following:
    Jim O'Rourke
    Fred Clarke
    Jimmy Wynn
    Fred Lynn
    Jimmy Ryan
    Jim Rice

    sp--Jim Palmer
    sp--Jim "Catfish" Hunter
    sp--Jim Bunning
    sp--Jim Kaat

    RP--Fred "Firpo" Marberry

    While my team probably won't be the best, it wouldn't get embarrassed too often. Have fun!

    Jim Albright
    Last edited by jalbright; 01-23-2006, 06:09 PM.
    Seen on a bumper sticker: If only closed minds came with closed mouths.
    Some minds are like concrete--thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
    A Lincoln: I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

  • #2
    And now that I've changed my name to Robert Edward, no problem :gt
    Mythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
    Good traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge

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    • #3
      Here's Kroxquo's "poor" team

      SP-Al(lie) Reynolds
      SP-Al Spalding
      SP-Al Downing
      SP-Al Leiter
      RP-Al Holland
      RP-Al Hrabosky
      C-Al Lopez
      1B-Keith Hernandez
      2B-Al Spalding
      3B-Al Rosen
      SS-Alan Trammell
      LF-Al Simmons
      CF-Al Bumbry
      OF-Al Kaline
      UT-Al Oliver, Al Smith

      That ain't half bad
      Last edited by RuthMayBond; 01-24-2006, 12:15 PM.
      Mythical SF Chronicle scouting report: "That Jeff runs like a deer. Unfortunately, he also hits AND throws like one." I am Venus DeMilo - NO ARM! I can play like a big leaguer, I can field like Luzinski, run like Lombardi. The secret to managing is keeping the ones who hate you away from the undecided ones. I am a triumph of quantity over quality. I'm almost useful, every village needs an idiot.
      Good traders: MadHatter(2), BoofBonser26, StormSurge

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      • #4
        I like my pitching and first baseman against his, but I'm sure that you could win some pennants with that group.

        Jim Albright
        Seen on a bumper sticker: If only closed minds came with closed mouths.
        Some minds are like concrete--thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
        A Lincoln: I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

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        • #5
          BOB/BOBBY/ROBERT/ROBERTO

          SP-Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Bob Lemon, Bob Welch, Bob Forsch
          RP-Bob Wickman, Bobby Thigpen, Rob Dibble
          C-Bob Boone, Bob Brenley
          1B-Bob Watson, Bob Robertson
          2B-Roberto Alomar, Bobby Doerr
          3B-Bobby Bonilla, Bob Horner
          SS-Bobby Wallace, Bobby Crosby
          LF-Bobby Abreau, Bobby Thomson
          CF-Bobby Bonds, Bobby Murcer
          RF-Robeto Clemente, Bob Meusel
          UT-Bob Bailey, Bobby Grich, Bobby Richardson, Bobby Avila, Robby Thompson, Bob Knepper, Bob Friend, Bobby Howry, Roberto Hernandez

          I think this team would hold their own.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Utter Chaos
            BOB/BOBBY/ROBERT/ROBERTO

            SP-Bob Feller, Bob Gibson, Bob Lemon, Bob Welch, Bob Forsch
            RP-Bob Wickman, Bobby Thigpen, Rob Dibble
            C-Bob Boone, Bob Brenley
            1B-Bob Watson, Bob Robertson
            2B-Roberto Alomar, Bobby Doerr
            3B-Bobby Bonilla, Bob Horner
            SS-Bobby Wallace, Bobby Crosby
            LF-Bobby Abreau, Bobby Thomson
            CF-Bobby Bonds, Bobby Murcer
            RF-Robeto Clemente, Bob Meusel
            UT-Bob Bailey, Bobby Grich, Bobby Richardson, Bobby Avila, Robby Thompson, Bob Knepper, Bob Friend, Bobby Howry, Roberto Hernandez

            I think this team would hold their own.
            Forgot about Robert "Lefty" Grove. That gives me 4 Hall of Fame starting pitchers!

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            • #7
              Originally posted by jalbright
              sp--Jim Palmer
              sp--Jim "Catfish" Hunter
              sp--Jim Bunning
              sp--Jim Kaat

              RP--Fred "Firpo" Marberry
              What about James "Pud" Galvin? He's 5th on the all time win list.

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              • #8
                "Johns" and "Hughs"

                Well, I'm "John Hugh", so I get the following, though I'm sure there's some great ones I'm missing.

                c-- Johnny Bench
                1b--Johnny Mize
                2b--Johnny Evers
                3b--John McGraw
                ss--Hugh Jennings (thank god for my middle name, or I might be stuck with Johnnie Lemaster!)

                OF --
                Hugh Duffy
                Johnnie "Dusty" Baker
                Juan Gonzalez (if Utter Chaos gets "Roberto" for Robert, I get Juan)

                sp--Johnny Podres
                sp--John Clarkson
                sp--Juan Marichal
                sp--John Smoltz

                RP--John Franco

                UT: John "Pop" Lloyd
                DH/PH: John "Boog" Powell, John Olerud
                sigpicIt's not whether you fall -- everyone does -- but how you come out of the fall that counts.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Ursa Major
                  Juan Gonzalez (if Utter Chaos gets "Roberto" for Robert, I get Juan)
                  I don't have a problem with that.

                  A few more to help your bench:
                  Johnny Damon, Johnny Callison, Johnny Peskey, Johnny Sain.

                  And finally John Peter Wagner also known as Honus.

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                  • #10
                    Hmm I was wondering, if a players middle name is my names(Nicholas Lewis)(aubrey huffs middle name is lewis) would I get to use him?
                    I Would Rather Play Baseball Than Eat-Andy Pafko

                    A's Fan! :gt

                    In Zito We Trust!

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                    • #11
                      SP: Eddie Plank
                      SP: Ed Walsh
                      SP: Ed Reulbach
                      SP: Edward "Whitey" Ford
                      SP: Eddie Cicotte
                      RP: Mark Wohlers
                      RP: Edward Miguel Garcia (Mike Garcia)
                      RP: Ed Head (that's actually his name)
                      RP: Eddie Guardado
                      RP: Ed Roebuck

                      C: Ed Sprague
                      1B: Mark McGwire
                      2B: Eddie Collins
                      3B: Eddie Yost
                      SS: Mark Belanger
                      OF: Ed Delahanty
                      OF: Edward Wesley Schulmerich
                      OF: Duffy Edward Lewis (if that's allowed)

                      After my starting pitchers, it gets kinda hard. So many people have Edward as a middle name, but not many good non-pitchers have it as a fist name. Also, Mark does not seem to be too popular among ballplayers.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by It's Over The Wall!
                        Hmm I was wondering, if a players middle name is my names(Nicholas Lewis)(aubrey huffs middle name is lewis) would I get to use him?
                        That's not the way I had in mind, but if others care and the popular will is to overrule that verdict, I'm OK with it.

                        Jim Albright
                        Seen on a bumper sticker: If only closed minds came with closed mouths.
                        Some minds are like concrete--thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
                        A Lincoln: I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by jalbright
                          That's not the way I had in mind, but if others care and the popular will is to overrule that verdict, I'm OK with it.

                          Jim Albright
                          I hope that other people agree with me, then I could make an (almost) all-HOF team.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Johnny Seven
                            SP: Eddie Plank
                            SP: Ed Walsh
                            SP: Ed Reulbach
                            SP: Edward "Whitey" Ford
                            SP: Eddie Cicotte
                            RP: Mark Wohlers
                            RP: Edward Miguel Garcia (Mike Garcia)
                            RP: Ed Head (that's actually his name)
                            RP: Eddie Guardado
                            RP: Ed Roebuck

                            C: Ed Sprague
                            1B: Mark McGwire
                            2B: Eddie Collins
                            3B: Eddie Yost
                            SS: Mark Belanger
                            OF: Ed Delahanty
                            OF: Edward Wesley Schulmerich
                            OF: Duffy Edward Lewis (if that's allowed)

                            After my starting pitchers, it gets kinda hard. So many people have Edward as a middle name, but not many good non-pitchers have it as a fist name. Also, Mark does not seem to be too popular among ballplayers.
                            Eddie Murray, Eddie Mathews, Edgar Renteria, Ed Ott, Edgar Martinez, Edwin "Duke" Snider, Edd Roush

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                            • #15
                              what if alan mitchell edward george patrick henry gallagher wants to put up his team?
                              "you don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. just get people to stop reading them." -ray bradbury

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