My entry is September 19:

SP- Jim Abbott/Chris Short
RP- Randy Myers

C-   Joe Ferguson
1B- Nick Johnson
2B- Joe Morgan
SS- Red Barkley
3B- Vern Benson
LF- Pedro Munoz
CF- Duke Snider
RF- Hersh Martin

DH- Nick Etten

Heavy on the OBP, but that's OK.

I got excited when I looked up Lou Gehrig's birthday (June 19) and saw Bob Gibson, alas, it was the other Bob Gibson. June 19 did, however, reveal this guy: http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/osboroz01.shtml

(btw, can someone tell me how to link pages?)

The June 15 club is pretty good:

SP- Andy Pettitte

C-   Lance Parrish
1B- Billy Williams
2B- Gene Baker
SS- Charlie Dexter
3B- Wade Boggs
LF- Dusty Baker
CF- Brett Butler
RF- Ken Henderson
DH- Tony Clark/Babe Dahlgren

Butler, Boggs, Baker, Williams, Ken Henderson, Parrish makes a very nice top 6 start to a long-sequence offence. The club would be a lot better if we had a solid defensive keystone combination. Pettitte needs a little help from his friends.

June 16 here.. Wow, heavy on the pitching! (Hope I'm doing this right!)

SP: Kerry Wood, Joe Saunders, Max Surkont, Ken Johnson
RP: Calvin Schiraldi, Jonathon Broxton, Ernie Johnson, Salome Barojas
Swing: Bob Miller

1B: Wally Joyner
2B: Pancho Herrera
3B: Kevin Young
SS: Chris Gomez (my exact birthday!)

OF: Ron LeFlore
OF: Allie Clark
OF: Jay Kirke

Here's a team Magpie could cheer for- the Aug 23 Lions:

SP- Guy Bush/Mike Boddicker

C-  Sherm Lollar/Johnny Romano
1B-Ron Blomberg
2B-Julio Franco
SS-George Davis
3B-George Kell
LF-Dale Mitchell
CF-Jerry White
RF-Casey Blake
DH- the other of Lollar/Romano

Not much of a power core, but there'd be 7 good hitters in the lineup and the defence would be OK.

January 31:

SP: Nolan Ryan, Josh Johnson
RP: Hank Aguirre, Brad Thompson, Ted Power

C: Fred Kendall
1B: George Burns
2B: Jackie Robinson
SS: Ernie Banks

August 31 is pretty good too:

SP- Gettysburg Eddie Plank

C-   Bill Naharodny (stop laughing...)
1B- Von Hayes
2B- Jack Perconte
SS- Monte Cross
3B- Ray Dandridge
RF- Frank Robinson
CF- Claudell Washington
LF-  Danny Litwhiler

3 Hall of Famers and four other good players, but somehow it just doesn't seem so impressive.

I think that Keith Hernandez holds a candle to Juan Gonzalez.  I mean, he's Keith Hernandez!

I've got October 4. The less said the better.

Mark McLemore and Charlie Leibrandt are my standout players. I've also got Jimy Williams and Tony LaRussa at the helm. ugh.

Things are looking up though. I've got Jared Weaver and Tony Gwynn Jr. on their way up.

Go back a day and you've got 3 hall of famers; go forward one day and you've got 1 (though October 5 makes the 4th look pretty good). Dang.

November 18th:

• David Ortiz
• Gary Sheffield
• Jamie Moyer
• Tom Gordon
• Jack Coombs (31 game winner)
• Les Mann (Career high 1.063 OPS)
• Gene Mauch
• Roy Sievers
• Dante Bichette

 

 

Ryan/Robinson/Banks on Jan. 31 is pretty great, but when your best peripheral players are Ted Power and Fred Kendall ...

That June 15 club has the opposite issue -- "just" two HOFers, but with Baker, Butler, Parrish, Pettitte and Henderson (my all-time favorite player, as I have been dissed for admitting here previously) ...

And that 9/19 team is nice, too -- but I still think the 10/20 collection, Mantle, Marichal, Johnson, Hernandez, Gonzalez -- is the top entry. Of course, I am biased since it is my entry in the original story. Others?

I'm surprised it took so long for someone to call me on Hernandez/Gonzalez. But I think the statement stands ... Juando won two MVPs for a reason. Hernandez was a great player. Juando was a pantheon player headed to the HOF before his late career meltdown.

I agree with you, Mick.  Happy Birthday to Mike Sr.