Southside Chicago Baseball Club (name TBA), Comiskey Park



Season One Roster:

C Charlie Moore 1981
C Glenn Myatt 1921
C Muddy Ruel 1921
1B Tino Martinez 2001
1B Don Mattingly 1991
2B Dave Cash 1971
2B Dick Egan 1911
3B Travis Fryman 1991
3B Ed Sprague 1991
SS Don Kessinger 1971
IF Bill Russell 1971
OF Jim Busby 1951
OF Cliff Carroll 1891
OF Peanuts Lowrey 1951
OF Manny Ramirez 2001
OF Vic Wertz 1951

P Steve Barber 1961
P Jack Cronin 1901
P Don Drysdale 1961
P Whitey Ford 1961
P Jack Kralick 1961
P Juan Marichal 1961
P Roy Oswalt 2001
P Jack Sanford 1961
P Jack Taylor 1901

I like having a thread where we can all post our rosters as they're being built. Let's see how some of these teams are starting to look....

FLUSHING RAMONES SEASON ONE ROSTER

C: Terry Kennedy 1981
1B: Eddie Murray 1991
2B: Buck Herzog 1911
3B: Chris Sabo 1991
SS: Derek Jeter 2001 (WC)
OF: Tom Brown 1891
OF: Dummy Hoy 1891
OF: George Van Haltren 1891
BENCH: OF Clyde Vollmer 1951
BENCH: C Bob Boone 1981
BENCH: MI Gary Sutherland 1971
BENCH: CI Red Kress 1931
BENCH: MI Ivy Olson 1911

P: Bob Gibson 1961
P: Whit Wyatt 1941 (WC)
P: Chick Fraser 1901
P: Terry Fox 1961
P: Bill Carrick 1901
P: Jim Brosnan 1961
P: Frank Funk 1961
P: John Skopec 1901
P: Jack Baldschun 1961
P: Larry Sherry 1961
P: Len Swormstedt 1901
P: Ray Moore 1961

I'm anchoring my staff with Bob Gibson, who's always come through for me, especially in the 1962 What If Baseball Hadn't Expanded League. Wild Card P Whit Wyatt has a handful of decent seasons, and Chick Fraser brings solid IP to the table. Terry Fox is projected to be my closer for the next few season. Bill Carrick will provide a year's starting pitching to the staff, and Jim Brosnan and Frank Funk will be in the setup role. Also serving as setup men will be John Skopec, Jack Baldschun, Larry Sherry, Ray Moore, and Len Swormstedt.

My infield is anchored up the middle by Jeter and Herzog (who has performed admirably for me in the Old School Progressive). My outfield is patrolled by three deadballers, who should hit for average and provide a lot of speed on the basepaths. I've been using Van Haltren in the Ultimate Progressive League and the Extreme Progressive League. I have two 1991 guys at the corners, 1B Eddie Murray (long a favorite of mine in opens, themes, and progressives), and 3B Chris Sabo. My catcher is Terry Kennedy, who's my catcher in hockeyhead's 1946/1976 dual progressive (currently in 1956/1986). My goal for my bench is to get a 4th OF with some power, a good backup catcher, and two utility guys. I've attained part of that goal with OF Clyde Vollmer and C Bob Boone. MI Gary Sutherland, CI Red Kress, and MI Ivy Olson will serve as utility guys.

Team Name will include San Francisco

Hitters:

C - Gary Carter (rd 4)
1B - Todd Helton (rd 2)
3B - Matt Williams (rd 3)

Pitchers:

SP - Christy Mathewson (rd 1)
SP - Jim O'Toole (rd 6)

RP - Mariano Rivera (rd 5)

More to come...

Pittsburgh Say Hey 3 Rivers Team

C: 1921 Bubbles Hargrave
1B: 1991 Will Clark
2B: 1971 Glen Beckert
3B: 2001 Chipper Jones
SS: 1911 Jack Barry
OF: 1951 Willie Mays
OF: 1991 Gary Sheffield
OF: 1951 Roy Sievers


BENCH:

1951 Elmer Valo
1971 Rennie Stennett
1891 George Wood


P: 1901 Jack Powell
P: 1961 Larry Jackson
P: 1901 Red Donahue
P: 1941 Howie Pollet
P: 1961 Lindy McDaniel
P: 1961 Bob Miller
P: 1961 Bobby Bolin
P: 1961 Wes Stock
P: 1961 Bennie Daniels
P:

Baltimore (name pending a revote as naming it after my star player was ruled out despite it winning handily in a fan vote)

C: 1921 Hank Severeid
1B: 1991 Cecil Fielder
2B: 1971 Tito Fuentes
3B: 2001 Albert Pujols (#4 alltime ops)/ 1991 Jim Thome

SS: 1911 Art Fletcher
OF: 1951 Carl Furillo
OF: 1951 Del Ennis

OF: 1951 Gil Coan
BENCH: 1951 Charlie Maxwell

P: 1941: Bob Feller
P: 1961 Milt Pappas
P: 1961 Chris Short
P: 1961 Jim Kaat
P: 1961 Mudcat Grant
P: 1961 Robin Roberts (veteran pressence to hold down the fort while bob at war)
P:1961 Roy Face
P: 1961 Johnny Podres
P:

Washington DC Crooks



C - Steve O'Neill 1921
1B - Bill Terry 1931
2B - Rod Carew 1971
SS - Howard Johnson 1991 (this experiment may not last long)
3B - Edgar Martinez 1991
OF - Joe DiMaggio 1941
OF - Bobby Thomson 1951
OF - Tip O'Neill 1891
Bench - Billy Urbanski 1931, Harry Stovey 1891, Sean Berry 1991, Mike Sharpson 1991, Mike Heath 1981

SP - Sandy Koufax 1961
SP - Curt Schilling 2001
SP - Don Mossi 1961
SP - Don Cardwell 1961
P - Art Fowler 1961
P - Hank Aguirre 1961
P - Billy O'Dell 1961
P - Hal Brown 1961
P - Tom Sturdivant 1961
P - Turk Lown 1961
p - Roger Denzer 1901

To quote the Nine Inch Nails song Last - "This isn't built to last. This is for right now."

Team name: Detroit Chest Protectors (Invented by Charlie Bennett)

Bennett Field

Position Players:

C Ernie Whitt
1B Mark McGwire
2B Alphonso Soriano
3B Dean Palmer
SS Toby Harrah
OF Ed Delahanty
OF Gus Bell
Bench: Randy Velarde

Pitchers:

SP Doc White
SP Harry Howell
RP Don McMahon
SP Dummy Taylor
P John Buzhardt
SP Gary Bell

With the 15th pick in the first round we knew we'd miss our top goal of a dominant pitcher (Christenson or Cy Young) and then set our sights on Ted Williams but he was snagged at pick 13 and had to settle on the infamous Ed Delahanty. Delahanty is not a perfect fit for our ballpark but he will help us compete anywhere! He's got four 10 mil seasons (which is about four more than the number one pick in the draft (dig dig dig)). We doubled back in the second round with pitcher Doc White, a guy who can help us compete for a dozen seasons. In the third we tabbed Big Mac, Mark McGwire - who in the late 90's puts up seasons of 52, 56, 70, and 65 HRs in consecutive seasons (what do they feed that boy?). We felt quite fortunate to get him in the third as we had him rated as first round talent. In the fourth we settled for P Harry Howell, who was the best deadballer , according to our scouts. In the 5th and 6th we snagged our middle infield of Toby Harrah and Alphonso Soriano. In the 7th, we went for more offense in the person of OF Gus Bell, who also is an excellent outfielder. In the eighth round we grabbed a closer for many seasons in Don McMahon from back in 1961. In rounds 9-14 we took three pitchers, the first a dead ball guy - Dummy Taylor. Then two guys from 61, each who gives 3 good seasons. Those two are John Buzhardt and Gary Bell. Dean Palmer gives us... um, more power. We also added Catcher Ernie Whitt who gives us consistency behind the plate, and Randy Velarde who we see as a SS in the first couple of years but then moves in to be our starting 2B, allowing Alphonso Soriano to move to the OF at some point.

Homie Aliens

City Milwaukee

Park: County



3B-Wade Boggs 1991

OF-Hugh Duffy 1891

OF-Ichiro Suzuki 2001

Bench-Mo Vaughn 1991

SP-Jack Chesboro

SP-Pedro Martinez

SP-Camilo Pascual

SP-Ralph Terry



Picking 16th we took HOF'er Jack Chesboro. We were targeting pitching all the way. I never used Chesboro before nikko's BYOP and his 02 year is tearing it up. His big 04 year excites me. Second round we got Hugh Duffy who went from being a 1st rounder in the 1st Super Draft to a second rounder. We hope that he brings his Hall of Fame bat and a chip on his shoulder for being a second rounder. Another reason for taking him was his big 1894 season, in the same year for as Chesboro's big year. After messing up the third round pick and not taking Phillipe when the clock struck 12 and hitting submit, we took import Ichiro Suzuki. This league lacks big two things, stolen bases (well high %'s, since those old timers like trying a lot and failing) and high average. It will be interesting to see how this league fares without them. It was tough taking the wildcard so early when I planned on it being my last pick, I couldn't pass on a guy who, more than likely, will fight for the batting title, runs title, and stolen base title for the next decade, all while playing great defense. With a lot of pitching available we drafted quality over some pitchers with more innings or longer careers by taking Pedro Martinez as the wild card. My favorite in the SIM, Pedro is coming off a career year in 2000 and will go back and forth between starter and closer over his career, providing excellent WHIP, K's and ERA. With the team shaping up, I took a pitcher with a longer career who matched his best years with the team-Camilo Pascual. We like his high k's and consistency. In the 6th we drafted fellow Seton Hall alum Mo Vaughn, power hitter in the mid 90's. Going back to pitching, we took a few good years of Ralph Terry who does well when we do. 8th round pick is HOF'er Wade Boggs, who will fight with Ichiro and Duffy for a batting title in year one, and has a great 94 campaign.

St Louis Gateways - Sportsmans Park III

1B 1991 Jeff Bagwell

SS 2001 Miguel Tejada

OF 1891 Mike Griffin

Of 1891 Steve Brodie

P 1901 Joe McGinnity

P 1901 Earl Moore

P 1901 Togie Pittinger

P 1901 Roy Patterson

As you can see, I'm a fan of the deadball era for progressives. Can't get enough of those innings...

CHICAGO CUbS

C- 1921 EARL SMITH
1B- 1991 RAFAEL PALMEIRO
2B- 1911 LARRY DOYLE
3B- 1991 ROBIN VENTURA
SS- 2001 ALEX RODRIGUEZ
OF- 1951 RALPH KINER
OF- 1951 GUS ZERNIAL
OF- 1891 MIKE TIERNAN
C- 1921 FRANK SNYDER
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P- 1901 FRANK KITSON
P- 1901 NIXEY CALLAHAN
P- 1901 ROSCOE MILLER
P- 1901 TED LEWIS
P- 1901 MIKE O'NEILL
P- 2001 KEITH FOULKE

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As we can see the Cubs are going for hitting in Wrigley
The starters AVG .305 OBP .393 SLG .538

Philly Busters

C--"81 Scioscia, '81 J. Davis

1B--'91 McGriff, '91 Merced

2B--'71 Millan, '71 Hunt

3B--'91 Caminiti

SS--'41 Boudreau

OF--'51 Snider, '51 Jensen, '51 Woodling, Dom DiMaggio

P--'01 Waddell, '41 Walters, '61 Spahn, '61 Kline, '61 Shaw, '61 Reniff, '61Broglio, '61 CheneyExcept for starters, I'm not too fond of the oldtimers. Hope this league has some legs--I won't be very good until Year 3 or 4.