Here’s the game. We choose up all-time all-star teams. Players are selected on their one-year peak (when you choose a player, specify which year. Once a player is chosen by someone, that player is unpickable even in a different season. ). I go first, everyone else goes second (as a team). I get to choose one player in the first round, you all get to choose two players in the second round, I get to choose three in the third round, etc. except in the tenth round you get to choose 5 players. After round ten, we each have 25 players. Me
1
3
5
7
9
25
you all:
2
4
6
8
5
25
The idea is to come up with a viable team, not just a collection of good players. Since we’re choosing on the basis of one year, rather than career, this may well not be the fifty greatest players ever, but it’s going to be interesting. I’d be astonished if anyone picked Derek Jeter or Pete Rose, for example, since they had better career numbers than single season numbers, but Jeter or Rose just might make a top 50 list.
Uh, etv78–it’s my turn. Besides, you’re kinda loading up on LFers. You picked 4 (3 if you count Stan as a 1Bman) and I already had Bonds. We’re trying to make a team here, not a bunch of sluggers who will slit each others’ throats for playing time.
I’ll keep Stan, just to show Charlie Noble there’s no hard feelings, and since Markdash gave you you a 4-man rotation, I’ll grab
Sandy Koufax LHP 1966
Tris Speaker OF 1912
G.C. Alexander 1915 and
Mike Piazza 1997
Lefty Grove LHP 1931
Al Rosen 3b 1953
Joe Wood RHP 1912
Dick Allen 3b-ib 1964
Joe Morgan 2b-ss 1975
Craig Biggio, c-cf-2b 1997
Jackie Robinson 2b-3b-of 1951
Double-x is also my/our emergency catcher (and I’m not sure that counting on 1997 Craig Biggio as your backup catcher is kosher - he hadn’t played a single game at C since 1991).
Also, on second thoughts, let me flip that 1982 Rickey Henderson for a 1983 model; 22 more SB is not worth 23 more CS.
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