Kevin's Watch

what is yours? I tend towards the Dead Ball era and the Negro Leagues.

I didn't pick what I thought was the best team ever, simply my favorites.

SP) Christy Mathewson
SP) Satchel Paige
SP) Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown (P-R/H-S)
SP) "Iron" Joe McGinnity

bp) Eppa Rixey (L)
bp) Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan (utility)
bp) Urban Shocker

Cl) Martin Dihigo (utility)

C) Roger Bresnahan
C) Moe Berg

1b) Josh Gibson

2b) Newt Allen

SS) Rabbit Maranville

3b) Frank "Home Run" Baker (L)

ut) Stephen Crane - also biographer

ut)) Red Rolfe - also manager

RF) "Wahoo" Sam Crawford (L)

CF) James "Cool Papa" Bell (S)

LF) Ty Cobb (L)

OF) ALejandro Oms (L)

OF) Jim Thorpe

batting order. took me some time.

1) Bell - CF (S)

2) Crawford - RF (RF)

3) Cobb - LF (L)

4) Gibson - 1b

5) Baker - 3b (L)

6) Bresnahan - C

7) Allen - 2b

8} Pitcher

9) Maranville - ss

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HoF Members

Mathewson - (SP) founding member
Paige - (SP) Negro League Committee
Brown - (SP) Veterans Committee
McGinnity - (SP) Veterans Committee

Rixey - (RP) Veterans Committee
Rogan - (RP) Veterans Committee

Dihigo - (CL) Negro League Committee ***

Bresnahan - (C) Veterans Committee

Gibson - (1b) Negro League Committee

Maranville - (SS) ballot

Crawford - (RF) Veterans Committee

Bell - (CF) Negro League Committee

Cobb - (LF) founding member

Thorpe - (OF) Football Hall of Fame - founding member

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Dihigo is the only player to be inducted to the American, Cuban and Mexican Baseball Halls of Fame, and is also in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela Halls of Fame.

and throwing out the first pitch?



my team will be the Red Sox. we would play in the Dead Ball era (1900-1919)

and of course we will play in Fenway Park.

I updated my original list...

SP) Christy Mathewson
SP) Satchel Paige
SP) Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
SP) "Iron" Joe McGinnity

BP) Urban Shocker
BP) Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan
BP) Eppa Rixey

CL) Martin Dihigo

C) Roger Bresnahan
C) Moe Berg

1B) Sadaharu Oh

2B) Newt Allen

SS) Rabbit Maranville

3B) Frank "Home Run" Baker

UT) Stephen Crane

UT) Red Rolfe (Manager)

RF) "Wahoo" Sam Crawford

CF) James "Cool Papa" Bell

LF) Ty Cobb

OF) Jim Thorpe

OF) Alejandro Oms