Give me your ideal lineup.... lineup

[Chi_archie]

well hitters 1-5 anyways...... current players

any team, any position ie, your 3rd hitter and 4th hitter can both be 3rd basemen in real life......

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4.
5.


best constructed line up with small explanation as judged by me and my staff, wins an SBR hat

[Brock Landers]

i thought the 98/99 Astros had the most perfect lineup i'd ever seen, all the players then were in their prime

[big joe 1212]

i thought the 98/99 Astros had the most perfect lineup i'd ever seen, all the players then were in their prime

what about the Marlins lineup in the first World Series they won!

[UntilTheNDofTimE]

1) Rafael Palmeiro
2) Manny Ramirez
3) AROD
4) Barry Bonds
5) Donovan McNabb

[Brock Landers]

what about the Marlins lineup in the first World Series they won!

yep, that was a real nice collection of players.

the 2004 cardinals were fantastic too, fell apart in the series though.

[BeatTheJerk]

1. Alfonso Soriano : power & speed
2. Freddy Sanchez :always an insane ave and obps
3. Miguel Cabrera : Patience Power and ave
4. Alber Pujols : the name says it all
5. Ryan Braun : youth Power and ave

[Chi_archie]

I like how BTJ is thinking......

Timer made me chuckle with his.....


remember we are talking active guys, and I like numbers/stats....... Sabermetric guys where are you?

[tullamore]

Call me homer but I feel Youkilis should be in the top 5 of a lineup. May not have the power numbers of others, but he takes pitches, can foul pitches off, he wears out teams starting pitchers and makes the other team go to the bullpen sooner.

Chi, I will look at stats later, and come up with some better reasoning.

[Chi_archie]

Youkilis is like the mr. moneyball/sabermetrics america guy..... I think he should be a part of any lineup....

Tully gets bonus points

[pavyracer]

1. Francoeur
2. Escobar
3. Jones
4. McCann
5. Kotchman

[tullamore]

1. Reyes
2. Alexi Ramirez
3. Pujols
4. Morneau
5. Youk

[Chi_archie]

is that your final answer tully..... the cuban missile is losing points for his slow starts this year.... Hopefully things end up like they did after they did after his slow start in 08

[flyingillini]

I keep it Pre War

1. Eddie Plank
2 .Cap Anson
3. Frank Baker
4. Mike King Kelly
5. Frank Chance

My second team would consist of and once again, I keep it Pre War

1. Eddie Collins
2. Rube Marquard
3. Joe Jackson
4. Jack Chief Bender
5. Tris Speaker

My all time 3rd team, once again Pre War

1. Nap Lajoie
2. Honus Wagner
3. Arthur Devlin
4. Buck Ewing
5. Dave Bancroft

[Chi_archie]

well hitters 1-5 anyways...... current players

any team, any position ie, your 3rd hitter and 4th hitter can both be 3rd basemen in real life......

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


best constructed line up with small explanation as judged by me and my staff, wins an SBR hat

emphasis on current.....

we'll do All-time next

[tullamore]

I keep it Pre War

1. Eddie Plank
2 .Cap Anson
3. Frank Baker
4. Mike King Kelly
5. Frank Chance

My second team would consist of and once again, I keep it Pre War

1. Eddie Collins
2. Rube Marquard
3. Joe Jackson
4. Jack Chief Bender
5. Tris Speaker

My all time 3rd team, once again Pre War

1. Nap Lajoie
2. Honus Wagner
3. Arthur Devlin
4. Buck Ewing
5. Dave Bancroft

Illini, I know before you have stated your into old cards. I just started reading Crazy 08, about the 1908 baseball season. Book is interesting so far, you may want to take a look at it.

[tullamore]

is that your final answer tully..... the cuban missile is losing points for his slow starts this year.... Hopefully things end up like they did after they did after his slow start in 08

For now, I give some more though later, I am to tired to looka t any specific stats.

[flyingillini]

Illini, I know before you have stated your into old cards. I just started reading Crazy 08, about the 1908 baseball season. Book is interesting so far, you may want to take a look at it.

Read it along time ago.

[BeatTheJerk]

So who won the damn SBR jimmy hat. That thing better have the logo printed on the fuking end of the rubber Chi ....................

[Willie Bee]

1) Ty Cobb CF
2) Honus Wagner SS
3) Ted Williams LF
4) Hank Aaron RF
5) Lou Gehrig 1B
6) Jimmie Foxx 3B
7) Yogi Berra C
8) Craig Biggio 2B
9) Babe Ruth P

[MrMonkey]

First guys that come to my mind!

1 Willie Mays CF My best player should get the most chances at plate
2 Pete Rose 2B Didn't show it as manager, but was good one on field
3 Hank Aaron LF The "Launching Pad" helped, but damn!
4 Albert Pujois* 1B Please God, don't tell me he took the needle?
5 Mike Schmidt 3B Alltime best at his position
6 Johnny Bench C Didn't know Yogi had that good of stats! Aflack!!!
7 Roberto Clemente RF If possible, underrated, what a gun!
8 Derek Jeter SS Remember him running to catch relay and shovel home
9 Sandy Koufax P Who cares if his arm falls off tomorrow!

Babe Ruth is the greatest player without question of all time!!!!!!!!!

I know, mostly righties, but better than all lefties!

Chi, where's my hat!

MrMonkey

PS Playing by NL rules, WillieBee has an advantage in the hitting dept. But can the Babe pitch a whole game and hit like he usually does on a nice hot, sunny afternoon after partying the night before?

[robzilla]

1. Orlando Hudson.
2. Carlos Betran
3. Carl Crawford
4. Jason Bay
5. Evan Longoria

[Willie Bee]

PS Playing by NL rules, WillieBee has an advantage in the hitting dept. But can the Babe pitch a whole game and hit like he usually does on a nice hot, sunny afternoon after partying the night before?

Considering Ruth played his entire career in afternoon games, I'd have to say, "Yes!"

Actually, a better question would be how would the stars from say 1970 to today handle going back to the 1920s or so and playing with that era's technology? The segregation issue aside, put Manny and Barry and Big Mac and A-Rod in wool uniforms under the sun for a doublehader with no batting helmets, no batting gloves, no body armor, and have them train from New York to St. Louis the night before the game.

[TushyMonster]

current players?

1: HanRam
2: Kinsler
3: Big Al
4: Howard
5:Brauny

[VegasDave]

1. Hanley Ramirez
2. David Wright
3. Albert Pujols
4. Alex Rodriguez
5. Miguel Cabrera

Consistently going to get over .300 batting average and 30+ HRs from every one of these guys.

[3PtShooter]

1,,,Ricky Henderson
2,,,Rod Carew--------no better with bat controll
3,,,Joe DiMaggio
4,,,Babe Ruth
5,,,Willie Mays

[head_strong]

1Ichiro Suzuki CF
2Hanley Ramirez SS
3Manny Ramirez LF
4Albert Pujols 1B
5Alex Rodriguez 3B
6Miguel Cabrera DH
7Alfonso Soriano 2B
8Ryan Braun RF
9Victor Martinez C

like the mix of power and speed from top to bottom....

[alukk]

1.- Alfonso Soriano
2.- David Wright
3.- Alex Rodriguez.
4.- Albert Pujols.
5.- Manny Ramirez

[VegasDave]

All due respect to you guys that have Alfonso batting lead off, do you really want a guy with a career .282 batting average and a career .329 OBP as your lead off hitter?

[JDUB07]

1- Ichiro
2- Wright
3- Berkman
4- Teixeira
5- Hanley

Got speed at the top of the lineup followed by 2 switch hitting beast. Having Hanley in the 5 hole allows him to run since the bottom of the lineup is batting when he's on base.

[t-bone]

1. hanley
2. kinsler
3. texeira
4. pujols
5. miguel cabrera

ill take the hat now

[jasont]

1. Hanley
2. Mauer <---- the X factor
3. Pujols
4. Manny
5. Arod

*4-5 are interchangeable

- cannot be topped, thank you ...come again.

[Vonnegut]

1. SS Hanley Ramirez
2. CF Carlos Beltran
3. 1B Albert Pujols
4. RF Nick Markakis
5. LF Alfonso Soriano
6. 2B Chase Utley
7. 3B Evan Longoria
8. C Russell Martin

[CaneDawg]

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jjgold
tsop
richkas
nicky
slickfazzer
chiarchie

[MrMonkey]

Considering Ruth played his entire career in afternoon games, I'd have to say, "Yes!"

Actually, a better question would be how would the stars from say 1970 to today handle going back to the 1920s or so and playing with that era's technology? The segregation issue aside, put Manny and Barry and Big Mac and A-Rod in wool uniforms under the sun for a doublehader with no batting helmets, no batting gloves, no body armor, and have them train from New York to St. Louis the night before the game.

Thinking about it, you're right WB, forget the Roids guys but my guys from the late 60/70's might have a tough go of it! But I did say the Babe was the best! How many wins would he have had if he stayed a pitcher? 300? Forgot about Carew, probably have to take out Clemente, put Carew at 2B, move Rose to left, and Aaron to right!

MrMonkey

[MexicanStallion]

1. Hanley Ramirez
2. David Wright
3. Albert Pujols
4. Evan Longoria
5. Ryan Braun

Going with mostly youth here.