My all time baseball starting eight....

[Clark Bailey]

First base. Lou Gehrig
Second Base- Rogers Hornsby ( with Ryne Sanberg being a close second)
Shortstop- Cal Ripken
Third Base- If I could platoon it woul be Eddie Matthews and Mike Schmidt

Catcher- Carlton Fisk ( Johnny bench was close)

Right Field- Babe Ruth ( greatest player ever)
Center Field- Willie Mays ( Mickey Mantle was my second choice followed by Joe DiMaggio)

Left Field- Ted Williams

[Jimbo Collins]

First Base - Lou Gehrig
Second Base - Ryne Sandberg
Shortstop - A- Rod (Here we go lol )
Third Base - Mike Shmidt (and I really like Wade Boggs as well)

Catcher - Ivan Rodriguez (Pudge)

Right Field - Babe Ruth
Center Field - Ken Griffey Jr. (when healthy there was nobody better)
Left Field - Pete Rose (although he was an all star at 5 different positions during his career).

[donniehoward]

First Base: Lou Gehrig
Second Base Pete Rose
SS Derek Jeter
3b Mike Schmidt
RF Dale Murphy Hey u guys are being homers! Babe Ruth
CF Willie Mayes
LF Barry Bonds
C Joe Mauer *He will be*

[Clark Bailey]

Donnie, I think the world of you, and man I used to love Dale Murphy, but Ruth is the greatest player ever ( arguably) there's no way Murphy belongs on these teams...lol


A Rod, he's a hell of a hitter, but not the player Ripken was, we can argue all day but if Ripken played with the Yankees, he'd have 6 or 7 rings, same as if Nolan Ryan had pitched for good teams he'd won 400 games.

Jeter, is a class act, I think a lot of him, and he's a damn Yankee, crazy...lol

[Jimbo Collins]

A Rod is great at everything. AND, he only juiced a lil bit lol. I wish Jeter and A Rod would both bolt for the Cubbies and break the curse!

I was never big on Ripken. Yeah, I know he was great, but I got a few guys in front of him.

[donniehoward]

No No I put Ruth the Dale Murphy was a joke cause he was one of my favorites of all time.

Jeter is just the ultimate clutch winner. With a stacked team like that, put him in my clubhouse and lineup.

I came DAMN close to putting Rickey Henderson in LF

my lineup is just unbeatable

Leadoff Jeter
2. Rose
3. Gehrig
4.Ruth
5.Bonds
6.Mayes
7.Schmidt
8.Maurer

Damn that lineup!

[Clark Bailey]

Ricky Henderson was a great player.

Oh yeah Bo, that was me and Wade that were big on Ripken...


Pitchers?

[Clark Bailey]

I go with Cy Young, Ryan, Maddux, Warren Sphan, Walter Johnson, Steve Carlton, Sandy Kofax, and Tom Seaver...and Clemmens...

[Clark Bailey]

Where are you two on Ted Williams, quite hoenstly possibly the best hitter ever...also andother great player Tony Gwynn.

[Jimbo Collins]

In light of Clemens' recent developments I move him down the list a little bit. He used to be on the top of my list, but now I say Maddux, Ryan, Cy Young Sandy Kofax and then Clemens.

Ted Williams undeniable as one of the, if not the, best hitters ever. I loved Tony Gwinn. Also one of the greatest hitters ever.

[donniehoward]

I dont think u can move Clemens down. I mean it wasn't against baseball rules.

My top 5 and i am sticking with more modern day guys.

1.Sandy Koufax
2. Bob Gibson
3.Roger Clemens
4.Pedro Martinez
5. Walter Johnson


I love Maddux but he was terrible in the post season

[Clark Bailey]

Cy Young man...hell they named the friggin award after him...lol

[Clark Bailey]

I also am a Bob Gibson fan, and Pedro but I don't think he excelled enough for a long enough period of time...to be one of the greats, you know Babe Ruth was a 20 game winner three times before he hit 714 homeruns...lol

[donniehoward]

Pedro in the steroid era did some unprecedented things.

Cy Young did win 511 games.. but just wonder how he'd do in today's game?

[Clark Bailey]

Okay, Pedro was amazing, I agree and I was a big fan of Pedro, I'm not comfortable putting him in my top 10...but he is, or was rather , great...