So there hasn't been a ton to blog about lately, causing my mind to stray into deep thoughts about springtime and baseball.
I know we've done stuff like this before, but this time will be a little different.
Put together a lineup of your all-time favorite players. No statistical analysis or justification is needed. Simply YOUR personal favorite players.
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*on a side note, i found a pretty cool blog where a guy is in the process of comparing each team's best home-grown players vs. their best players aquired by trade or free agency - pretty good stuff. the site is http://sullybaseball.com/
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when you click on the sullybaseball link just look at the right toolbar and click on the link to "CALIFORNIA ANGELS - ALL TIME HOME GROWN TEAM VS. ..."
this will bring you to the angels page, but all the other teams he has done are linked at the bottom (he has done the twins...).
c- Mike Napoli...duh.
1b- Fred McGriff (this picture says it all: http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/magazine/new/emanski_mcgriff.jpg )
2b- Bobby Grich (good family friend, went to high school with my uncle, not to mention a bad-ass mustache http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/bobby_grich_autograph.jpg )
3b- George Brett (that pine tar bit gets me every time)
ss- Cal Ripken Jr. (they guy's got class)
lf- Ty Cobb (can't hate a guy who speaks his mind)
cf- Torii "We don't take no mess" Hunter a.k.a. Hula Dula the Domino Rula
rf- Bo Bad Ass Mother F***er Jackson
dh- Roy Smalley (led the Twins to a WS, looks great on FSN, the guy is amazing)
sp- Bo Belinsky (just read his wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Belinsky)
cl- Rollie Fingers. Nuff said.
mgr- John McNamara (father of local talk radio host Mike McNamara of "Mac Talk." He managed the A's, Padres, Reds, Indians, Angels, and the infamous 1986 Bill Buckner Red Sox)
c -Minnesota's Joe Mauer or
YogiBerra (was a catcher?)
1b -Doug Mckewitchs (sp)
2b Rod Carew
3b -Mike Schmidt
ss -The Wizard Ozzie Smith or Nomar
lf -Pete Rose (let him in the hall)
cf -Kirby Puckett*
(so many good CFs)-Jr. the Mays.
rf -Ichiro Suzuki
dh - I refuse
sp -Nolan Ryan or Barry Zito
cl -Every Day Eddie Guardado
(w/Twins)
mgr - Tom Kelly or Lasorda
Runner Up = Bob Uecker "Mr. Baseball"
*favorite player of all time.
I wanted to get Uecker on there but it was between he and Naps...and we all know how I feel about Naps.
C Joe Girardi (leader)
1B Mark Grace (most hits in the 90s)
2B Ryne Sandberg (Ryno)
3B Gary Scott (relative, reason I'm a cubs fan)
SS Derek Jeter (Yankee captain)
CF Mickey Mantle (Oklahoma's greatest)
LF Barry Bonds (best ever)
RF Babe Ruth (icon)
SP Greg Maddux (a true pitcher)
CL John Rocker (psycho)
DH Sammy Sosa (favorite)
MGR Don Zimmer
c Jason Kendall (Pirates years)
1b Mo "the hit dog" Vaughn
2b Ryne Sandberg
3b Robin Yount
ss Barry Larkin
lf Barry Bonds
cf Ken Griffey Jr.
rf Tony Gwynn
dh Matt Lecroy
sp Bob Gibson
cl Rod Beck
mgr Casey Stengl
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