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Why has this one never come up?

Gotta go with the small-ball-playing Cards.  Vince Coleman isn't the best player, but he's one of my favorites.  I also once had a 3-homer game with Tommy Herr.

I knew someone would vote for SL.  That speed is undeniable, and the damning power of Herr has always cursed me.  Jack Clark is also a bastard.

Tudor's pitching is wicked.

I gotta say Boston, just for the fact that they have sheer power to burn and for the fact that they 1) have a lefty in the rotation and 2) their righty is as good as it gets.

(*note: lefties are far more valuable in my cheating way of pitching)

This should be the definitive thread on this subject, so we can bump it up for the new members periodically...

We know my answer - California.  Meat & Potatoes, nothing finer...

Small ball.  All day every day.  Johnny Tudor rules all.

my favorite team has always been the angels with the cards a close second.... i grew up an angels fan so thats why having them in RBI is the greatest gift the RBI gods could have bestowed on a young socal baseball fan.

I'm a Dt fan and a Bud man. The Natural, A-Tram, Fatty, Sweet Lou, Kimmy Gibbler...I can't get away from these guys, even though they are SO hit-or-miss...Playing against someone, Bo scares me more than any other team.

Gotta be the Tigers.  In fact, I've started following the Tigers in real life because of RBI. I'll never love them as much as the Cubs but at least it's another team to expect a losing seson from.

I'm surprised at all the love for the BoSox in this poll.  I've never cared much for them, for the same reason I like the Cards - the Sox have almost no speed whatsoever.

Quote from: BeefMaster on 11/01/04, 02:05:54 PM
I'm surprised at all the love for the BoSox in this poll.  I've never cared much for them, for the same reason I like the Cards - the Sox have almost no speed whatsoever.

I know what you mean about the fun of the Cards, but RBI is basically a power man's game--what, with the park so damn small and all...

DT
Brookens is my hero

Boston with SL second, Boston has Armas on the bench with 43 jacks, and Burks(20 HR) and Henderson(15HR) on the bench as well. You can't walk away from that.

Burks
Henderson
Boggs
J.Rice
Baylor
DwEvans
Gedman
Armas

Clemens
Hurst


There are no holes in this lineup when Gedman decides to come to the park.  The weakest part is Boggs, with his single-digit contact rating.

Pitching isn't stellar, but is pretty good.  Clemens is great, and Hurst is a good LHP.

Shiraldi and Stanley are almost autonatic homeruns to the first batter faced, they fucking suck! Boston is still the best team.

you should never use either of them

I'm a SL fan, because of my love of bunt hits and speed

go saux.

I went with SF just because I didn't think they'd get any love from anybody else and because of my 8 consecutive HR streak a while back.  But I really don't think I could call anybody my clear cut favorite.  SL is also close as well as the obvious power teams like BO, DT, and CA.  

The only teams i don't like are HO and MN.  Then again, every time you play with the 'Stros they're shitty but you have the ability to humiliate your opponent with a win.

But fuck MN though.  They have an uncanny ability to not show up in clutch games/situations.

I always liked the Giants, too - they had a decent balance of speed and power, although not too much on the power side.  I also agree with you somewhat on MN, even though I'm a Twins fan - they're completely non-clutch.  Also, my RBI buddy in elementary school loved to use them when we'd reenact the '87 Series, so I consider them kind of my arch-rival.

Plus, it's just too easy to walk around the Puckett through Bruno part of the order...and if you're a righty, you can pitch to Hrbek and if you're a lefty, you can pitch to Bruno or Puckett or Gaetti and just have to get one of 'em out in order to justify walking the rest.

I used to have a big MN vs CA rivalry with one of my friends.  I used to win most of our games so i always took MN in this series and i still won about 3/4 of them but they were always good games due to MN's inability to put anybody away.  

Our typical game would be something like a 17-15 win where I would be up 8 or 9 runs going into the 9th and give up bombs to Reg, Dougie, Jones and Grich.  For some reason Grich would always abuse me in that series.  

Because of the aggravation of these games, I can never look at the Twins objectively on RBI again.

Cardinals-Smallball is good.

Boston.  Rice, Evans, Baylor, Armas, and Hendu bring the pain.

I can't believe that STL is in the lead.

Quote from: defen on 11/02/04, 12:29:39 PM
Boston.  Rice, Evans, Baylor, Armas, and Hendu bring the pain.

Don't forget Tim Burks.  He's one of the best lead off hitters in the game!

I vote for Bo, simply because I love starting the game pinch hitting with Armas and having him hit the long ball.  I'm not a huge fan of the pitching, though.  Hurst is where it starts and ends for Bo.

I love Detroit, but I end up gettin caught with my pants down in late innings bringing in morris.

Quote from: PatSheridan on 11/04/04, 12:48:53 PM
I love Detroit, but I end up gettin caught with my pants down in late innings bringing in morris.

You should start Morris, let him go six and by that time bring in Willie to close out the slaughter rule victory.  Works every time.  I don't trust guys named Doyle.

does it matter if its Straight pitch or slurve?

I'm a strict slurve player, but no, it shouldn't matter.

There must be alot of comedians in here cause there is no STL is in the lead!? Maybe Ive just been playing with the wrong teams for an entire decade..

Quote from: PatSheridan on 11/04/04, 01:48:33 PM
There must be alot of comedians in here cause there is no STL is in the lead!? Maybe Ive just been playing with the wrong teams for an entire decade..

Well it's not the best team, but the favorite.  Many like the speed of STL, I like Krukow and Reuschel so I picked SF, I don't think they are the best.

Also, you should register, Pat

 Ah! Im retarded! Yeah I need to register, I found Gantrys sight last week and told my friends so they have been all over it this last week. Aparently we aren't the only ones that pass on hanging out with easy women to play Ribbey.

Welcome Pat!

This forum is populated with the "best" kind of loser available.  You'll fit right in...

Quote from: fknmclane on 11/04/04, 01:17:15 PM

Quote from: PatSheridan on 11/04/04, 12:48:53 PM
I love Detroit, but I end up gettin caught with my pants down in late innings bringing in morris.

You should start Morris, let him go six and by that time bring in Willie to close out the slaughter rule victory.  Works every time.  I don't trust guys named Doyle.

Wow...this is crazy.  I think Alexander is by far better than Morris.  Morris has little break on his ball.

Hmmm. We all agree that king should never brought in the mix right? EVER!

Quote from: DANIEL LARUSSO on 11/04/04, 03:36:53 PM
Hmmm. We all agree that king should never brought in the mix right? EVER!

You're a brave man for using that name. Let's hope you live up to it.
As far as King goes, I believe that Gantry has used him as a starter from time to time. I've tried it as well. Not too horrible.x

Let me preface that I do not play curve, King seems to be quite awful in curve...

so the favorite teams are the two that played in the World Series?

this poll surprises me.