[Clovidequano Dovatha]

Furillo, almost a .300 hitter for his career, two championships, batting championship, good defense. Good player in the World Series, but unfortunately, because of the Yankees, only got two championships in his career.

Baker, for his part, two-time All-Star, World Series champion as a Dodger in 1981, NLCS MVP in 1977 for Dodgers, Gold Glove in 1981, Silver Sluggers in 1980 and 1981 for the Dodgers. Seeing as you have good outfielders on the Braves, whether or not you add Hugh Duffy to the Braves roster, his next-best fit is the Dodgers, I think. However, if you have him as a manager anywhere, good fits for him might be the Giants or the Reds. For the Marlins, maybe Jim Leyland would be the best fit for them as their manager, I think, if Leyland isn't the Pittsburgh manager. You're probably thinking of Murtaugh, though, I suspect, as the Pittsburgh one. If not for the Marlins, then maybe Jack McKeon or Don Mattingly might be, if Mattingly's not on the Yankees as a player?

In my view, Snider and Wheat, at least, are definite keepers for the Dodgers outfield. The other three, I'm not so sure about, because I'm not too familiar with Bellinger, for instance, though.

Yes, I grant that Lasorda was a great manager, in certain ways, but I still believe that Walter Alston or one of the other proposed managers would be better for them here, somehow. Walter Alston or Leo Durocher might fit well in this scenario for the Dodgers, quite possibly. Alston had twice as many World Series titles as Lasorda did, actually, for the Dodgers. 1955, 1959, 1963, and 1965 for Alston, 1981 and 1988 for Lasorda, which tips that factor in Alston's favor here. Alston beats Lasorda in wins by over four hundred wins for the Dodgers and more than 30 points in winning percentage. Wilbert Robinson is third, Durocher fifth, in managerial wins for the Dodgers too, by the way. So Alston would be my Dodgers managerial pick, it seems.

Best choices for Cubs manager, if not Durocher, might be Cap Anson, Frank Chance, Charlie Grimm, or Joe Maddon, especially if the Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays aren't present in this scenario. Those people are among, if not at the top, of the managerial wins list for the Cubs, it seems to me, at least through the end of the 2024 season. If you put Chance on the Cubs, you could put him as a playing manager, and you could also perhaps add Tinker and Evers to the roster, at least, if not also add Steinfeldt as well. When I think of the Cubs, I generally add at least the aforementioned trio to the Cubs, in my mind, for that matter. CD out.