Nominate Players for Gaslamp Ball's All Fictional All-Star Team

by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 11:29 AM PDT

Okay I came up with this idea last night while watching the absolutely terrible movie For the Love the Game. It was on cable and I'd never seen it so I thought I'd take it in. I ended up fast forwarding through all the non-baseball related stuff, the dramatic pauses and most of the baseball related stuff. The movie went by really quick.

Here's the idea, we are going to create the first All Fictional All-Star team in time for the real All-Star game. What we need you to do is nominate fictional characters for each position and then vote on said nominations in later polls. We will not be accepting nominations of cartoon or comic characters, such as Charlie Brown, etc.

So I'll start with some nominations, but please nominate your own. If you like another readers nomination, then please recommend it. When you nominate please link the character name in case others don't know them.

Nominations:

Pitchers: Billy Chapel, Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh, Pitcher Youngberry, Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn, Prof. Vernon K. Simpson, Amanda Whurlitzer, Steve Nebraska, Henry Rowengartner, Jack 'Deuce' Cooper, Mel Clark, Miles Pennfield II, Ryan Dunne

Catchers: Crash Davis, Gus Sinski, Dottie Hinson, Jake Taylor, Hamilton 'Ham' Porter, Bruce Pearson

First Base: Clue Haywood, Lou Collins, Jack Elliot

Second Base: Marla Hooch

Third Base: Doris Murphy, Ed, Roger Dorn

Short Stop: Tanner Boyle

Outfield: Roy Hobbs, Willie Mays Hayes, Stan Ross, Bartholomew 'Bump' Bailey, Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez, Kelly Leak, Bobby Rayburn, Max 'Hammer' Dubois

Coaches: Pop Fisher, Red Blow, Jimmy Dugan, Jackie Robinson 'J.R.' Cooper, Coach Morris Buttermaker, Ron Stilanovich, Uchiyama, Lou Brown

Groupies: Annie Savoy, Millie, Lynn Wells, Jane Aubrey, Harriet Bird, Memo Paris, Tenley Parrish

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Dorn was a 3B

I’m nominating Amanda Wurlitzer as our starting pitching. NO ONE threw a curveball like she did.

by Winfield's Ghost on Jul 7, 2008 11:34 AM PDT 0 recs

juuuust beat me to it

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT up 0 recs

My bad on Dorn

by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

Amanda....

I don’t know if that’s a good idea…there are rumors of a drug problem.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:46 AM PDT up 0 recs

Her

and Tatum O’Neal. I don’t know if I could hit that curveball, but damn would I try.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dorn was a 3B

their catcher was Jake Taylor.

was Pedro Cerrano an OF

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT 0 recs

sorry

Pedro Cerrano

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:39 AM PDT up 0 recs

All-Star....

Steve Nebraska HAS to be on this list.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT 0 recs

Nebraska was a pitcher.

But he also hit towering homeruns almost every at-bat…so, your call.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:43 AM PDT up 0 recs

Shortstop.....

Tanner Boyle.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:39 AM PDT 0 recs

It's been a long time since I've seen some of these movies

so help me out on positions too.

by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 11:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

1B

Haywood (the dude with the moustache on the Yankees in major league that always bombs Rick Vaughn)

sorry i’m all about Major League

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:42 AM PDT 0 recs

I second Pete Vuckovich for 1st Base

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

First of all

what the hell are women doing on this list?

Secondly,
I think Moonlight Graham should be a coach/trainer

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:43 AM PDT 0 recs

Thank you, Keith Hernandez.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 11:44 AM PDT up 0 recs

You didn't have a problem with the Chimpanzee?

by jbox on Jul 7, 2008 11:45 AM PDT up 0 recs

Nope

The chimp was funny.

Nothing about A League of Their Own was.

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:47 AM PDT up 0 recs

you don't think its funny...

when the annoying little boy gets hit in the face with a glove and falls down?

You know I could go for a sandwich, but uh, I'm not gonna open two jars. I can't be opening and closing all kinds of jars.

by C8LIN B on Jul 7, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

Never made it all the way thru the movie

Fat Tom Hanks, chicks playing baseball…Madonna AND Rosie O’Donnell??

No thank you

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 1:02 PM PDT up 0 recs

ummmm....

Téa Leoni….yes, thank you.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

thaaaaank you

by Dex on Jul 7, 2008 2:16 PM PDT up 0 recs

How about

Robotic Reggie Jackson (Naked Gun) for the outfield

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:48 AM PDT 0 recs

Chet Steadman a.k.a. The Rocket

Finally, a picture nicknamed the Rocket that I can get behind!

by 'Eaters on Jul 7, 2008 11:54 AM PDT 0 recs

^ pitcher

by 'Eaters on Jul 7, 2008 11:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

Batshiat crazy? You bet!

Or wait, does it count that he’s also Gary Busey?

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

Another pitcher

Sam “May Day” Malone

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 11:54 AM PDT 0 recs

Do TV shows count?

Honorable mention for Ann Veal in Arrested Development. She’s a wall back there.

by California Penal on Jul 7, 2008 11:59 AM PDT 1 recs

"Her?"

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 12:18 PM PDT up 0 recs

Egg?

by Dalton on Jul 7, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ann Hog?

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 1:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

I just don't want you spending all your money getting her glittered up for easter.

by pjbno4 on Jul 7, 2008 1:55 PM PDT up 0 recs

What about?

Hayden (Sidd) Finch – Pitcher.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 12:02 PM PDT 0 recs

this one wins for me

this story is so hilarious

www.wellbelowthemendozaline.blogspot.com

by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 12:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

Marla Hooch - Second Base

by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:17 PM PDT 0 recs

The fictional Dan Uggla

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

You know General Omar Bradley?

There’s too close a resemblance!

by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

Matt Bush?

~~Shortstop~~. Pitcher.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 12:19 PM PDT 1 recs

hahahhahahahahahhha

rec city

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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

First Base - Lou Collins

from Little Big League

by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:22 PM PDT 0 recs

Pitcher - Henry Rowengartner

by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:23 PM PDT 0 recs

who was the guy on the Mets that crushed him?

he looked like Dante Bichete

by 'Eaters on Jul 7, 2008 12:35 PM PDT up 0 recs

Garden-hosen!

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

Couldn't Dottie Hinson pitch, too?

And what would we call sister RBIs if we had Kit, too?

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:32 PM PDT 0 recs

Dottie was just a catcher

The other pitchers on the Peaches were Ellen Sue and Betty Spaghetti

by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

eh...

it was an amusing episode… of our lives.

by pjbno4 on Jul 7, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

I really wish I had a more photographic memory...

So I could get the rest of the positions, but Homer was a right fielder, and Mr. Burns was one hell of a manager…

by pjbno4 on Jul 7, 2008 12:35 PM PDT 0 recs

Yeah, but they said no cartoon characters

which is total BS!

by matto619 on Jul 7, 2008 12:44 PM PDT up 0 recs

All these posts

and nobody defends the movie against JBox’s acerbic claim?

At the risk of sounding like a run fairy, For the Love of the Game kicks total ass and JBox’s opinion should not be trusted.

by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 12:40 PM PDT 0 recs

Ehh

I somehow saw it in theaters, and about 3/4 of the way through, I realized I had been lured into a trap in which baseball was the delectable bait. I am a jaded movie-goer.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

There's no doubt

that it’s not strictly a baseball movie. But it’s still a very good movie and the way it addresses baseball is interesting and I think ultimately honest.

by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up 0 recs

Phantom

You have to realize that for jbox “absolutely terrible movie” just means “no nudity”.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up 5 recs

Rec'd

by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

I did really like

“deploy… the Mechanism.” The baseball parts were good.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 12:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

I second Jbox's opinion

I cannot tell you how much I hate For Love of the Game. It had so much potential and was a really good idea.
I signed up to see a movie about what a pitcher thinks about as he’s achieving greatness….....and that did not include flashing back to a stupid romantic flick and his whiny girl.

It was a marketing ploy that made me hate a movie more than I probably should. If it was sold as a romantic chick flick (which it is)..then I wouldn’t be so upset with it.

Make a baseball movie…not a chick movie…they don’t belong together….rawwwwwwwrrrrrrr!

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

Disagree completely

as they pretty effectively wove the implications of his relationship into his shot at the perfect game. It made his accomplishment that much more important, that in spite of all the things he’d been through, he was able to end his career with a perfect game.

I’ve got no idea how the movie was marketed as I didn’t discover it until only recently. It is most certainly a baseball movie. That would be like saying Field of Dreams isn’t a baseball movie since most of the movie is about him trying to reconcile with his father.

by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 1:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

you've thought way too hard about a kevin costner movie

by Dex on Jul 7, 2008 2:17 PM PDT up 0 recs

This is why I like Phantom so much.

“Disagree completely as they pretty effectively wove the implications of his relationship into his shot at the perfect game.”

This is fantastic on so many levels.

by Drama on Jul 7, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

Meh

I just really like the movie. I’m probably overly defensive on it. Not that I have a track record of viciously defending things in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, or anything.

by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 2:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

Scenario A)

You are married. You have to go see a movie with your wife. It’s the closest thing to compromise you’re going to get, and it might score you an extra at-bat when you get back to the clubhouse.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 1:08 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's the epitome of the compromise movie

but there is no way you can convince me that a dude on the mound, in the middle of a perfect game, is thinking about those things.

It’s so ridiculous.

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 1:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

I dunno

but if you believe what Bouton says in Ball Four, baseball players are easily distracted by the womens.

by Phantom on Jul 7, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

Yeah surrrrrrrrrre (ball four reference)

Still…the movie sucks more than Wiggins mother.

by thenerdhater on Jul 7, 2008 2:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

"How do you like to be kissed?"

LOL!
I guess I should have paid more attention to the trailer, as well.

can you cure us of this fate
mock the litany in its face

by Axion on Jul 7, 2008 2:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

I dunno, dude

when we were at the brewery tour and the woman said “teabag” and you started giggling and giggling, it made me think back to when me and my friends were 10.

by Dex on Jul 7, 2008 2:19 PM PDT up 0 recs