Guest alkeiper Report post Posted July 11, 2003 A little fun side-topic. Over at baseball-reference.com, they group players by place of birth. So here's the idea. Come up with an all-time all-star team with players from your state. For example, Pennsylvania..... C- Roy Campanella 1B- Jack Clark 2B- Nellie Fox SS- Honus Wagner 3B- Dick Allen LF- Stan Musial CF- Ken Griffey Jr. RF- Reggie Jackson SP- Christy Mathewson SP- Eddie Plank SP- Ed Walsh SP- Herb Pennock SP- Mike Mussina CL- Bruce Sutter RP- Gene Garber RP- Sparky Lyle RP- Ron Kline RP- Gary Lavelle Reserves ----------- Max Bishop (.423 career OBP) Jimmy Dykes Mike Piazza Ken Griffey Sr. Hack Wilson Mickey Vernon Bobby Wallace If doing the full roster, keep it down to 25 guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted July 11, 2003 Wow. Maybe I'm just in a hurry, but the only people that I recognized from Massachusetts were: Jeff Bagwell, Mark Fidrych, Tom Glavine, and Connie Mack. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alkeiper Report post Posted July 11, 2003 Slim pickings, but Massachusetts does have Mickey Cochrane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest undisputedjericho Report post Posted July 11, 2003 Dale Berra, Sean Casey, Casey Fossum, Mark DeRosa, Doug Glanville, Jeffery Hammonds, Bob Hamelin, Derek Jeter, Bobby Jones, Eric Karros, Ron Karkovice, Dan Miceli, Joe Orsulak, Scott Schoenwies. Not to much to write home about ecept Jeter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted July 11, 2003 My states got some really good players. But depth isn't a strong point. I don't recognize most of the players. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alkeiper Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Dale Berra, Sean Casey, Casey Fossum, Mark DeRosa, Doug Glanville, Jeffery Hammonds, Bob Hamelin, Derek Jeter, Bobby Jones, Eric Karros, Ron Karkovice, Dan Miceli, Joe Orsulak, Scott Schoenwies. Not to much to write home about ecept Jeter. Al Leiter's also from Jersey. Among the old timers, there's Joe Medwick, Goose Goslin, and Brooklyn Dodger's ace Don Newcombe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest phoenixrising Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Oh, this is going to be fun. California - Starters: C - Ernie Lombardi 1B - Mark McGwire 2B - Bobby Doerr SS - Joe Cronin 3B - Graig Nettles OF - Barry Bonds OF - Joe Dimaggio OF - Ted Williams Reserve position players: 1B Eddie Murray C Gary Carter OF Bobby Bonds 3B Matt Williams SS Nomar Garciaparra OF Tony Gwynn OF Duke Snider 2B Tony Lazzeri Pitching Staff SP - Randy Johnson SP - Tom Seaver SP - Don Drysdale SP - Bob Lemon SP - Lefty Gomez CL - Dennis Eckersley RP - Trevor Hoffman RP - Dan Quisenberry RP - John Wetteland Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest undisputedjericho Report post Posted July 12, 2003 The Giambi's, David Wells, and Jeff Weaver are from California too, and I think Dontrelle Willis is from the Oakland area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Definitely a cool topic, Al. Keep in mind that several of these chaps played before the modern era, so their names might not be familiar. I tried to only list position players who played at least 500 games in the majors. Without further ado... The ALL-MARYLAND~! TEAM: Starting Nine: C: Jimmie Foxx 1B: Brian Jordan (Yes, he's played a few games there) 2B: Cupid Childs (.410+ OBP and ~300 SB make him the leadoff guy) 3B: Frank "Home Run" Baker SS: Cal Ripken, Jr. OF: Babe FUCKING Ruth OF: Al Kaline OF: Charlie Keller DH: Harold Baines Reserves: OF: Ball Lamar, Brady Anderson IF: Frank Herzog, Buttercup Dickerson Pitchers: SP: Lefty Grove SP: Bobby Matthews SP: Vic Willis SP: Denny Neagle SP: Dave Foutz CL: Steve Farr RP: Eddie Rommel RP: Steve Barber RP: Jeff Nelson RP: Tom Phoebus RP: Hugh Daily The pitching looks decent-to-good, and that offense looks AMAZING, with Baker, Ripken, Kaline, Foxx, and Ruth. Other states: Bow down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted July 12, 2003 OF: Babe FUCKING Ruth ...didn't know Ruth's middle name was FUCKING. These list are kind of deceiving. Derek Jeter was raised in Michigan, and Roger Maris lived in North Dakota. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest alkeiper Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Tom, Maryland looks fairly impressive. I weep for that defense though. Foxx at catcher, and three corner outfielders? Ouch. Scary thing is that I've known about Dave Foutz before your list. ...didn't know Ruth's middle name was FUCKING. Of course, his first name wasn't really Babe either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted July 12, 2003 OHIO! Quick Note: I likely skipped over some good old-timers... I just went with names I've heard of... Ohio pretty much breeds Pitchers... Starting Pitcher: Roger Clemens and Cy Young First Base: George Sisler Second Base: Buck Ewing Short Stop: Barry Larkin Third Base: Pete Rose Right Field: David Justice Center Field:Shannon Stewart Left Filed: Paul O Neill DH: Mike Schmidt Catcher:Jim Leyritz Not Bad. Not Bad at all... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MaxPower27 Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Well, I live in Florida now, so: FLORIDA~~! Vince Coleman Andre Dawson Luis Gonzalez Chipper Jones Tino Martinez Fred McGriff Tim Raines Deion Sanders Gary Sheffield Bobby Thigpen Dwight Gooden Mike Hampton Vince Coleman will have a fireworks exhibition before every game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DrTom Report post Posted July 12, 2003 I weep for that defense though. Foxx at catcher, and three corner outfielders? Ouch. Kaline could play CF if he had to. If not, I'd make him learn. I could also stick Brady Anderson in as a defensive replacement late in games if I needed to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest DawnBTVS Report post Posted July 12, 2003 Massachussetts!(Really...not easy) Hitters Jeff Bagwell Jimmy Ryan(2,502 hits, .306 BA) Paul Sorrento Joe Kelley(2,220 hits, .317 BA) Rabbit Maranville Stuffy McInnis(2,405 hits, .307 BA) Fred Tenney(2,231 hits, .294 BA) Pie Traynor(2,416 hits, .320 BA) Pitchers Jack Chesbro(198-132, 2.68 ERA) John Clarkson(328-178, 2.81 ERA) Candy Cummings(145-94, 2.49 ERA) Tom Glavine Tim Keefe(342-225, 2.62 ERA) Jeff Reardon(367 Saves) Steve Bedrosian(184 Saves) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mad the Swine Report post Posted July 13, 2003 C - Merritt Ranew (Albany) 1B - Johnny Mize (Demorest) 2B - Jackie Robinson (Cairo) SS - Bucky Dent (Savannah) 3B - Ray Knight (Albany) OF - Ty Cobb (The Narrows) OF - Bill Terry (Atlanta) OF - Moises Alou (Atlanta) OF - J.D. Drew (Valdosta) OF - Marquis Grisson (Atlanta) OF - Corey Patterson (Atlanta) OF - Rondell White (Milledgeville) DH - Ron Blomberg (Atlanta) DH - Frank Thomas (Columbus) DH - Kevin Reimer (Macon) 2B - Jeff Treadway (Columbus) 2B/3B/SS/OF - Desi Relaford (Valdosta) C - Jody Davis (Gainesville) INF - Tony Phillips (Atlanta) Who wants to pitch against this squad? Call it insanity, but I started Ranew simply because his superb basketball coaching brother led my former high school to a state title. SP - Jim Bagby (Barnett) SP - Kevin Brown (Milledgeville) SP - Tim Hudson (Columbus) SP - Sherry Smith (Monticello) SP - Kenny Rogers (Savannah) RP - John Rocker (Statesboro) RP - Rick Camp (Trion) RP - Chris Hammond (Atlanta) RP - Bill Strickland (Ray City) Yes, desperation leads me to Rocker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest BobbyWhioux Report post Posted July 13, 2003 California OUTFIELDERS Rickey Henderson Joe DiMaggio Barry Bonds Tony Gwynn Ted Williams Duke Snider INFIELDERS Keith Hernandez Carney Lansford Mark McGwire Chris Speier Joe Cronin Nomar Garciaparra CATCHERS Ernie Lombardi Gary Carter Starting Rotation: Tom Seaver Dave Stewart Don Drysdale Randy Johnson Bob Lemon Bullpen: Tug McGraw Dennis Eckersley Dan Quisinberry Robb Nen John Wetteland Troy Percival [i don't think "Closer by Committee" will hurt this team too much... ] Starting Lineup: C: Lombardi 1B: McGwire 2B: Cronin SS: Garciaparra 3B: Lansford LF: Williams CF: Dimaggio RF: Gwynn DH: (if applicable) Bonds (and it hurts me to put Henderson on the bench...Pinch Runner Specialist?) Speier as utility infielder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
