You'd think an All-Reggie Hall of Names team would be filled with colorful and talented players like that most famous of Reggies, Mr. Reginald Martinez Jackson.
And you'd be wrong.
Actually, you can put together about half of a pitching staff and a heck of an All-Star outfield, but the rest of the roster is quite ... well, just pick the adjective most similar to "barren" you like best.
Okay, you back? Then it's time to take a bite out of ...
THE REGGIE BARS
Also known as "The Straws Who Stir the Drinks"
**indicates Hall of Famer
* indicates All-Star
MGR William Reginald Armour (382-347, 1902-06)
(Partial) LINEUP
C Reggie Baldwin (.248, 1978-79 Astros)
1B Reggie Otero (.394 -- 9-for-23 -- with 1945 Cubs)
2B Bill Regan (.267, 1926-30 BOS, 1931 PIT)
SS VACANT
3B Rudy Regalado (.249 for 1954-56 CLE)
LF Reggie Smith* (.287, 314 homers; 7-time All-Star, one Gold Glove)
CF Reggie L. Sanders* (.267, 292 homers through 2005)
RF Reggie Jackson** (563 homers; 14-time all-Star; 1973 AL MVP)
DH Reggie Jefferson (.300, 72 homers, 1991-99)
BENCH
C Tony Rego (hit .406 -- 13-for-32 -- in final season with '25 SLB)
1B/DH Reggie J. Sanders (.273/3/10 for 1974 DET)
A whole host of rather ordinary outfielders are the remainder of
baseball's Reggies; they are not included here as they'd be unlikely to
play much with the nearly 1200-homer starting outfield in their way.
ROTATION
RHP Reggie Cleveland (105-106, 1969-81; 203 starts, 428 games)
RHP Reggie Patterson (4-4, 1981, '83-85 Cubs; nine starts in 22 games)
RHP Reggie Grabowski (4-8, 1932-34 Phillies; 12 starts, 51 games)
RHP Reggie Richter (1-3 in 22 games, 5 starts with 1911 CHC)
BULLPEN
CL-RH Phil Regan* (96-81, 92 saves in 13 years)
LHRP Regis Leheny (2.2 IP for 1932 BOS)
RHRP Reggie Harris (2-3, six years, 1990-99)
RHRP Nick Regilio (1-6 with 2005-06 TEX)
RHRP Reggie Ritter (1-1, 1986-87 Indians)
Nobody named Reggie has ever played even an inning of big
league ball at 2B, SS or 3B, so unless our first baseman has
Otero-worldly range, that will be a problem ... We need to expand the
team by allowing middle-named Reginalds to get a manager; Phil Regan
would be a decent alternative -- but he's already the team's best
pitcher and closer -- as we expand the rules even further, to include
the seven big leaguers whose last/family name started with the
character string "Reg" ... That also helps us with the infield and
pitching situations a bit, and even provides a backup catcher ... To
get a lefty, any lefty -- even a cuppajoe guy from the 1930s -- we have
to expand the rules to include baseball's only "Regis" ...
All three Reggies who have made All-Star teams are outfielders, including the aforementioned Mr. Jackson; in fact, some time in the next month or so, Reggie Sanders will hit his eighth home run of the year and make it three 300-career-homer guys in that outfield ... There have actually been two Sanderses named Reggie, as well as two Reggie Williams ... Also two guys named Reginald Smith, one you know who went by "Reggie," the other "Rex" who made one start for the 1886 Philadelphia A's and gave up 15 hits and 13 runs -- in a complete game loss ... Come to think of it, that makes Rex the leading candidate for this team's fifth starter slot ... Any suggestions on reasonable ways we can expand the search criteria to expand the roster? Maybe even find, you know, a shortstop?
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