Wednesday, December 12, 2012
2013 Results: Bonds, Clemens, Piazza and Biggio are elected to the Hall of Merit!
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Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza and Craig Biggio have been elected to the Hall of Merit!
The timing for our first year electing 4 candidates could not have worked out better, since class of 2013 is the strongest in terms of electees that we’ve ever had. The top of the 1934 ballot included Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Eddie Collins, Pop Lloyd, Smokey Joe Williams and Cristobal Torriente, but only 2 were elected.
Bonds and Clemens were each unanimous at 1 and 2. I believe that’s the first ...
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< 1 2Frank Chance as the backup catcher is almost as silly as no backup catcher. The backup catcher is obviously Johnny Kling. And you still have only 1 OF on the bench. Yes, most of the Cubs secondary value is in the IF, but a team with 2 1B, 2 2B, 1 SS, 1 3B, and 1 OF on the bench is ridiculous.
c: Yogi Berra. Backup: Dickey, Munson, Posada
1b: Lou Gehrig. Backup: Ruth, Mantle, Posada
2b: Willie Randolph. Backup: Lazzeri
3b: Alex Rodriguez. Backup: White, Lazzeri
SS: Derek Jeter. Backup: Lazzeri
LF: Charlie Keller. Backups: Ruth, Mantle, Dimaggio, Berra, White
CF: Mickey Mantle. Backup: Ruth, Dimaggio, Williams, White
RF: Babe Ruth. Backup: Mantle, Dimaggio, Berra, Munson, Williams, Keller, White
Bench: Joe Dimaggio, Bill Dickey, Thurman Munson, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Roy White, Tony Lazzeri
SP1: Whitey Ford
SP2: Ron Guidry
SP3: Red Ruffing
SP4: Andy Pettitte
SP5: Bob Shawkey
RP1: Mariano Rivera
RP2: Dave Righetti
RP3: Rich Gossage
RP4: Sparky Lyle
RP5: Johnny Murphy
Even more ridiculous- most of those guys are now dead.
C'mon, it's an all-time team. Make up your own criteria if you think the 10 game cutoff for being a backup is too low.
The Cubs roster becomes:
C: Gabby Hartnett. Backup: Kling
1b: Cap Anson. Backup: Banks, Chance, Grace
2b: Ryne Sandberg. Backup: Evers.
3b: Ron Santo. Backup: Hack, Williamson
SS: Ernie Banks. Backup: Tinker, Williamson
LF: Billy Williams. Backup: Ryan
CF: George Gore. Backup: Wilson, Ryan
RF: Sammy Sosa. Backup: Williams, Ryan
Bench: Stan Hack, Frank Chance, Joe Tinker, Ned Williamson, Johnny Evers, Jimmy Ryan, Johnny Kling
That's pretty good. Curious why Billy Herman isn't here.
C: Yogi Berra. Backup: Dickey, Munson
1B: Lou Gehrig. Backup: Mantle
2B: Willie Randolph. Backup: Lazzeri, McDougald
3B: Alex Rodriguez. Backup: McDougald
SS: Derek Jeter. Backup: McDougald
LF: Charlie Keller. Backup: Ruth
CF: Mickey Mantle. Backup: Dimaggio, Williams
RF: Babe Ruth. Backup: Henrich
Bench: Joe Dimaggio, Bill Dickey, Thurman Munson, Bernie Williams, Tony Lazzeri, Gil McDougald, Tommy Henrich
You have to ditch either him or Evers to make room for a backup OF (Ryan) and C (Kling). Evers and Herman both come out as a "73."
c: Dan Wilson. Backup: Dave Valle, Bob "Scrap Iron" Stinson
1b: Alvin Davis. Backup: John Olerud, Jay Buhner
2b: Harold Reynolds. Backup: Joey Cora, Adrian Beltre
3b: Edgar Martinez. Backup: Beltre, Rodriquez
SS: Alex Rodriquez. Backup: Cora, Beltre
LF: Raul Ibanez. Backups: Phil Bradley, Buhner, Griffey, Suzuki
CF: Ken Griffey, Jr.. Backup: Suzuki, Bradley
RF: Ichiro Suzuki. Backup: Buhner, Bradley, Griffey
Bench: Dave Valle, Bob Stinson, John Olerud, Joey Cora, Adrian Beltre, Phil Bradley, Jay Buhner
SP1: Randy Johnson
SP2: Felix Hernandez
SP3: Mark Langston
SP4: Freddy Garcia
SP5: Jamie Moyer
RP1: Kazuhiro Sasaki
RP2: J.J. Putz
RP3: Arthur Rhodes
RP4: Jeff Nelson
RP5: Norm Charlton
C: Gary Carter. Backup: Schneider.
1B: Mike Jorgensen. Backup: Fairly
2B: Jose Vidro. Backup: Hunt
3B: Tim Wallach. Backup: Zimmerman
SS: Orlando Cabrera. Backup: Speier
LF: Tim Raines. Backup: White
CF: Andre Dawson. Backup: White
RF: Vladimir Guerrero. Backup: Dawson, Walker
Bench: Ryan Zimmerman, Larry Walker, Rondell White, Ron Fairly, Ron Hunt, Brian Schneider, Chris Speier
SP1: Steve Rogers
SP2: Dennis Martinez
SP3: Javier Vazquez
SP4: Livan Hernandez
SP5: Bryn Smith
RP1: Jeff Fassero
RP2: Tim Burke
RP3: Mel Rojas
RP4: Andy McGaffigan
RP5: Dan Schatzeder
[Note: Pedro Martinez would be SP3, but only started 117 games for Montreal.]
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