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Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

A Boy Named Seo Apr 01 2013 01:30 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 01 2013 01:38 PM

Lot of un-athletic, fat guy depth at the catcher position and plenty of washed-up hangers-on in the rotation, but I think this lineup can compete. [u:204wakwb]Catcher[/u:204wakwb] Crash Davis Jake Taylor --- *Dottie Hinson *Engleberg *Hamilton "Ham" Porter *Spike Nolan *Gus Sinski [u:204wakwb]First Base[/u:204wakwb] Jack Elliott Lou Collins (Disappointed to open with Selleck and Timothy Busfield here, but think we can make it up at other positions. Might wanna give Dottie a 1b mitt [via Mike Piazza]) [u:204wakwb]Second Base[/u:204wakwb] Marla Hooch [u:204wakwb]Third Base[/u:204wakwb] Roger Dorn [u:204wakwb]Shortstop[/u:204wakwb] Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez [u:204wakwb]Leftfield[/u:204wakwb] Kelly Leak Scotty Smalls [u:204wakwb]Centerfield[/u:204wakwb] Willie "Mays" Hayes "All the Way" May [u:204wakwb]Rightfield[/u:204wakwb] Roy Hobbs Pedro Cerrano --- *Ahmad Abdul-Rahm *Timmy Lupus [u:204wakwb]DH[/u:204wakwb] Stan Ross [u:204wakwb]Starters[/u:204wakwb] Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh Tanner Boyle Henry Rowengartner Kit Keller Amanda Wurlitzer [u:204wakwb]Bullpen[/u:204wakwb] Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn (CL) Billy Chapel Chet "Rocket" Stedmon Monty Brewster Eddie Harris [u:204wakwb]Coaching Staff[/u:204wakwb] Lou Brown - Manager Morris Buttermaker - 1B Coach Jimmy Dugan - 3B Coach [u:204wakwb]Announcer[/u:204wakwb] Harry Doyle *on the 40 (wo-)man roster, but not the Opening Day 25.

The Second Spitter Apr 01 2013 01:34 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

I would pay serious $$$ to watch this team.

Fman99 Apr 01 2013 01:35 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

I don't see how you leave Amanda Whurlitzer out of the starting rotation. She carried the Bad News Bears that year.

A Boy Named Seo Apr 01 2013 01:37 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

OK, OK, no need to yell at me. Wurlitzer in, I don't think we had a full rotation anyway.

Edgy MD Apr 01 2013 01:39 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

Yeah, Tanner's a shortstop.

The Second Spitter Apr 01 2013 01:39 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

Need to find a spot for Walter "The Whammer" Whambold

Edgy MD Apr 01 2013 01:41 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

Yeah, if Crash is fictional enough, despite stealing his name from a real dude, then surely there's a place on the bench for Moonlight Graham.

seawolf17 Apr 01 2013 01:44 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

Some web site posted one of these all-time fictional rosters a few weeks back that was pretty solid.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 01 2013 02:02 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 01 2013 02:12 PM

"You leave me off your fuckin' bullpen roster just 'cause I'm in a TV show, not a motherfuckin' moo-vee? Well, I'm not giving up, asshole. A man fights, fights, and fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies. And my ass ain't no pussy. My ass is a fucking champion." Also, are you SURE you wouldn't rather start the "Angels in the Outfield" angel in center or left?

A Boy Named Seo Apr 01 2013 02:06 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

HUGE oversight.

Edgy MD Apr 01 2013 02:11 PM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

You put that guy in the bullpen, you just know Betty Spaghetti will be taking a pregnancy leave shortly after.

The Second Spitter Apr 02 2013 04:07 AM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, if Crash is fictional enough, despite stealing his name from a real dude, then surely there's a place on the bench for Moonlight Graham. You could probably make the same argument for the rhb Shoeless Joe.

Edgy MD Apr 02 2013 09:13 AM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

I know we have a surfeit of catchers, but a call out for Leon Carter, James Earl Jones' power hitting catcher with burning rage, the Bingo Long-universe version of Josh Gibson.

Swan Swan H Apr 02 2013 09:38 AM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

Need a pitching coach? I'd choose Daniel Stern's Brickma from Rookie of the Year in a close call over Robert Wuhl's candlestick-loving Larry in Bull Durham. I'd also add Henry "Author' Wiggen from Bang The Drum Slowly to the mound staff, and maybe his manager Dutch Schnell as bench coach.

Edgy MD Apr 02 2013 10:02 AM Re: Opening Day Baseball Movie 25 (Wo-)man Roster

I'm not there. I like Daniel Stern and everything associated with Breaking Away, but Home Alone seemed to give Daniel Stern license to really go for it with his physical comedy efforts, and for five years there he really left behind some unwatchable wreckage while so overperforming. This, Bushwacked, Celtic Pride. Not recalled with fondness. I think The Sandlot and Rookie of the Year get a lot more appreciation from folks who were appropriately young when these films came out. They don't work their magic on me. Maybe somebody who wasn't appropriately aged wouldn't think much of Bad News Bears. Not somebody who'd be welcome at my house, however. As uncharitable as I may seem for Bull Durham, I'd go for Wuhl here. He was one of the best things. My wife picked it up before I did, but he has that pitching coach gait mastered, where he looks like he's jogging to the mound, but he's actually progressing at a slower rate than he would he was walking.