Integration Era Baseball Tournament: GARAINALS ARE CHAMPS!

[Norah]

It's going to be KC/Toronto

And KC is going to keep doing a bunch of super-douchey stuff and then being all like "Why does everyone hate us???"

Say what you want but it makes baseball more fun.

It absolutely does. And I'm definitely ok with it. But it still pisses me off sometimes.

How can anyone possibly cheer for Yordano Ventura?

There is a website that sells this shirt. I think they embrace the doucheyness. Which is weird.

What website?

http://www.bbbprinting.com

I have a couple shirts from there. Great quality.

I just ordered the one with George Brett's face on it.

HA. Nice.

always a good time to post this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU9xz2FpQc0

I'm good twice a year for that.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Still working on my Heartland roster (I need to drop one guy) but so far it looks something like this....

3B- Wade Boggs L
CF- Richie Ashburn L
LF- Alex Gordon L
OF- Bob Cerv R
RF- Sam Crawford L
OF/1B- Darin Erstad L
SS- Ron Hansen R
C- Joe Mauer L
C- Elston Howard R
SS- Joe Tinker R
OF- Dave Winfield R
2B- Paul Molitor R
3B- Ken Boyer R

SP- Grover Cleveland Alexander
SP- Bob Gibson
SP- Bob Feller
SP- Carl Hubbell
SP- Walter Johnson

RP- Mel Harder
RP- Jason Christiansen
RP- Keith Foulke
RP- Joba Chamberlain
RP- Brian Duensing
RP- Tom Henke
RP- Tim Burke
RP- Gregg Olson

[Norah]

Trying to come up with a short guy team but I'm having a problem finding a first baseman.

[Norah]

C Ivan Rodriguez 509
1B
2B Jose Altuve 506
3B Mel Ott 509
SS Phil Rizzuto 506
LF Tim Raines 508
CF Dom DiMaggio 509
RF Paul Waner 508


2B Joe Morgan 507
SS Rabbit Maranville 505
SS Freddie Patek 505
CF Kirby Puckett 508
C Yogi Berra 507
SS Jimmy Rollins 507
SS Joe Sewell 506
CF Hack Wilson 506
2B Dustin Pedroia 509
2B Eddie Collins 509
SS David Eckstein 506


SP Eddie Cicotte 509
SP Dolf Luque 507
SP Jack Chesbro 509
SP Harvey Haddix 509
SP Bobby Shantz 506





RP Tom Gordon 509

[philpritchard]

C Ivan Rodriguez 509
1B
2B Jose Altuve 506
3B Mel Ott 509
SS Phil Rizzuto 506
LF Tim Raines 508
CF Dom DiMaggio 509
RF Paul Waner 508


2B Joe Morgan 507
SS Rabbit Maranville 505
SS Freddie Patek 505
CF Kirby Puckett 508
C Yogi Berra 507
SS Jimmy Rollins 507
SS Joe Sewell 506
CF Hack Wilson 506
2B Dustin Pedroia 509
2B Eddie Collins 509
SS David Eckstein 506


SP Eddie Cicotte 509
SP Dolf Luque 507
SP Jack Chesbro 509
SP Harvey Haddix 509
SP Bobby Shantz 506





RP Tom Gordon 509

Can you put Stroman on there? For me?

[philpritchard]

Trying to come up with a short guy team but I'm having a problem finding a first baseman.

Ripper Collins.

Man, the B-R play index is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me.

[philpritchard]

It turns out the vast majority of good Canadian players have been slugging leftfielders, which leaves me scrounging around for even a passable middle infield.

C Russell Martin
1B Joey Votto
2B Pop Smith
3B Corey Koskie
SS Frank O'Rourke
OF Larry Walker
OF Tip O'Neill
OF Jason Bay
1B Justin Morneau
3B Pete Ward
OF Jeff Heath
OF George Selkirk
OF Spud Johnson
OF Goody Rosen

SP Fergie Jenkins
SP Russ Ford
SP Rube Vickers
SP Win Kellum
SP Phil Marchildon
SP Kirk McCaskill

RP Eric Gagne
RP Jeff Zimmerman
RP Reggie Cleveland
RP Erik Bedard
RP Ryan Dempster

[BigRedLedbetter]

C Ivan Rodriguez 509
1B
2B Jose Altuve 506
3B Mel Ott 509
SS Phil Rizzuto 506
LF Tim Raines 508
CF Dom DiMaggio 509
RF Paul Waner 508


2B Joe Morgan 507
SS Rabbit Maranville 505
SS Freddie Patek 505
CF Kirby Puckett 508
C Yogi Berra 507
SS Jimmy Rollins 507
SS Joe Sewell 506
CF Hack Wilson 506
2B Dustin Pedroia 509
2B Eddie Collins 509
SS David Eckstein 506


SP Eddie Cicotte 509
SP Dolf Luque 507
SP Jack Chesbro 509
SP Harvey Haddix 509
SP Bobby Shantz 506





RP Tom Gordon 509

Gregg Jefferies or John Kruk would be a good fit at first. Both under 6 foot.

Surprised Pedro is not in your rotation.

[BigRedLedbetter]

It turns out the vast majority of good Canadian players have been slugging leftfielders, which leaves me scrounging around for even a passable middle infield.

C Russell Martin
1B Joey Votto
2B Pop Smith
3B Corey Koskie
SS Frank O'Rourke
OF Larry Walker
OF Tip O'Neill
OF Jason Bay
1B Justin Morneau
3B Pete Ward
OF Jeff Heath
OF George Selkirk
OF Spud Johnson
OF Goody Rosen

SP Fergie Jenkins
SP Russ Ford
SP Rube Vickers
SP Win Kellum
SP Phil Marchildon
SP Kirk McCaskill

RP Eric Gagne
RP Jeff Zimmerman
RP Reggie Cleveland
RP Erik Bedard
RP Ryan Dempster

Yes. Do this!

That is a damn solid bullpen. I loved me some Jeff Zimmerman. One of the best sliders I have ever seen.

[philpritchard]

Yes. Do this!

That is a damn solid bullpen. I loved me some Jeff Zimmerman. One of the best sliders I have ever seen.

I feel like my offense is going to lean heavily on Walker, Votto and O'Neill.

Votto may have to play some 3B to get Morneau into the lineup, too.

[BigRedLedbetter]

It would take a lot of research but a fun team would be players who were standouts at other sports. Obviously you have Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Joe Mauer and Carl Crawford would be up there.

[philpritchard]

It would take a lot of research but a fun team would be players who were standouts at other sports. Obviously you have Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Joe Mauer and Carl Crawford would be up there.

LA Kings 4th round draft pick Tom Glavine.

[BigRedLedbetter]

It would take a lot of research but a fun team would be players who were standouts at other sports. Obviously you have Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Joe Mauer and Carl Crawford would be up there.

LA Kings 4th round draft pick Tom Glavine.

Yep. Just remembered that!

Tecmo Bowl alum Brian Jordan.

Dave Winfield was drafted in all three major sports. Pretty incredible.

I would pass on Danny Ainge.

[BigRedLedbetter]

Bob Gibson, Mark DeRosa, Steve Garvey, Tony Gwynn, Mark Hendrickson, Todd Helton, Rich Rhoden, Ferguson Jenkins, Robin Roberts, Jackie Robinson, Frank Thomas, Jeff Samardzija, Dámaso García, etc


This team would not be too shabby.

[philpritchard]

It would take a lot of research but a fun team would be players who were standouts at other sports. Obviously you have Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Joe Mauer and Carl Crawford would be up there.

LA Kings 4th round draft pick Tom Glavine.

Yep. Just remembered that!

Tecmo Bowl alum Brian Jordan.

Dave Winfield was drafted in all three major sports. Pretty incredible.

I would pass on Danny Ainge.

Could you find enough players to set the cutoff at players who were either drafted or played professionally in another sport?

[BigRedLedbetter]

It would take a lot of research but a fun team would be players who were standouts at other sports. Obviously you have Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Joe Mauer and Carl Crawford would be up there.

LA Kings 4th round draft pick Tom Glavine.

Yep. Just remembered that!

Tecmo Bowl alum Brian Jordan.

Dave Winfield was drafted in all three major sports. Pretty incredible.

I would pass on Danny Ainge.

Could you find enough players to set the cutoff at players who were either drafted or played professionally in another sport?

Hard to say off the top of my head. Again, would take a lot of research.

I did not know Fergie Jenkins was a Globetrotter until just now.

[numbers]

I've gotta come up with a category for this.

[philpritchard]

Every player on the team has to have a father, son, or sibling. And the father/son/sibling has to be on the team as well. I imagine that team could be pretty awesome just with Griffey/Bonds/Dimaggio.

[BigRedLedbetter]

[philpritchard]

Actually, that team would be packed with stars. Add Billy Ripken as a backup infielder to get Cal as the SS, the Boones give you a solid 3B/2B/C...