The All-Time Teams: Yooooour Boston Red Sox

By Will-He-M


LINEUP

C- Carlton Fisk- 1078 GP, 3860 AB, 627 R, 1097 H, 207 D, 33 T, 162 HR, 568 RBI, 61 SB, .284/.356/.481/.837

1B- Mo Vaughn- 1046 GP, 3828 AB, 628 R, 1165 H, 199 D, 10 T, 230 HR, 752 RBI, 28 SB, .304/.394/.542/.936

2B- Bobby Doerr- 1865 GP, 7093 AB, 1094 R, 2042 H, 381 D, 89 T, 223 HR, 1247 RBI, 54 SB, .288/.357/.461/.818

3B- Wade Boggs- 1625 GP, 6213 AB, 1067 R, 2098 H, 422 D, 47 T, 85 HR, 687 RBI, 16 SB, .338/.428/.462/.890

SS- Joe Cronin- 1134 GP, 3892 AB, 645 R, 1168 H, 270 D, 44 T, 119 HR, 737 RBI, 31 SB, .300/.386/.484/.870

LF- Carl Yastrzemski- 3308 GP, 11988 AB, 1816 R, 3419 H, 646 D, 59 T, 452 HR, 1844 RBI, 168 SB, .285/.379/.462/.841

CF- Tris Speaker- 1065 GP, 3935 AB, 704 R, 1327 H, 241 D, 106 T, 39 HR, 542 RBI, 267 SB, .337/.405/.482/.887

RF- Dwight Evans- 2505 GP, 8726 AB, 1435 R, 2373 H, 474 D, 72 T, 379 HR, 1346 RBI, 76 SB, .272/.369/.473/.842

DH- Ted Williams- 2292 GP, 7706 AB, 1798 R, 2654 H, 525 D, 71 T, 521 HR, 1839 RBI, 24 SB, .344/.482/.634/1.116


BENCH

C Jason Varitek
2B/SS/3B Billy Goodman
LF/RF Jim Rice
CF Dom DiMaggio


ROTATION

1. Roger Clemens- 382 GS, 192-111, 3.06 ERA, 100 CG, 38 SHO, 2776.0 IP, 856 BB, 2590 K
2. Pedro Martinez- 201 GS, 117-37, 2.52 ERA, 22 CG, 8 SHO, 1383.2 IP, 309 BB, 1683 K

3. Cy Young- 297 GS, 192-112, 2.00 ERA, 275 CG, 38 SHO, 2728.1 IP, 299 BB, 1341 K

4. Smokey Joe Wood- 157 GS, 117-56, 1.99 ERA, 121 CG, 28 SHO, 1416.0 IP, 412 BB, 986 K
5. Luis Tiant- 238 GS, 122-81, 3.36 ERA, 113 CG, 26 SHO, 1774.2 IP, 501 BB, 1075 K


BULLPEN

CL- Jonathan Papelbon- 270 GP, 14-12, 1.89 ERA, 152 SVS, 300.1 IP, 79 BB, 347 K

SU- Dick Radatz- 286 GP, 49-34, 2.65 ERA, 104 SVS, 557.1 IP, 213 BB, 627 K
SU- Bob Stanley- 637 GP, 115-97, 3.64 ERA, 132 SVS, 1707.0 IP, 471 BB, 693 K

MR- Sparky Lyle- 260 GP, 22-17, 2.85 ERA, 69 SVS, 331.1 IP, 133 BB, 275 K
MR- Derek Lowe- 384 GP, 70-55, 3.72 ERA, 85 SVS, 1037.0 IP, 312 BB, 673 K

LR- Mike Timlin- 394 GP, 30-22, 3.76 ERA, 27 SVS, 409.0 IP, 98 BB, 273 K
LR- Ellis Kinder- 365 GP, 86-52, 3.28 ERA, 91 SVS, 1142.1 IP, 403 BB, 557 K

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My Enormous Crystal Balls: The 2010 MLB Season

By Spezzal Teams Playa

The past four weeks since we launched this year's baseball league have been the longest, but now it's finally time to play ball.

As I've done for the past few hockey seasons, today I'll attempt to predict which baseball teams will still be playing in October. It was seven months ago that Hockey Guru and I made our last set of picks, and at that time Guru introduced what I like to call, The Patented Guru's Give'er 800% Prediction Method.

Basically how it works is, you accept the certainty that 8 teams will make the playoffs, then you re-assign the probabilities for each of those eight certainties, or 8 X 100%, to the league as a whole. So you have 800 percentage points to work with and since anyone might pull off a Tampa Bay Rays and go all the way, you disperse those 800 points among the 30 teams. Here's an example of how it works.

With the season opener set for this weekend, I encourage each of you to make your own picks in the Comments section. Here are mine:

New York Yankees - 75%
Boston Red Sox - 70%
Philadelphia Phillies - 66%
St.Louis Cardinals - 65%
Los Angeles Dodgers - 60%
Atlanta Braves - 55%
Chicago White Sox - 50%
Los Angeles Angels - 40%
Tampa Bay Rays - 38%
Chicago Cubs - 35%
Colorado Rockies - 33%
New York Mets - 30%
Detroit Tigers - 25%
Minnesota Twins - 20%
Texas Rangers - 18%
San Francisco Giants - 15%
Florida Marlins - 14%
Seattle Mariners - 13%
Milwaukee Brewers - 12%
Cincinnati Reds - 11%
Arizona Diamondbacks - 10%
Toronto Blue Jays - 9%
San Diego Padres - 8%
Houston Astros - 7%
Baltimore Orioles - 6%
Oakland Athletics - 5%
Kansas City Royals - 4%
Pittsburgh Pirates - 3%
Washington Nationals - 2%
Cleveland Indians - 1%

In other words, had the Yankees been absolutely guaranteed a bye into the playoffs, they would have been assigned 100%. As is stands, they are merely expected to make the playoffs by 3 out of 4 dentists.

Now that I have correctly predicted all eight of the playoff participants, let me fast-forward to the World Series and say that the Yankees will beat the Cardinals. Yeah. We'll go with that.

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