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Home grown lineups

RealityChuck Apr 26 2012 06:37 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 26 2012 06:55 PM

OK. We all knew it happened today. What other teams fielded home grown lineups? I discovered one. On July 26, 1975, the Dodgers fielded: Davey Lopes 2B Bill Buckner LF John Hale CF Steve Garvey 1B Willie Crawford RF Ron Cey 3B Steve Yeager C Bill Russell SS Doug Rau P And someone found the Pirates did it on April 21, 1971: Dave Cash, 2b Richie Hebner, 3b Roberto Clemente, rf Willie Stargell, lf Al Oliver, cf Bob Robertson, 1b Manny Sanguillen, c Gene Alley, ss Dock Ellis, p To Retrosheet! :)

Benjamin Grimm Apr 26 2012 06:42 PM Re: Home grown lineups

That's a helluva home grown lineup that the Pirates put together there. I hope, 10 or 15 years from now, that today's Mets lineup looks that impressive.

RealityChuck Apr 26 2012 07:01 PM Re: Home grown lineups

1935 MFY opening day lineup: Earle Combs LF Red Rolfe 3B George Selkirk RF Lou Gehrig 1B Bill Dickey C Ben Chapman CF Tony Lazzeri 2B Frankie Crosetti SS Lefty Gomez P

Ceetar Apr 26 2012 07:19 PM Re: Home grown lineups

Saw someone point out that when the game started all 10 guy on the field were grown by the Mets.

Edgy MD Apr 26 2012 07:24 PM Re: Home grown lineups

And Reyes went 0-4. And home-grown Heath Bell was the last man standing at the end. Thanks, homies!

Frayed Knot Apr 26 2012 07:45 PM Re: Home grown lineups

Benjamin Grimm wrote: That's a helluva home grown lineup that the Pirates put together there. Except that Clemente came via the Dodgers system, so he doesn't really qualify under the strict standards of 'home grown'.