All-Time Franchise Baseball Tournament: RED SOX WIN IT ALL!

[Lament]

Man, that is a good team.

For real.

Also, Goose Gossage is approaching the Clemens level of appearances in this tournament, isn't he?

[philpritchard]

Half of my team would fill an all-nerd team.

Let's add Tom Henke at the back end of the bullpen.



That image doesn't exactly scream "dominant shutdown reliever" to me.

[@SkitchP]

Finally got a chance to load Victor 2014 on the Detroit Tigers

That, along with the Skitch Red Machine can be found on the SkitchP What If account.

[Lament]

So we're waiting to see the Cubs & the Royals.

[EJ]

So we're waiting to see the Cubs & the Royals.

BRL posted the Royals a few pages back.

[Lament]

Oh cool. I'll go back and add it the OP.

Alright, just the Cubs. And I know Ruddo's teams are done, he just hasn't posted them here yet (that I know of).

[Lament]

Looking at all the lineups again...

It is disgusting how good the Pirates 1-7 in the batting order are.

[Norah]

Pfft, they're no Red Sox.

[EJ]

Looking at all the lineups again...

It is disgusting how good the Pirates 1-7 in the batting order are.

It is impressive. Not nearly as excited about the pitching staff. There are some serious juggernauts in this league that have both superstar pitching and hitting. Should be fun to see how this plays out.

[Lament]

I'm banking heavily on pitching reigning over hitting in this. Otherwise I'm pretty screwed.

[EJ]

I'm banking heavily on pitching reigning over hitting in this. Otherwise I'm pretty screwed.

You still have time to get Ron Kittle in your lineup.

Or just rely on Comiskey Park scaring all the opposing teams.

[Lament]

I should post my updated roster...

Spoiler: show

Lineup

1954 Minnie Minoso RF/R
1920 Eddie Collins 2B/L
1994 Frank Thomas 1B/R
1920 Shoeless Joe Jackson CF/L
1998 Albert Belle LF/R
1936 Luke Appling SS/R
1920 Buck Weaver 3B/S
1959 Sherm Lollar C/R

Bench

1957 Nellie Fox 2B/L
1936 Zeke Bonura 1B/R
1926 Johnny Mostil OF/R
1972 Dick Allen 1B/R
1920 Happy Felsch OF/R
1933 Al Simmons OF/R

Rotation

1908 Ed Walsh R
1909 Frank Smith R
1917 Ed Cicotte R
1922 Red Faber R

Bullpen

1916 Reb Russell L
1919 Dickie Kerr L
1910 Jim Scott R
1981 Dennis Lamp R
1965 Hoyt Wilhem R
1965 Eddie Fisher R
1960 Frank Baumann L

For now. It could easily undergo another major overhaul before the deadline.

I'm banking heavily on pitching reigning over hitting in this. Otherwise I'm pretty screwed.

You still have time to get Ron Kittle in your lineup.

Or just rely on Comiskey Park scaring all the opposing teams.

I have decent hitters, but Thomas and Belle are really the only power in my starting lineup. Unfortunately nearly all the great power guys available to me play first (specifically Dick Allen and Paul Konerko). I can't justify adding Bill Melton in the place of Buck Weaver, or Magglio Ordonez at the expense of Minnie Minoso.

But yeah, I'm hoping Comiskey being such a pitcher's park and having all of those dead ball era arms in my rotation will make for a formidable home team. Plus all of those dudes on my team who got banned for life hopefully have a chip on their shoulder.

[TBAMTS]

Starting Lineup
1. 2B – 1990 Ryne Sandberg (R)
2. 3B – 1964 Ron Santo (R)
3. RF – 2001 Sammy Sosa (R)
4. SS – 1958 Ernie Banks (R)
5. LF – 1972 Billy Williams (L)
6. CF – 1930 Hack Wilson (R)
7. 1B – 2005 Derek Lee (R)
8. C – 1930 Gabby Hartnett (R)

Bench
C – 1993 Rick Wilkins (L)
1B – 1886 Cap Anson (R)
1B – 1993 Mark Grace (L)
2B – 1936 Billy Herman (R)
3B – 2004 Aramis Ramirez (R)
OF – 1930 Kiki Cuyler (R)
OF – 1987 Andre Dawson (R)

Rotation
SP – 1971 Ferguson Jenkins (R)
SP – 1906 Mordecai Brown (R)
SP – 1918 Hippo Vaughn (L)
SP – 1992 Greg? Maddux (R)
SP – 2003 Mark Prior (R)

Bullpen
RP –1977 Bruce Sutter (R)
RP – 1983 Lee Smith (R)
RP – 1993 Randy Myers (L)
RP – 1920 Pete Alexander (R)
RP – 2003 Kerry Wood (R)

[spike]

i'd love to field a brewers team, but not sure i have the endurance to put together a bench or pitching staff. if only madtigerman was still here.

my lineup would look something like this:

3B - Paul Molitor 87
LF - Ryan Braun 11
SS - Robin Yount 82
DH - Prince Fielder 09
1B - Cecil Cooper 80
CF - Gorman Thomas 79
C - Ted Simmons 83
RF - Jeromy Burnitz 98
2B - Rickie Weeks 10

[@SkitchP]

i'd love to field a brewers team, but not sure i have the endurance to put together a bench or pitching staff. if only madtigerman was still here.

my lineup would look something like this:

3B - Paul Molitor 87
LF - Ryan Braun 11
SS - Robin Yount 82
DH - Prince Fielder 09
1B - Cecil Cooper 80
CF - Gorman Thomas 79
C - Ted Simmons 83
RF - Jeromy Burnitz 98
2B - Rickie Weeks 10

Do it spike. It's really easy and quick. Ill take on a third team to get us back to an even number if it gets you involved.

[Lament]

I am willing to let spike add a Brewers team if skitch (or someone else) will balance it off with an 18th.

[Norah]

do it spike

[philpritchard]

I'll throw a Mets roster together in the more morning as my second team.

[Lament]

Skitch, for some reason I remembered you posting your Reds roster in this thread, but I can't find it. Am I remembering wrong?

[spike]

what's my deadline?