TRAVEL DAY PONDERING: All-likable team? Favorite Non-Giants?

C – Mickey Tettleton – You had the coolest batting stance and you were pretty damned good. Career OPS+ of 121
1B – Fred McGriff – Major League Super Star!
2B – Akinorwi Iwamura – Versatile, does a little bit of everything.
SS – Adam Everett – I like rangey, all-glove, no-hit shortstops.
3B – Chipper Jones – I’ve always slightly disliked the Braves, but, I’ve always been a fan of Chipper Jones. Sweet swing and a future HoF’er.
OF – Lance Berkman – His nickname is Fat Elvis. He’s pretty good, too.
OF – Ichiro – Who doesn’t like Ichiro?
OF – Curtis Granderson – I’m a big Granderson fan, I love his mix of power and speed. I think he’s underrated.

SP – Tim Wakefield – Love knuckleballers.
RP – Chad Bradford – Love funky submariners.
CL – Joakim Soria – Dominates with a low-90’s fastball and a big, slow, looping curve in the mid-60’s.

c- micky tettleton (loved that godawful stance)
1b- kevin mass (lit up the world and then disappeared)
2b- bill doran
ss- howard johnson
3b- russell branyan
of- thad bosley (hows that for obscure? greatest pinch hitter in the history of earl weaver baseball)
of-ruppert jones (only because of rbi baseball)
of- jay bruce (because he is tearing it up on both my fantasy teams)
sp- charlie hough
rp- rob dibble (he loves heavy metal, so do i)

C: Dave Duncan (for some reason one of my favorite baseball cards was him on the O’s)

1B: Boog Powell

2B: Mike Gallego, one of my all-time favorites: great fielder and .250 hitter, but the 1 for 4 always came when it counted

SS: Rob Sperring (cf. Duncan; this time a Cubs card)

3B: Brooks Robinson

OF: Reggie Smith (while getting a beer poured on his head in Candlestick)

OF: Rickey

OF: Matt Stairs (probably my favorite current player not in SF)

DH: (sorry) Jack Cust (I had him at LF but I’ve seen him playing OF this year…)

SP: Luis Tiant (if you don’t know why you never saw him pitch- 19 CG in ‘68 with .8
WHIP- not a typo- I only saw him on the Red Sux unfortunately)

RP: Grant Jackson (another baseball card favorite)

CL: GOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE Come on, he pitched one season for every team and nobody thinks of him as a Giant

Manager: Billy Martin

C – Bruce Benidict
1B – Keith Hernandez (favorite player ever)
2B -Ryan Sandberg
SS – Cal Ripkin Jr. (already looks good in orange and black)
3B – George Brett (best non Bonds hitter I’ve seen in person)
LF – Rickey
CF – Dale Murphy
RF – Dave Parker (pre-fat version)

SP – Dwight Gooden (rookie version)
RP – Goose Gossage

Manager – Earl Weaver

My list has some of my favorite players from my younger years as a Padre fan, some guys I wish I could have seen play:

C – Josh Gibson
1B – Gehrig
2B – Alomar
SS- The Wizard of Oz
3B – Ripken
OF – Winfield
OF – Gwynn
OF- Mantle

SP – Paige
RP – Hoffman

I always wished the great Greg Maddux pitched for the Giants. I love his style, and just that he’s smarter than everyone else in baseball. He’s pretty much awesome.

C- Johnny Bench. Why has no one listed him yet. Bench made me want to be a catcher.
1B-Boog Powell.
2B-Akinori Iwamura. Standard Japanese Player. Solid,versitile,consistent
SS-Chin-lung Hu. Potential to be a very good ML SS
3B-Brooks Robinson. All Glove, All the Time.
RF- Dave Winfield. Saw him throw a guy out from the RF wall as rookie. Huge Bat
CF-Curtis Granderson. Good Guy. Good Speed. Good Glove. Good Arm
LF-Carl Crawford- Speed,Bat,Speed
SP-Maddux. When you need it done. Guy can just straight up “pitch”.
RP- Al Hrabosky. 1975 Version

Honus Wagner
Cap Anson
Mordeci “Three Finger” Brown

C Gabby Street
1B Cap Anson
2B Napoleon Lajoie
SS Honus Wagner
3B Pie Traynor
LF Shoeless Joe Jackson
CF Harry Hooper
RF Jim Creighton
P Mordecai “Three Fingers” Brown

That team would be awesome.

C Charles Johnson. I really liked him back in the day, as he was great with the bat and the glove.
1B Willie Stargell, how can you not like him? He’s from the area and a Hall of Famer.
2B Harold Reynolds. I’d hug him.
3B Robin Ventura was pretty cool. Just a consistently good hitter. Sucked when he went to the Dodgers though.
SS Jimmy Rollins. He’s a pretty cool guy plus a top notch shortstop. Though Omar was my favorite for years before he came to the Giants, otherwise he’d be on this list.
OF Ichiro. Simply the best I’ve ever seen
OF Griffey, Jr. was one of my favorite players since the beginning of my baseball fandom
OF Kirby Puckett. It was a real drag when I found out about his off the field trouble. When he lost his eyesight, gained all the weight and when he died, all the problems just about broke my heart. I just plain liked him.
SP Sandy Koufax. Don’t care if he was a Dodger. Just dominant on the mound, and if you’ve read Koufax: A Lefty’s Legacy, you’ll know what I mean by saying he’s a very fascinating figure. I regret that I was born too late to see him pitch.
RP Jesse Orosco because he’s older than dirt
CL Ambiorix Burgos, great name