I thought it would be better to put this topic on a new thread.
Mo Vaughn
Steve Balboni
Babe Ruth
David Wells
Rich Garces
John Kruk
Fernando Valenzula
Cecil Feilder
Good idea sucka, I removed my post there and add it here:
You can't have an all-fat team without Cecil Fielder... Sid Fernandez is a starting pitcher...
You have to have Ernie Lombardi as catcher. He may not have been fat, but he was known as unbelieveably slow. "El Guappo" Rich Garces can be the closer. Maybe Terry Pendleton or Dmitri Young at 3B? Tony Gwynn could play OF.
C.C. Sabathia is trying to eat his way onto this team.
Mike
seems like there's a lot of fat pitchers:
Wells
C.C.
Sid Fernandez
Valenzuala
Garces
and you could add Juan Acevado...
Jeez, a bullpen with Garces and Acevado...that's even worse than the Moore/Corbet connection.
I'm sure we're neglecting quite a few also.
It's all about the players who stand around most - 1B, DH and SPs. Wilson Alvarez is another one...
Yeah, I''ve never seen a fat shortstop or centerfielder.
C - Mike LaValliere or Hector Villenueva
1B - Cecil Fielder
2b and SS - I cannot begin to think of anyone here
3B - Terry Pendleton
OF - Pete Incaviglia, Babe Ruth, Kirby Puckett
SP - Bartolo Colon, Sid Fernandez, Fernando Valenzuela, David Wells, Sidney Ponson
RP - El Guapo, I don't know who else
Manager - Don Zimmer
I will think of some more fatsos.
Fattest by decade according to BIll James:
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More stuff from Bill James's Historical Baseball Abstract:
1980s: Terry Forster, ~285
1970s: Boog Powell, ~275
1960s: Frank Howard, listed at ~275, probably heavier;
Dick Radatz, ~300 by the end of his career
1950s: Ted Klusewski, listed at 235. Many players topped this in actuality.
1940s: Johnny Hutchings, 250
1930s: Jumbo Brown, 295. Heaviest acknowledged weight ever.
1920s: Garland Buckeye, 260
1910s: Larry McLean, 230
1900s: Ed Walker, 242; Harry Lumley was probably bigger but no weight listed.
1890s: Wilbert Robinson, listed at 215, reported to be much heavier.
1880s: Roger Connor, 220
1870s: Cap Anson, 227
i was gonna suggest dick radatz....hes huge....louis tiant was pretty big during his time....and he is today cause he comes into the restaurant i used to work at....hammerin bob hamelin was big...so was ron karcovice....but we dont need any more dh's or catchers....there was this fat kid tim gillen who used to play cf and ss for my little league team...he could throw the ball hard when he got to it....
mo vaughn is a definate addition...and speaking of which, looking at bill james' survey...at least 75% of all the fat asses made a stop and had success in boston (mo, the monster, tiant, foster, el guapo)....boston could host the squad....
How in the world has nobody mentioned Frank Thomas? I think he's good enough (although probably not fat enough) to start over Vaughn. I'm racking my brain for middle infielders, and the closest I can come up with is Chuck Knoblauch, who wasn't really fat but kinda looked like it because he was so short. I think the athletic ability necessary for the middle infield tends to select for skinny people.
Luis Castillo (2B) looks a little chubby.
the d-backs really have a run on fat infielders right now... take baerga, womack, and spivey... all chunky guys
Just put Balboni at shortstop. What's the worst that could happen?
Balboni also has the juicy-double of being on the All-Fat and All-Mustache team...
balboni's technique of sporting the uberflat hat should qualify him for real world rbi status
Balboni was also incredibly bald, which unfortunately happens to grown men who wear ballcaps for a living. Cal Ripken may not ever be able to make the all-fat team, but there was a day when his crop of hair would never die.
All-Bald team?
And speaking of Chuck Knoblauch, an All-Short team?
What about Stargell or Dave Parker, they both were pushing 240.
I wouldn't even mind seeing an all-redneck team. Jeff Kent, Dennis Cook, and John Kruk.
if we were doing fat baseball ass team, ken griffey jr. and frank thomas would double as captians and shilloette's for the uniforms....they have unmatched baseball ass....like they got stung by bees in their asses.....the swelling is amazing...
Quote from: bban7700 on 06/19/03, 09:16:41 AM
if we were doing fat baseball ass team, ken griffey jr. and frank thomas would double as captians and shilloette's for the uniforms....they have unmatched baseball ass....like they got stung by bees in their asses.....the swelling is amazing...
Add Garrett Anderson there too. Not that I look at mens' asses or anything.
QuoteI wouldn't even mind seeing an all-redneck team. Jeff Kent, Dennis Cook, and John Kruk.
Four words for you: JOHN ROCKER, TEAM CAPTAIN
Heck, this is shaping up to be a good ROM - the All-Fat Team, the All-Short Team, the All-Redneck Team... we could add an All-Mustache Team with Goose Gossage and most of the 80's Red Sox, and maybe an All-Mullet Team, headed by Dan Gladden. Unfortunately, the Chuck Finley All-Guys-That-Got-Beat-Up-By-Their-Wives Team probably won't be able to round up enough players, which is too bad.
Hmmm....all of these ideas could make for a hell of a rom. "RBI: Losers of Baseball"? All-Fat Team, All-Mustache Team, All-Hick Team, All-Bald Team...what else...All-Dope Addicts, All-Sex Addicts (Wade Boggs!), or how about an All-Retard team. Sammy Sosa will be the logo since he looks like Corky (HA!) from "Our House". We could also have an All-Cork team.
i vote that dennis eckersley head the all mustache-bullpen and don't forget to put zane smith on the all buck-teeth team
Rollie Fingers on the mustache team for sure, what about an ALL-CHEAT team with such players as George Brett (pine tar), Gaylord Perry (everything), of course Sosa, and Niekro (both brothers were dirty in their pitches). And of course the almighty Shoeless Joe Jackson. What a great lineup.
All Ugly team. Although most people on the all fat team could double up. This one would have Randy Johnson & Willie McGee (mishapen head).
Can Don Zimmer Manage the All-Fat team?
I like Benny Agbayani on the all-fat team. Also, did anyone mention Kirby Puckett? He continues to inflate himself! Gantry had a nice call with Terry Forster. He's the one that Dave Letterman called a "Fat Tub of Goo."
If there's an all-ugly team, Willie McGee is starting pitcher, manager and #3 hitter. Actually, he's so ugly that he'll be the only member of the "All Fugly Team"
Otis-Otis Nixon would definitely lead off. I still can't believe a player existed that could get 30 hits a year and still steal 50 bases. What a freak!
Vinnie Coleman's up there too, man.
don't count out ricky henderson on the all ugly team that guy was ugly as sin... the most grizzled black man of all time. also can jason and jeremy giami grow their hair back and hit back to back on the all redneck team?
I swear, man, the faster, the uglier.
an amazing triple threat is the eck....on the all mullet, all moustache and all ugly team....
i would have to agree that willie mcgee should have to play every posistion on the ugly team like bugs bunny did in that cartoon