I said batting so it could be anyone so no catchers b/c they cant hit anyway. Jo was great but he is on the practice squad on my team.

so we're DHing for any fielder that can't hit?

and before you bash all catchers, you might want to read Mickey Mantle's book, "My Favorite Summer" (or something to that effect).

dude said straight up "bottom of the ninth, game 7 and you absolutely need a hit. I want Yogi at the plate more than anyone i've ever seen"

this coming from a guy who played with DiMaggio. Saw plenty of Ted Williams, was in the same city as Willie Mays, was himself a decent hitter.

to each his own, but no way he's not in my starting lineup.
him and Teddy Ballgame are guaranteed a spot

Folks, I just stumbled on your thread. Probably not too related but interesting at any rate.

I spent a lot of time visiting with Joe Adcock, a true gentleman and good human being. We talked baseball a lot. As some of you know, he went to LSU on a basketball scholarship but the baseball coach, Red Swanson, asked him to play 1B toward the end of the season when the regular 1st baseman was injured.

Joe told me he'd never played baseball in his life, not even in the cow pastures of Red River Parish where he grew up. Said Coach Swanson told him, "Joe, all you have to do is run to the bag when anybody hits the ball and we'll roll it over to you."

Joe said is first at bat at LSU he homered and the rest is history.

Anyway, to the point, he said Joe Dimaggio was the greatest player he ever saw play; Dimaggio could hit, hit with power, run, field, all around the very best.

But he said the best clutch hitter he ever saw play was Willie McCovey. He said if McCovey came to bat with the game on the line in the 7th, 8th, or 9th inning, kiss the game good bye.

Also said Roy McMillan was the best fielding shortstop of the era.

So, just thought I'd give you some rhetoric from a great man who happened to play at LSU by mistake and had a pretty damn good major league career playing along with some greats such as Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Warren Spann, Johnny Sain, and others.

Great time spent with Joe Adcock, a blessing actually.

You're kidding right? That cat may have hit a lot of HR's but he also swung at anything between the on deck circles. Very un-disciplined hitter.

correct. pujols is absolutely one the greatest of all time. he could replace henderson or rose or a few other guys in that lineup and they would score more runs.

true but he was partially a product of his juiced up era. he would not put up pujols numbers if he were playing now. back when mcgwire was bashing dingers, any idiot could hit 30 a year.

Maybe so but when he made contact with the bal it tended to go a long way

McGwire hit 49 dingers in his rookie year with Oakland before juicing was prevalent

Great story thanks. I love talking to the old timers, they tell it like it is. Sort of like me I guess.

Having all power hitters may not work. You need to get a few men on base. By the way Big Mac is way down the list when it comes to RBI's. I picked him b/c he hit like 70 HR's in one year. Be scary if you could get each person in his best year.