Your all-time team for your favorite team

[Young Drachma]

So a Blue Jays blogger listed his all-time Jays team.

It made me think about my own. The game here is simple, one favorite team and your favorite players at position from said team. Obviously for football, you don't have to list everyone. (OMGZ FAVORITE LONG SNAPPER)

But it might be fun(ish).

[Young Drachma]

To that end:

ALL-TIME BLUE JAYS TEAM

ROTATION
1. Roy Halladay
2. Juan Guzman
3. Roger Clemens
4. Pat Hentgen
5. Jimmy Key

Sentimental Pick: Jack Morris (Only two years. But the reason I became a Blue Jays fan.)

SETUP MAN: Duane Ward
CLOSER: Tom Henke

FIRST BASE: JOHN OLERUD
SECOND BASE: ROBBY ALOMAR
THIRD BASE: KELLY GRUBER
SHORTSTOP: TONY FERNANDEZ
CATCHER: Pat Borders
LEFT FIELD: JOE CARTER
CENTER FIELD: DEVON WHITE
RIGHT FIELD: JOSE BAUTISTA
DESIGNATED HITTER: CARLOS DELGADO

[larrymcg421]

Miami Dolphins

QB Dan Marino
RB Larry Csonka
RB Ricky Williams
TE Jim Mandich
WR Mark Clayton
WR Mark Duper
T Jake Long
T Richmond Webb
G Larry Little
G Bob Kuechenberg
C Dwight Stephenson

DE Jason Taylor
DT Tim Bowens
DT Bob Baumhower
DE Vern Dern Herder
LB Zach Thomas
LB John Offerdahl
LB Nick Buonoconti
LB AJ Duhe
CB Patrick Surtain
CB Sam Madison
S Jake Scott
S Louis Oliver

K Pete Stoyanovich
P Reggie Roby

[Subby]

ALL-TIME YANKEES TEAM

Rotation

1. Ron Guidry
2. Dave Righetti
3. Andy Pettitte
4. Catfish Hunter
5. CC Sabathia

Bullpen

1. Goose Gossage
2. Mariano Rivera

Lineup

CF Mickey Mantle
1b Don Mattingly
RF Babe Ruth
DH Lou Gehrig
LF Reggie Jackson
C Yogi Berra/Thurman Munson
SS Derek Jeter
3b Graig Nettles
2b Willie Randolph

[Marmel]

I broke the rules and listed the 3 teams that I follow
Syracuse hoops fan since 1990, so:

G Gerry McNamara
G Lawrence Moten (guard/foward)
F Carmelo Anthony
F John Wallace
C Otis Hill

Bench:
C Etan thomas
F Hakim Warrick
G Mike Hopkins

Boeheim never plays more than 8, so that is enough. :)



Yankees, since 1980's:
C Jorge Posada
1B Mattingly
2B: Robinson Cano
3B: Scott Brosius
SS: Derek Jeter
OF: Paul O'Neill, Bernie Williams, Matsui
P: Andy Pettite, Orlando Hernandez, Mariano Rivera



Giants football since 1983:
QB Eli Manning
RB Brandon Jacobs
WR: Victor Cruz, Amani Toomer
TE: Mark Bavaro
DL: JPP, Michael Strahan
LB: Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor
CB/S: Who likes guys in the secondary? I guess Everson Walls.

[cartman]

Texas Longhorns:

Offense
QB - Vince Young
RB - Earl Campbell
RB - Ricky Williams
WR - Roy Williams
WR - Jordan Shipley
TE - David Thomas
T - Jerry Sisemore
G - Leonard Davis
C - Dan Neil
G - Johnathan Scott
T - Justin Blalock

Defense
RE - Cory Redding
DT - Steve McMichael
DT - Casey Hamptom
LE - Brian Orakpo
OLB - Derrick Johnson
MLB - Tommy Nobis
OLB - Jordan Hicks
CB - Jerry Gray
CB - Quentin Jammer
SS - Nathan Vasher
FS - Earl Thomas

Special Teams
P - Russell Erxleben
K - Phil Dawson

[Subby]

All-Time Washington Redskins

QB Robert Griffin III
RB John Riggins
FB Mike Sellers
WR Gary Clark
WR Art Monk
WR Santana Moss
TE Chris Cooley

RT Joe Jacoby
RG Tre Johnson
C Jeff Bostic
LG Russ Grimm
LT Chris Samuels

KR Mike Nelms
PR Brian Mitchell
P Sammy Baugh
K Mark Mosely

DE Dexter Manley
DT Dave Butz
DT Daryl Gardener
DE Charles Mann

OLB Lavar Arrington
ILB London Fletcher
ILB Chris Hanburger
OLB Wilber Marshall

FS Sean Taylor
SS Kenny Houston
CB Champ Bailey
CB Darrel Green

[Radii]

North Carolina Basketball

PG - Phil Ford
SG - Michael Jordan
SF - Sam Perkins
PF - James Worthy
C - Brad Daugherty

Bench:

G - Ty Lawson
G - Walter Davis
F - Billy Cunningham
F - Antawn Jamison
C - Tyler Hansbrough

EDIT: I think this is probably the *best* team, but since the OP actually says "favorite players" I'd replace the two guys that played before I started watching... walter davis and billy cunningham out, kenny smith and jerry stackhouse in.

[Subby]

All-Time Washington Bullets

PG Rod Strickland
SG Michael Jordan
SF Juwan Howard
PF Chris Webber
C Georghe Muresan

Bench

Manute Bol
Muggsy Bogues
Don MacLean
Robert Pack
Tim Legler

Why don't I have Wes Unseld? Because he was the worst GM in NBA history, so fuck that guy. :D

[MIJB#19]

"Oranje"
1 Edwin van der Sar;
2 Khalid Boulahrouz,
3 Jaap Stam,
4 Frank de Boer,
5 Phillip Cocu;
6 Wesley Sneijder,
10 Dennis Bergkamp,
8 Edgar Davids;
7 Marc Overmars,
9 Robin van Persie,
11 Arjen Robben.
Coach: Guud Hiddink.

[Warhammer]

"Oranje"
1 Edwin van der Sar;
2 Khalid Boulahrouz,
3 Jaap Stam,
4 Frank de Boer,
5 Phillip Cocu;
6 Wesley Sneijder,
10 Dennis Bergkamp,
8 Edgar Davids;
7 Marc Overmars,
9 Robin van Persie,
11 Arjen Robben.
Coach: Guud Hiddink.

And here I figured it'd be the Merchantmen...

[BillJasper]

Miami Dolphins

QB Dan Marino
RB Larry Csonka
RB Ricky Williams
TE Jim Mandich
WR Mark Clayton
WR Mark Duper
T Jake Long
T Richmond Webb
G Larry Little
G Bob Kuechenberg
C Dwight Stephenson

DE Jason Taylor
DT Tim Bowens
DT Bob Baumhower
DE Vern Dern Herder
LB Zach Thomas
LB John Offerdahl
LB Nick Buonoconti
LB AJ Duhe
CB Patrick Surtain
CB Sam Madison
S Jake Scott
S Louis Oliver

K Pete Stoyanovich
P Reggie Roby

As much as I love Dan Marino, its hard for me to leave Bob Griese off. Other than that, this is a pretty good list.

[kurtism]

Indiana University Basketball

PG Quinn Buckner
SG Steve Alford
SF Calbert Cheaney
PF Alan Henderson
C Cody Zeller

Bench:

Kent Benson
Scott May
DJ White
Eric Gordon
Isiah Thomas

Leaving off the pre-Knight-era guys due to a lack of familiarity, or else Schlundt and Bellamy would have made the cut.

[Young Drachma]

This thread is really about your favorites, so feel emboldened to leave off the "best evar" simply because he was, if he wasn't one of your favorites.

[Blackadar]

All-Time Steelers:

QB - Ben Roethlisberger. Starting out with the most controversial choice, I'd rather have Big Ben over Terry Bradshaw simply because I think Ben has done more with less than Terry. Still, this is easily arguable.
RB - Franco Harris. Franco vs. Jerome Bettis is very, very close. The Immaculate Reception gets Franco the nod.
FB - Rocky Bleier
WR - John Stallworth
WR - Hines Ward
No Lynn Swann? Nope, I'd rather have those two guys.
TE - Heath Miller
OT - Larry Brown
OG - Dermontti Dawson - Yeah, he played Center the majority of his career, but he started at OG in his 1st season and I'll use him there.
C - Mike Webster
OG - Alan Fanica
OT - Tunch Ilkin

(13 players on defense due to the 4-3 and 3-4 decades)

DT - Joe Greene - The Best Ever and the cornerstone of the franchise
DT - Ernie Stautner - By a hair over Casey Hampton
DE - LC Greenwood
DE - Aaron Smith - Perhaps the most underrated player in the last decade
OLB - Jack Ham
OLB - James Harrison - Another close battle. Could have gone with Joey Porter, Greg Lloyd or even Kevin Greene, but I think Harrison at his peak was more complete than any of them.
ILB - Jack Lambert
ILB - Andy Russell - By just a hair over James Farrior
CB - Rod Woodson - The most complete CB in the history of the NFL
CB - Mel Blount
S - Troy Polamalu
S - Donnie Shell - I hate leaving Carnell Lake off this list, but...

[Radii]

All Time Cubs:

C: Jody Davis
1B: Mark Grace
2B: Ryne Sandberg
SS: Ernie Banks
3B: Ron Santo
OF: Andre Dawson/Gary Matthews/Sammy Sosa

SP: Rick Sutcliffe/Greg Maddux/Mark Prior/Kerry Wood
RP: Lee Smith


Only tough decision here is Grace vs Leon Durham, loved them both.

[jbergey22]

Minnesota Twins
C Joe Mauer
1B Kent Hrbek
2B Rod Carew
3B Gary Gaetti
SS Greg Gagne
LF Harmon Killebrew
CF Kirby Puckett
RF Tony Oliva
DH Justin Morneau

SP Frank Viola
SP Bert Blyleven
SP Johan Santana
SP Brad Radke
SP Jim Kaat

RP Joe Nathan
RP Rick Aguilera
RP Jim Marshall

[Comey]

Philly Eagles:

QB: Randall Cunningham
RB: Brian Westbrook (I coached against LeSean McCoy when he was at Bishop McDevitt, but I can't go against Westbrook yet)
FB: Jon Ritchie (hey, his mom was my sixth-grade English teacher, and he led Cumberland Valley to the 1992 PIAA title when I was a seventh grader. I'm biased)
WR: Fred Barnett
WR: Todd Pinkston
TE: Chad Lewis
OT: Jon Runyan
OG: John Welbourn
C: Hank Fraley
OG: Jermaine Mayberry
OT: Tra Thomas

DE: Hugh Douglas
DT: Mike Patterson
DT: Jerome Brown
DE: Trent Cole
LB: Jeremiah Trotter
LB: Chris Gocong (only for how Merril Reese said his name on air)
LB: William Thomas
CB: Troy Vincent
S: Brian Dawkins (favorite athlete, any sport, ever)
S: Mike Zordich
CB: Bobby Taylor

K: David Akers

[mckerney]

Vikings

QB Randall Cunningham
RB Adrian Peterson
WR Randy Moss
WR Percy Harvin
WR Cris Carter
TE Jermaine Wiggins?
T Todd Steussie
T Korey Stringer
G Randall McDaniel
G David Dixon
C Jeff Christy

DL John Randle
DL Kevin Williams
DL Jerry Ball
DL Lance Johnstone
LB Ed McDaniel
LB Chris Claiborne
LB E.J. Henderson
CB Jimmy Hitchcock
CB Antoine Winfield
S Robert Griffith
S Orlando Thomas

K Gary Anderson
P Chris Kluwe
KR David Palmer
PR Marcus Sherels

Going off of favorites since I really started watching and following football when I was about 12 or so. Some positions like TE and LB is really tough to do given who the Vikings have had since then and it says a lot about the QBs the Vikings have had when the choice is a guy who started 23 games for them.

[Blackadar]

Vikings

QB Randall Cunningham
RB Adrian Peterson
WR Randy Moss
WR Percy Harvin
WR Cris Carter
TE Jermaine Wiggins?
T Todd Steussie
T Korey Stringer
G Ed McDaniel
G David Dixon
C Jeff Christy

DL John Randle
DL Kevin Williams
DL Jerry Ball
DL Lance Johnstone
LB Ed McDaniel
LB Chris Claiborne
LB E.J. Henderson
CB Jimmy Hitchcock
CB Antoine Winfield
S Robert Griffith
S Orlando Thomas

K Gary Anderson
P Chris Kluwe
KR David Palmer
PR Marcus Sherels

Going off of favorites since I really started watching and following football when I was about 12 or so. Some positions like TE and LB is really tough to do given who the Vikings have had since then and it says a lot about the QBs the Vikings have had when the choice is a guy who started 23 games for them.

I get that you went off just those you watched first-hand, but man...leaving off Tarkington, Page, Marshall, Carl Eller, Tinglehoff...

[jbergey22]

I get that you went off just those you watched first-hand, but man...leaving off Tarkington, Page, Marshall, Carl Eller, Tinglehoff...

Not to mention playing Ed McDaniel at guard instead of linebacker and leaving off an all time great in Randal McDaniel;)

Hard to leave off Gary Zimmerman, Chris Doleman and Keith Millard as well IMO.

[larrymcg421]

As much as I love Dan Marino, its hard for me to leave Bob Griese off. Other than that, this is a pretty good list.

I love Griese, but I don't think this is even close.

[mckerney]

Not to mention playing Ed McDaniel at guard instead of linebacker and leaving off an all time great in Randal McDaniel;)

Hard to leave off Gary Zimmerman, Chris Doleman and Keith Millard as well IMO.

Ah, Fix'd.

[mckerney]

I get that you went off just those you watched first-hand, but man...leaving off Tarkington, Page, Marshall, Carl Eller, Tinglehoff...

If it was a list of greatest all time of course they'd be on there. Tough for them to make a list of favorites that's based on watching guys play when they're so far before my time.

[cuervo72]

/tries to figure out what Comey has against Reggie White (and/or Mike Quick)

[EagleFan]

Are we talking all-time team or your all-time favorite?

[Honolulu_Blue]

Are we talking all-time team or your all-time favorite?

I believe the original post said all-time favorite.

[Big Fo]

Atlanta Braves (since 1991 when I was in third grade and began playing and watching the sport) -

Rotation: Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, Hudson, Medlen

Bullpen: Kimbrel, Venters, McMichael, Ligtenberg, Remlinger, Soriano, O'Flaherty

Lineup:

SS Furcal
3B C. Jones
LF Justice
1B McGriff
CF A. Jones
C McCann
RF Heyward
2B Prado

Bench:

C Lopez, 1B/LF Klesko, IF Blauser, OF Gant, 3B Pendleton

[EagleFan]

I believe the original post said all-time favorite.

I never knew Subby was that old...

;)

[Johnny93g]

With the lockout, I'll ignore the Leafs and post my fav Hoosiers, it is basketball season.

PG- Tom Coverdale
SG- AJ Guyton
SF- Calbert Cheaney
PF- DJ White
C- Cody Zeller

Dane Fife
Jared Jefferies
Jeff Newton
AJ Moye
Rod Wilmont
Jordan Hulls
Alan Henderson

[EagleFan]

/tries to figure out what Comey has against Reggie White (and/or Mike Quick)

lol, +1

;)

[revrew]

QB Tim Tebow (now that I have your attention ...)
RB Terell Davis
RB/KR Glynn Milburn
WR Ed McCaffrey
WR Rod Smith
WR Vance Johnson
TE Shannon Sharpe
OT Ryan Clady
OG Mark Schlereth
C Tom Nalen
OG Keith "We got 'em right where we want 'em" Bishop
OT Gary Zimmerman


DE Elvis "Dooooooom" Dumervil
DE Simon Fletcher
DT Trevor Pryce
DT Derek "hungry like a" Wolfe

OLB Von Miller
ILB Karl Mecklenburg
LB John Mobley

S Steve Atwater
S John Lynch

CB Champ Bailey
CB Tyrone Braxton

K Jason Elam
P Todd Sauerbrun

[Toddzilla]

Miami Dolphins

QB Dan Marino
RB Larry Csonka
RB Ricky Williams
TE Jim Mandich
WR Mark Clayton
WR Mark Duper
T Jake Long
T Richmond Webb
G Larry Little
G Bob Kuechenberg
C Dwight Stephenson

DE Jason Taylor
DT Tim Bowens
DT Bob Baumhower
DE Vern Dern Herder
LB Zach Thomas
LB John Offerdahl
LB Nick Buonoconti
LB AJ Duhe
CB Patrick Surtain
CB Sam Madison
S Jake Scott
S Louis Oliver

K Pete Stoyanovich
P Reggie RobyThis is my list exactly, but with WR Nat Moore

[Coffee Warlord]

Disclaimer: I'm selecting only players I've seen and remember during my time actually watching the Cubs. So anyone prior to about 83, 84, sorry. Which unfortunately leaves out the likes of Ernie Banks, Fergie Jenkins, and Ron Santo.

SP Greg Maddux
SP Rick Sutcliffe
SP Kerry Wood
SP Mark Prior

RP Mitch Williams (c'mon, he's gotta be there)
CL Lee Smith

C Joe Girardi
1B Mark Grace
2B Ryne Sandberg
SS Shawon Dunston
3B Aramis Ramirez
LF Gary Matthews
CF Doug Dascenzo (I should put him at RP just for kicks)
RF Andre Dawson

[Critch]

Rangers

GK - Andy Goram

RB - Sandy Jardine
LB - John Greig
CB - Tam Forsyth
CB - Richard Gough

LM - Davie Cooper
RM - Mark Walters
CM - Bobby Russell
CM - Graeme Souness

FD - Super Ally McCoist
FD - Derek Parlane

10 Scottish players, and one English guy. Not sure how he made the cut.

[JPhillips]

Cincy Reds

P - M. Soto
P - J. Cueto
P - D. Gullett
P - J. Nuxhall
P - G. Nolan

RP - A. Chapman
RP - D. Graves
RP - R. Myers
RP - J. Franco
RP - C. Carroll

C - J. Bench
1B - J. Votto
2B - J. Morgan
3B - P. Rose
SS - B. Larkin
OF - E. Davis
OF - G. Foster
OF - F. Robinson

Bench

INF - T. Perez
INF - B. Phillips
OF - K. Griffey Sr.
OF - A. Dunn
C - E. Lombardi

Manager - S. Anderson

[Sun Tzu]

Niners...

QB - Joe Montana
HB - Frank Gore
FB - Tom Rathman
WR - Jerry Rice
WR - R.C. Owens
TE - Vernon Davis
LT - Bob St. Clair
LG - Mike Iupati
C - Randy Cross
RG - Jesse Sapolu
RT - Harris Barton

LDE - Fred Dean
LDT - Michael Carter
RDT - Justin Smith
RDE - Charles Haley
LOLB - Keena Turner
ILB - Patrick Willis
ROLB - Bill Romanowski
CB - Eric Wright
FS - Ronnie Lott
SS - Dwight Hicks
CB - Jimmy Johnson

Head Coach - Bill Walsh
Offensive Coordinator - Mike Shanahan
Defensive Coordinator - George Siefert

[Alan T]

Favorite Braves (this is my favorites list, not best ever)

C - Bruce Benedict
1B - Fred McGriff
2B - Glenn Hubbard
SS - Jeff Blauser
3B - (toughest position for me to pick) Bob Horner
LF - Brett Butler
CF - Dale Murphy
RF - Brian Jordan

SP - Gregg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, Pascual Perez, Phil Niekro
RP - Bruce Sutter, Rick Camp, Steve Bedrosian, Gene Garber, Al Hrabosky

[rowech]

Favorite Reds...

c -- Ryan Hanigan
1b -- Sean Casey
2b -- Brandon Phillips
ss -- Barry Larkin...that's it...no others...
3b -- Chris Sabo
lf -- Billy Hatcher
cf -- Eric Davis
rf -- Paul O'Neill

SP -- Tom Browning, Jose Rijo, Aaron Harang, Danny Jackson, John Smiley
RP -- Rob Dibble, John Franco, Randy Myers, Norm Charlton, Aroldis Chapman

Bench

c -- Eddie Taubensee
1b -- Joey Votto (probably will be starter in a couple of years)
2b -- Bip Roberts
ss -- None even close
3b -- Jeff Branson
lf -- Dmitri Young
cf -- Eddie Milner
rf -- Tough call between Jay Bruce and Reggie Sanders

Manager -- Davey Johnson

Honorable Mention -- Jim Maloney as a starting pitcher who became a favorite player through my tabletop baseball game replay of the Reds 1964 season.

[rowech]

Favorite Bengals

QB -- Such a tough call between Palmer, Esiason, Anderson, and Dalton already. Probably Esiason but he annoys me now more than he ever did as a player.

RB -- James Brooks and Harold Green
WR -- Eddie Brown and AJ Green...yes already...just a beast.
TE -- Rodney Holman
T -- Willie Anderson, Anthony Munoz
G -- Brian Blados, Eric Steinbach
C -- Bruce Kozerski

DE -- Justin Smith, Jim Skow
DT -- Tim Krumrie
OLB -- James Francis, Reggie Williams
ILB -- Carl Zander, Takeo Spikes
CB -- Ken Riley, Jonathan Joseph
S -- David Fulcher, Darryl Williams
P -- Lee Johnson
K -- Jim Breech

[JonInMiddleGA]

Favorite Braves (this is my favorites list, not best ever)

I'll run with this same club, as much as anything because of the number of similarities between your list & mine.
C - Biff Pocoroba
1B - Fred McGriff
2B - Jeff Treadway
SS - Jeff Blauser
3B - Ken Oberkfell
OF - Murphy, Butler, Ralph Garr
Bench - Keith Lockhart, Julio Franco, Bruce Benedict, Willie Montanez, Mark Lemke, Glenn Hubbard, Otis Nixon

SP - Maddux, Niekro, Avery, Camp, Rick Mahler,
RP - Garber, Hrabosky, Terry Forster, John Rocker, Smoltz

[britrock88]

Carolina Panthers (less my current favorite team than in years past, but for the sake of uniqueness)

QB- Steve Beuerlein
HB- Stephen Davis
FB- Brad Hoover
WR- Muhsin Muhammad
WR- Steve Smith
TE- Wesley Walls
T- Jordan Gross
G- Travelle Wharton
C- Ryan Kalil
G- Mike Wahle
T- Blake Brockermeyer

DE- Julius Peppers
DT- Kris Jenkins
DE- Mike Rucker
OLB- Kevin Greene
ILB- Jon Beason
ILB- Sam Mills
OLB- Lamar Lathon
CB- Eric Davis
FS- Charles Godfrey
SS- Mike Minter
CB- Chris Gamble

K- John Kasay
P- Todd Sauerbrun
KR- Michael Bates
PR- Steve Smith

[britrock88]

Is Sauerbrun the first guy to be listed for two different teams? :D

[Aah, we have Ricky Williams.]

[Coffee Warlord]

Is Sauerbrun the first guy to be listed for two different teams? :D

[Aah, we have Ricky Williams.]

Nah, Maddux has made multiple Braves and Cubs lists.

[korme]

Cincinnati basketball (since I've been alive, so no Big O)

G Nick Van Exel
G Steve Logan
F Ruben Patterson
F Danny Fortson
C Kenyon Martin

G Melvin Levett
F Pete Mickeal
F Corie Blount
C Art Long

[mckerney]

Nah, Maddux has made multiple Braves and Cubs lists.

And Randall Cunningham for Eagles and Vikings.

[Izulde]

Is Sauerbrun the first guy to be listed for two different teams? :D

[Aah, we have Ricky Williams.]


Randall Cunningham got listed for two different teams as well (Vikings and Eagles).

[TroyF]

QB Tim Tebow (now that I have your attention ...)
RB Terell Davis
RB/KR Glynn Milburn
WR Ed McCaffrey
WR Rod Smith
WR Vance Johnson
TE Shannon Sharpe
OT Ryan Clady
OG Mark Schlereth
C Tom Nalen
OG Keith "We got 'em right where we want 'em" Bishop
OT Gary Zimmerman


DE Elvis "Dooooooom" Dumervil
DE Simon Fletcher
DT Trevor Pryce
DT Derek "hungry like a" Wolfe

OLB Von Miller
ILB Karl Mecklenburg
LB John Mobley

S Steve Atwater
S John Lynch

CB Champ Bailey
CB Tyrone Braxton

K Jason Elam
P Todd Sauerbrun

Very good list. I have a few quibbles:

I'd take Steve Sewell as the second RB
Rick Upchurch as a PR/WR
Dennis Smith would go over Jon Lynch
Louis Wright would go over Braxton and I'd throw Braxton in as the nickle back
Tom Rouen would be my punter
Lastly, I like Wolfe, but I don't think he deserves a spot yet. I might go three/four and add Randy Gradishar in as a second ILB

Oh, one more thing, serious apologies to Tombstone Jackson. by most accounts, the best player this organization ever had before #7 came to town. I just never saw him, so I can't comment on him as a favorite. Ditto for Floyd Little.

[Izulde]

UNLV Runnin' Rebels men's basketball

PG Reggie Theus (He had the passing skills of an elite point guard, so I'm putting him here)
SG Stacey "The Plastic Man" Augmon
SF Mike Moser
PF Larry "Grandmama" Johnson
CE Sidney Green (He gets lost a bit because he came after Theus and before LJ, Anthony, and Augmon, but he's the first true star center UNLV had)

6th Anthony Bennett (PF) - I almost put him starting at CE, but I can't justify a 6'7 C
7th Chace Stanback (SG/SF/PF)
8th Armen "The Hammer" Gilliam (PF)
9th "Sudden" Sam Smith (SG/SF)
10th Greg Anthony (PG)
11th Ricky Sobers (PG/SG)
12th Brice Massamba (PF/C) - Strictly a fan favorite pick. He wasn't that good, but I loved watching fat boy hustle and get some boards and draw some fouls

[Subby]

UVA BASKETBALL

C Ralph Sampson
F Mel Kennedy
F Bryant Stith
G Jeff Lamp
G Othell Wilson

Bench - C Olden Polynice, PG Corey Alexander, PG John Crotty, F Lee Raker

[53Hipster76]

All-Time Defensive MLB Team
C John Bench
1B Kieth Hernandez
2B Bill Mazeroski
3B Brooks Robinson
SS Ozzie Smith
LF Carl Yastremski
CF Willie Mays
RF Roberto Clemente
P Jim Katt

These are the players that I have "seen" in my lifetime.

[BYU 14]

BYU

QB - Jim McMahon / Steve Young
TB - Jamal Willis
FB - Fua Vakipuna
WR - Glen Kozlowski / Cody Hoffman
WR - Austin Collie
TE - Gordon Hudson / Dennis Pitta
LT - John Tait
LG - Evan Pilgrim
C - Bart Oates
RG - Mo Eliwonibi
RT - Matt Reynolds

DL - Jason Buck
DL - Brett Keisel
DL - Shawn Knight
DL - Jan Jorgensen

LB - Leon White
LB - Shay Muirbrook / Rob Morris
LB - Kyle Van Noy

DB - Brian Logan
DB - Brian Mitchell
DB - Derwin Gray
DB - Kyle Morrell

K - Matt Payne
P - Lee Johnson

KR - Vai Sikahema

Tough to leave off QB's like Ty Detmer, Marc Wilson, Steve Sarkisian and Gifford Neilson, but BYU has an equally deep tradition at TE with Clay Brown, Ituli Mili, Trevor Molini and Chad Lewis not making the cut.

[TRO]

Royals

C Mike Macfarlane (Salvador Perez will be here soon)
1B George Brett
2B Frank White
SS Rey Sanchez
3B George Brett
LF Alex Gordon
CF Carlos Beltran
RF Jermaine Dye
DH George Brett

SP Kevin Appier (Original Royal Ape)
SP Bret Saberhagen
SP Mark Gubicza
SP Paul Splittorf
SP Zack Greinke

RP Dan Quisenberry
RP Joakim Soria

I think I could fill a most hated list for the Royals pretty quickly too.

[Julio Riddols]

The Bengals

QB Andy Dalton
RB Corey Dillon
FB Ickey Woods
TE Bob Trumpy
WR A.J. Green
WR Chad Johnson
C Bob Johnson
G Dave Lapham
G Max Montoya
T Willie Anderson
T Anthony Munoz

K Jim Breech
P Lee Johnson

DE Justin Smith
DT Tim Krumrie
DT Geno Atkins
DE Eddie Edwards
LB Bill Bergey
LB James Francis
LB Odell Thurman
LB Reggie Williams
CB Lemar Parrish
CB Ken Riley
S Tommy Casanova
S David Fulcher

Yeah I think Andy Dalton is going to go down as the best QB ever to play in Cinci, although I think Greg Cook would have been. Daltons development thus far has been outstanding, outpacing Palmer's early years easily. He has also done it with quite a bit less talent around him on offense.

[DougW]

I expected to see more obscure people on this thread. Most posts read like an all time list rather than an all time fav's.

Oddly my all time favorite "team" was the Chargers (with Fouts, Jefferson, Joiner, Winslow, Muncie, Kelcher, Big Hand Johnson). But, that was just those specific teams and I don't follow the Chargers with any kind of loyalty. So, I am guessing that isn't the type of "favorite team" we're looking for here.

My favorite team through the years would be between Detroit Tigers and the Michigan Wolverines basketball teams.

UofM
PG - Gary Grant
SG - Glen Rice
SF - Sean Higgins
PF - Chris Webber
C - Roy Tarpley
Bench (leaning toward my affection rather than their role) : Robert Traylor, Terry Mills, Loy Vaught, Rumeal Robinson, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose

Tigers :
1B : Enos Cabell
2B : Lou Whitaker
SS : Alan Trammell
3B : Tom Brookens
C : Lance Parrish, John Wockenfuss
OF : Ron LeFlore, Steve Kemp, Kirk Gibson, Ricky Peters
SP : Justin Verlander, Jack Morris, Dan Petry, Juan Berenguer, Jeff Weaver
Bullpen : Willie Hernandez, Auerilio Lopez, and a bunch more Willies.

EDIT : After re-reading my post, it seems pretty obvious that a championship really endears a player (group) to me. Most these guys were champions, with only a few exceptions of guys I just really liked for whatever reason (signed a ball, fun to watch, whatever).

[EagleFan]

The Phillies:

SP - Steve Carlton
SP - John Denny
SP - Cole Hamels
SP - Roy Halladay
SP - Kurt Schilling

RP - Ryan Madsen (as a setup man, he was lights out in that role)
RP - Chan Ho Park (he was lights out when he accepted his bullpen role)
RP - Tug McGraw
RP - Al Holland
RP - Mitch Williams (frustrating but fun to watch)

C - Darren Daulton
C - Carlos Ruiz
1B - Pete Rose
1B - Ryan Howard
2B - Manny Trillo
2B - Chase Utley
3B - Mike Schmidt
3B - Scott Rolen
SS - Jimmy Rollins
SS - Kevin Stocker

OF - Garry Maddox
OF - Gary Matthews
OF - Len Dykstra
OF - Glenn Wilson
OF - Pat Burrell

[cuervo72]

lol@TRO

[Grover]

The Bengals

QB Andy Dalton
RB Corey Dillon
FB Ickey Woods
TE Bob Trumpy
WR A.J. Green
WR Chad Johnson
C Bob Johnson
G Dave Lapham
G Max Montoya
T Willie Anderson
T Anthony Munoz

K Jim Breech
P Lee Johnson

DE Justin Smith
DT Tim Krumrie
DT Geno Atkins
DE Eddie Edwards
LB Bill Bergey
LB James Francis
LB Odell Thurman
LB Reggie Williams
CB Lemar Parrish
CB Ken Riley
S Tommy Casanova
S David Fulcher

Yeah I think Andy Dalton is going to go down as the best QB ever to play in Cinci, although I think Greg Cook would have been. Daltons development thus far has been outstanding, outpacing Palmer's early years easily. He has also done it with quite a bit less talent around him on offense.

The only thing different on my list is that I'd replace Thurman with Brian Simmons.

Otherwise, I completely love this list.

[korme]

The Bengals

QB Andy Dalton
RB Corey Dillon
FB Ickey Woods
TE Bob Trumpy
WR A.J. Green
WR Chad Johnson
C Bob Johnson
G Dave Lapham
G Max Montoya
T Willie Anderson
T Anthony Munoz

K Jim Breech
P Lee Johnson

DE Justin Smith
DT Tim Krumrie
DT Geno Atkins
DE Eddie Edwards
LB Bill Bergey
LB James Francis
LB Odell Thurman
LB Reggie Williams
CB Lemar Parrish
CB Ken Riley
S Tommy Casanova
S David Fulcher

Yeah I think Andy Dalton is going to go down as the best QB ever to play in Cinci, although I think Greg Cook would have been. Daltons development thus far has been outstanding, outpacing Palmer's early years easily. He has also done it with quite a bit less talent around him on offense.

Ugh, 1.5 years of Dalton is better than a storied career of Boomer Esiason? Everything else I'm good with, even though Justin Smith kinda sucked on the Bengals.

[molson]

I broke the rules and listed the 3 teams that I follow
Syracuse hoops fan since 1990, so:

G Gerry McNamara
G Lawrence Moten (guard/foward)
F Carmelo Anthony
F John Wallace
C Otis Hill

Bench:
C Etan thomas
F Hakim Warrick
G Mike Hopkins

Boeheim never plays more than 8, so that is enough. :)



I'd have to find a spot on my favorite Syracuse team (since 1996) for Allen Griffin.

[Jughead Spock]

Ugh, 1.5 years of Dalton is better than a storied career of Boomer Esiason? Everything else I'm good with, even though Justin Smith kinda sucked on the Bengals.

And Ken Anderson? I'm officially old. :(

[Julio Riddols]

Ugh, 1.5 years of Dalton is better than a storied career of Boomer Esiason? Everything else I'm good with, even though Justin Smith kinda sucked on the Bengals.

Smith didn't suck as much as people think, he was just better suited for the Niners. His numbers with the Bengals were nearly identical to those he puts up now, but he gets more notice with a winning team in a big market.

As for Dalton, I do think he is going to go down as the best QB in Bengals history. He's putting up numbers rarely seen in 1st and 2nd year QB's, even with about half the offensive weaponry Palmer, Esiason and Anderson had to work with, and without any training camp his first season. All he has done is improve nearly every week, to the point where he is now less of a game manager and more of a leader and field general. It won't be long before he will be talked about as a top 10 QB, barring injury. Probably has top 5 potential with his intelligence, decision making, quick release, anticipation and mobility. I can tell he wants to be great, just like I can tell A.J. and Geno do. Those 3 are irreplaceable.

[Julio Riddols]

And Ken Anderson? I'm officially old. :(

Initially I was going to go with Anderson or Greg Cook, but in the end I decided I like Dalton the best. The situation he came into would have been too much for most rookie QB's.

[StLee]

Saints 1980s - Present

QB - Drew Brees
RB - Deuce McAllister
RB - Dalton Hilliard
FB - Buford Jordan
WR - Marques Colston
WR - Eric Martin
TE - Jimmy Graham
TE - Hoby Brenner
OL - Steve Korte
OL - Willie Roaf
OL - Stan Brock
OL - Jahri Evans
OL - Joel Hilgenberg
DL - LaRoi Glover
DL - Wayne Martin
DL - Jim Wilks
DL - Frank Warren
LB - Rickey Jackson
LB - Pat Swilling
LB - Sam Mills
LB - Vaughan Johnson
CB - Tracy Porter
CB - Toi Cook
S - Sammy Knight
S - Brett Maxie
K - Morten Andersen
P - Thomas Morstead
KR - Mel Gray

[StLee]

LSU 1980s-present

QB - Tommy Hodson
RB - Kevin Faulk
RB - Joseph Addai
FB - Jacob Hester
WR - Wendell Davis
WR - Josh Reed
TE - David LaFleur
OL - Andrew Whitworth
OL - Kevin Mawae
OL - Ben Wilkerson
OL - Stephen Peterman
OL - Alan Faneca
DL - Glenn Dorsey
DL - Chad Lavalais
DL - Marcus Spears
DL - Booger McFarland
LB - Trev Faulk
LB - Bradie James
LB - Ali Highsmith
LB - Michael Brooks
CB - Patrick Peterson
CB - Corey Webster
S - LaRon Landry
S - Craig Steltz
K - Josh Jasper
P - Brad Wing
KR - Trindon Holliday, Skyler Green

[Radii]

QB- Steve Beuerlein


How close was this between Beurlein and Delhomme for you? I wanted Delhomme gone for *years* before they finally let him go, but he took my favorite team on an unbelievably exciting Super Bowl run. The Double OT playoff game against the Rams and the second half against the Patriots in the Super Bowl might well be enough to forgive the last 5ish years for me.

Also, I would have to include He Hate Me somewhere, maybe just a generic special teams player :D

[Simbo Klice]

Oilers/Titans 1990-Present (With an exception for Earl Campbell because I met him at the HOF when I was 6 or 7)

QB: Warren Moon
HB: Earl Campbell
TE: Frank Wycheck
WR: Haywood Jeffires
WR: Derrick Mason
WR: Earnest Givins
LT: Michael Roos
LG: Mike Munchak
C: Mark Stepnoski
RG: Bruce Matthews
RT: David Stewart

DE: Jevon Kearse
DT: Ray "Don't Litter in Texas" Childress
DT: Albert Haynesworth
DE: Kyle Vanden Bosch
OLB: Keith Bulluck
MLB: Colin McCarthy
CB: Cortland Finnegan
CB: Samari Rolle
CB: Chris Dishman
FS: Marcus Robertson
SS: Blaine Bishop

K: Rob Bironas
P: Craig Hentrich

[Alan T]

I'll run with this same club, as much as anything because of the number of similarities between your list & mine.
C - Biff Pocoroba
1B - Fred McGriff
2B - Jeff Treadway
SS - Jeff Blauser
3B - Ken Oberkfell
OF - Murphy, Butler, Ralph Garr
Bench - Keith Lockhart, Julio Franco, Bruce Benedict, Willie Montanez, Mark Lemke, Glenn Hubbard, Otis Nixon

SP - Maddux, Niekro, Avery, Camp, Rick Mahler,
RP - Garber, Hrabosky, Terry Forster, John Rocker, Smoltz


Yes, Terry Forster, Julio Franco, Lemke and Nixon were all people I wanted to fit in my list but had no room. I should have gone with a bench!

[Suburban Rhythm]

I think I'm the first going NHL.

Have to get a little creative to fit some of these guys in

Penguins

M Straka - M Lemieux - A Morozov
K Stevens - S Crosby - J Mullen
P Nedved - E Malkin - K Koltsov
M Talbot - B Trottier - S Barnes

P Coffey - U Samuelsson
S Gonchar - B Orpik
K Letang - F Leroux

MA Fleury
S Caron

After doing that, I am a little surprised I don't have more guys from the awful teams from the middle 2000's. I got my tickets in 2003, and there was a parade of loveable losers doing that stretch.

[Drake]

Indiana University Basketball

PG Quinn Buckner
SG Steve Alford
SF Calbert Cheaney
PF Alan Henderson
C Cody Zeller

Bench:

Kent Benson
Scott May
DJ White
Eric Gordon
Isiah Thomas

Leaving off the pre-Knight-era guys due to a lack of familiarity, or else Schlundt and Bellamy would have made the cut.

The fact that you left Uwe Blab off the list hurts me physically.

[Toddzilla]

Virginia Tech Football

QB Bryan Randall (by a hair over Tyrod)

RB Lee Suggs
RB Kevin Jones
RB Vaughan Hebron

WR Antonio Freeman
WR Danny Coale (who is still open wherever he is)
WR Andre Davis
WR Eddie Royal
TE Jeff King

C Jake Grove
T Eugene Chung
G Will Montgomery

DE Corey Moore
DE Cornell Brown
DE John Engleberger
DT Bruce Smith

LB Xavier Adibi
LB Ben Taylor
LB Cody Grimm

DB Macho Harris
DB DeAngelo Hall
DB Jayron Hosley
DB Tyrone Drakeford

K Shayne Graham
P Danny Coale :)

[Coffee Warlord]

QB Jim McMahon
RB Walter Payton
RB Thomas Jones
WR Willie Gault
WR Bobby Engram
TE Greg Olsen

C Jay Hilgenberg
G Tom Thayer
G Mark Bortz
T Keith Van Horne
T James Williams

DE Richard Dent
DE Julius Peppers
DT William Perry
DT Tommie Harris

OLB Otis Wilson
MLB Mike Singletary
OLB Brian Urlacher (couldn't leave him off, and he could play OLB just fine)

CB Charles Tillman
CB Nathan Vasher
S Mike Brown
S Gary Fencik

K Robbie Gould
P Brad Maynard

KR Devin Hester
PR Devin Hester

[Honolulu_Blue]

Red Wings

B. Shanhan - S. Yzerman - G. Howe
H. Zetterberg - I. Larionov - P. Datsyuk
P . Klima - S. Fedorov - G. Gallant
D. McCarty - K. Draper - P. Probert

N. Lidstrom - V. Konstantinov
N. Kronwall - B. Rafalski
C. Chelios - S. Fetisov

C. Osgood
D. Hasek

[sterlingice]

CF Doug Dascenzo (I should put him at RP just for kicks)

Love it :D

SI

[Suburban Rhythm]

Red Wings

B. Shanhan - S. Yzerman - G. Howe
H. Zetterberg - I. Larionov - P. Datsyuk
P . Klima - S. Fedorov - G. Gallant
D. McCarty - K. Draper - P. Probert

N. Lidstrom - V. Konstantinov
N. Kronwall - B. Rafalski
C. Chelios - S. Fetisov

C. Osgood
D. Hasek

I considered using him for his famed 10 game stint in Pittsburgh, but just couldn't find any space.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Yes, Terry Forster, Julio Franco, Lemke and Nixon were all people I wanted to fit in my list but had no room. I should have gone with a bench!

My pitching situation was made easier by the fact that I never really liked Glavine. I didn't hate him particularly, I just wasn't warm & fuzzy about him either. That let me move Camp to the rotation & make room for the legendary Tub of Goo :)

[revrew]

Very good list. I have a few quibbles:

I'd take Steve Sewell as the second RB
Rick Upchurch as a PR/WR
Dennis Smith would go over Jon Lynch
Louis Wright would go over Braxton and I'd throw Braxton in as the nickle back
Tom Rouen would be my punter
Lastly, I like Wolfe, but I don't think he deserves a spot yet. I might go three/four and add Randy Gradishar in as a second ILB

Oh, one more thing, serious apologies to Tombstone Jackson. by most accounts, the best player this organization ever had before #7 came to town. I just never saw him, so I can't comment on him as a favorite. Ditto for Floyd Little.

I also considered Rouen, but every time I hear his name, I think "Here's Tom to Rouen our chances of winning." Not fair, I suppose, but then, I love the idea of a punter (Sauerbrun) who could kick the ball 70 yards kicking in Denver.

It was tough to leave both Dennis Smith and Brian Dawkins off the list, but I only allowed myself 2 safeties.

And yes, it's early, but I'm a fan of nicknames that fit well, and for the Bearcat who plays with more heart than talent, "Hungry like a" Wolfe just became an instant favorite of mine. I find myself singing the song about 5 times every game, and for a DT to get sung about 5 times a game is a pretty impressive feat.

[cuervo72]

My pitching situation was made easier by the fact that I never really liked Glavine. I didn't hate him particularly, I just wasn't warm & fuzzy about him either. That let me move Camp to the rotation & make room for the legendary Tub of Goo :)

Now this is coming from a Phillies fan -- but Glavine always seemed like, if not an asshole, one hell of a sourpuss.

Smoltz though...he seemed like a good guy. I generally liked Smoltz. Even as a Phillies fan.

[Alan T]

Now this is coming from a Phillies fan -- but Glavine always seemed like, if not an asshole, one hell of a sourpuss.

Smoltz though...he seemed like a good guy. I generally liked Smoltz. Even as a Phillies fan.


Glavine was kind of like the "northerner" among a bunch of good ole boys so to speak. he didn't fit in perhaps with the mindset of some of the others on the team at the time, and wasn't necessarily as personable to the fans. I just always liked watching him pitch. I really enjoyed the days of Maddux + Glavine pitching wise for whatever reason.

[sterlingice]

Royals

(good list)

I think I could fill a most hated list for the Royals pretty quickly too.

I think I'm up for that challenge. I limited myself to 2000 and beyond. Why go back more than that if, unfortunately, you don't have to. The hardest part, of course, was SS. I cheated and put Betancourt at 2B. And Berroa got to DH.

Lineup
C Benito Santiago - How much did you get paid to go off steroids and play like 40 games in 2004? Could have also included "Juan Gonzalez" with this same exact description.
1B Ken Harvey - Ah, the tarp, the hit in the back play- so much "fun" and calling him a 1B is a misnomer.
2B Yuniesky Betancourt - TWICE! TWICE!!! Tho, "Batter Nine You Sucky" will never be topped as an anagram.
SS Neifi Perez - The trade that really symbolized how broken the franchise was in the early 2000s.
3B Desi Relaford - He played 7 positions for the Royals and none of them well. And he couldn't hit. They just kept putting him out there!
RF Jeff Francouer - So much to not like: hates being benched despite not being able to hit, can't hit, etc. And Moore signed him to a stupid extension!
CF Michael Tucker - Asshat.
LF Jose Guillen - See "Michael Tucker" and then add a dose of crazy.
DH Mike Jacobs - Traded a decent reliever (more on that in a moment) for him and he blocked cheaper, better in house options.

Bench
UT Chuck Knoblauch - Way too old and too crappy by the time he signed and just cashing a check.
UT Willie Bloomquist - One of a raft of players who have "GRIT", which I believe is a contraction for " 'GReat' white player who cannot hIT".
1B Ross Gload - Like Willie, full of 'grit' and blocked Shealy in 2007 and Ka'aihue (sortof) in 2008.
IF Angel Berroa - ROY who got lazy and crappy quickly (or maybe was never very good).
OF Dee Brown - Weren't you supposed to be good?!?
OF Mark Quinn - Wanted to like him. Remember being at the game where he walked for the first time in like 250 PAs.

Rotation
SP Luke Hochevar - He was the first pick in the MLB draft. Really!
SP Kyle Davies - I believe Hiram has the worst ERA for a pitcher with over 100 career starts. The Royals started his 5.59 144 times!
SP Chris George - How "magical" was 2003? He was 9-6 with a 7.11 ERA!
SP Runelvys Hernandez - Ah, Fat Elvis. I actually thought you were good once.
SP Mark Redman - Honestly, this is unfair to him. But he was All Star Mark Redman in a year where he had a 5.71 ERA. He's just a stand-in to symbolize all of the futile attempts to sign cheap, crappy starting pitching at rock bottom prices and the surprise everyone had when they did, in fact, suck.

Bullpen
RP Ricky Botallico - So many blown saves in so little time.
RP Ambiorix Burgos - Attempted murder, assault, and his other assorted rap sheet get him on this list.
RP Kyle Farnsworth - Opening Day 2009: we all knew exactly what was going to happen.
RP Juan Carlos Oviedo - We knew you as a 2 year younger Leo Nunez who was traded to KC for Santiago and away for Jacobs.
RP Horacio Ramirez - He wasn't bad in his first go 'round, but, in a recurring Moore theme, he was resigned for way too much money and eventually DFAd.

Wow. A whole 25 man roster. Oof. And that took less than an hour to do. More oof.

SI

[Fonzie]

Cardinals (since 1980)

Batters
C Yadier Molina
1B Albert Pujols
2B Tommy Herr
SS Ozzie Smith
3B Scott Rolen
LF Matt Holiday
CF Willie McGee
RF Andy Van Slyke
Bench: Terry Pendleton, Jim Edmonds, Ray Lankford, Vince Coleman, Jose Oquendo, Todd Zeile, and Mark McGwire (steroids and all). Yes, it's a big bench.

Pitchers
SP Adam Wainwright
SP Bob Forsch
SP Joaquin Andujar
SP John Tudor
SP Mike Morris
SP Chris Carpenter
RP Bruce Sutter
RP Todd Worrell
RP Lee Smith
RP Jason Isringhausen

[Schmidty]

Tigers:

C - Lance Parrish
1B - Cecil Fielder
2B - Lou Whitaker
3B - Miguel Cabrera
SS - Alan Trammell
LF - Willie Horton
CF - Chet Lemon
RF - Al Kaine
SP - Justin Verlander
CL - Mike Henneman (I don't know why, but I always liked him)

[Schmidty]

Michigan State Basketball:

C - Mike Peplowski
PF - Andre Hutson
SF - Steve Smith
SG - Shawn Respert
PG - Mateen Cleaves / Magic Johnson

[Schmidty]

Detroit Pistons:

C - Ben Wallace
PF - Dennis Rodman
SF - Adrian Dantley
SG - Vinnie Johnson
PG - Isaiah Thomas

[Schmidty]

Red Wings:

G - Mike Vernon
D - Vladimir Konstantinov
D - Nick Lidstrom
F - Brendan Shannahan
F - Joe Kocur
C - Steve Yzerman

[Coffee Warlord]

Heh. Bulls are too easy.

C - Joakim Noah
PF - Dennis Rodman
SF - Scottie Pippen
SG - Michael Jordan
PG - Ron Harper (the only tough one between him and Paxson, and Rose - always dug Harper, though)

Who WOULDN'T wanna see the old dynasty Bulls, plus Noah.

Interestingly, me and my coworker were just discussng. I actually don't think Rose & Jordan could have co-existed terribly well. Wouldn't be enough ball to go around.

[Schmidty]

Who WOULDN'T wanna see the old dynasty Bulls, plus Noah.

As a huge fan of the Bad Boys, I most definitely wouldn't want to see those bastards. :)

[rjolley]

QB Jim McMahon
RB Walter Payton
RB Thomas Jones
WR Willie Gault
WR Bobby Engram
TE Greg Olsen

C Jay Hilgenberg
G Tom Thayer
G Mark Bortz
T Keith Van Horne
T James Williams

DE Richard Dent
DE Julius Peppers
DT William Perry
DT Tommie Harris

OLB Otis Wilson
MLB Mike Singletary
OLB Brian Urlacher (couldn't leave him off, and he could play OLB just fine)

CB Charles Tillman
CB Nathan Vasher
S Mike Brown
S Gary Fencik

K Robbie Gould
P Brad Maynard

KR Devin Hester
PR Devin Hester

This is pretty much my Bears list. I'd have Suhey in for Jones and Booker for Engram. Otherwise, love it.

[rjolley]

Heh. Bulls are too easy.

C - Joakim Noah
PF - Dennis Rodman
SF - Scottie Pippen
SG - Michael Jordan
PG - Ron Harper (the only tough one between him and Paxson, and Rose - always dug Harper, though)

Who WOULDN'T wanna see the old dynasty Bulls, plus Noah.

Interestingly, me and my coworker was just discussion. I actually don't think Rose & Jordan could have co-existed terribly well. Wouldn't be enough ball to go around.

Give me Rose instead of Harper. Maybe not enough basketballs, but tons of defense, 3 closers on the floor, and 3 ball handlers that can beat their man almost at will? Yes please. I may have to make this squad for the Bulls when I start up my NBA2K13 association. :)

For the bench, I'd go with Quentin Dailey, Orlando Woolridge, Horace Grant, Reggie Theus, Craig Hodges, and John Paxson. Hard to leave off Gilmore, Greenwood, Armstrong, Kerr, and others, but those are the players I enjoyed watching play for various reasons.

I think Rose could survive on the floor with Jordan. Maybe if Wade or James would've signed a couple of seasons ago, we could see what Rose could do with another elite offensive player on the floor to gauge.

[rjolley]

Let's see, a White Sox squad...

C Carlton Fisk
1B Paul Konerko
2B Julio Cruz
3B Robin Ventura
SS Ozzie Guillen
RF Harold Baines
CF Lance Johnson
LF Ron Kittle
DH Frank Thomas

SP Mark Buehrle
SP John Garland
SP Alex Fernandez
SP Jack McDowell
SP James Baldwin

CL Bobby Thigpen
RP Roberto Hernandez
RP Scott Radinsky
RP Juan Agosto

[larrymcg421]

Least favorite Dolphins...

QB Jay Fiedler
WR Ted Ginn
WR Chris Chambers
TE Eric Green
RB Sammie Smith
RB Karim Abdul-Javvar
T John St. Clair
T Billy Milner
G Chris Liwienski
G Kevin Donnalley
C Seth McKinney


DE Eric Kumerow
DT Brian Sochia
DT Dimitrius Underwood
DE Marco Coleman
LB Jackie Shipp
LB Chris Singleton
CB Terrell Buckley
CB Jamar Fletcher
S Gene Atkins
S Michael Stewart

K Joe Nedney

[JetsIn06]

Not necessarily my best team, but my favorite team.

QB Chad Pennington
RB Leon Washington
RB Curtis Martin
WR Jericho Cotchery
WR Wayne Chrebet
TE Dustin Keller

C Nick Mangold
G Alan Faneca
G Pete Kendall
T D'Brickashaw Ferguson
T Damien Woody

DE Shaun Ellis
DE ?
DT Kris Jenkins

LB David Harris
LB Jonathan Vilma
LB Victor Hobson

CB Darelle Revis
CB Hank Poteat
S Eric Smith
S Kerry Rhodes

K John Hall
P Ben Graham

[britrock88]

How close was this between Beurlein and Delhomme for you? I wanted Delhomme gone for *years* before they finally let him go, but he took my favorite team on an unbelievably exciting Super Bowl run. The Double OT playoff game against the Rams and the second half against the Patriots in the Super Bowl might well be enough to forgive the last 5ish years for me.

Also, I would have to include He Hate Me somewhere, maybe just a generic special teams player :D

Not terribly close. Beuerlein's three years lined up perfectly with my coming of age, football-wise, and I still think he was the more heroic QB, though on a mediocre team. Jake had too many highs and lows for my liking, and I chalk up more of the team's success with him to Stephen Davis's big year and the incredible D-line we had (fun while it lasted).

As for He Hate Me, consider him my special teamer. I just forgot about him because neither the name "Rod Smart" nor his stats jumped out at me from the Pro Football Reference pages.

[TRO]

Crappy Royals

SI

Thanks for saving me the trouble. :banghead:

[sterlingice]

All the anger without all of the research!

SI

[Johnny93g]

Least favorite Dolphins...

QB Jay Fiedler
WR Ted Ginn
WR Chris Chambers
TE Eric Green
RB Sammie Smith
RB Karim Abdul-Javvar
T John St. Clair
T Billy Milner
G Chris Liwienski
G Kevin Donnalley
C Seth McKinney


DE Eric Kumerow
DT Brian Sochia
DT Dimitrius Underwood
DE Marco Coleman
LB Jackie Shipp
LB Chris Singleton
CB Terrell Buckley
CB Jamar Fletcher
S Gene Atkins
S Michael Stewart

K Joe Nedney

Why didn't you like Fiedler. All he ever did was win in Miami!!

[NoSkillz]

To that end:

ALL-TIME BLUE JAYS TEAM

ROTATION
1. Roy Halladay
2. Juan Guzman
3. Roger Clemens
4. Pat Hentgen
5. Jimmy Key

Sentimental Pick: Jack Morris (Only two years. But the reason I became a Blue Jays fan.)

SETUP MAN: Duane Ward
CLOSER: Tom Henke

FIRST BASE: JOHN OLERUD
SECOND BASE: ROBBY ALOMAR
THIRD BASE: KELLY GRUBER
SHORTSTOP: TONY FERNANDEZ
CATCHER: Pat Borders
LEFT FIELD: JOE CARTER
CENTER FIELD: DEVON WHITE
RIGHT FIELD: JOSE BAUTISTA
DESIGNATED HITTER: CARLOS DELGADO

Pretty good list - it's amazing how many of the spots are filled by players from the two World Series teams, especially when you consider that the team has been around for 35 years.

The only changes I'd make are to insert Dave Stieb in for Hentgen (I always loved watching Guzman pitch) and George Bell in at LF, with Carter moving over to RF in place of Bautista.

You could also make arguments for including Molitor in at DH but not at the expense of Olerud or Delgado, who played for many more years with the team.

[AgustusM]

San Francisco Giants (going with favorites, not necessarily best and from ones I actually saw in person thus no Willie Mays)

Rotation
1. Tim Lincecum
2. Matt Cain
3. Rick Rueschel
4. Kirk Rueter
5. Mike Krukow

Closer
Rob Nen

Bullpen
Sergio Romo
Gary Lavelle
Jeremy Affeldt
Al Holland
Scott Garelts

C - Buster Posey
1B - Willie McCovey - favorite player ever
2B - Freddie Sanchez (tough call over Robby Thompson, but that first WS win gives him the push)
SS - Omar Vizquel
3B - Bill Madlock - I cried on the school bus when they traded him
LF - Barry Bonds
CF - Billy North - had a 162 game hitting streak in APBA baseball for me when I was 10 because I cheated and every time he led off a game and did not get a hit I claimed the roll was a practice roll.
RF - Chili Davis

[Sun Tzu]

Oh...least favorite. That's a good one.

Least favorite 49ers:

QB - Ken Dorsey
HB - Lawrence Phillips
FB - Adam Walker
WR - Reshaun Woods
WR - Ashley Lellie
TE - Wesley Walls
LT - Kwame Harris
LG - Jonas Jennings
C - Brock Gutierrez
RG - Scott Gragg
RT - Kyle Kosier

RDE - Israel Ifeyani
RDT - Dennis Brown
LDT - Ted Washington
LDE - John Engleberger
LOLB - Jamie Winborn
MLB - Kevin Mitchell
ROLB - Todd Kelly
CB - Antonio Langham
FS - Mark Roman
SS - Keith Lewis
CB - Ahmed Plummer

[Sun Tzu]

San Francisco Giants (going with favorites, not necessarily best and from ones I actually saw in person thus no Willie Mays)

Closer
Rob Nen

Bullpen
Sergio Romo
Gary Lavelle
Jeremy Affeldt
Al Holland
Scott Garelts


Interesting to see The Beard getting left off there.

[AgustusM]

San Francisco 49ers (again favorites, not best and that I saw in person)

QB - Steve Young - Montana was best, but I identified more with Young
RB - Garrison Hearst
FB - Tom Rathman - my all time favorite
WR - Jerry Rice
WR - Dwight Clark
TE - Vernon Davis
LT - Derrick Deese
LG - Guy McIntire
C - Jesse Sapolu
RG - every guy who has ever played there not named Chilo Rachal
RT - Harris Barton

DL - Fred Dean
DL - Bryant Young
DL - Justin Smith
DL - Dana Stubblefield

LB - Patrick Willis
LB - Charles Haley
LB - Aldon Smith

CB - Eric Wright
CB - Merton Hanks
FS - Ronnie Lott
SS - Tim McDonald

K-P - None (I dislike all kickers)

[AgustusM]

Interesting to see The Beard getting left off there.

I did put the beard on there - the ORIGINAL fear the beard was Romo and not the lunatic Wilson (although I do find him entertaining)

[AgustusM]

Oh...least favorite. That's a good one.

Least favorite 49ers:

QB - Ken Dorsey
HB - Lawrence Phillips
FB - Adam Walker
WR - Reshaun Woods
WR - Ashley Lellie
TE - Wesley Walls
LT - Kwame Harris
LG - Jonas Jennings
C - Brock Gutierrez
RG - Scott Gragg
RT - Kyle Kosier

RDE - Israel Ifeyani
RDT - Dennis Brown
LDT - Ted Washington
LDE - John Engleberger
LOLB - Jamie Winborn
MLB - Kevin Mitchell
ROLB - Todd Kelly
CB - Antonio Langham
FS - Mark Roman
SS - Keith Lewis
CB - Ahmed Plummer

I agree with 99% of this - but Jamie Winborn!?!?!? I'm outraged. I liked Winborn. Oh wait that wasn't him - I was thinking the other 55 Lee Woodall. Your right Winborn sucked.

[AgustusM]

Golden State Warriors - curse you people for killing my afternoon productivity

Again my favorites, not best, that I have seen in person

PG - Tim Hardaway
SG - World B Free
SF - Chris Mullin
PF - Larry Smith
C - Andrew Bogut _ yes the Warriors center position has been so bad in my 40+ years of fandom I am going with the guy that played 20 hobbled minutes a game for 7 games. Still better than anyone I saw play there.

Bench
Benard King
Jason Richardson
Baron Davis
Manute Bol
Mitch Richmond

[Subby]

You gotta take 1 year of CWebb over Bogut!!!!!

[larrymcg421]

Why didn't you like Fiedler. All he ever did was win in Miami!!

Fiedler is a terrific example of the flaw in evaluating a QB based on wins and losses. Those Dolphins teams were loaded on defense and had terrific running games. According to Football Outsiders, he finished 20th, 8th, 19th, 20th, and 40th in his 5 Miami seasons. Also, he was probably one of the worst QB's in postseason history (1 TD, 8 INT in three playoff games with Miami). It always angered and frustrated me that Wannstedt was so fond of him.

[Sun Tzu]

I agree with 99% of this - but Jamie Winborn!?!?!? I'm outraged. I liked Winborn. Oh wait that wasn't him - I was thinking the other 55 Lee Woodall. Your right Winborn sucked.

Haha. Actually Kevin Mitchell was the "other" 55. Woodall was the Evander Holyfield look-a-like, and he wore 54.

[Young Drachma]

Pretty good list - it's amazing how many of the spots are filled by players from the two World Series teams, especially when you consider that the team has been around for 35 years.

The only changes I'd make are to insert Dave Stieb in for Hentgen (I always loved watching Guzman pitch) and George Bell in at LF, with Carter moving over to RF in place of Bautista.

You could also make arguments for including Molitor in at DH but not at the expense of Olerud or Delgado, who played for many more years with the team.

Yeah I became a Jays fan after the Steib & Bell era or else, they'd be on my list too.

[ISiddiqui]

All Time NY Mets

SP - Tom Seaver
SP - Dwight Gooden
SP - David Cone
SP - Sid Fernandez
SP - Jerry Koosman
CL - John Franco

C - Mike Piazza (Carter was great, but had like 2 good years for NY... though one being that World Series)
1B - Keith Hernandez
2B - Edgardo Alfonzo
3B - David Wright
SS - Jose Reyes
LF - Kevin McReynolds
CF - Carlos Beltran (kinda wanted to say Mookie Wilson here ;))
RF - Daryl Strawberry

[Abe Sargent]

Most of my team is reallllllllly easy


JAGUARS, RAR!!!


QB Mark Brunell
RB Maurice Jones-Drew (only argument on the offense, really)
TE Marcades Lewis
WR Keenan McCardell
WR Jimmy Smith
OT Tony Boselli
OT Leon Searcy
C Brad Meester
OG Chris Naeole
OG Vince Manowai (feel free to insert your own OG opinions)

K Mike Hollis
P Bryan ANGER (Already a hoss, he won us the game on Sunday)

DE Tony Brackens
DE Gary Walker (Could argue Wynn, Kamptmann or Spicer here I suppose)
DT Marcus Stroud
DT John Henderson
LB Darryl Smith
LB Kevin Hardy
LB Paul Posluszny
CB Rashean Mathis
CB Aaron Beasley (Bryant is an option)
S Donovin Darius
S Carnell Lake (Could also argue lots of others, Grant or Logan, but no one was as good as Lake.)

[Abe Sargent]

San Francisco 49ers (again favorites, not best and that I saw in person)

QB - Steve Young - Montana was best, but I identified more with Young
RB - Garrison Hearst
FB - Tom Rathman - my all time favorite
WR - Jerry Rice
WR - Dwight Clark
TE - Vernon Davis
LT - Derrick Deese
LG - Guy McIntire
C - Jesse Sapolu
RG - every guy who has ever played there not named Chilo Rachal
RT - Harris Barton

DL - Fred Dean
DL - Bryant Young
DL - Justin Smith
DL - Dana Stubblefield

LB - Patrick Willis
LB - Charles Haley
LB - Aldon Smith

CB - Eric Wright
CB - Merton Hanks
FS - Ronnie Lott
SS - Tim McDonald

K-P - None (I dislike all kickers)


Awesome idea! If I did that for the Jags, it'd be like 15 million WRs though. RJ Soward, Reggie Williams, Matt Jones, Jerry Porter, Jermaine Lewis, etc. It's been roto-receiver with every Kevin Johnson or Troy Edwards being brought on down for a year to play for our team and see what they have.


EDIT: I haven't felt this good about Jags guys with Shorts and Blackmon than I have since Mike Sims-Walker broke out..

[Abe Sargent]

Man, going back and looking at all of these old rosters just shoots me with nostalgia for the team. Names like Marlon McCree, Akin Ayodele and Ernest Wilford just are full of rich meaning.

[Comey]

/tries to figure out what Comey has against Reggie White (and/or Mike Quick)

Haha...Reggie really spent only 2-3 years with the Eagles when I began to follow football. And Mike Quick may have had one season. I loved watching Hugh Douglas (I was also devastated when he left), and got to see more of him. So he got the nod.

[Vince, Pt. II]

I'll do SF Giants I've seen, though I've been beaten to the punch:

SP Tim Lincecum
SP Matt Cain
SP Jason Schmidt
SP Madison Bumgarner
SP Kirk Reuter

RP Sergio Romo
RP Scott Garrelts
RP Rod Beck
RP Brian Wilson
RP Jeremy Affeldt
RP Rob Nen

C Buster Posey
1B Will Clark
2B Robby Thompson
SS Omar Vizquel
3B Matt Williams
LF Barry Bonds
CF Brett Butler
RF Candy Maldonado

BEN Kirt Manwaring
BEN Brandon Belt
BEN Jeff Kent
BEN Kevin Mitchell
BEN Pablo Sandoval
BEN Rich Aurilia

[cuervo72]

/looks up Jerome's last year vs Reggie's

;)

[Abe Sargent]

I expected to see more obscure people on this thread. Most posts read like an all time list rather than an all time fav's.





If that's the case, then you have to add Joe Zelenka as the long snapper for years and years. He was one of the most popular players on the team during his tenure. People loved him. I'd not be shocked if he doens;t pull a Boselli or Jeff Lageman and join the community with media or coaching with the Jags in a few years.

[General Mike]

All Time NY Mets

SP - Tom Seaver
SP - Dwight Gooden
SP - David Cone
SP - Sid Fernandez
SP - Jerry Koosman
CL - John Franco

C - Mike Piazza (Carter was great, but had like 2 good years for NY... though one being that World Series)
1B - Keith Hernandez
2B - Edgardo Alfonzo
3B - David Wright
SS - Jose Reyes
LF - Kevin McReynolds
CF - Carlos Beltran (kinda wanted to say Mookie Wilson here ;))
RF - Daryl Strawberry

Pretty close to what I have. I think I would probably put Leiter instead of Sid. John Franco was probably the right answer for Mets closer in terms of longevity, but he just drove me nuts. I never saw him play but I think I'd go with Tug McGraw over him for what he meant to the franchise.

As far as the lineup goes, I think you have it right, but I just want to give a passing mention to 3 personal favorites of mine.

John Olerud - Mets haven't had a 1B as good since he left
Todd Hundley - A bright spot in some dark years
HoJo - My favorite player as a kid.

[Comey]

/looks up Jerome's last year vs Reggie's

;)

Pssh. Wasn't a question about Jerome vs Reggie, or Reggie vs anyone else. That's all positional depth. And definitely not a question about who was better...Reggie was, obviously, a better player than Hugh. I just loved watching Hugh Douglas play, and got to see him during some of my best years of watching the Eagles.

[SackAttack]

Los Angeles Dodgers

Pitching

1. Sandy Koufax (never saw him play, but I read everything I could get my hands on involving Koufax when I was 9 years old. I'm including him on that basis)
2. Orel Hershiser
3. Clayton Kershaw
4. Hideo Nomo
5. Fernando Valenzuela

Setup: Hong-Chih Kuo
Closer: Eric Gagne

Lineup

C: Mike Piazza
1B: Eric Karros
2B: Steve Sax
3B: Adrian Beltre
LF: Kirk Gibson
CF: Matt Kemp
RF: Raul Mondesi

Bench

C - Russell Martin
IF - Alfredo Griffin
IF - Kevin Elster (Vince knows why)
OF - Steve Finley (same!)
OF - Brett Butler

[ISiddiqui]

Pretty close to what I have. I think I would probably put Leiter instead of Sid. John Franco was probably the right answer for Mets closer in terms of longevity, but he just drove me nuts. I never saw him play but I think I'd go with Tug McGraw over him for what he meant to the franchise.

As far as the lineup goes, I think you have it right, but I just want to give a passing mention to 3 personal favorites of mine.

John Olerud - Mets haven't had a 1B as good since he left
Todd Hundley - A bright spot in some dark years
HoJo - My favorite player as a kid.

Crud, I totally forget about Leiter (which is strange since he's from my hometown). Yeah, I agree, Leiter over Sid.

Ah, John Olerud! I can't believe he only played 3 seasons for the Mets. He was unlucky that sabermetrics didn't take off until after he was in New York (well for the Mets). Would have been MUCH more appreciated. And Delgado DID have some good seasons before he got injured all the time.

[kcchief19]

Royals

C Mike Macfarlane (Salvador Perez will be here soon)
1B George Brett
2B Frank White
SS Rey Sanchez
3B George Brett
LF Alex Gordon
CF Carlos Beltran
RF Jermaine Dye
DH George Brett

SP Kevin Appier (Original Royal Ape)
SP Bret Saberhagen
SP Mark Gubicza
SP Paul Splittorf
SP Zack Greinke

RP Dan Quisenberry
RP Joakim Soria

I think I could fill a most hated list for the Royals pretty quickly too.
Such a young pup ... here's an old-school fan's lineup:

C John Wathan
1B John Mayberry
2B Frank White
SS UL Washington
3B George Bret
LF Willie Wilson
CF Bo Jackson
RF Amos Otis
DH Hal McRae

Bench: Carlos Beltran, Danny Tartabull, Mike McFarlane, Freddie Patek, Billy Butler

SP Bret Saberhagen
SP Dennis Leonard
SP Paul Splittorff
SP Mark Gubicza
SP Larry Gura

Bullpen: Dan Quisenberry, Steve Farr, Jeff Montgomery, Joakim Soria, Tom Gordon

Wish I could find a spot for Jermaine Dye, but Tartabull gets the nod here. Surprisingly, Tartabull is the Royals all-time leader in slugging percentage. More surprising -- Raul Ibanez is second.

[Subby]

Los Angeles Dodgers

Pitching

1. Sandy Koufax (never saw him play, but I read everything I could get my hands on involving Koufax when I was 9 years old. I'm including him on that basis)
2. Orel Hershiser
3. Clayton Kershaw
4. Hideo Nomo
5. Fernando Valenzuela

Setup: Hong-Chih Kuo
Closer: Eric Gagne

Lineup

C: Mike Piazza
1B: Eric Karros
2B: Steve Sax
3B: Adrian Beltre
LF: Kirk Gibson
CF: Matt Kemp
RF: Raul Mondesi

Bench

C - Russell Martin
IF - Alfredo Griffin
IF - Kevin Elster (Vince knows why)
OF - Steve Finley (same!)
OF - Brett Butler
Not sure Beltre has enough range to play two positions.

[kcchief19]

I think I'm up for that challenge. I limited myself to 2000 and beyond. Why go back more than that if, unfortunately, you don't have to. The hardest part, of course, was SS. I cheated and put Betancourt at 2B. And Berroa got to DH.
Wow. Impressive job. What a waste of humanity we've paraded through this town. Shortstop was indeed an incredible challenge, and you even had to leave Tony Pena Jr. off.

Pitcher was pretty difficult too. You could have easily added Jeremy Affeldt, Dan Reichert and Kyle Snyder and Jason Grimsley. Grimsley had the trifecta of sucking, being outspoken during the collective bargaining process and getting nailed for PEDs.

SP Chris George - How "magical" was 2003? He was 9-6 with a 7.11 ERA!

How "magical" was 2003? Darrell May went 10-8 with a 3.77 ERA. Rest of his Royals career? 13-29, 5.50.

How bad was Albie Lopez in 2003? During the Royals dazzling start, Lopez pitched 15 games in relief, managing to somehow go 4-2, while posting a 12.71 ERA. In case you think it was bad luck, his WHIP was 2.559 and he gave up 7 home runs in 22 innings.

[sterlingice]

I always had a soft spot for Affeldt from when we used to wait outside after games to get autographs. If you're out there, you can see patterns develop where there were what we called "sacrificial lambs" who were thrown out to the autograph crowd so another 5 or so guys could drive away. John Buck was really good. DDJ, Sweeney, and Randa all signed a decent amount. But Affelt, he was /always/ there- more than anyone I ever saw. My friend had his "lucky" hat that was signed by Affeldt but he wore it off from wearing it too much. He just had Jeremy sign it again some other night like a year later because he was always there and would took and seemed like a decent guy. He just had that damn blister problem.

I strongly considered Grimsley for two of the three reasons listed: honestly, I can't remember how he pitched. But I remember him being a total dick about collective bargaining as the player rep and then the steroids. He's gotta be the biggest omission.

SI

[sterlingice]

Also, I probably should have used Roberto Hernandez as Bottalico wasn't all that bad for the Royals while Hernandez was just a symbol of the mishandling of the early 2000s Royals

SI

[AgustusM]

Haha. Actually Kevin Mitchell was the "other" 55. Woodall was the Evander Holyfield look-a-like, and he wore 54.

DOH - you are right. getting old sucks - all of these very important facts keep getting squeezed out of my head.

[AgustusM]

You gotta take 1 year of CWebb over Bogut!!!!!

yeah, but he was really more of a 4 than a 5. That and of course the whole sinking the franchise for 20 years by forcing his way out. (I dont really blame him as much as Nellie)

[Clark]

Packers 1980-present

WR James Lofton
T Chad Clifton
G Josh Sitton
C Larry McCarren
G Marco Rivera
T Mark Tauscher
TE Paul Coffman
WR Sterling Sharpe
QB Brett Favre
RB Ahman Green
FB William Henderson

DE Reggie White
DT Santana Dotson
DT Gilbert Brown
DE Aaron Kampman
OLB John Anderson
MLB Nick Barnett
OLB Clay Matthews
CB Charles Woodson
CB Tim Lewis
SS LeRoy Butler
FS Darren Sharper

K Jan Stenerud
P Craig Hentrich
RET Desmond Howard

[MIJB#19]

And here I figured it'd be the Merchantmen...I've seriously opted to go with the Merchantmen. :D

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

i still fantasize about kevin mitchell, lenny dykstra & strawberry in the mets OF

[Chief Rum]

Favorite Angels (only from the ones I have seen play and rooted for)

SP Chuck Finley
SP Jim Abbott
SP Joe Saunders
SP Mark Langston
SP Jarrod Washburn

MR Scot Shields
CL Troy Percival

C Lance Parrish
1B Rod Carew
2B Bobby Grich
3B Doug Decinces
SS Gary Disarcina
OF Darin Erstad
OF Torii Hunter
OF Tim Salmon
DH Chili Davis

[SackAttack]

Not sure Beltre has enough range to play two positions.

Doh.

I was thinking Alfredo Griffin all along - you can see that on the bench - but I'm not sure why I missed it in the lineup.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

Detroit Lions

QB - Bobby Layne
RB - Barry Sanders
FB - Cory Sclesinger
TE - Charlie Sanders
WR - Calvin Johnson
WR - Herman Moore
LT - Lou Creekmur
LG - Bob Kowalski
C - Kevin Glover
RG - Mike Utley
RT - Keith Dorney
K - Jason Hanson
P - Jim Arnold
DE - Bubba Baker
DT - Alex Karras
DT - Ndamukong Suh
DE - Kyle Vandenbosh
LB - Joe Schmidt
LB - Chris Spielman
LB - Mike Lucci
CB - Dick Lane
CB - Lem Barney
SS - Bennie Blades
FS - Dick Jauron

[Warhammer]

Favorite Angels (only from the ones I have seen play and rooted for)

SP Chuck Finley
SP Jim Abbott
SP Joe Saunders
SP Mark Langston
SP Jarrod Washburn

MR Scot Shields
CL Troy Percival

C Lance Parrish
1B Rod Carew
2B Bobby Grich
3B Doug Decinces
SS Gary Disarcina
OF Darin Erstad
OF Torii Hunter
OF Tim Salmon
DH Chili Davis

I agree with most of this, but what about Bob BOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE? Also, I'd put in Edmonds or Brian Downing over Erstad, but other than that I love the list.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I just realized if I would have picked Dick LeBeau over Lem Barney I would have had a secondary full of Dicks!

I only picked Dorney over Lomas Brown because Creekmur played the same position as Brown & I don't know how he would have been on the right side. I could have made Creekmur a RT and the line would have been even better, but the best OL the team may have ever had gets to play his own position.

And yes, I did select 3 MLB's. Name a Lion's OLB that should bump one of these guys off the field.

[Karim]

Fun thread...

Calgary Flames

GM: Cliff Fletcher
Coach: Bob Johnson

LW Colin Patterson C Doug Gilmour RW Joe Mullen
LW Gary Roberts C Joe Nieuwendyk RW Hakan Loob
LW Theoren Fleury C Craig Conroy RW Jarome Iginla
LW Jim Peplinski C Joel Otto RW Tim Hunter

D Al MacInnis D Gary Suter
D Brad McCrimmon D Jamie Macoun
D Rob Ramage D Phil Housley

G Mike Vernon
G Miikka Kirprusoff

* Fleury's playing out of position
* 16/20 from the 1989 Stanley Cup winning team