First Base: Wes Parker
Second Base: Ryne Sandberg
I pick the best regardless of what team they are on. It's mighty Frank White of me (a joke only Spinelli would get).
Saturday, May 23, 2020
My All Time Fielding Team- First and Second Base
I was listening to a replay of Joe and Evan on WFAN and they were detailing their picks for their all time fielding team. Offensive ability doesn't weigh in as this is strictly about fielding. I thought that was fun and since it would annoy everyone except spinelli I thought I would post some thoughts.
First Base: Wes Parker
The best fielding first baseman I ever saw was Wes Parker of the Dodges from back in the 1960's and '70's, He was a slick fielding first baseman who could turn a game around with his glove. Never missed a throw and could steal some hits from line drives down the line. I have seen a bunch of good fielders from George Scott to Mark Texiera to even Mattingly but Wes was the best by far.
Second Base: Ryne Sandberg
If I had to stop by the snowy woods in the evening to pick a great second baseman I would have to go with the Cubs Ryne Sandberg. I didn't follow him as much as I did the guys in the American league but he is pretty much the gold standard for fielders. I saw him make a great play against the Mets once that really impressed me.
I pick the best regardless of what team they are on. It's mighty Frank White of me (a joke only Spinelli would get).
First Base: Wes Parker
Second Base: Ryne Sandberg
I pick the best regardless of what team they are on. It's mighty Frank White of me (a joke only Spinelli would get).
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Wes Parker would be up there. But the softest hands I ever saw was Vic Power. I saw Frank White play hundreds of games and I don't remember an error. He had a tough start because he was a local guy[grew up in the shadows of Munincipal Stadium], he replaced the beloved Cookie Rojas. My old man, a huge Yankee fan, says White was as good as Jerry Coleman and Red Schoendints, who he considered the best. I was loving in Chicago when Sandberg came to town. I could walk to Wrigley. Saw him play probably 50 or more games. Solid fielder, great clutch hitter. His wife was a puta.
I knew what the Frank White joke was as soon as I read it.
And Carl Sandburg was damned good over in the hot corner. Hog butcher to the world? I think not - more like a failed White Sox prospect who was driven mad and ended up writing poetry. At least he wasn't as revolting as Fidel Castro - what was he, a Red? Or did he become a Senator? I don't follow the game like I once did...
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