[Clovidequano Dovatha]

No, no Strawberry at first, for the Mets. Strawberry in the outfield. Backman at second, Santana or someone else at short for the Mets. Wright at third, Orosco in the pen, if not for the Dodgers. Ojeda for the Mets, if not for the Indians or Red Sox, if I remember correctly. No room for Keith Hernandez on the Cardinals, even though he was there in 1982 for us, because of Musial and/or others, so the Mets it'd best be for him. McGwire on either the Cards or Athletics as either a first or third baseman, and Pujols on the Cards as either a first baseman or a third baseman, with Pujols perhaps capable enough as an outfielder at times, for that matter. Mets could also have Swoboda and Kranepool, among others, in the outfield. I'd suggest Seaver, Gooden, Koosman, Cone, and even Ken Holtzman, or whatever his name was/is, for the Mets' pitching staff here, at that, along with Ojeda, if Ojeda's not on the Indians or Red Sox.

With Mike Scioscia on the Dodgers, if Fernando Valenzuela's there, to have that rapport with the proposed Dodgers pitching staff, including perhaps Hershiser, who seems to be quite worthy of being on the Dodgers roster here, in my view, bumping out one of Broxton, Podres, Vance, Perranoski, or Marshall, then that would logically put Mauch as manager of the Angels. Broxton would probably be my guy out of those five to go, if Hershiser were on the team in his place, I think.

As for Al Leiter, in this particular scenario here, I'd probably put him on the team that he had most, or at least a sufficient plurality, of his important counting statistics with, or titles with, in his career, if they're not already well-stocked with enough pitchers by now. Whether that's the Mets, the Yankees, or some other team. That's just my own opinion here, of course. CD out.