Thursday, February 18, 2021

Black History Month

Here's my all-time black MLB team.


Catcher - Roy Campanella




  








First Base - Willie McCovey

 


Second Base - Jackie Robinson












Third Base - Bill Madlock












Shortstop - Ernie Banks












Left Field - Rickey Henderson












Center Field - Willie Mays












Right Field - Tony Gwynn












Designated Hitter - Hank Aaron












Starting Pitching

#1 - Bob Gibson












#2 - Ferguson Jenkins












#3 - Vida Blue












#4 - Dwight Gooden












#5 - Dave Stewart












Closer - Lee Smith












Bench

John Roseboro












Joe Morgan












Derek Jeter












Ken Griffey Jr.












Andre Dawson












Here's Fuji's version:

http://sanjosefuji.blogspot.com/2021/02/top-10-black-mlb-players.html

7 comments:

  1. Sounds about right. I know Sabathia and Bonds should be here, but I'm not a fan of either.

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    1. The Bonds omission was intentional.

      I should have had C.C. on there though.

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  2. I love the Roseboro inclusion! Reminds me of looking through my uncles cards back in the day.

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    1. Juan Marichal was a pallbearer at his funeral.

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    2. Wow, that is cool and brings it full circle. Thanks for the info.

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  3. Love it. A lot of my favorites were on your all-time team.

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  4. You and Fuji both included Bill Madlock on the list, which made me think about prominent black third basemen. Outside of Negro League era guys, Maddox really is the best choice, isn't he?

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