Old Idea, New Thread

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I remember a thread like this from way back and it was pretty entertaining.

The idea make up a team using players with the last name starting with one letter (or you can combine U,V,Y,Z).

 

Here goes my "R" team.

 

2B- Brian Roberts

CF- Dave Roberts

SS- Alex Rodriguez

LF- Manny Ramirez

3B/1B- Aramis Ramirez

1B/3B- Scott Rolen

C- Ivan Rodriguez

RF- Aaron Rowand/ Jeremy Reed platoon

defensive Rolen is far superior to Aramis at 3B, but I think Rolen could make the switch better to 1B. Either way they both hit well.

Bench:

C- Mike Redmond

SS/2B- Edgar Renteria

3B- Joe Randa

SS/2B- Jimmy Rollins(maybe I'd convert him or Renteria to OF)

SS/2B- Jose Reyes(how does OF Sound?)

Plus whichever of Rowand/Reed isn't starting

Maybe Rent or Randa could add 1B to the resume.

And if I didn't have enough MIF already, Hanley Ramirez is patiently waiting in the minors

 

Now to the ugly part: Pitching

SP- Mark Redman

SP- Horacio Ramirez

SP- Glendon Rusch

SP- Nate Robertson

SP- Wandy Rodriguez

CL- Mariano Rivera

SU- Francisco Rodriguez

SU- BJ Ryan(LOOGY)

BP- Arthur Rhodes

BP- David Riske

BP- Juan Rincon

 

Actually I just have to hope my starters can keep a lead with my offense for six innings until Ryan/Rodriguez/Rivera take over. :shock: :shock:

Besides the other solid BP arms I have some others like Remlinger and JC Romero at my disposal.

 

Beat that offense and BullPen!

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Oh and if you go to MLB.com you can sort out all active players for a position and then just look through the names.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I'm changing it up, going with the B's

 

C Barrett

1B Berkman

2B Belliard

3B Blalock

SS Betemit

LF Bonds

CF Beltran

RF Bay

 

Bench

 

Buck

Bradley

Beltre

Baldelli

Bellhorn

Burrell(DH)

 

Rotation

 

Buehrle

Beckett

Bedard

Blanton

Byrd

 

Bullpen

 

Bonderman

Benson

Balfour

Betancourt

Brazelton

Burnett(Closer)

Edited December 6, 2005 by Transmogrified Tiger

[Roast]

I'm gonna go with an all Vowel team (A,E,I,O,U,Y)

 

C - Johnny Estrada

1B- Lyle Overbay

2B- Iguchi

SS- Young

3B- Ensberg

LF- Encarnacion

CF- Anderson

RF- Abreu

 

 

Jeesh, i'll stop there. The pitching class is attrochious, Arroyo is the best....

[WrigleyField 22]

Also if you are really bored and want to "spice up" your post you can make all-time teams or full 40man rosters.

[Andy]

My all-C team:

 

CF B. Clark

2B L. Castillo

RF M. Cabrera

3B E. Chavez

1B S. Casey

SS O. Cabrera

LF Bu. Crosby

C J. Closser

 

Bench

IF J. Cantu

1B T. Clark

3B J. Crede

OF M. Cuddyer

C R. Chavez

OF C. Crawford

 

Rotation

C. Carpenter

R. Clemens

B. Colon

J. Contreras

G. Chacin

 

Bullpen

M. Clement

C. Capuano

K. Calero

J. Crain

Setup - F. Cordero

Closer - C. Cordero

 

On the Team Because Their Names Are Funny:

Coco Crisp

Stubby Clapp

 

With this pitching staff, I think the C team could take anybody in a seven game series. Three of the last four Cy Young winners and the best closer in baseball, and that Cabrera-Chavez-Casey middle of the order is no slouch either.

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My all-C team:

 

CF B. Clark

2B L. Castillo

RF M. Cabrera

3B E. Chavez

1B S. Casey

SS O. Cabrera

LF Bu. Crosby

C J. Closser

 

Bench

IF J. Cantu

1B T. Clark

3B J. Crede

OF M. Cuddyer

C R. Chavez

OF C. Crawford

 

Rotation

C. Carpenter

R. Clemens

B. Colon

J. Contreras

G. Chacin

 

Bullpen

M. Clement

C. Capuano

K. Calero

J. Crain

Setup - F. Cordero

Closer - C. Cordero

 

On the Team Because Their Names Are Funny:

Coco Crisp

Stubby Clapp

 

With this pitching staff, I think the C team could take anybody in a seven game series. Three of the last four Cy Young winners and the best closer in baseball, and that Cabrera-Chavez-Casey middle of the order is no slouch either.

 

Wow with that roatation you beat my "R" team overall.

 

I still doubt somebody can beat my lineup and bullpen though(specifically the middle of my batting order). Maybe one or the other separately, but not both with the same team.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

My "P" Team doesn't have much offense, but my pitching is strong.

 

Line-up:

 

CF Juan Pierre

3b Placido Polanco

1b Albert Pujols

RF Wily Mo Pena

C Jorge Posada

SS Jhonny Peralta

2b Nick Punto

LF Orlando Palmeiro

 

SP Mark Prior

SP Jake Peavy

SP Andy Pettite

SP Brad Penny

SP Oliver Perez

 

Bench

A.J. Piezynski

Mike Piazza

Neifi Perez

Carlos Pena

Corey Patterson

Brandon Phillips

 

Bullpen

Jon Papelbon

Troy Percival

Vicente Padilla

Odalis Perez

Carl Pavano

Joel Pinero

[ChiblueTNT]

Ill take S

 

Suzuki RF

Sizemore CF

Sheffield LF

Sexson 1B

Sweeney DH?

Soriano 2B

Sanchez 3B

Schnieder C

Spivey SS

 

Sanchez SS/2B

Stinnett C

Swisher OF

Stewart OF

SOSA! :P

 

Starting Pitchers

 

J.Smoltz

Schmidt

B.Sheets

Sabathia

Schilling

J.Santana

 

Relief Pitchers

 

E.Santana

R.Seanez

S.Shields

J.Spiers

H.Street

[ZiggyTaxi]

I'd like to buy a vowel.

[AllStarMe]

This looks like a fun way to waste time. Here's my L team:

 

Starters=

CF Lofton

SS F. Lopez

1B D. Lee (the reason I chose this letter)

LF C. Lee

RF Lane

3B Lowell

2B Loretta

C J. Lopez

 

Bench=

1B LaRoche

SS Lugo

C LaRue

OF Lawton

OF Langerhans

 

Rotation=

Lackey

Cl. Lee

Lieber

Lowe

Loaiza

 

Pen=

Lidge

Linebrink

Looper

Lowry

Loe

Leicester

 

I'd be banking on one more decent season from Kenny Lofton, but CF is a weak position for this letter. Also, I could see LaRue or even LoDuca outproducing Javy Lopez, but it's pretty much a wash as far as I can see. I would hope for a return to pre-2005 form in Lowell and Loretta. Rotation's pretty thin, pen's even thinner. Lowry could be the long relief/spot starter.

 

All in all, a pretty decent team, not amazing.

[sweetpeteman]

Y'all did the easy ones:

 

V, U, Y, Z! (I kept having to add to get enough players...)

 

 

1b Dmitri Young

2b Vidro

3b Ryan Zimmerman

SS Micheal Young

RF Chris Young

LF Eric Young

CF Delmon Young

C Varitek

 

Bench:

Youkilis

Walter Young

Upton

Uribe

Zaun

Utley

 

Starters:

Z!

Zito

Victor Zambrano

Yan

Chris Young

 

Bullpen:

Yates

Urbina

Merkin Valdez

Jose Valverde

John Van Benschoten

Jermaine Van Buren

 

 

 

And then, this spans the last 10 or so years (except Russ), the all Young team:

 

1B Walter Young

2b Delwyn Young

3b Kevin Young

SS Michael Young

RF Chris Young #1

LF Demon Young

CF Eric Young

C Russ Young (1931, the ONLY person named Young who played Catcher that I could find, and that was only 16 games).

DH Dmitri Young

SP Chris Young #2

RP Tim Young

[sweetpeteman]

The brothers team!

 

1b Boone

2b Alomar

3b Boone

ss Giles

rf Giles

lf Drew

cf Hairston

c Alomar JR

 

Bench:

Hairston

 

 

sp Weaver

sp Weaver

rp Tim Drew

[Schwarber Fan]

I'll do M's

 

1B Kevin Millar

2B Kaz Matsui

3B Melvin Mora

SS Anderson Machado

RF Jason Michaels

CF Gary Matthews Jr.

LF Matt Murton :D

C Mike Matheny

 

Bench

 

I gotta do it - Macias

 

SP Greg Maddux

SP Kevin Millwood

SP Mark Mulder

SP Pedro Martinez

SP Mike Mussina

 

RP Jose Mesa

[Nobody youd want to know]

My all-alliteration team pitchers had better throw a lot of shutouts, because they ain't going to score a lot of runs...

 

Lineup:

David DeJesus, CF

Jacque Jones, RF

Barry Bonds, LF

Ben Broussard, 1B

Coco Crisp, DH

Edwin Encarnacion, 3B

Placido Polanco, 2B

Mike Matheny, C

Mike Morse, SS

 

Bench:

David Dellucci, OF, 1B

Carl Crawford, OF

Luis Lopez, INF

Geronimo Gil, C

Craig Counsell, INF

 

SP:

Chris Carpenter

Mark Mulder

Mike Mussina

Matt Morris

Woody Williams

 

RP:

Ugueth Urbina

Antonio Alfonseca

Jorge Julio

Mike MacDougal

Ricardo Rincon

Scott Schoeneweis

 

Closer:

Chad Cordero

 

And two throw-ins, just because I like their names:

Terry Tiffee, 3B

Boof Bonser, RP

[kente777]

I'm gonna go with an all Vowel team (A,E,I,O,U,Y)

 

C - Johnny Estrada

1B- Lyle Overbay

2B- Iguchi

SS- Young

3B- Ensberg

LF- Encarnacion

CF- Anderson

RF- Abreu

 

 

Jeesh, i'll stop there. The pitching class is attrochious, Arroyo is the best....

 

The "Y" in Young is not considered a vowel, but a consonant. It would only be a vowel if it is used as an "E" sound, such as Tommy.

 

Ken

[Andy]

1B Walter Young

2b Delwyn Young

3b Kevin Young

SS Michael Young

RF Chris Young #1

LF Demon Young

CF Eric Young

C Russ Young (1931, the ONLY person named Young who played Catcher that I could find, and that was only 16 games).

DH Dmitri Young

SP Chris Young #2

RP Tim Young

The Eric Young I remember played 2nd base, unless you're thinking of a different player.

[sweetpeteman]

1B Walter Young

2b Delwyn Young

3b Kevin Young

SS Michael Young

RF Chris Young #1

LF Delmon Young

CF Eric Young

C Russ Young (1931, the ONLY person named Young who played Catcher that I could find, and that was only 16 games).

DH Dmitri Young

SP Chris Young #2

RP Tim Young

The Eric Young I remember played 2nd base, unless you're thinking of a different player.

 

the one on MLB.com was listed as an outfielder... and, while it is the same Eric, he played more games in the OF last year then at 2B

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I like some of the creativity going on here. All-alliteration team. Nice.