I took #31 (Firemen), but another theme that I considered was #52 (Stately theme- three states). A limited list of these players is available in the America Cub thread- where I'm a newbie. Let's say you take a state with a large pool- like California with over 4,000 players ( C- Gary Carter, Jason Kendall, 1B Mark Gwire, 2B Jeff Kent, 3B Ken Caminiti, SS's Nomar Garciaparra/Alan Trammell, OF's Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio, Duke Snyder and SP's Randy Johnson, Don Drysdale, RP's Dennis Eckersley, Trevor Hoffman), and mix it with states where some of your favorite players were born- say Minnesota (C Joe Mauer, 2B Paul Molitor, OF Roger Maris, and SP Chief Bender) and Nebraska (3B Wade Boggs, SS Ron Hansen, OF's Richie Ashburn/Sam Crawford, and SP's Pete Alexander and Bob Gibson) ... That's quite a pool of players to choose from! ...
3/4/2014 2:33 AM (edited)