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All-Time All-Met World Baseball Classic

Willets Point Jan 14 2006 02:14 AM

Here are the rosters for a six-team tournament made up of all-time Mets by country of birth: United States SP Tom Seaver SP Dwight Gooden SP Jerry Koosman RP John Franco RP Tug McGraw RP Sid Fernandez C Mike Piazza 1B Ed Kranepool 2B Jeff Kent SS Bud Harrelson 3B Howard Johnson OF Darryl Strawberry OF Cleon Jones OF Mookie Wilson Puerto Rico P Dicky Gonzalez P Julio Valera P Roberto Hernandez P Pedro Feliciano P Edwin Nuñez P Juan Padilla C Orlando Mercado 1B Carlos Delgado 2B Felix Millan SS Luis Lopez 3B Felix Mantilla OF Carlos Beltran OF Jerry Morales OF Raul Gonzalez Venezuela With no Venezuelan catchers available the versatile Melvin Mora will squat behind the plate SP Juan Castillo SP Tony Castillo SP Victor Zambrano RP Orber Moreno RP Julio Machado C Melvin Mora 1B Roberto Petagine 2B Edgardo Alfonzo SS Elio Chacon 3B Alvaro Espinoza OF Roger Cedeño OF Richard Hidalgo OF Alex Escobar Dominican Republic SP Pedro Astacio SP Pedro Martinez SP Nino Espinosa RP Yorkis Perez RP Armando Benitez RP Octavio Dotel C Alberto Castillo 1B José Offerman 2B José Vizcaino SS José Reyes 3B Amado Samuel OF Timo Perez OF Juan Samuel OF Victor Diaz Americas All-Stars Cheating here to get in players from remaining countries in the Western Hemisphere SP Armando Reynoso (Mexico) SP Bruce Chen (Panama) SP Ray Daviault (Canada) RP Ron Taylor (Canada) RP Ken MacKenzie (Canada) RP Juan Acevedo (Mexico) C Alex Treviño (Mexico) 1B Tim Harkness (Canada) 2B Ralph Milliard Netherlands Antilles SS Rey Ordóñez (Cuba) 3B Chico Fernandez (Cuba) OF José Cardenal (Cuba) OF Karim Garcia (Mexico) OF Joe Christopher (US Virgin Islands) Additionally, on the basis of his nickname alone, Keith Hernandez will be on the bench and ready to take over first base if needed. Eurasiaustralian All-Stars Cheating even more here as three US-born Mets with ethnic-sounding names are helping out this Eastern Hemisphere squad. SP Masato Yoshii (Japan) SP Hideo Nomo (Japan) SP Jae Seo (South Korea) RP Graeme Lloyd (Australia) RP Takashi Kashiwada (Japan) RP Dae-Sung Koo (South Korea) C Bruce Bochy (France) 1B Tom Paciorek (Polish-American Hall of Famer) 2B Kazuo Matsui (Japan) SS Ron Gardenhire (Germany) 3B Craig Shipley (Australia) OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo (Japan) OF Lenny Dykstra (Dutch-American) OF Lee Mazilli (Italian-American) I don't know about you, but I think the USA is going to kick ass.

MFS62 Jan 14 2006 02:42 PM

I think pitcher Brent Gaff falls into the same category as Ron Gardenhire - I think he was born in Germany of US military parents. He was nicknamed "Willy" in reference to his German upbringing. Later

Elster88 Jan 14 2006 05:14 PM

Kevin Elster starts over Buddy. Or put HoJo at short and play David Wright at third.

Willets Point Jan 14 2006 06:06 PM

I was going by the Crane Pool rankings wherever possible and Buddy ranks over Elster. Sorry.

Elster88 Jan 14 2006 10:43 PM

Well that was silly of you. I'm going by skill.

Willets Point Jan 15 2006 12:17 AM

Crane Pool Rankings do not lie.

Elster88 Jan 15 2006 01:19 AM

Crane Pool rankings do lie when they tell you to start Eddie Kranepool at first. Ever heard of Keith Hernandez? (Hernandez is on a different team you say? Then start Eddie Murray, or Rico Brogna, or almost anyone else.) And darn it, put Elster in. If all else fails, he can demoralize the other team by sleeping with their girlfriends.