A little fun.

by gibbyfan on Aug 15, 2007 10:02 PM EDT

I don't know if this has been done before, but around my area in Illinois we like to play the game all-time all-star cardinals team. The concept is pretty simple, you fill out your starting lineup, add two bench players, a entire pitching roatation, and a closer. The other rule is Stan Musial can only play one postion, so no Stan in right, left, and first. So haveing said all this I'll start.

1b-Stan the Man-simply the best
2b-Rodgers "Raja" Hornsby
SS-The Wiz
3b-Scott Rolen
lf-Lou Brock
cf-Jim Edmonds
rf-Enos Slaughter
c-Ted "Simba" Simmons

Starting Rotation
Ace-Gibson
Carpenter
Dizzy Dean
Matt Morse
Mort Couper

Closer
Izzy

Bench
King Albert
Big Mac

So as you can see you can use active players as well. I'm not going to specife if this is single season or career, lets just let that be part of the fun.

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1B: Pujol
2b: Hornsby
SS: Ozzie
3b: Boyer
C: Simmons
LF: Slaughter
CF: Edmonds
RF: Musial

Pitching:
Dean
Gibson
Alexander
Tudor
Carp

Closer:
Sutter

Bench:
Big Mac
Brock

by patton044 on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 PM EDT reply actions

Wow

Gibby fan - your team is flawed.

by silent_bob on Aug 15, 2007 10:33 PM EDT reply actions

And You?

What would you change?

Save the Kipper don't make him go back out there.

by gibbyfan on Aug 16, 2007 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions

i'll bite...

there's a book about this, i believe, but i can't remember who wrote it.

my list:

Position Players:

C - Simmons
1B - Pujols
2B - Hornsby
3B - Boyer
SS - Ozzie (but Marty Marion is very, very close)
RF - Stan
CF - Edmonds
LF - Brock

Bench (tough to limit to two):

Enos Slaughter
Ducky Medwick

Rotation:

Gibby
Carlton
Dizzy Dean
Tudor
Mort Cooper

Closer:

1. Bruce Sutter

Lineup (a little TLR tribute with L/R/L/R and the pitcher batting 8th):

Brock
Hornsby
Pujols
Musial
Boyer
Edmonds
Simmons
Pitcher
Ozzie

by kindred on Aug 15, 2007 10:40 PM EDT reply actions

The Greatest

that's the name of the book, and it's by Tim MacCarver.

Save the Kipper don't make him go back out there.

by gibbyfan on Aug 16, 2007 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm sorry

but I'd never read anything by Tim MacCarver Here's my lineup C: Pagnozzi 1b: Albert 2b: Black Hole 3b: Boyer SS: The wizard LF: Stan the man CF: Jimmy "dramatic" Edmonds RF: Larry Walker Starting rotation: Gibson Dean Forsch Kile Carp Closer: Sutter Bench: Scotty Rolen Curt Flood Ted Simmons (eventually) Colby Rasmus Renteria :(

by kyle man on Aug 16, 2007 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

sorry that kind of got sloppy hoiw i typed it

by kyle man on Aug 16, 2007 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

kyle...

Rogers Hornsby is likely the best hitting 2B in baseball history. He's hardly a black hole.

by Valatan on Aug 17, 2007 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions

I couldn't think of who I wanted there. I thought

this was about who I wanted there not who's best there

by kyle man on Aug 18, 2007 7:39 PM EDT up reply actions

i kind of thought

he was adding AK to the team, as a kind of litmus test to see if anyone was paying attention...

"This is a ball club with issues." -Nats announcers (talking about the Cardinals)

by SleepyCA on Aug 19, 2007 3:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Single Season All-Time

C- Simmons, 1975
1b- McGwire, 1998
2b- Hornsby, 1925
3b- Boyer, 1961
ss- Smith, 1987
lf- O'Neill, 1887 (or Medwick, 1937)
cf- Edmonds, 2004
rf- Musial, 1948

Rotation:
Gibson (R), 1968
Tudor (L), 1985
Dean (R), 1934
Breecheen (L), 1948
Caruthers (R), 1886 (or Cooper [R], 1942)

Bench:
Schoendienst (IF, S), 1953
McGee, (OF, S), 1985

The St Louis Cardinals- 11 time World Champs!

by Zubin on Aug 18, 2007 12:55 PM EDT reply actions