2b Joe Morgan
cf Willie Mays
rf Babe Ruth
lf Hank Aaron
1b Lou Gehrig
c Yogi Berra
3b Brooks Robinson
ss Derek Jeter
p Bob Gibson
(If the existential gods allowed the designated hitter, I'd put Roberto Clemente in right and have Babe as DH.)
Monday, September 22, 2014
You've got one game to save humanity, ONE GAME: What's your all-time lineup? (Hint: Mine has Jeter at SS)
2b Joe Morgan
cf Willie Mays
rf Babe Ruth
lf Hank Aaron
1b Lou Gehrig
c Yogi Berra
3b Brooks Robinson
ss Derek Jeter
p Bob Gibson
(If the existential gods allowed the designated hitter, I'd put Roberto Clemente in right and have Babe as DH.)
Jackie Robinson 2B
ReplyDeleteWillie Mays CF
Babe Ruth DH
Mantle RF
Williams LF
Gehrig 1B
Schmidt 3B
Berra C
Ripken SS
pitching: Sandy Koufax
ReplyDeleteI knew somebody would say Koufax. I still go with Gibson. Nobody ever pitched angrier.
ReplyDeleteOnce, in a bench-clearing brawl against Cincinnati, Gibson went into the Reds dugout and fought three guys - including Pete Rose - at the same time.
Before taking up baseball, Gibson played for the Harlem Globetrotters, roomed with Meadowlark Lemon, and was the guy who broke from the Sweet Georgia Brown routine to launch the dunk-a-thons.
After Martin Luther King was shot, Gibson got into a huge argument with Tim McCarver, because McCarver claimed he knew how Gibson must be feeling. They almost came to blows, but patched it up.
One game? I would go with Gibson.
Gotta go with Jackie Robinson over the worst announcer ever (well at least next to Tim McCarver).
ReplyDeleteAnd heretic or not, I'd probably take Pete Rose at third. Need someone to hit leadoff...
Yes, Gibson was a great pitcher. It's a toss up between him and Koufax.
ReplyDeleteCan't stand Morgan. Robinson was all world. Had Jeter's baseball intelligence but with more talent. I'd also take Cano and Jeff Kent over Morgan. I might even take Brian Roberts over him.
I thought of Jackie Robinson. It's amazing how there isn't one great 2B in the modern era who absolutely dominates as the greatest ever.
ReplyDeleteWe might even have to go back to Frankie Frisch or Nap Lapjoe - but I'm not sure I would turn over the fate of humanity to players that far removed from the modern day. (It's a stretch to think Ruth could pull his weight, but you cannot name a team without him. And Gehrig - it has to be Gehrig.)
I left out Ty Cobb, though, because he piled up numbers instead of rings.
Rickey Henderson LF
ReplyDeleteDerek Jeter SS
Babe Ruth DH
Joe DiMaggio CF
Lou Gehrig 1B
Mickey Mantle RF
Yogi Berra C
Joe Gordon 2B
Graig Nettles 3B
Whitey Ford P
If they lose and it's the end of humanity, at least my last vision will have been a great team in pinstripes.
That team does not lose.
ReplyDeleteNo one wants ARod at 3rd. Are we ashamed? Alex has to be in there somewhere either 3rd or SS, postseason numbers be damned.
ReplyDeleteGood point about A Rod. I went with Schmidt. A Rod is better statistically, though you have to adjust for the different eras. But, I have troulbe betting humanity on A Rod.
ReplyDeleteI would put him on my all Yankee team, and would also go with Cano over Randolph and Richardson and Lazzeri.
Jeter SS
Mantle LF
Ruth DH
Dimaggio CF
Gehrig 1B
A Rod 3B
Maris RF
Berra C
Cano 2B
Ford P
Re: A-Rod.
ReplyDeleteYou can't dismiss his failures in the post-season, except for 2009. I think Brooks Robinson would make the play that wins the game and saves humanity.
You save humanity with defense, right? And if Ruth, Mays and Aaron don't put runs on the board, maybe humanity doesn't even deserve to be saved.
I actually saw Brooks Robinson make two errors in the same inning. even as shocking as that was to a young lad, I'd still go with Brooksie on your twilight zone team.
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