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jwinbigler · 06-13-2009, 10:40 PM

In my OOTP6 league, here are some of my favorites:

Richard Bonar - Never been on my team, but I LOVE the name. I like to think he goes by "Dick". He's from Australia and he's one of the better 2B in the league. There's also a William Bonar, who is 9 years younger. Unfortunately, he's from the US and very unlikely to reach the Majors anyway, so my dream of watching the "Bonar Brothers" isn't going to happen.

C.J. "Count" Nitkowski Jr. - My long-time surefire hall-of-fame 3B. I find it hilarious that the son of the real-life C.J. Nitkowski (a journeyman middle reliever, you can look him up) is one of the best players ever. Also, he was born when his dad was 10 years old...

Cesar "Colonel" Chavez & Jose "Handyman" Chavez - These are my two top SP currently, and I like to think of them as brothers, 4 years apart. Unfortunately, one is from Honduras and the other is from Puerto Rico. Maybe long-lost cousins?

At one point a few years back, I had two pitchers in my rotation with the nickname "The Octopus" - Israel Galdamez & Joe Jones. Each won a Cy Young with me, a couple of years apart.

Ramon Alvarez - CF The best player to ever play baseball, he was my first draft pick as a 17-year old, 18 years ago. Now, at 35, he's starting to fade a little, but in his prime, he was unstoppable. In 16 full seasons, he's been to the All-Star game every year but one (he was injured for about a month and still won the MVP that year), won the MVP 11 times (including when he won the ROY), won the batting title 7 times, led the league in HR 9 times, and won the triple crown 4 times (including once back-to-back). He was also a decent basestealer as a younger player and has always had great range (~90/100) at LF/CF. He's won 50 Player of the Week Awards and an astonishing 33 Batter of the Month Awards. He's already broken plenty of MLB records and still has a few solid years left. He hit .405 once, .399 another time (one hit shy of .400), and hit over 90 HR 4 times, including the record of 98. He's also had over 200 RBI 8 times, including 7 straight times and the record of 250. Sure, the offensive numbers in my league are a little inflated, but he IS that much better than everyone else. Here are his career numbers so far:
3290 H, 477 2B, 135 3B, .368 AVG, .499 OBP, .826 SLG, 1118 HR, 3151 RBI, 3157 R, 336 SB, 2424 BB, 672 K

06-13-2009, 10:40 PM	#40
jwinbigler Major Leagues Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 404	In my OOTP6 league, here are some of my favorites: Richard Bonar - Never been on my team, but I LOVE the name. I like to think he goes by "Dick". He's from Australia and he's one of the better 2B in the league. There's also a William Bonar, who is 9 years younger. Unfortunately, he's from the US and very unlikely to reach the Majors anyway, so my dream of watching the "Bonar Brothers" isn't going to happen. C.J. "Count" Nitkowski Jr. - My long-time surefire hall-of-fame 3B. I find it hilarious that the son of the real-life C.J. Nitkowski (a journeyman middle reliever, you can look him up) is one of the best players ever. Also, he was born when his dad was 10 years old... Cesar "Colonel" Chavez & Jose "Handyman" Chavez - These are my two top SP currently, and I like to think of them as brothers, 4 years apart. Unfortunately, one is from Honduras and the other is from Puerto Rico. Maybe long-lost cousins? At one point a few years back, I had two pitchers in my rotation with the nickname "The Octopus" - Israel Galdamez & Joe Jones. Each won a Cy Young with me, a couple of years apart. Ramon Alvarez - CF The best player to ever play baseball, he was my first draft pick as a 17-year old, 18 years ago. Now, at 35, he's starting to fade a little, but in his prime, he was unstoppable. In 16 full seasons, he's been to the All-Star game every year but one (he was injured for about a month and still won the MVP that year), won the MVP 11 times (including when he won the ROY), won the batting title 7 times, led the league in HR 9 times, and won the triple crown 4 times (including once back-to-back). He was also a decent basestealer as a younger player and has always had great range (~90/100) at LF/CF. He's won 50 Player of the Week Awards and an astonishing 33 Batter of the Month Awards. He's already broken plenty of MLB records and still has a few solid years left. He hit .405 once, .399 another time (one hit shy of .400), and hit over 90 HR 4 times, including the record of 98. He's also had over 200 RBI 8 times, including 7 straight times and the record of 250. Sure, the offensive numbers in my league are a little inflated, but he IS that much better than everyone else. Here are his career numbers so far: 3290 H, 477 2B, 135 3B, .368 AVG, .499 OBP, .826 SLG, 1118 HR, 3151 RBI, 3157 R, 336 SB, 2424 BB, 672 K