Two teams this time, one of which is composed of players sharing surnames with DC Comics' stable of superheroes, and the second is similar but with Marvel heroes. I made the arbitrary rule to restrict each team to a single player/hero with a given last name, but I'm not above fudging the spelling a little bit if it gives us a cooler team.
** Hall of Famers
* All-Stars
DC LEGENDS
MANAGER: Bucky
Harris** (Berta Haris—Nightwind)
LINEUP
C: Gary
Carter** (Michael Carter—Booster Gold)
1B: Jeff
Burroughs* (Drake Burroughs—Wildfire)
2B: Jeff
Kent* (Clark Kent—Superman)
SS: Jose
Reyes* (Jaime Reyes—Blue Beetle)
3B: Ray
Knight* (Ted Knight—Starman)
OF: Sam
Thompson** (Tex Thompson—Mr. America)
OF: Dusty
Baker* (Buddy Baker—Animal-Man)
OF: Sam
Rice** (Todd Rice—Obsidian)
DH: Dick
Allen* (Barry Allen—Flash)
BENCH
C: Tom
Prince (Diana Prince—Wonder Woman)
IF: Joe
Gordon* (Barbara Gordon—Batgirl/Oracle)
IF: Cecil
Travis* (Lee Travis—Crimson Avenger)
IF: Pete
O'Brien (Eel O'Brien—Plastic Man)
OF: Carl
Everett* (Will Everett—Amazing-Man)
OF: Brian
Jordan* (Hal Jordan—Green
Lantern)
ROTATION
P:
Mordecai 'Three-Finger' Brown** (Stephanie Brown—Spoiler/Robin)
P: Dave
Stewart* (John Stewart—Green Lantern)
P: Jim
Palmer** (Ray Palmer—Atom)
P: Billy
Pierce* (Jefferson Pierce—Black Lightning)
P: Mike
Scott* (Alan Scott—Green Lantern)
BULLPEN
RP: Rod
Beck* (CeCe Beck—Thunder)
RP: Steve
Farr (Rita Farr—Elasti-Girl)
RP: Jeff
Nelson* (Kent Nelson—Dr. Fate)
RP: Gary
Nolan* (Andrew Nolan—Ferro Lad)
RP: Mel
Rojas (Bernal Rojas—Bushmaster)
LEFT OFF TEAM: P Matt Cain (Cassandra Cain—Batgirl), P Mel Queen (Ollie Queen—Green Arrow), P Steve Stone (Vic Stone—Cyborg), P Tim Wakefield (Jeremy Wakefield—Tuatara), P Jack Armstrong (Mark Armstrong—Centrix), P Glendon Rusch (Jason Rusch—Firestorm), RP Marvin Freeman (Freddy Freeman—Captain Marvel Jr.), RP Justin Wayne (Bruce Wayne—Batman), RP Mike Trujillo (John Trujillo—Black Condor), OF Darrell Whitmore (Courtney Whitmore—Stargirl), OF Jay Payton (Will Payton—Starman), IF Jim Mason (Rex Mason—Metamorpho), IF Tim Cullen (Jazmin Cullen—Kid Quantum), IF Danny Sandoval (Rafael Sandoval—El Diablo), IF Hee Seop Choi (Ryan Choi—Atom), C Harry Sage (Vic Sage—the Question)
MARVEL
EXCELSIORS
MANAGER:
Charlie Grimm (Ben Grimm—The Thing)
LINEUP
C: Paul
Richards (Reed Richards—Mr. Fantastic)
1B: Vic
Power* (Alex, Jack, Julie and Katie Power—the Power Pack)
2B: Ross
Barnes (Bucky Barnes—Bucky/Winter Soldier)
SS: Honus
Wagner** (Kurt Wagner—Nightcrawler)
3B: Craig
Worthington (Warren Worthington—Angel)
OF: Dave
Parker* (Peter Parker—Spider-Man)
OF: Hack Wilson** (Sam Wilson—Falcon)
OF: Larry
Walker* (Patsy Walker—Hellcat)
DH: Ted
Williams** (Simon Williams—Wonder Man)
BENCH
IF: Casey
Blake (Don Blake—Thor)
IF: Maxie
Bishop (Kate Bishop—Hawkeye)
OF:
Carlos Lee* (Jubilation Lee—Jubilee)
OF:
George Foster* (Bill Foster—Goliath)
OF: J.D.
Drew (Jessica Drew—Spider-Woman)
IF:
Johnny Logan* (Logan—Wolverine)
ROTATION
P: Steve
Rogers* (Steve Rogers—Captain America)
P: Tim
Hudson* (James MacDonald Hudson—Guardian)
P: Walter
Johnson** (Tyrone Johnson—Cloak)
P: Mudcat
Grant* (Greer Grant—Tigra)
P: Bucky
Walters* (Jennifer Walters—She-Hulk)
BULLPEN
RP: Pete
Munro (Ororo Munroe—Storm)
RP: Steve
Sinclair (Rahne Sinclair—Wolfsbane)
RP:
Arthur Rhodes (James Rhodes—Iron Man/War Machine)
RP: Mark
Guthrie (Sam Guthrie—Cannonball)
RP: Jeff
Gray (Jean Grey—Marvel Girl/Phoenix)
LEFT OFF
TEAM: P Dave Frost (Emma Frost—White Queen), P Kickapoo Ed Summers (Scott
Summers—Cyclops), P James Baldwin (Robbie Baldwin—Speedball/Penance), C Matt
Stark (Tony Stark—Iron Man), OF Paul Blair (Alison Blaire—Dazzler), OF Bobby
Ayala (Hector Ayala—White Tiger), OF Curtis Pride (Kitty
Pryde—Ariel/Sprite/Shadowcat), IF Benny McCoy (Hank McCoy—Beast), IF Mike Morse
(Bobbi Morse—Mockingbird), IF Doug Strange (Dr. Stephen Strange), C Gordon
Mackenzie (Namor Mackenzie—Sub-Mariner)
It looks like DC's roster fills out a little more evenly, but Marvel has better star power (if you’ve got Ted Williams, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson, it makes up for a lot). Can anyone help improve these teams? Face front, true believers!
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