Next WBC ...

[NAHSTE]

Just because I enjoy the World Baseball Classic and also love constructing super teams ... I'm gonna start this thread to project lineups/rosters for the '13 WBC.

Here's my best guess for Team USA. Feel free to project this or any other nation's team as well.


c Brian McCann/Joe Mauer
1b Prince Fielder/Justin Smoak
2b Dustin Pedroia/Brandon Phillips
3b Evan Longoria/Ryan Zimmerman
ss Troy Tulowitzki/Dee Gordon
lf Ryan Braun/Bryce Harper
cf Andrew McCutchen/Mike Trout
rf Josh Hamilton/Jason Heyward
DH Harper

Lineup:

McCutchen
Longo
Harper
Hamilton
Fielder
Braun
Tulo
McCann
Pedroia


..Pretty sick.

[Leftwich]

No pitchers?! Fuck your mother.

[Swarley]

Ellsbury needs to be in the discussion for an OF spot.

[NAHSTE]

No pitchers?! Fuck your mother.

Eh I just didn't feel like naming 14 pitchers. Obviously guys like Hanson, Hamels, Strasburg, Johnson, etc. will be at the top of the list if they are healthy.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Pfffftt. Anyone can do the U.S.

Let's see Australia, m'fer.

[Sharkweather]

Dominican Republic

C - Miguel Olivo
1B - Albert Pujols / Carlos Pena
2B - Robinson Cano
SS - Hanley Ramirez / Jose Reyes
3B - Adrian Beltre / Aramis Ramirez
LF - Jose Bautista
CF - Wily Taveras
RF - Nelson Cruz

Ubaldo Jimenez
Johnny Cueto
Edinson Volquez
Michael Pineda

Carlos Marmol

..something like that. CF and C were pretty tough.

[Sharkweather]

If Venezuela is able to pull this team off, watch out. Only Miguel and Felix were on the '09 team.

C - Wilson Ramos / Miguel Montero
1B - Miguel Cabrera
2B - Martin Prado
SS - Asdrubal Cabrera / Alcides Escobar / Elvis Andrus
3B - Pablo Sandoval
LF - Carlos Gonzalez
CF - Franklin Gutierrez
RF - Jose Tabata

Felix Hernandez

[Goober]

Israel will be playing in 2013. Any Jew can get citizenship in Israel just because they're Jewish. They could put together a pretty good team of American born Jews if they wanted to.

[NAHSTE]

Israel will be playing in 2013. Any Jew can get citizenship in Israel just because they're Jewish. They could put together a pretty good team of American born Jews if they wanted to.

Sam Fuld ... Ike "The Kyke" Davis ... 1/2 of Ryan Braun ... Sean Green's corpse ... Sandy Koufax's corpse ... Hank Greenberg's corpse ... and that's all I got.

[Goober]

Sam Fuld ... Ike "The Kyke" Davis ... 1/2 of Ryan Braun ... Sean Green's corpse ... Sandy Koufax's corpse ... Hank Greenberg's corpse ... and that's all I got.

1B Ike Davis
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Kevin Youkilis
SS (?) Danny Valencia
LF Ryan Braun
CF Sam Fuld
RF Gabe Kapler
C ???

Jason Marquis pitching.

[NAHSTE]

1B Ike Davis
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Kevin Youkilis
SS (?) Danny Valencia
LF Ryan Braun
CF Sam Fuld
RF Gabe Kapler
C ???

Jason Marquis pitching.

Did some wiki'ing. Scott Feldman and Scott Schoenweis can also take the bump for the Jews. Craig Breslow and John Grabow coming out of the pen as LOOGYs to shut down Harper and Heyward.

As for the backstop, eh, Mike Lieberthal will only be 42, and Brad Ausmus will only be 45.

But seriously, i saw a doc about Israel's new baseball league and it might actually be like rookie ball or low-A quality by then ... it's a stretch but maybe the actual Israelis on the team won't be complete shite.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Sam Fuld ... Ike "The Kyke" Davis ... 1/2 of Ryan Braun ... Sean Green's corpse ... Sandy Koufax's corpse ... Hank Greenberg's corpse ... and that's all I got.

lolololololololololololololololololololol

I've never heard this. I'm using it every day, even if i have to force the Ike Davis references into non baseball conversations.

[Youk]

The Jewish Team should only be

Every position.