All-Time Dream Rosters

[Cyno]

I was listening to sports radio a few nights ago and they were talking about All-Time lineups for the Yankees and the Mets. And I think this would be a pretty fun concept for discussion among the Fappers and your favorite sports teams, not just in baseball. Here's the basic idea.

1. Pick one player per position. Don't worry about benches or anything. Just the starting lineup. For baseball, this is 1-9 batters, up to five starting pitchers for the rotation (at least one ace), and your closer. For basketball, your starting five. For hockey, your starting five and goaltender. For Association Football, your starting eleven. For American Football, well, you have your work cut out for you.

2. The player can be from any era or year, alive or dead, provided they actually played for the team for at least one full season, and in that position. Like if I was making a New York Knicks dream team, I wouldn't put Michael Jordan in at Center, as Michael Jordan has neither been a Knick nor a Center. The exception to this is Designated Hitter for baseball teams. Anyone who could swing a bat would be fine here. You can also move around outfielders. You can put a lifetime centerfielder at left field, but not second base.

3. For National League teams, DH's are optional not mandatory. If you want to pick a DH for a theoretical game in an AL ballpark, go ahead.

For an example, who's who I would pick for an All Time Yankees Team:

Batting Order:

Joe Dimaggio - CF
Alex Rodriguez - 3B
Mickey Mantle - LF
Babe Ruth - RF
Lou Gehrig - 1B
Yogi Berra - C
Roger Maris - DH
Derek Jeter - SS
Tony Lazzeri - 2B

Rotation (a bit lefty-heavy):

Whitey Ford
Red Ruffing
Andy Pettitte
Ron Guidry
Lefty Gomez

Closer - Mariano Rivera

[smgalia]

All Time Detroit Tigers
Cf - Ty Cobb
2b - Lou whitaker
SS - Alan Trammell
DH - Cecil Fielder
1b - Miguel Cabrera
Rf - Al Kaline
3b - George Kell
LF - Hank Greenberg
C - Bill Freehan

SP - Justin Verlander
SP - Jack Morris
Sp - Hal Newhouser
SP - Mickey Lolich
SP - Jim Bunning

CL - Mike Henneman

[Deleted]

All time Mets roster:
C-Mike Piazza
1B-Keith Hernandez
2B-Edgardo Alfonzo
SS-Jose Reyes
3B-David Wright
LF-Cleon Jones
CF-Carlos Beltran
RF-Darryl Strawberry

lineup:
1. Jose Reyes
2. Cleon Jones
3. Carlos Beltran
4. Darryl Strawberry
5. Mike Piazza
6. David Wright
7. Keith Hernandez
8. Edgardo Alfonso

Rotation:
SP-Tom Seaver
SP-Doc Gooden
SP-Jerry Koosman
SP-Sid Fernandez
SP-Al Leiter

Closer-Jesse Orosco

Jul 1, 2011 21:57:26 GMT -5 smgalia said:

All Time Detroit Tigers
Cf - Ty Cobb
2b - Lou whitaker
SS - Alan Trammell
DH - Cecil Fielder
1b - Miguel Cabrera
Rf - Al Kaline
3b - George Kell
LF - Hank Greenberg
C - Bill Freehan

SP - Justin Verlander
SP - Jack Morris
Sp - Hal Newhouser
SP - Mickey Lolich
SP - Jim Bunning

CL - Mike Henneman

Personally I'd put Cobb 3rd. He was always in the middle of the order back then. He has almost 2,000 RBI's.

[unc40]

Orioles:

CF - Paul Blair
2B - Roberto Alomar
SS - Cal Ripken
RF - Frank Robinson
LF - Reggie Jackson
1B - Eddie Murray
DH - Boog Powell
3B - Brooks Robinson
C - Rick Dempsey

SP - Jim Palmer
SP - Dave McNally
SP - Mike Mussina
SP - Mike Cuellar
SP - David Wells
CL - Don Stanhouse

[Mozenrath]

Figured this would be more of a fit in the games section, though it's an interesting concept.

[fw91]

1) SS-Jose Reyes
2) 1B-Keith Hernandez
3) RF-Darryl Strawberry
4) C-Mike Piazza
5) 3B-David Wright
6) CF-Tommie Agee
7) 2B- Edgardo Alfonzo
8) LF- Cleon Jones
Rotation
Tom Seaver
Dwight Gooden
Jerry Koosman
Johan Santana
Ron Darling

CP- John Franco

[RI Richmark]

Red Sox:

Tris Speaker CF
Wade Boggs 3B
Ted Williams LF
David Ortiz 1B
Jim Rice DH
Carl Yastrzemski RF
Nomar Garicaparra SS
Carlton Fisk C
Bobby Doerr 2B

Rotation
1. Pedro Martinez
2. Roger Clemens
3. Cy Young
4. Babe Ruth
5. Curt Schilling

CL Dick Radatz

Manager Terry Francona

Note: I know Yaz was primarily a Left Fielder but he did play some games in Right so I put him there.

[comahan]

Houston Astros

1. Craig Biggio, 2B
2. Jose Cruz, LF
3. Jeff Bagwell, 1B
4. Lance Berkman, RF
5. Jimmy Wynn, CF
6. Ken Caminiti, 3B
7. Dickie Thon, SS
8. Brad Ausmus, C

1. J.R. Richard, SP
2. Nolan Ryan, SP
3. Roy Oswalt, SP
4. Mike Scott, SP
5. Larry Dierker, SP

1. Billy Wagner, CL

[Cyno]

New Jersey Devils

LW - Patrick Elias
C - Bobby Holik
RW - Ilya Kovalchuk (I know he's primarily a LW, but can probably adjust pretty easily)
D - Scott Stevens
D - Ken Daneyko
G - Martin Brodeur

Some real tough choices in this one, especially for the Center and Defensemen. If I had to select a bench, Brian Rafalski, Scott Niedermayer, John MacLean, and Zach Parise would all be on it. Goalie was pretty one of the easiest choices ever though.

[RKTaker]

mets roster

1.Jose reyes ss
2.endy chavez cf
3.keith hernandez 1b
4.Mike piazza c
5.edguardo alfonzo 2b
6.Ricky Henderson lf
7.Robin Ventura 3b
8.Carlos Beltran rf

pitchers
1.Tom Glavine
2.Al Leiter
3.Nolan Ryan
4.tom sever
5.Doc gooden

cl Billy wagner

[Schemer]

All Time Pittsburgh Penguins Lineup:

Forwards

Sidney Crosby - Mario Lemieux - Jaromir Jagr

Kevin Stevens - Ron Francis - Mark Recchi

Evgeni Malkin - Andy Bathgate - Alex Kovalev

Syl Apps - Jean Pronovost - Bryan Trottier


Defense Pairings

Paul Coffey - Larry Murphy

Ulf Samuelsson - Bryan Watson

Bob "Battleship" Kelly - Randy Carlyle


Goaltenders

Tom Barrasso

Marc-Andre Fleury


Head Coach

Badger Bob Johnson

[RI Richmark]

Boston Celtics All - Time Roster

Starting 5:
C - Bill Russell
PF - Dave Cowens
SF - Larry Bird
SG - John Havlicek
PG - Bob Cousy

Note: Cowens mostly played Center but he also played Power Forward

The Bench: (I know that this isn't required but there are too many great players to be left off.)

C - Robert Parish
C/PF - Kevin McHale
PF/SF - Tommy Heinsohn
SF/SG - Paul Pierce
SG - Sam Jones
PG - Dennis Johnson
PG - Jo Jo White

Coach - Red Auerbach

Toughest cuts: Bill Sharman, Frank Ramsey, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen

[fw91]

Jul 2, 2011 13:41:08 GMT -5 RKTaker said:

mets roster

1.Jose reyes ss
2.endy chavez cf
3.keith hernandez 1b
4.Mike piazza c
5.edguardo alfonzo 2b
6.Ricky Henderson lf
7.Robin Ventura 3b
8.Carlos Beltran rf

pitchers
1.Tom Glavine
2.Al Leiter
3.Nolan Ryan
4.tom sever
5.Doc gooden

cl Billy wagner

ricky, , and ryan, nd glavine don't really belong, unless you're including years not played with the mets then it makes a bit moresense. endy shouldn't be there at all, unless he holds sentimental value due to the catch

[Drillbit Taylor]

Jul 3, 2011 21:09:34 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Jul 2, 2011 13:41:08 GMT -5 RKTaker said:

mets roster

1.Jose reyes ss
2.endy chavez cf
3.keith hernandez 1b
4.Mike piazza c
5.edguardo alfonzo 2b
6.Ricky Henderson lf
7.Robin Ventura 3b
8.Carlos Beltran rf

pitchers
1.Tom Glavine
2.Al Leiter
3.Nolan Ryan
4.tom sever
5.Doc gooden

cl Billy wagner

ricky, , and ryan, nd glavine don't really belong, unless you're including years not played with the mets then it makes a bit moresense. endy shouldn't be there at all, unless he holds sentimental value due to the catch

Yea that would be like adding Johnson and Schilling to the Astros rotation.

[stinger]

I'll add a college feel to this with the All-Time Kentucky Wildcats roster:

C - Dan Issel
F - Kenny Walker
F - Jamal Mashburn
G - Tony Delk
G - Kyle Macy

Coach: Adolph Rupp

[unc40]

All-Time North Carolina Basketball team:

C - Tyler Hansborough
F - James Worthy
F - Antwain Jameson
G - Michael Jordan
G - Phil Ford

[RI Richmark]

New England Patriots All-Time Team:

Offense:

WR - Stanley Morgan
T - Bruce Armstrong
G - John Hannah
C - Jon Morris
G - Logan Mankins
T - Matt Light
TE - Ben Coates
WR - Troy Brown
QB - Tom Brady
RB - Jim Nance
FB - Sam "Bam" Cunningham

Defense:

DE - Julius Adams
NT - Vince Wilfork
DE - Richard Seymour
OLB - Andre Tippett
ILB - Nick Buoniconti
ILB - Teddy Bruschi
OLB - Mike Vrabel
CB - Mike Haynes
CB - Ty Law
FS - Fred Marion
SS - Rodney Harrison

Special Teams:

K - Adam Vinatieri
P - Rich Camarillo
KR - Kevin Faulk
ST - Mosi Tatupu

Head Coach: Bill Belichick

[Jazzman]

Let's go finally with some football with my personal favorite team: AC Milan

Formation: 3-3-1-3: Argentina style

GK: Sebastiano Rossi
CB: Franco Baresi
CB: Alessandro Costacurta
CB: Paolo Maldini
CM: Frank Rijkaard
CM: Andrea Pirlo
CM: Gianni Rivera
AM: Kaka
ST: Marco Van Basten
ST: Gunner Nordhal
ST: Andriy Shevchenko

Important Bench Players: Filippo Inzaghi, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Nesta , Lorenzo Buffon, Nils Liedholm

Manager: Arrigo Sacchi

[percymania]

Milwaukee Brewers:

Batting Order:

1. Paul Molitor, 3B
2. Robin Yount, SS
3. Ryan Braun, LF
4. Prince Fielder, DH
5. Cecil Cooper, 1B
6. Ben Oglivie, RF
7. Ted Simmons, C
8. Gorman Thomas, CF
9. Jim Gantner, 2B

SP - Don Sutton
SP - Ben Sheets
SP - Pete Vuckovich
SP - Teddy Higuera
SP - Mike Caldwell

CL - Rollie Fingers

Honorable mentions: Hank Aaron, Gary Sheffield, Fernando Vina, Rickie Weeks, Geoff Jenkins, Willie Randolf, Trevor Hoffman, CC Sabathia, Hideo Nomo, Dan Pleasac, Moose Haas