Catcher: Roseboro -- Not Piazza?
This is why the game is pretty silly. Sure, Piazza had several good years at the plate, but he had few behind it. With that rag arm, he was a defensive liability.
First: Guerrero or Murray -- Murray I can understand but he really belongs with the Orioles; wasn't Pedro really a right fielder for the Dodgers?
I thought I remembered him playing some first, but you're correct, mainly OF. As for Murray, all these guys moved around. Nobody really "belongs" ot anyone.
Second: Kent (it's so nice to share) -- Not Lopes? Kent was a great Giant but has his contributions as a Dodger overshadowed Lopes?
I'd had Lopes in there to start (along with Garvey, Cey and Russell) but decided to go with Kent just to tease you.
SS: Wills -- obvious, but if you get to count Murray (three seasons) I'll take Vizquel (in his second season) and we win.
So you think.
Third: Cey -- hated the guy for what he did to the Giants, but good choice. Still, Williams was better.
So maybe I should go with the entire Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey infield, the most famous and productive since Tinker-Evers-Chance. Now that's got to beat any SFG infield that actually played at the same time.
OF: Snider -- he did play in LA but well passed his prime - only hit 20 hrs once in LA, also a CF which you seem to have two of? How about Tommy Davis? Mays was, in my humble opinion, the best all-round player and best CF ever.
Mays is hard to beat of course. Snider is in the HoF so I chose him.
OF: Butler -- Does he play right on your team? I could say the same about sharing, but you can have him. Bobby was better. Better glove (3 gold gloves); better leadoff man; much better arm; much, much better power hitter. Well, maybe not better as a leadoff man, but it is close. Bonds had unbelievable speed.
Again, Butler was in there mainly to tease you with another expatriate Giant. Never won a Gold Glove, but deserved it IMO. Generally underrated. Fine lead-off hitter and great all-around hustle. The fans down here loved him.
OF: Baker -- good choice, but no contest.
Rotation: (tough to choose only five)
Koufax -- Sandy was great, but I'll still take Marichal
Drysdale -- God, I hated this guy, but he was almost as good a pitcher as Gaylord.
Valenzuela -- I'll give you this one.
Hershiser -- no sharing on this one, he is yours through and through.
John -- I'd pitch Vida against him and Blue would be the favorite.
Sutton -- He and Gaylord deserve a whole separate section unto themselves. Still only five allowed.
All debatable, all debatable.
Closer: guess -- You can take Steve Howe if you want.
Great, nobody else will. BTW, I forgot the bench. I choose that pitch-hitting slouch, Manny Mota. We absolutely own him!
And finally, do the SFG have a manager in the HoF? I didn't think so.
