Homer At Bat

One of the greatest Simpson's episodes ever. And since the Braves suck its more fun to talk about.

The cast of major leaguers is truly phenomenal as well. Including what happened in real life.

Looking back you had:

Pitcher: Roger Clemens. Has some of the best stats a pitcher ever accomplished. Winning 354 games and seven Cy Young awards. Sadly steroid accusations coming from the Mitchell Report have tainted many of these numbers that would other wise ensure entrance into the Hall of Fame.




Catcher: Mike Scioscia. Good catcher who had a solid career coming up big in the World Series twice. More famous for managerial career in which he won the Angels first and so far only World Series title.





1st Base: Don Mattingly. Solid hitter who had a great career but is held in higher respects thanks to being a Yankee. Hit over .300 for his career but only 222 home runs. If Fred McGriff and his instructional videos can't make the Hall Mattingly can't either. On the episode he was kicked off Burn's team for refusing to trim his side burns. Life later imitated art and he was held out of the line up after the episode for refusing to get a hair cut. Good shot at the mustache hall of fame.

2nd Base: Steve Sax. Solid for a second baseman. Five time all star but no one would confuse him with Ryne Sandberg or Jeff Kent.







3rd Base: Wade Boggs. One of the greatest third basemen ever. Career .328 hitter with 3,000 hits. In the Hall of Fame.







Short Stop: Ozzie Smith. Considered one of the greatest defensive shortstops of all time. Known more for defense but could get the timely hits. Also in theHall of Fame and still lost in the Springfield Mystery Spot.





Left Field: Darryl Strawberry. Got off to one of the greatest starts of any hitter only to have substance abuse nearly ruin his promising career.






Center Field: Ken Griffey Jr. and his grotesquely swollen jaw. Capping of an incredible career in which he's still playing and hates to be heckled. Nor do Cincinnati fans like it when you heckle him. Has hit 600 home runs on his way to the sure Hall of Fame entrance despite his frequent trips the the trainers office.




Right Field: Jose Canseco. Huge power numbers that were later attributed to steroids. Now a reality TV whore.







They tried to get a lot of the best of the best players and pick what would become a Hall of Fame line up but still in the prime of their career. Where they failed was mostly because of steroids or substance abuse either ruined or tainted the career.

If they had to do it now? Here's my guess.

Pitcher: Johan Santana
Catcher: Ivan Rodriquez
First Base: Albert Pujols
Second Base: Chase Utley
Third Base: Chipper Jones
Short Stop: Derek Jeter
Left Field: Matt Holliday
Center Field: Grady Sizemore
Right Field: Ichiro Suzuki

Manager: Mike Scioscia (For old times sake if they can drag him away from the power plant.)