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Thursday, October 14, 2021

The All Food Team

 



All Food Team

Outfield: Jim Rice

Outfield: Zack Wheat

Outfield: Daryl Strawberry

First Base: Mike Lamb

Second Base: Cookie Rojas

Shortstop: Rabbit Maranville

Third Base: Pie Traynor

Catcher: Johnny Oates

DH: Chili Davis

 


Pitcher: Vinegar Bend Mizell

Pitcher: Spud Chandler

Pitcher: Bob Lemon

Pitcher: Sugar Cain

Pitcher: Goose Gossage

 

Bench

Candy Maldonado

Pepper Martin

Turkey Stearnes

Ducky Medwick

Cookie Lavagetto

Jace Fry

Jake Burger

Wally Berger

Chip Hale

Ray Oyler

Del Rice

Bobby Wine

Jake Lamb

Peanuts Lowrey

Bernie Carbo

Chet Lemon

Charlie Root

Ken Berry

 

Manager: Herman Franks

 

Honorable Mention

Rusty Staub (Le Grand Orange)

 

Clarence (Soup) Campbell

Just about everybody named Campbell had Soup as a nickname. This guy is listed in Baseball Reference as Soup.

 

 

Chicken Wolf (William Van Winkle Wolf)

A.     Why didn’t they call him Rip? And…

B.     Member of the all fairy tale team?

 

Anybody on the All Fish Team:

Mike Trout

Steve Trout

Kevin Bass

Tim Salmon

Mike Carp

Catfish Hunter

Sid Bream

Ralph Garr

Marlin Stuart

Marlin Carter

Oscar Gamble

A.J. Pollock

Robbie Ray

 

Gordan Beckham (his manager, Ozzie Guillen, called him Bacon)

 



Saturday, October 20, 2012

The All-Apparel Team

A tip of the cap to 2012 NLCS players Brandon Belt and Carlos Beltran.

A capless Cap Anson
First Base: Cap Anson
Second Base: Mike De la Hoz
Third Base: Clete Boyer
Shortstop: Larry Bowa
Left Field: Shoeless Joe Jackson
Center Field: Ty Cobb
Right Field: Carlos Beltran
Catcher: Bill Dickey
Pitching Staff: Gene Brabender, R.A. Dickey, Jim Coates, Royce Ring, James Shields.
Manager: Pants Rowland
Umpire: Jocko Conlan (did play briefly in the ML)

The Bench: 
Harry "The Hat" Walker (Maybe he should start. After all, his nickname is The Hat)
Paul Schall
Rick Schu
Brandon Belt
Jeff Blauser (Bermanism alert!)
Boots Day (dual membership on the All-Calendar Team, with Rick Monday, et. al)
Spike Owen
Josh Booty (dual membership on the All-Anatomy Team)
Jay Hook
Scott Hatteberg

The Obscure

Jesse Buckles
Buttons Briggs
Don Hood
Clyde Hatter
John Cuff

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The All Anatomy Team


Tony Armas - The Quintessential All-Anatomy 
Team Player - toe, knee, arm, ass
Pitching Staff:  Bill Hands, Jim Palmer, Elroy Face, 
Doug Fister, Rollie Fingers, Chien Ming Wang, Don Gullett
Catcher:  Barry Foote
First Base: Bryan LaHair
Second Base: Johnny Temple
Third Base: Jim Ray Hart
Shortstop: Garry Templeton
Left Field: Bob Skinner
Right Field: Heinie Manush
Center Field: Tony Armas
Manager: Joe Altobelli

Reserves: Bret Butler, Jim Bottomley, Jimmy Bloodworth, Ted Beard, Ed Armbrister, George Armstrong, Dave Brain, Walt "No-Neck" Williams, Pinky Higgins, Jack Boyle, Jerry Hairston, Scott Hairston, Dean Palmer, Rafael Palmeiro, Tony Armas Jr.,