Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Rob Neyer Part Deux:

I feel the need to clarify one thing, since I left the idea of team representation wide open. The guidelines for assigning a player to a team were as follows:
1. The player must have spent the majority of his career on the team.
or
2. The player must have had his best seasons as a member of the team and played an extended period of time for said team (at least 5 years generally)

That said, this is why Joe Morgan does not qualify as an Astro, and why, as you'll see in a bit, the Devil Rays were nearly impossible to pick a rep for (Wade Boggs sadly does not count)

So without further ado here are the American League Alltime Allstars:

Starters:

C: Yogi Berra - New York Yankees
1B: Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees
2B: Eddie Collins - Chicago White Sox
3B: George Brett - Kansas City Royals
SS: Cal Ripken Jr. - Baltimore Orioles
OF: Babe Ruth - New York Yankees
OF: Ty Cobb - Detroit Tigers
OF: Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox
SP: Walter Johnson - Minnesota Twins (Washington Senators)

Reserves:

C: Ivan Rodriguez - Texas Rangers
1B: Jimmie Foxx - Oakland (Philadelphia) Athletics
1B: Frank Thomas - Chicago White Sox
2B: Charlie Gehringer - Detroit Tigers
2B: Roberto Alomar - Toronto Blue Jays
3B: Wade Boggs - Boston Red Sox
3B/OF: Aubrey Huff - Tampa Bay Devil Rays
SS: Alex Rodriguez - Seattle Mariners
OF: Rickey Henderson - Oakland Athletics
OF: Tris Speaker - Cleveland Indians
OF: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson - Cleveland Indians
OF: Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees
OF: Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees
SP: Roger Clemens - Boston Red Sox
SP: Lefty Grove - Oakland (Philadelphia) Athletics
SP: Cy Young - Boston Red Sox
SP: Nolan Ryan - California Angels
SP: Pedro Martinez - Boston Red Sox
SP: Ed Walsh - Chicago White Sox
SP: Addie Joss - Cleveland Indians
SP: Jim Palmer - Baltimore Orioles
CL: Dennis Eckersley - Oakland Athletics
CL: Mariano Rivera - New York Yankees

Well, thats it. Now I just sit back and wait for ESPN/Fox Sports/MLB/etc. to contact me for my vast knowledge...or I finish my NMR homework...ugh


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