Who's your starting nine?

Question

Pick your dream lineup (with a DH) and a starting and relief pitcher - made up of who you think are the best ever at their position. Let's see what we all come up with.

Here's mine:

1. Joe DiMaggio (CF)
2. Ryne Sandberg (2B)
3.Ted Williams (DH)
4. Hank Aaron (RF)
5. Mike Schmidt (3B)
6. Lou Gehrig (1B)
7. Carl Yastrzemski (LF)
8. Carlton Fisk (C)
9. Ozzie Smith (SS)

SP: Roger Clemens
RP: Mo Rivera

Please try to keep players with their actual positions, I know this is an all-time fantasy kind of list, but it's better if the players actually played at the position you put them at.

No Babe Ruth bothered me too until I realized that 1) I already had a bunch of Yankees in there, 2) just about everybody else will have him on their list, and 3) even though the Sox won the series in '04 I'm still pissed about the curse (kidding). Actually, on second thought I should have put him at first insted of Gehrig.

Answer 1

1. Ty Cobb OF
2. Joe Morgan 2B
3. Mickey Mantle OF
4. Babe Ruth DH
5. Lou Gehrig 1B
6 Ted Williams OF
7. Brooks Robinson 3B
8 Johnny Bench C
9. Ernie Banks SS

SP Bob Gibson
CL Mariano Rivera

Answer 2

CF Ty Cobb
LF Barry Bonds
RF Babe Ruth
DH Ted Williams
1B Lou Gehrig
SS Honus Wagner
3B Mike Schmidt
2B Eddie Collins
C Johnny Bench

SP Walter Johnson
RP Mariano Rivera

Answer 3

LF Ted Williams
CF Willie Mays
RF Hank Aaron
3b George Brett
SS Robin Yount
2b Joe Morgan
1b Lou Gehrig
C Johnny Bench
DH Babe Ruth
SP Sandy Koufax
RP Rollie Fingers

Answer 4

CF Ty Cobb
2B Rogers Hornsby
RF Babe Ruth
1B Lou Gehrig
3B Mike Schmidt
LF Joe Jackson
DH David Ortiz
C Johnny Bench
SS Cal Ripken

SP Cy Young
RP Mariano Rivera

All managed by Casey Stengel

Answer 5

1. Ted Williams - DH
2. Mickey Mantle - CF
3. Shoeless Joe Jackson - LF
4. Babe Ruth - RF
5. Lou Gehrig - 1B
6. Jackie Robinson - 2B
7. Ernie Banks - SS
8. Mike Schmidt - 3B
9. Johnny Bench - C
SP - Pete Alexander RH Whitey Ford LH
RP - Rollie Fingers

Second Team
1. DH - Hank Aaron
2. CF - Willie Mays
3. RF - Roberto Clemente
4. LF - Stan Musial
5. 1B - Buck Leonard
6. 2B - Rogers Hornsby
7. SS - Pee Wee Reese
8. 3B - Ray Dandridge
9. C - Yogi Berra

SP - Cy Young Warren Spahn
RP - Dennis Eckersley

I had to do a first and second team here. Too many great players and to leave Aaron off the first list was hard! I still left Cobb off, "None of us liked him when we were playing!" Shoeless Joe Jackson from the Fields of Dreams.

Answer 6

Rf Ty Cobb
SS. Horus Wagner
Lf Babe Ruth
1b Jimmy Foxx
Dh Ted Williams
Cf. Willie Mayes
3b. Mike Schmidt
2b. Jackie Robinson
C. Billy Dickey

P Cy Young
R Bruce Sutter

Answer 7

1. Ricky Henderson (DH)
2. Cal Ripken (3RD)
3. Mickey Mantle (LF)
4. Babe Ruth (1ST)
5. Ken Griffey Jr. (CF)
6. Yogi Berra (C)
7. Ted Williams (RF)
8. Ozzie Smith (SS)
9. Ryne Sandberg (2ND)

SP- Nolan Ryan
RP- Dennis Eckersley

Answer 8

1.Joe DiMaggio (CF)
2.Joe Morgan(2B)
3.Ted Williams(DH)
4.Joe Jackson(RF)
5.Alex Rodriguez(3B)
6.Lou Gehrig(1B)
7.Barry Bonds(LF)
8.Yogi Berra(C)
9.Derek Jeter(SS)

SP:Nolan Ryan
RP:Rollie Fingers

Answer 9

Great question.

1. Ty Cobb (CF)
2. Tony Gwynn (RF)
3. Lou Gehrig (1B)
4. Babe Ruth (DH)
5. Barry Bonds (LF)
6. Alex Rodriguez (3B)
7. Ryne Sandberg (2B)
8. Derek Jeter (SS)
9. Mike Piazza (C)

SP: Roger Clemens
RP: Dennis Eckersley

Answer 10

1. Ozzie Smith (SS)
2. Carl Yastrzemski (LF)
3. David Ortiz (DH)
4. Manny Ramirez (RF)
5. Ted Williams (1B)
6. Joe DiMaggo (CF)
7. Carlton Fisk (C)
8. Jose Valentin (2B)
9. Mike Schmidt (3B)

SP: Cy Young
RP: Francisco Rodriguez