Your Top 25 All Time Favorite Players? - Page 2

CONN CHRIS · 03-21-2011, 05:46 PM

C - Thurman Munson
1B - Cecil Cooper
2B - Lou Whittaker
SS - Alan Trammell
3B - Pete Rose
LF - Hank Aaron (cheated, he played mostly rf)
CF - Ron LeFlore
RF - Reggie Smith

Bench

C- Lance Parrish
INF - Horace Clark (just because Dad couldn't stand him)
INF - Tom Brookens
OF - Rickey Henderson
OF - Jim Rice
OF - Joe Charboneau

SP - Tom Seaver
SP - Jack Morris
SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Frank Tannana

RP - John Hiller
RP - Matt Anderson
RP - Aurelio Lopez

CL - Willie Hernandez

Sparky Anderson as Manager

JWay · 03-21-2011, 05:59 PM

C - Joe Mauer
1B - Edgar Martinez
2B - Chase Utley
3B - Adrian Beltre
SS - Alex Rodriguez
LF - Barry Bonds
CF - Ken Griffey Jr
RF - Ichiro

C - Matt Wieters
1B - Justin Morneau
IF - Mark McLemore
OF - Jay Buhner
OF - Mike Cameron

SP - Felix Hernandez
SP - Josh Beckett
SP - Roy Halladay
SP - Cliff Lee
SP - Gil Meche

MR - Trevor Hoffman
MR - Kaz Sasaki
MR - Jeff Nelson
MR - Arthur Rhodes
MR - Brian Wilson

CL - Eric Gagne

Green & Gold Heart · 03-21-2011, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

INF - Horace Clark (just because Dad couldn't stand him)

I can't stand him either because his 1966 Topps card was short printed and I will have to spend a lot on it to finish the set.

CONN CHRIS · 03-21-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Green & Gold Heart

I can't stand him either because his 1966 Topps card was short printed and I will have to spend a lot on it to finish the set.

Ha!

As a gag birthday guft (in the eighties) I got him to sign a card ('73 Topps maybe?) for my Dad that said "To my biggest fan Frank"

It was great, he even forgot to sign his own name after making the requested inscription and as it turned out, my Dad loved it. lol - suddenly, he wasn't so down on old Horace.

hfield007 · 03-21-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JWay

IF - Mark McLemore

liking your post simply for that

David Watts · 03-21-2011, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

C - Thurman Munson
1B - Cecil Cooper
2B - Lou Whittaker
SS - Alan Trammell
3B - Pete Rose
LF - Hank Aaron (cheated, he played mostly rf)
CF - Ron LeFlore
RF - Reggie Smith

Bench

C- Lance Parrish
INF - Horace Clark (just because Dad couldn't stand him)
INF - Tom Brookens
OF - Rickey Henderson
OF - Jim Rice
OF - Joe Charboneau

SP - Tom Seaver
SP - Jack Morris
SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Frank Tannana

RP - John Hiller
RP - Matt Anderson
RP - Aurelio Lopez

CL - Willie Hernandez

Sparky Anderson as Manager

Wow, love the Tommy Brookens pick. I went with Lemon in center, but Leflore was close second, followed by Mickey Stanley.

myasu · 03-21-2011, 06:59 PM

Tried to make a all Japanese team, but I guess we do not have enough field players...

Some of the names here will make you laugh or frown!

1. CF Ichiro Suzuki (L)
2. SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka (SB)
3. RF Kosuke Fukudome (L)
4. DH Hideki Matsui (L)
5. 1B Tadahito Iguchi (R)
6. 2B Kazuo Matsui (SB)
7. 3B Akinori Iwamura (L)
8. C Kenji Jojima (R)
9. CF Tsuyoshi Shinjo (R)

Bench So Taguchi (OF, R)

SP Hideo Nomo
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP Hiroki Kuroda
SP Kazuhisa Ishii (LHP)
SP Tomokazu Oka

MR Masato Yoshii
MR Shigeki Hasegawa
MR Koji Uehara
MR Hideki Okajima (LHP)

MR Hideki Irabu
MR Shingo Takatsu
MR Masao Kida

SU Takashi Saito
SU Akinori Otsuka

CL Kazuhiro Sasaki

CONN CHRIS · 03-21-2011, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by David Watts

Wow, love the Tommy Brookens pick. I went with Lemon in center, but Leflore was close second, followed by Mickey Stanley.

When my brother was 14, he made a stuffed Tom Brookens in Home Ec class for me complete with mustache and home Tigers uniform.

I still have it - should take a photo and post it to boost my geek cred.

TribeFanInNC · 03-21-2011, 08:28 PM

EDIT: formatting updated

Starting Lineup
C: Roy Campanella
1B: Lou Gehrig
2B: Roberto Alomar
SS: Omar Vizquel
3B: George Brett
LF: Ted Williams
CF: Joe DiMaggio
RF: Rocky Colavito

Bench
C Sandy Alomar Jr.
1B Andre Thornton
IF Rance Mulliniks
IF Jackie Robinson
OF Manny Ramirez
OF Super Joe Charboneau
OF Larry Doby

Pitching Staff
Sandy Koufax
Bob Feller
Addie Joss
Herb Score
Sam McDowell
Wilbur Cooper
Jim Abbott
Gary "Ding Dong" Bell
Ernie "Macho" Camacho
Doug Jones

Andre Thornton was my favorite player as a kid. His nickname was Thunder. Alomar and Vizquel were the slickest tandem I ever saw; they were fun to watch every day. Macho Camacho was an awful Indians closer inthe early 80s, but he had a cool nickname. I played an season in Tony LaRussa 1 with the all-time Pirates and Wilbur Cooper was the ace; I always like pitching with him. Doug Jones did a lot with so little stuff. He probably imports with a 1/20 stuff...lol.

Clearly guys like Doby and Robinson and Abbott are more for who they were than how they played. Though they were all pretty good too. Sorry I copied a couple guys (Joss and Super Joe).

EDIT 2: I can't believe I almost forgot Rance Mulliniks! He hit the first foul ball I ever caught. I was on a school field trip in 6th (?) grade at old Cleveland Municipal stadium. Joe Gordon, you're cut!

Chicagofan76 · 03-21-2011, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

C - Thurman Munson
1B - Cecil Cooper
2B - Lou Whittaker
SS - Alan Trammell
3B - Pete Rose
LF - Hank Aaron (cheated, he played mostly rf)
CF - Ron LeFlore
RF - Reggie Smith

Bench

C- Lance Parrish
INF - Horace Clark (just because Dad couldn't stand him)
INF - Tom Brookens
OF - Rickey Henderson
OF - Jim Rice
OF - Joe Charboneau

SP - Tom Seaver
SP - Jack Morris
SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Frank Tannana

RP - John Hiller
RP - Matt Anderson
RP - Aurelio Lopez

CL - Willie Hernandez

Sparky Anderson as Manager

Got 3 more? 25 top favorites not Top 22 buddy

Chicagofan76 · 03-21-2011, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by myasu

Tried to make a all Japanese team, but I guess we do not have enough field players...

Some of the names here will make you laugh or frown!

1. CF Ichiro Suzuki (L)
2. SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka (SB)
3. RF Kosuke Fukudome (L)
4. DH Hideki Matsui (L)
5. 1B Tadahito Iguchi (R)
6. 2B Kazuo Matsui (SB)
7. 3B Akinori Iwamura (L)
8. C Kenji Jojima (R)
9. CF Tsuyoshi Shinjo (R)

Bench So Taguchi (OF, R)

SP Hideo Nomo
SP Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP Hiroki Kuroda
SP Kazuhisa Ishii (LHP)
SP Tomokazu Oka

MR Masato Yoshii
MR Shigeki Hasegawa
MR Koji Uehara
MR Hideki Okajima (LHP)

MR Hideki Irabu
MR Shingo Takatsu
MR Masao Kida

SU Takashi Saito
SU Akinori Otsuka

CL Kazuhiro Sasaki

this team would rival mine....In 1 of my High Heat leagues I had Tampa Bay as exclusively Asian...since when is Tadahito Iguchi a 1B? I liked Takatsu when he played for the Sox he is the only pitcher I have ever seen that went from throwing 84 to throwing 47 the next pitch.

ukhotstove · 03-22-2011, 06:00 AM

Probably not the greatest line up and some choices may raise an eyebrow, in the end I went with a team of favourites and resisted the temptation of put the best players I've seen on the roster. Also it's a team of players I've watched in the flesh so to say, a couple of players wouldn't have made the roster but for the fact that I didn't want to put duplicates into the team, examples being Pedro Martinez and Paul O'Neill.

C. Mike Matheny
1B. Carlos Delgado
2B. Craig Biggio
SS. Rey Ordonez
3B. Ken Caminiti
LF. Rusty Greer
CF. Lenny Dykstra
RF. J. D. Drew

Bench.

Todd Hundley
Jose Vidro
Chipper Jones
Bill Mueller
Brian Giles
FP Santangelo

SP. Kevin Brown
SP. David Wells
SP. Ben Sheets
SP. John Smoltz
SP. Todd Stottlemyre

RP. Mike Fetters
RP. Jesse Orosco
RP. Dan Plesac
RP. Chad Fox
RP. Curt Leskanic

CL. Billy Wagner

I have a confession to make, Smoltz was actually a closer when I watched him play against the Brewers but needed him as a starter

JWay · 03-22-2011, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by hfield007

liking your post simply for that

He was the man!

Junior19 · 03-22-2011, 11:51 AM

Great Thread! Don't even know where to start on a list like this (well, that's a lie - it starts with Griffey!) I'll try to stick with who I saw IRL, but I'll have two exceptions, Gehrig and Williams.

C. Mike Piazza
1B. Lou Gehrig
2B. Ryan Sandberg
SS. Nomar Garciaparra
3B. Robin Ventura
LF. Ted Williams
CF. Ken Griffey Jr.
RF. Ichiro Suzuki

Bench.

Andre Dawson
Tony Gwynn
Chipper Jones
Frank Thomas
Albert Puljos
Bo Jackson

SP. Randy Johnson
SP. Greg Maddux
SP. Nolan Ryan
SP. Jack Morris
SP. Pedro Martinez

RP. Bobby Thigpen
RP. John Smoltz
RP. Denis Eckersley
RP. Rod Beck
RP. Kerry Wood

CL. Trevor Hoffman

A lot of dupes from previous posts, if I have time I'll edit and change out some. Need a utility infielder on the bench too.

mirrf · 03-22-2011, 01:15 PM

Good question....

C Curt Suzuki
1B Willie McCovey
2B Ryne Sandberg
3B Eric Chavez
SS Ozzie Smith
LF The Rickey
CF Ty Cobb
RF Reggie "#9" Jackson
DH Dave Kingman

Ben Mike Heath
Ben John Kruk
Ben Tony Phillips
Ben Graig Nettles
Ben Ken Griffy Jr.

SP Greg Maddox
SP Nolan Ryan
SP Dave Stewart
SP Phil Niekro
SP Lefty Grove
RP Chris "the fish" Codiroli
RP Bruce Sutter
RP Gene Nelson
RP Goose Gossage
RP Dennis Eckersly
CL Lee Smith

Chicagofan76 · 03-22-2011, 01:16 PM

trying to figure why no one has a true team except for about 5 of us....everyone else compiled their own HOF list no offense to the last post but your bench is as good or better then your starters. I see I am not gonna take every team if I put this into a league. doesnt anyone like role players any more?

Junior19 · 03-22-2011, 02:10 PM

The way I look at it is that it was for your top 25 all time favorite players - which is pretty hard - at least for me and everybody on my list really was a favorite of mine.

Basically, I put together a team out of my favorite players. No offense to role players, but I like Ryan Theriot and would be considered a favorite, but between him and Nomar - I'm taking Nomar (also liked him more anyways but hopefully you see my point).

Maybe an idea is to build a team out of your favorites but cap the HOF or probably HOFs (like Griffey) ofcourse then we'll be arguing someone credentials. Hmmmm, I see a project

ukhotstove · 03-22-2011, 02:17 PM

Great thread idea by Cf76, gave me an excuse to dig out some old scorecards and remember some great times in Wisconsin on holidays. Looking back and Ben Sheets should have had me on his payroll, I've watched him pitch 6 times, he won 5 and had a no decision in the other.

Chicagofan76 · 03-22-2011, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Junior19

Maybe an idea is to build a team out of your favorites but cap the HOF or probably HOFs (like Griffey) ofcourse then we'll be arguing someone credentials. Hmmmm, I see a project

I dunno its just the players I like the most out of my top 10 only 3 are in the HOF (or soon to be) Thomas, Dawson, Maddux.

Junior19 · 03-22-2011, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Chicagofan76

I dunno its just the players I like the most out of my top 10 only 3 are in the HOF (or soon to be) Thomas, Dawson, Maddux.

Fair enough. I'll have to work on a top favorite team, as opposed to favorite top team. Mostly be early 90s Cubs and Mariners.

Thinking Derrick May, Rick Wilkins, and Jim Bullinger may have a spot on the team. Hows that for a "real" team?

03-21-2011, 05:46 PM	#21
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03-21-2011, 06:59 PM	#27
myasu All Star Starter Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,491	Tried to make a all Japanese team, but I guess we do not have enough field players... Some of the names here will make you laugh or frown! 1. CF Ichiro Suzuki (L) 2. SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka (SB) 3. RF Kosuke Fukudome (L) 4. DH Hideki Matsui (L) 5. 1B Tadahito Iguchi (R) 6. 2B Kazuo Matsui (SB) 7. 3B Akinori Iwamura (L) 8. C Kenji Jojima (R) 9. CF Tsuyoshi Shinjo (R) Bench So Taguchi (OF, R) SP Hideo Nomo SP Daisuke Matsuzaka SP Hiroki Kuroda SP Kazuhisa Ishii (LHP) SP Tomokazu Oka MR Masato Yoshii MR Shigeki Hasegawa MR Koji Uehara MR Hideki Okajima (LHP) MR Hideki Irabu MR Shingo Takatsu MR Masao Kida SU Takashi Saito SU Akinori Otsuka CL Kazuhiro Sasaki __________________ myasu Bill Spaceman Lee- "The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything."

03-21-2011, 08:28 PM	#29
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	EDIT: formatting updated Starting Lineup C: Roy Campanella 1B: Lou Gehrig 2B: Roberto Alomar SS: Omar Vizquel 3B: George Brett LF: Ted Williams CF: Joe DiMaggio RF: Rocky Colavito Bench C Sandy Alomar Jr. 1B Andre Thornton IF Rance Mulliniks IF Jackie Robinson OF Manny Ramirez OF Super Joe Charboneau OF Larry Doby Pitching Staff Sandy Koufax Bob Feller Addie Joss Herb Score Sam McDowell Wilbur Cooper Jim Abbott Gary "Ding Dong" Bell Ernie "Macho" Camacho Doug Jones Andre Thornton was my favorite player as a kid. His nickname was Thunder. Alomar and Vizquel were the slickest tandem I ever saw; they were fun to watch every day. Macho Camacho was an awful Indians closer inthe early 80s, but he had a cool nickname. I played an season in Tony LaRussa 1 with the all-time Pirates and Wilbur Cooper was the ace; I always like pitching with him. Doug Jones did a lot with so little stuff. He probably imports with a 1/20 stuff...lol. Clearly guys like Doby and Robinson and Abbott are more for who they were than how they played. Though they were all pretty good too. Sorry I copied a couple guys (Joss and Super Joe). EDIT 2: I can't believe I almost forgot Rance Mulliniks! He hit the first foul ball I ever caught. I was on a school field trip in 6th (?) grade at old Cleveland Municipal stadium. Joe Gordon, you're cut! Last edited by TribeFanInNC; 03-22-2011 at 04:18 PM.

03-21-2011, 05:59 PM	#22
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,021	C - Joe Mauer 1B - Edgar Martinez 2B - Chase Utley 3B - Adrian Beltre SS - Alex Rodriguez LF - Barry Bonds CF - Ken Griffey Jr RF - Ichiro C - Matt Wieters 1B - Justin Morneau IF - Mark McLemore OF - Jay Buhner OF - Mike Cameron SP - Felix Hernandez SP - Josh Beckett SP - Roy Halladay SP - Cliff Lee SP - Gil Meche MR - Trevor Hoffman MR - Kaz Sasaki MR - Jeff Nelson MR - Arthur Rhodes MR - Brian Wilson CL - Eric Gagne

03-22-2011, 06:00 AM	#32
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Probably not the greatest line up and some choices may raise an eyebrow, in the end I went with a team of favourites and resisted the temptation of put the best players I've seen on the roster. Also it's a team of players I've watched in the flesh so to say, a couple of players wouldn't have made the roster but for the fact that I didn't want to put duplicates into the team, examples being Pedro Martinez and Paul O'Neill. C. Mike Matheny 1B. Carlos Delgado 2B. Craig Biggio SS. Rey Ordonez 3B. Ken Caminiti LF. Rusty Greer CF. Lenny Dykstra RF. J. D. Drew Bench. Todd Hundley Jose Vidro Chipper Jones Bill Mueller Brian Giles FP Santangelo SP. Kevin Brown SP. David Wells SP. Ben Sheets SP. John Smoltz SP. Todd Stottlemyre RP. Mike Fetters RP. Jesse Orosco RP. Dan Plesac RP. Chad Fox RP. Curt Leskanic CL. Billy Wagner I have a confession to make, Smoltz was actually a closer when I watched him play against the Brewers but needed him as a starter

03-22-2011, 11:51 AM	#34
Junior19 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 90	Great Thread! Don't even know where to start on a list like this (well, that's a lie - it starts with Griffey!) I'll try to stick with who I saw IRL, but I'll have two exceptions, Gehrig and Williams. C. Mike Piazza 1B. Lou Gehrig 2B. Ryan Sandberg SS. Nomar Garciaparra 3B. Robin Ventura LF. Ted Williams CF. Ken Griffey Jr. RF. Ichiro Suzuki Bench. Andre Dawson Tony Gwynn Chipper Jones Frank Thomas Albert Puljos Bo Jackson SP. Randy Johnson SP. Greg Maddux SP. Nolan Ryan SP. Jack Morris SP. Pedro Martinez RP. Bobby Thigpen RP. John Smoltz RP. Denis Eckersley RP. Rod Beck RP. Kerry Wood CL. Trevor Hoffman A lot of dupes from previous posts, if I have time I'll edit and change out some. Need a utility infielder on the bench too.

03-22-2011, 01:16 PM	#36
Chicagofan76 Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Diamond, IL Posts: 6,339 Infractions: 2/2 (3)	trying to figure why no one has a true team except for about 5 of us....everyone else compiled their own HOF list no offense to the last post but your bench is as good or better then your starters. I see I am not gonna take every team if I put this into a league. doesnt anyone like role players any more?

03-22-2011, 02:10 PM	#37
Junior19 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 90	The way I look at it is that it was for your top 25 all time favorite players - which is pretty hard - at least for me and everybody on my list really was a favorite of mine. Basically, I put together a team out of my favorite players. No offense to role players, but I like Ryan Theriot and would be considered a favorite, but between him and Nomar - I'm taking Nomar (also liked him more anyways but hopefully you see my point). Maybe an idea is to build a team out of your favorites but cap the HOF or probably HOFs (like Griffey) ofcourse then we'll be arguing someone credentials. Hmmmm, I see a project

03-22-2011, 02:17 PM	#38
ukhotstove Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: North of England Gods Country Posts: 7,175	Great thread idea by Cf76, gave me an excuse to dig out some old scorecards and remember some great times in Wisconsin on holidays. Looking back and Ben Sheets should have had me on his payroll, I've watched him pitch 6 times, he won 5 and had a no decision in the other.