Your All-Time Baseball Team - 10/21/20 01:57 AM
Okay, there are a lot of older dudes who used to love baseball, but no longer do. Some older guys never stopped following MLB. There are a couple of younger guys who follow baseball. This is meant to be realistic and subjective at the same time. For example, don't say Jim Thome was should be the guy at first base, but I get how someone might prefer Brooks Robinson over Schmidt at 3rd base. In other words, it's your all your all-time favorite baseball team that is at least realistic. If this goes well, I will start an NBA and NFL team thing, too.
Oh, I am not asking you guys to do this, but I am only going to list players I actually watched. For example, I won't add Babe Ruth because I never watched him live.
C: This probably won't go over well, but I really liked Pudge Rodriguez. Just a great teammate and all-around catcher. Bench had the numbers, but I could not stand the dude.
!B: Eddie Murray. Controversial pick for sure. But, I think the dude was a an all-around player who excelled in the clutch.
2B: Joe Morgan. Hit for power. Ran the bases. Gold Glove winner. Glue for the Big Red Machine. I hated the Reds because I loved the Pirates when both were great. Joe Morgan scared me more than any other player on that team.
3B: Mike Schmidt. This was tough because of Brooks Robinson and Wade Boggs. But Schmidt's power was hard to ignore. Tough call.
SS: Ozzie Smith. Best defensive player I have ever seen.
OF: [Note, I am not going to divide it by left, center, and right.]
OF: Roberto Clemente. My favorite player of all time. Hit line drives. Great arm. Hit for average. Great in the clutch. Played the game w/style.
OF: Willie Mays. Greatest all around player to ever play the game.
OF: Hank Aaron. Home run king for a long time. He was underrated as a field and actually had a great arm.
RHP: Bob Gibson: Hard as nails. His dominance led to MLB lowering the height of the mound.
RHP: Juan Marichal. Rodger Clemons and probably Tom Seaver were better than him during my viewing era, but I liked this dude and didn't care for the other two, especially Clemons. Marichal had that high leg kick and was dominant in the '60s.
LHP: Sandy Koufax. A shining star who burned bright and burned out much too fast. Best pitcher I ever saw.
LHP: Steve Carlton: "Lefty" was a tall, strike-out throwing machine. He did it for a long time.
Reliever 1: Mariona Rivera: Dude did it time after time.
Reliever 2: Dennis Eckersley. Another dude who did it over a long period of time.
Manager 1. Jim Leyland. Got more out of his team than anyone I ever saw.
Honorable mention: Sparky Anderson, Tommy Lasorda, Tony LaRussa.
Oh, I am not asking you guys to do this, but I am only going to list players I actually watched. For example, I won't add Babe Ruth because I never watched him live.
C: This probably won't go over well, but I really liked Pudge Rodriguez. Just a great teammate and all-around catcher. Bench had the numbers, but I could not stand the dude.
!B: Eddie Murray. Controversial pick for sure. But, I think the dude was a an all-around player who excelled in the clutch.
2B: Joe Morgan. Hit for power. Ran the bases. Gold Glove winner. Glue for the Big Red Machine. I hated the Reds because I loved the Pirates when both were great. Joe Morgan scared me more than any other player on that team.
3B: Mike Schmidt. This was tough because of Brooks Robinson and Wade Boggs. But Schmidt's power was hard to ignore. Tough call.
SS: Ozzie Smith. Best defensive player I have ever seen.
OF: [Note, I am not going to divide it by left, center, and right.]
OF: Roberto Clemente. My favorite player of all time. Hit line drives. Great arm. Hit for average. Great in the clutch. Played the game w/style.
OF: Willie Mays. Greatest all around player to ever play the game.
OF: Hank Aaron. Home run king for a long time. He was underrated as a field and actually had a great arm.
RHP: Bob Gibson: Hard as nails. His dominance led to MLB lowering the height of the mound.
RHP: Juan Marichal. Rodger Clemons and probably Tom Seaver were better than him during my viewing era, but I liked this dude and didn't care for the other two, especially Clemons. Marichal had that high leg kick and was dominant in the '60s.
LHP: Sandy Koufax. A shining star who burned bright and burned out much too fast. Best pitcher I ever saw.
LHP: Steve Carlton: "Lefty" was a tall, strike-out throwing machine. He did it for a long time.
Reliever 1: Mariona Rivera: Dude did it time after time.
Reliever 2: Dennis Eckersley. Another dude who did it over a long period of time.
Manager 1. Jim Leyland. Got more out of his team than anyone I ever saw.
Honorable mention: Sparky Anderson, Tommy Lasorda, Tony LaRussa.