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Friday, September 10, 2010

My left infield allstar team

3rd Base Starter Mike Schmidt Mike was probably the best power 3rd baseman of all time. With 548 home runs and over 1,500 RBI Mike was one of the first people that came to mind for the 3rd base position. With his 17 years with the phillies Mike earned 10 gold gloves and was elected to 12 all stars. Mike also was a 3 time NL MVP.

Backup Brooks Robinson 16 gold gloves. That is how good this guy is. 16 gold gloves. Brooks while go down in history as one of the best defensive 3rd baseman of all time. The human vacum cleaner also has 18 all star elections under his belt. Sparky Anderson once said " I'm begining to see Brooks in my sleep. If i dropped this paper plate he'd pick it up on the one hop and throw me out at first."

Shortstop Starter Hounus Wagner The Pittsburgh great was the first person that came to mind for the starting position. The great Babe Ruth once said " At shortstop there is only one canidate, the immortal Honus Wagner he was head and shoulders above the rest." The rest of his stats speak for themselves. with a .328 career battig average Honus was one of the greatest hitters ever to play shortstop. Tack on over 1,700 RBI and over 3,400 hundred hits and you got yourself an all star.

Backup Derek Jeter The heart of the yankees Jeter has put up great numbers during his 16 year career and he's still going. A .315 career average, over 1,100 RBI and Jeter is a 11 time all star and has 4 silver slugger and gold glove awards.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Wacky uniforms

Uniforms have always been a part of base ball. Yankees pinstripes, Dodger blue the good ones could go on and on but the best ones are not in this list, the horrible ones are on this list. The weird experiments of the '70's from the White Sox wearing shorts to the A's weird yellow and green alternates. Hope you like it.

No. 10 1971 Chicago White Sox Road Could somebody please tell the White Sox management of 1974 they are not the Reds! They're the White Sox, key word white. They didn't even have white socks! And the red hat just doesn't work for me. Chicago stick with the black and white.Picture from http://www.danhaman.com/
No. 9 1977 Pittsburgh Pirates alternate Can the Pirates do anything right? All yellow! I mean come on they look like they're lemonade salesmen or something. plus the yellow helmet with the black bill, it's just weird. If I had to wear this jersey i strangle myself. Not kidding Picture from http://www.pittsburghpiratesgifts.com/

No. 8 1999 Pittsburgh Pirates one game only Wow Pittsburgh can't do
anything right. Could the horrifying pirate on the front get any bigger? And the 3 shirts, the red muscle shirt the short black tee shirt and the yellow tee shirt
and the polka dotted yellow bandanna just adds to it
No. 7 1982 Chicago White Sox home You can sum up this jersey with one word.SOX. The Sox decked there players out in this hideous red white and
blue uniforms in 1987. Carlton Fisk had probably the worst timing in getting traded
to the White Sox uniform wise having to suffer playing a year on   Chicago's softball team then having to suffer 7 years of this of this! I'd kill myself. Picture from http://www.damorgue.com/

No. 6 1971 Baltimore Orioles alternate Imagine 9 pumpkins playing defense for
Baltimore in 1971 and 1972. It again  proves the theory that a one colored uniform
a bad idea. The Orioles had some pretty nice uniforms in  the 70's but this was not
one of them.
No. 5 1968 Oakland A's alternate This jersey is a great example of how yellow 
and green don't mix. Mickey Mantle once said " They should have come out of
the dugout on tippy toes, holding hands and singing." Charlie Finley's brain must
have been out for coffee when he made up this idea, oh right he didn't have one.

No. 4 1976 Houston Astros home The "rainbow jerseys" were just to much on
the eyes. And the blue number on the pant leg just added to it. And what  
amazed me the most is that they kept it for over 10 years! And the helmets are just weird. Picture from http://www.watchmojo/.com

No. 3 1999 Seattle Mariners one game only Doesn't Jr. look like a happy duckling in this picture. The only thing bigger than Jr.'s biceps is that 24 on his jersey. It was turn ahead the clock night in 1999 clearly the worst idea the MLB ever had. 20 other teams made a turn ahead the clock night jersey just weird. Maybe i wouldn't have hated it as much if they had there regular colors not that ugly shade of red. The teams that had enough sense not do make these jerseys were the Yankees, Cubs, Expos, Rangers, Reds, Dodgers, Blue Jays and the Astros which surprises me because I thought they would jump at the chance make a new ugly rainbow jersey . Picture by http://www.bleachereport.com/

No. 2 1978 San Diego Padres alternate we all knew this was coming, the dreaded mustard uniforms. Probably the worst color you could put on a baseball uniform, except pink. To make matters even worse they had those
horrible brown and yellow helmets that had the triangle yellow triangle in the middle. Just thinking about it gives me the creeps.

No. 1 1976 Chicago White Sox Road The worst uniform idea in baseball history. Shorts. The weird softball like shirt with the weird color and the socks with the 2 stripes. I'd really hate to be the catcher Brian Downing. All those strap burns, ouch. But to sum it up this is the single worst uniform in MLB history. Picture from http://www.twinkietown.com/

Friday, September 3, 2010

To answer your question mepastore Ted Williams was the greatest hitter of all time yes. But Williams hadn't worked hard enough on his defense. If he had put some time in and became a decent outfielder he would have easily made the list maybe even had been number 1 or 2.

my All Star team

Every year in the midst of the dog days of summer the MLB takes a one week break from the grind of a game every day. Also known as the all star break when the stars of each league face of against each other a annual all star game the national league teams edge the American league 41 wins to 38 wins. After all the all star games I've watched in my day and all my years around baseball I've made my all star team of all time. Imagine Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb on the same team or Willie Mays and Hank Aaron on the same team. Here's my full list all 25 players and a manager.
Starting and backup outfielders

Left Field starter Stan Musial was one of single greatest hitters ever to play left field. Batting a excellent .331 career average and chalking up 1,951 RBI over the course of his 22 year career. Musial was one home run away from winning the triple crown in 1948. Plus Stan led the league in runs, hits, doubles, triples and slugging percent that year. Stan would add power to the middle of the lineup hitting for extra bases.

Back up Carl Yaztrzemski Yaz was one of the greatest hitters ever to don a Red Sox jersey. Batting a career .285 with over 450 homers. Yaz also has the distinction of being the last person to win the triple crown. Carl also wasn't to shabby in the field winning 7 gold gloves.Yaz would add power and a good bat and a good glove to the team of the bench.

Starter Center Field Wilie Mays Willie was great with the glove and with a bat in his hand. Hitting 660 homers 4th on the all time list, over 1,900 RBI and had a string of 24 consecutive all star appearances. His first three seasons he failed to make the team. Willie was also a tremendous fielder winning twelve gold glove when the gold glove debuted in

Backup Ty Cobb Cobb was one of the greatest if not the greatest hitter of all time. Batting a record .366 lifetime and batting over .400 3 times. The Georgia peach batted under .300 only once in his career and that was in his rookie year. Cobb would be a great addition the top of the lineup knocking in RBIs  left and right and would add great speed to the lineup.

Starter Right Field Hank Aaron Hammerin' Hank was probably the most consistent power hitter of all time hitting 755 home runs second on the all time list. Hank also has the all time record for total bases, RBI and extra base hits. Hank would add a great bat to the lineup with a career .555 slugging and a great .928 OPS.

Backup Roberto Clemente Roberto was a great hitter and fielder winning 12 gold gloves in his 18 year career. Clemente would've won more if the tragic plane on new years eve had not happened. but what Clemente did accomplish was one of the 27 to reach 3,000 hits a .317 average and over 1,300 RBI.