My Lifetime All Star Team

[splino]

Born in 1960

CF Willie Mays
RF Roberto Clemente
LF Ted Williams
3B Brooks Robinson
SS Alex Rodríguez
2B Joe Morgan
1B Lou Gehrig
C Iván Rodríguez

RHP Bob Gibson
LHP Sandy Koufax

Reliever Dan Quisenberry

 

[Paul Wozniak]

This is definitely fun. I will set up an alltime list pretty soon.

 

[bidger`]

We are putting the All-Time team from our lifetime that we have lived.

If it was truly of All-Time with the Negro League included, it would be impossible.

splino, since you were born in 1960, you didn't see Lou Gehrig play first base.

 

[ccsraj]

Great idea. Here are the All-Stars from MY era. Born in 1968.

CF - Ken Griffey Jr.

RF - Dale Murphy

LF - Barry Bonds.

3B - Mike Schmidt.

SS - Ozzie Smith.

2B - Joe Morgan.

1B - Pete Rose.

C - Ivan Rodriguez

RHP - Greg Maddux.

LHP - Steve Carlton.

Reliever- Dennis Eckersley (Closer)

Edit: I had Valenzuela but I forgot about Steve Carlton and he was something else.

Fine and correct selction of team with perfect composition.

 

[John Kotches]

Okay, a little late to the party; but what the heck...

I was born in 1963...

In order of Position on the scorebook:

Pitcher:
RHP - Greg Maddux. A better pitcher than Nolan Ryan; sacrilege to some. Ryan got a lot of strikeouts but there's more to pitching than the K. A 78 pitch complete game shutout? That's < 3 pitches per hitter and almost literally unbelievable.

LHP - Steve Carlton. I was a tad too young to actually see Sandy Koufax pitch or he'd be there.

Reliever - Trevor Hoffman

C - Johnny Bench

1B - Tony Perez -- He was a solid fielding RBI machine.

2B - Ryne Sandberg; I hate Joe Morgan's arrogance with a passion

SS - Derek Jeter

3B - Brooks Robinson the best glove I've ever seen at 3B and a fine clutch hitter. I'll take the D over the O at that spot; although Mike Schmidt would have been a great choice. A-Rod? Hasn't made a career of the position.

RF - Andre Dawson; a sentimental favorite of mine. A five tools player in his prime and one hell of a dramatic flourish with the bat. Unfortunately his numbers aren't comparing to some others how might have had them artificially induced. Andre` moved to Chicago about the same time I did and that summer of 1987 it was magical to watch him win an MVP award with a last place team.

CF - Jr.

LF - Bonds -- although I despise him I haven't seen a better left fielder and the one I'd put here (Ted Williams) I was obviously too young to see. Ted Williams lost 4 of his prime years to WWII (as did many others) or the numbers would have even more impressive.