Post your teams All-time lineup

[Vern Gagne 0]

I think Rob Neyer or someone did this last year. Hell, we might of done something similiar last season.

 

I'll get my Twins/Nationals (Walter Johnson is on my team) lineup later today.

[Guest Redhawk]

Is this just baseball? If not...

 

Pacers

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PG -- Mark Jackson

SG -- Reggie Miller

SF -- Billy Knight

PF -- George McGinnis

C -- Jermaine O'Neal

Bench -- Rik Smits, Mel Daniels, Chuck Person, Clark Kellogg, Jalen Rose.

 

Georgetown

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PG -- Allen Iverson

SG -- Jerry Brown

SF -- Victor Page

PF -- Alonzo Mourning

C -- Patrick Ewing

Bench -- Jerome Williams, Dikembe Mutombo, Kyle Watson (j/k)

[alfdogg 0]

Indiana Hoosiers basketball:

 

PG: Isiah Thomas

SG: Steve Alford

SF: Calbert Cheaney

PF: George McGinnis

C: Walt Bellamy

Bench: Kent Benson, Damon Bailey, Dick Van Arsdale, Tom Van Arsdale, Greg Graham, Alan Henderson, Brian Evans

 

I remember Pacer fans booing when we picked Reggie over Alford.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Post-1900 Only

 

Phillies

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C- Bob Boone

1B- Dick Allen

2B- Tony Taylor

SS- Granny Hamner

3B- Mike Schmidt

LF- Sherry Magee

CF- Richie Ashburn

RF- Johnny Callison

 

Bench

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Bobby Abreu

Chuck Klein

Darren Daulton

John Kruk

Greg Luzinski

Larry Bowa

Roy Thomas

 

Rotation

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Grover Alexander

Steve Carlton

Robin Roberts

Curt Schilling

Jim Bunning

 

Bullpen

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Jim Konstanty

Tug McGraw

Ron Reed

Chris Short

Curt Simmons

 

For a team as traditionally bad as the Phillies, that's a bad-ass rotation.

[Guest Vitamin X]

It's a bit difficult for me to pick because I'm a bit fuzzy of 1970's-1980's Packers history....

 

QB- Brett Favre

HB- Ahman Green/Paul Hornung

FB- Jim Taylor

WR- Sterling Sharpe, James Lofton, Don Hutson

O-Line- The Lombardi-era o-line

D-Line- You have to have Reggie White and Willie Davis there. And GILLLBERRRTTTT~! Throw in Henry Jordan too.

Linebacker- RAY F'N NITSCHKE, Brian Williams, John Anderson

Secondary- Herb Adderley, Willie Wood

[CanadianChris 0]

Toronto Blue Jays:

 

C - Ernie Whitt (1977-89)

1B - Carlos Delgado (1994- )

2B - Roberto Alomar (1991-95)

SS - Tony Fernandez (1983-90, 1993, 1998-99, 2001)

3B - Kelly Gruber (1984-92)

LF - George Bell (1981-90)

CF - Devon White (1991-95)

RF - Jesse Barfield (1981-89)

DH - Paul Molitor (1993-95)

 

Bench:

Lloyd Moseby (1980-89)

Joe Carter (1991-95)

Pat Borders (1988-94, 1999)

Fred McGriff (1986-90)

Alfredo Griffin (1979-84, 1992-93)

Shannon Stewart (1995-2003)

 

Rotation:

Dave Stieb (1979-92, 1998)

Juan Guzman (1991-98)

Jimmy Key (1984-92)

Pat Hentgen (1991-99, 2004- )

Roy Halladay (1998- )

 

Bullpen:

Tom Henke (1985-92)

Duane Ward (1986-95)

Mike Timlin (1991-97)

David Wells (1987-92, 1999-2000)

Billy Koch (1999-2001)

[nl5xsk1 0]

Boston Bruins:

 

D - Bobby Orr

D - Ray Bourque

F - Phil Esposito

F - "Chief" Bucyk

F - Cam Neely

G - Tiny Thompson

 

Toughest Ommissions: Brad Park, Eddie Shore, Terry O'Reilly, Frank Brimsek

[Guest Choken One]

The Reds

 

1B-Tony Perez

2B-Joe Morgan

SS-Barry Larkin

3B-Pete Rose

LF-Frank Robinson

RF-Paul O’ Neil

CF-Ken Griffey Junior

C-Johnny Bench

 

Bench

Ken Griffey Sr.

Dave Concepcion

Bret Boone

Reggie Sanders

Mike Cameron

 

 

Starting Rotation

Tom Seaver

Jose Rijos

Tom Browning

Don Gullett

 

Closer

Randy Myers

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Since this is baseball season I will post only the Blue Jays. I might post my Packers picks later.

 

C - Ernie Whitt

1B - Carlos Delgado

2B - Roberto Alomar

3B - Kelly Gruber

SS - Tony Fernandez

LF - George Bell

CF - Vernon Wells

RF - Joe Carter

DH - Paul Molitor

 

SP - Dave Stieb

SP - Jimmy Key

SP - Roy Halladay

SP - Roger Clemens

SP - Pat Hentgen

 

CLOSER - Tom Henke

[The Ghost of bps21 0]

I'll try my hand at the Bills later. Football is much harder than other sports for sheer size of roster.

[HarleyQuinn 0]

Boston Red Sox

C: Carlton Fisk(.341 OBP, .457 SLG) *1969-1980*

1B: Jimmie Foxx(.428 OBP, .609 SLG) *1936-1942*

2B: Bobby Doerr(.362 OBP, .461 SLG) *1937-1951*

3B: Wade Boggs(.415 OBP, .443 SLG) *1982-1992*

SS: Nomar Garciaparra(.370 OBP, .555 SLG) *1996-*

LF: Ted Williams(.482 OBP, .634 SLG) *1939-1960*

CF: Tris Speaker(.428 OBP, .500 SLG) *1907-1915*

RF: Dwight Evans(.370 OBP, .470 SLG) *1972-1990*

 

Bench: Mo Vaughn(.383 OBP, .523 SLG), Manny Ramirez(.413 OBP, .598 SLG), Dom Dimaggio(.383 OBP, .419 SLG), Carl Yastrzemski(.379 OBP, .462 SLG)

 

Notable Omissions: Reggie Smith, Johnny Pesky, Fred Lynn, Jim Rice

 

Starting Rotation

#1: Babe Ruth(2.28 ERA) *1914-1919*

#2: Pedro Martinez(2.58 ERA) *1998-*

#3: Cy Young(2.63 ERA) *1901-1908*

#4: Carl Mays(2.92 ERA) *1915-1919*

#5: Roger Clemens(3.19 ERA) *1984-1996*

 

Relievers

Derek Lowe(3.57 ERA) *1997-*

Tom Gordon(4.07 ERA) *1996-1999*

Sparky Lyle(2.88 ERA) *1967-1971*

Dennis Eckersley(3.50 ERA) *1978-1989, 1998*

 

Closer

Lee Smith(3.03 ERA) *1988-1990*

[TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe 0]

New York Yankees

 

C - Yogi Berra

1B - Lou Gehrig

2B - Billy Martin (I'm not exactly sure who the best 2B is...)

3B - Craig Nettles

SS - Derek Jeter

LF - Mickey Mantle (played LF his rookie year)

CF - Joe DiMaggio

RF - Babe Ruth

DH - Reggie Jackson

 

SP - Whitey Ford

RP - Mariano Rivera

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

2B - Billy Martin (I'm not exactly sure who the best 2B is...)

 

And you call yourself a Yankees fan?

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

The Orioles are doing something like this for their 50th Anniversary and I filled it out. Its not too hard to do though..

 

C - Rick Dempsey

1B - Eddie Murray

2B - Davey Johnson

3B - Brooks Robinson

SS - Cal Ripken

OF - Frank Robinson

OF - Paul Blair

OF - Brady Anderson

 

SP - Jim Palmer

SP - Dave McNally

SP - Mike Cuellar

SP - Milt Pappas

SP - Mike Mussina

 

CL - Tippy Martinez

 

The only one that looks really out of place Brady, but he holds too many O's records to overlook him.

[Guest Anglesault]

2B - Billy Martin (I'm not exactly sure who the best 2B is...)

...

 

Le sigh.

 

Edit:

Craig Nettles

 

Oh my.

Edited April 13, 2004 by Anglesault

[Bored 0]

Tony Lazzeri and Willie Randolph are the best Yankee second basemen. Nothing wrong with Nettles at 3rd though.

 

I'm too tired to research the A's for their entire history and I'd probably just list near the exact same Neyer has in his book but here is the A's best since I became a fan in 1986.

 

C-Terry Steinbach

1B-Mark McGwire

2B-Tony Phillips

3B-Eric Chavez

SS-Miguel Tejada

LF-Rickey Henderson

CF-Dave Henderson

RF-Jose Canseco

DH-Harold Baines

 

SP-Dave Stewart

SP-Tim Hudson

SP-Barry Zito

SP-Mark Mulder

CL-Dennis Eckersley

[Gert T 0]

Utah Jazz

 

John Stockton

Adrian Dantley

Pete Maravich

Karl Malone

Mark Eaton

 

Jerry Sloan barking the orders, and Jeff Hornacek & Jeff Malone off the bench, that's it a seven man rotation. Trust me.

[Guest Anglesault]

Tony Lazzeri and Willie Randolph are the best Yankee second basemen.

Joe Gordan too.

 

Nothing wrong with Nettles at 3rd though.

 

Nothing wrong with Graig Nettles at third.

 

Craig, on the other hand...

[Vern Gagne 0]

Twins/Senators

 

C-Earl Battey

1B-Kent Hrbek

2B-Rod Carew

SS-Greg Gagne

3B-Harmon Killebrew

OF-Goose Goslin

OF-Kirby Puckett

OF-Tony Olivia

DH-Bob Allison

 

Starters

Walter Johnson

Bert Blyleven

Jim Kaat

Frank Viola

Kevin Tapani

 

Bullpen

Latroy Hawkins

Eddie Guardado

Rick Aguilera

[Vern Gagne 0]

Gopher Hoops

 

PG-Bobby Jackson

SG-Voshon Lenard

C-Mycheal Thompson

PF-Kevin McHale

SF-Willie Burton

 

Bench

Lou Hudson

Trent Tucker

Randy Breur

Richard Coffey

Melvin Newbern

Quincy Lewis

Mark Oberding

[CanadianChris 0]

Montreal Expos:

 

C - Gary Carter (1974-84, 1992)

1B - Andres Galarraga (1985-91, 2002)

2B - Jose Vidro (1997- )

SS - Chris Speier (1977-84)

3B - Tim Wallach (1980-92)

LF - Tim Raines (1979-90, 2001)

CF - Andre Dawson (1976-86)

RF - Vladimir Guerrero (1996-2003)

 

Rotation:

Pedro Martinez (1994-97)

Dennis Martinez (1986-93)

Jeff Fassero (1991-96)

Javier Vazquez (1998-2003)

Bryn Smith (1981-89)

 

Bullpen:

Jeff Reardon (1981-86)

John Wetteland (1992-94)

Mel Rojas (1990-96, 1999)

Ugueth Urbina (1995-2001)

 

Hey, that's not bad...

[Dr. Tom 0]

Orioles, excluding players from the St. Louis Browns:

 

C: Rick Dempsey

1B: ED-DIE~! Murray

2B: Roberto Alomar

SS: Cal. Duh.

3B: Brooks Robinson.

LF: Frank Robinson

CF: Paul Blair

RF: Brady Anderson

DH: Rafael Palmeiro

 

Bench: Boog Powell, Elrod Hendricks, Billy Ripken, Mike Devereaux, John Lowenstein

 

Lineup:

 

Anderson

Alomar

Palmeiro

Murray

F. Robinson

Ripken

B. Robinson

Dempsey

Blair (9th to have some speed in front of Anderson and Alomar)

 

Rotation:

 

Jim Palmer

Mike Mussina

Mike Cuellar

Dave McNally

Pat Dobson

 

Bullpen:

 

Scott McGregor

Mike Flanagan

Dave Schmidt

Gregg Olson

Tippy Martinez

Randy Myers (closer)

[Brush with Greatness 0]

Boston Bruins:

 

D - Bobby Orr

D - Ray Bourque

F - Phil Esposito

F - "Chief" Bucyk

F - Cam Neely

G - Tiny Thompson

 

Toughest Ommissions: Brad Park, Eddie Shore, Terry O'Reilly, Frank Brimsek

I think a much larger omission is anyone off the Kraut Line, particularly either Schmidt or Dumart, or for that matter Dit Clapper, although it is tough to decide where to stick him .

 

Having to name six:

 

G- Frank Brimsek (although it's a tossup)

D- Bobby Orr

D- Eddie Shore (can't deny the 4 Hart trophies)

F- Phil Esposito

F- Johnny Bucyk (tossup with Neely)

F- Milt Schmidt

 

However, going with a full lineup, with Art Ross coaching:

 

Johhny Bucyk____Phil Esposito____Cam Neely

Bobby Bauer_____Milt Schmidt____Woody Dumart

Ken Hodge_______Peter McNab____Wayne Cashman

Rick Middleton____Jean Ratelle_____Terry O'Reilly

 

Bobby Orr_______Ray Bourque

Eddie Shore_____Dit Clapper

Brad Park_______Flash Hollett

 

Frank Brimsek

Tiny Thompson

 

And configuring this, its apparent the Bruins have been stacked with quality RW's over the years.

 

Is there anyone I am severly omitting apart from Thornton, who I couldn't figure out where to put at centre (best possibility was in Ratelle's spot).

[nl5xsk1 0]

BwG, the Kraut Line was tough to omit as well, don't get me wrong. They just weren't the toughest ommissions for me. I also would think about putting Oates up there, especially if you're going to make it a full 4 lines of forwards. His time in Boston wasn't that long, but he was a-freaking-mazing while he was here. Also, Pete Peeters nearly got the nod for being the best B's netminder of my lifetime.

 

As much as I love to watch Thornton play, he's not ready to crack the all-time B's lineup yet. If the next three/four years are as great as the last 2 have been, he's an automatic. But he's really only had a couple of great years, so doesn't make the cut.

 

Lastly, good call on having Nifty on your 4th line. I remember watching the B's on TV-38 as a kid, shooting a tennis ball against the back door while watching Middleton score big goals for the Bruins. Favorite player of my youth.

 

EDIT: And as much as I hated him as the GM, I'd give some thought to making Sinden the coach. Or maybe Grapes. Art Ross was great (thus the trophy named after him) but it's hard to ignore what Sinden did as the coach.

[Brush with Greatness 0]

Yeah, Oates was a tough omission for me as well. Just not sure where he would fit in. Again, possibly in Ratelle's spot. For me though, Oates is more of a St. Louis guy (although I can't really use that argument as Ratelle and Park are more Rangers in my eyes).

 

Yeah, I was thinking Thornton will be there in a couple years, just not yet.

 

In goal, I would rank Cheevers as the third stopper, especially considering his two cup rings.

 

One last thing is the possibility of Lionel Hitchman on defence in place of Flash, just to give all 10 retired Bruins a spot on the team.

 

As for the coach, Sinden, Tom Johnson and Cherry were all considerations, although it would be tough to say which one of them was the best out of each other. No coach has two Stanley Cups on his resume (in Bruins history) which makes it tough as well. If Sinden had been coaching in 1972 as well, I probably would have given him the reigns. Ross' playoff history is shady, although he was the leader of one of the greatest single season teams in NHL history (who invariably choked in the end). That and his longevity are enough to give him the nod.

[OldSchoolWrestling 0]

Tony Lazzeri and Willie Randolph are the best Yankee second basemen. Nothing wrong with Nettles at 3rd though.

 

I'm too tired to research the A's for their entire history and I'd probably just list near the exact same Neyer has in his book but here is the A's best since I became a fan in 1986.

 

C-Terry Steinbach

1B-Mark McGwire

2B-Tony Phillips

3B-Eric Chavez

SS-Miguel Tejada

LF-Rickey Henderson

CF-Dave Henderson

RF-Jose Canseco

DH-Harold Baines

 

SP-Dave Stewart

SP-Tim Hudson

SP-Barry Zito

SP-Mark Mulder

CL-Dennis Eckersley

Adding in an extra decade of watching:

 

C-Terry Steinbach

1B-Mark McGwire

2B-Dick Green

3B-Sal Bando/Carney Lansford

SS-Bert Campy Campaneris

LF-Rickey Henderson

CF-Dwayne Murphy

RF-Jose Canseco/Reggie Jackson

DH-Harold Baines/Dave Parker

 

SP-Dave Stewart

SP-Vida Blue

SP-Ken Holtzman

SP-Catfish Hunter

CL-Rollie Fingers/Dennis Eckersley