Instead of an All-time team - I wanted to do a 'Current Time' Team. Really because I didn't watch Hank Arron play. I never saw Phil Niekro pitch a game.. So I don't want to do a team that has several players on it that I didn't watch.
I want to start this team right around the Dale Murphy era. And you have to consider the person a Brave - No Mark Teixeira's ok??
Catcher: McCain with Javy behind him
1b: McGriff with Sid Bream (just because of the Pittsburgh game) behind him
2b: Marcus Giles
Short: Furcal with.. I guess Jeff Blauser behind him
3b: Chipper
LF: Ryan Klesko
CF: Dale Murphy with Andrew Jones behind him
RF: David Justice
Pitching: Smoltz, Maddox, Glavine, with John Rocker as my closer.
Bob Horner at 1st with Sid behind him.
ReplyDeleteLemke at 2nd
Furcal at SS
3b: I'm torn between TP and Chipper
LF: I'd move Murph here
CF: Andrew with Claudel Washington backing up.
RF: Justice although I thought he was over rated.
Pitching: Kent Merker along with the big 3. Rocker on roids closing.
good call on T.P. totally forgot about him. But I do have to put Chipper ahead of him. Chipper has become my favorite Brave of all time.
ReplyDeletealso, agree on Justice being over-rated. he was still pretty damn good but we were all told that he was the next Ken Griffy
ReplyDeleteTP is not in the same conversation as Chipper. There have been 2 better switch hitters in MLB history, Micky Mantle and Eddie Murray. Chipper will be the only non pitcher from our run to be in the Hall of Fame. I agree with Furcal he declined in LA but was one of the best in the league with us. I would take Belliard over Blauser. Rocker? Really? I would take Wholers or Mike Stanton over Rocker. Prado is already better than Lemnke and Uggla will be better then all of them if he stays around, which I think he will as long as Freddie is there. Left field there is only one name Ron Gant.
ReplyDelete