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My All-Time Baseball Team

This is kind of silly, but it's inspired by my "abuse" at the hands of John Cooney, who claims to have seen a picture of me at 15, maybe 16, in a Philadelphia Phillies shirt, despite my claim that I've liked Boston since 1984.  First let me break down my love affair with baseball teams by years.
1976-1979 Yankees &Phillies (Boston was my #3) - my parent's and grandparent's favorite teams
1980-1983 Phillies (Boston #2) - You'll see why from my all-time team
1984- present Boston (Phillies are my NL team). - Started with Clemens and I stuck with them

All-Time Team (only players I've watched play)

C - Jason Varitek - The Sox captain. Epitome of team player, even when his skills had diminished.
1B - Cecil Cooper - I played a lot of first base as a kid and absolutely adored Coop.
2B - Dustin Pedroia - Gritiest player in MLB today.
SS - Nomar Garciaparra - Had he not been hurt and A-Rod stayed at short, Jeter would be #3 in MLB
3B - Mike Schmidt - My favorite batter of all-time. Nothing is better than listening to Ted Williams talk about just how good he was.
LF - Carl Yastrzemski - People might be shocked to know I like him more than Manny.
CF - Garry Maddox - "Two thirds of the earth is covered by water, the other third, by Garry Maddox." - Harry Kalas
RF - Dwight Evans - Arguably the best arm I've ever seen and one of the most underrated players ever.
SP - Steve Carlton - My favorite player of all-time.
SP - Roger Clemens - At one time my second favortire, but hard to like him as a person these days.
SP - Pedro Martinez - For a stretch, the best athlete in all of sports.
SP - Ron Guidry - The biggest travesty the BBWA and the Hall of Fame has ever committed.
CL - Dan Quisenberry - I've always been mesmerized by quality side-arm, submarine pitchers.
Bench - Roy White, Greg Luzinski, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Larry Bowa, Willie Randolph, Trot Nixon,  Kevin Youkilis, Bake McBride
RP - Tim Wakefield, Tom Gordon, Kent Tekulve, Goose Gossage,

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