ALL-FAT Team

[sucka free]

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

[Gantry]

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...

[MarquisEXB]

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

[GDavis]

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.

[Gantry]

It's all about the players who stand around most - 1B, DH and SPs.  Wilson Alvarez is another one...

[vgp100]

Yeah, I''ve never seen a fat shortstop or centerfielder.

[Ross]

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.

[Gantry]

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

[B]

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....

[BeefMaster]

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.

[MarquisEXB]

Luis Castillo (2B) looks a little chubby.

[doveRBI]

the d-backs really have a run on fat infielders right now... take baerga, womack, and spivey... all chunky guys

[GDavis]

Just put Balboni at shortstop.  What's the worst that could happen?

[Gantry]

Balboni also has the juicy-double of being on the All-Fat and All-Mustache team...

[doveRBI]

balboni's technique of sporting the uberflat hat should qualify him for real world rbi status

[jaylums]

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?

[The Murph]

What about Stargell or Dave Parker, they both were pushing 240.

[vgp100]

I wouldn't even mind seeing an all-redneck team. Jeff Kent, Dennis Cook, and John Kruk.

[B]

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...

[GDavis]

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.