Your fan favorite dream team lineup

JHS5120

Not necessarily the best players (ie. Dontrelle Willis), but your favorite players of today/growing up. As a child of the 90's, I have only recent stars.

C Jorge Posada
1B Tino Martinez
2B Tony Womack
SS Derek Jeter
3B Chipper Jones
OF Ichiro
OF Vladimir Guerrero
OF Gary Sheffield

SP Mike Mussina
SP Tom Glavine
SP Dontrelle Willis
RP Mariano Rivera

72skywalker

C Johnny Bench
1B Don Mattingly
2B Willie Randolph
SS Derek Jeter
3B Mike Schimdt
OF Mickey Mantle
OF Joe Dimaggio
OF Reggie Jackson
SP Dave Righetti
SP Roger Clemens
SP Ron Guidry
RP Mariano Rivera

BigRedMachine

C Johnny Bench
1B Don Mattingly
2B Joe Morgan
SS Ozzie Smith
3B George Brett
OF Rickey Henderson
OF Eric Davis
OF Dave Parker

SP Nolan Ryan
SP Tom Browning
RP Dan Quisenberry
RP Aroldis Chapman

Mostly a Reds fan all my life, but some guys were just so unique, different, or downright awesome that, as a kid, you couldn't help but think of them as your favorites.

Shawn

bziddy

C Mike Piazza
1B Mark McGwire
2B Roberto Alomar
SS Ozzie Smith
3B Ken Caminiti
OF Ken Griffey
OF Barry Bonds
OF Tony Gwynn

SP Greg Maddux
SP Randy Johnson
SP Nolan Ryan
RP Trevor Hoffman

Pete Rose would be somewhere on the bench, ultimate utility player.

bziddy

Then again, after thought -- I'm thinking an outfield of Parker, Clemente and V. Guerrero would be nice too. No one would take an extra base. Ever. Guys might stop at first on a ground rule double.


...or you could go all-frustrating high contact/low K team with Gwynn, Mattingly, Rose, Boggs, Ichiro, Greenwell...

totallyradd

I love these kindsa threads, but it's tough. Had to include a bench, and it's mostly made of of OFers, ha.

C Carlton Fisk
1B Don Mattingly
2B Jackie Robinson
SS Robin Yount
3B Cal Ripken Jr
OF Rickey Henderson
OF Jose Canseco
OF Bo Jackson
Bench Paul Molitor
Bench Tony Gwynn
Bench Ken Griffey Jr

SP Pedro Martinez
SP Nolan Ryan
SP Ben Sheets
SP Dontrelle Willis
SP Randy Johnson
RP Derek Turnbow

jeffcbay

My FAN favorite team from my 37 years of watching baseball.

C - Gary Carter
1B - Mark McGwire
2B - Bill Ripken (yes... Bill Ripken)
SS - Cal Ripken Jr.
3B - Chipper Jones
RF - Tony Gwynn
CF - Mike Trout
LF - Rickey Henderson

SP - Nolan Ryan
SP - Randy Johnson
SP - Roger Clemens
RP - Aroldis Chapman

LarkinCollector

<< <i>I love these kindsa threads, but it's tough. Had to include a bench, and it's mostly made of of OFers, ha.

C Carlton Fisk
1B Don Mattingly
2B Jackie Robinson
SS Robin Yount
3B Cal Ripken Jr
OF Rickey Henderson
OF Jose Canseco
OF Bo Jackson
Bench Bo Jackson
Bench Paul Molitor
Bench Tony Gwynn
Bench Ken Griffey Jr

SP Pedro Martinez
SP Nolan Ryan
SP Ben Sheets
SP Dontrelle Willis
SP Randy Johnson
RP Derek Turnbow >>


I know Bo's talented enough to play two sports, but it's going to be tough to be in the OF and on the bench at the same time

CollectorAtWork

I grew up a Reds fan in the Midwest, so this has definitely colored my views. I had to move some players out of their typical position to get them to fit on the list.

C - Johnny Bench
1B - Leon Durham
2B - Ron Oester
SS - Barry Larkin
3B - Pete Rose
RF - Vlad Guerrero
CF - Eric Davis
LF - Rafael Palmeiro

SP - Pedro Martinez
SP - Greg Maddux
SP - Jose Rijo
SP - Hideo Nomo
RP - Rob Dibble

ashabby

C bench
1st mat tingly
2nd Morgan
SS Ripken
3rd b Robinson
Of flynn
Of foster
Of Griffey jr

P ryan
P randy Johnson

Rp fingers

GR

C Harry Oneill
1b Boog Powell
2B Jackie Robinson
SS Rabbit Marnanville
3B Manny Machado
Lf Mel Ott
Cf Bo Jackson
Rf Ichiro Suzuki

SP Rube Waddell
Closer Three Finger Brown

Play Ball!

arex

Being a Yanks can has def colored my pics but being a baseball fan gives it some flavor
My list is of just players who played a large part of their career since I was born in 1976
C-Jorge Posad
1b-Don Mattingly
2b-Craig Biggio
3b-Mike Schmidt
SS-Derek Jeter
OF-Paul O'Neil
OF-Ricky Henderson
OF-Bo Jackson
DH-George Brett
Bench-Wade Boggs
Bench-Tony Gwynn
Bench-Bernie Williams
P-Roger Clemens
P-Pedro Martinez
P-Greg Maddux
P-Dwight Gooden
Closer-Mariano Rivera

05GHBRETT

Watching since late 1970s

Manager - S Anderson
C - J Bench
1B - A Puljos
2B - J Morgan
SS - D Jeter
3B - GH Brett
OF - R Henderson
OF - K Griffey
OF - T Gwynn

Lineup
Henderson
Gwynn
Brett
Griffey
Puljos
Morgan
Jeter
Bench
Pitcher

I'll put $$ on this rotation vs anyone else's
SP - R Johnson
SP - G Maddux
SP - S Carlton
SP - N Ryan
RP - M Rivera
RP - D Eckersley

BENCH - B Bonds
BENCH - P Rose
BENCH - D Gooden
BENCH - Jennie Finch

vintagefun

For the most part my collection spans the 20 years before and after my birth in 1971.

This lineup reflects that and was so difficult to assemble when considering the span of 40 years of players. I think the legends of childhood, as told by my dad may have benefitted on the top team, and I know Dodgers benefitted on the favorite team. I added a DH and did 6 P spots and didn't bother with a Closer.

Top / Favorite
C : Bench / Campanella
1B : Musial / McCovey
2B : Rose / Jackie
3B : Schmidt / Brett
SS : Banks / Banks
OF : Ted / Clemente
OF : Mays / Mays
OF : Mantle / Mantle
DH : Aaron / Duke

P : Spahn / Drysdale
P : Koufax / Koufax
P : Gibson / Gibson
P : Marichal / Marichal
P : Ryan / Ryan
P : Randy / Seaver

Cool question.

3BoyzTrading

1B Mark McGwire
2B Miguel Tejada
3B Ken Caminiti
SS Alex Rodriguez
OF Jose Canseco
OF Barry Bonds
OF Sammy Sosa
C Ivan Rodriguez
DH Juan Gonzalez
P Roger Clemens
P Dwight Gooden
P David Cone
P Andy Petite
P Eric Gagne
Bench: Manny Ramirez, Jason Giambi, Ryan Braun,Rafael Palmeiro, Darryl Strawberry
Manager: Pete Rose

SDSportsFan

Players I actually saw play in person:

1B - McCovey/Aaron
2B - Morgan
SS - Smith
3B - Schmidt
OF - Gwynn
OF - Winfield
OF - Parker
OF - Henderson
OF - Griffey Jr
C - Bench
P - Ryan
P - Carlton
P - Seaver
P - Maddux
P - R Johnson
P - Clemens
P - P Martinez
P - Eckersley
P - Gossage
P - Hoffman
P - Rivera
U - Rose

Steve

Bravesguy44

Great thread. Tried to incorporate players from different eras:

OF: Hank Aaron
OF: Ken Griffey
OF: Reggie Jackson
3B: Brooks Robinson
SS: Cal Ripken
2B: Joe Morgan
1B: Willie McCovey
C: Johnny Bench
P: Greg Maddux
P: Sandy Koufax
P: Bob Gibson
P: Tom Seaver

Bullpen: Mariano Rivera, Goose Gossage, John Smoltz