Nominate Players for Gaslamp Ball's All Fictional All-Star Team
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
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by justdave on
Jul 7, 2008 11:35 AM PDT
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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
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Her
and Tatum O’Neal. I don’t know if I could hit that curveball, but damn would I try.
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 12:21 PM PDT
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Dorn was a 3B
their catcher was Jake Taylor.
was Pedro Cerrano an OF
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by justdave 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
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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
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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
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by justdave on Jul 7, 2008 11:42 AM PDT 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
Nope
The chimp was funny.
Nothing about A League of Their Own was.
by thenerdhater on
Jul 7, 2008 11:47 AM PDT
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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
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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
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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
Batshiat crazy? You bet!
Or wait, does it count that he’s also Gary Busey?
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 12:24 PM PDT
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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
this one wins for me
this story is so hilarious
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by justdave on
Jul 7, 2008 12:39 PM PDT
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The fictional Dan Uggla
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 12:22 PM PDT
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You know General Omar Bradley?
There’s too close a resemblance!
by matto619 on
Jul 7, 2008 12:24 PM PDT
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hahahhahahahahahhha
rec city
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by justdave on
Jul 7, 2008 12:38 PM PDT
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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
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Garden-hosen!
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 12:40 PM PDT
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Couldn't Dottie Hinson pitch, too?
And what would we call sister RBIs if we had Kit, too?
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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
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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
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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.
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 12:42 PM PDT
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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
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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
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I did really like
“deploy… the Mechanism.” The baseball parts were good.
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 12:53 PM PDT
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 1:08 PM PDT
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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
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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
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Yeah surrrrrrrrrre (ball four reference)
Still…the movie sucks more than Wiggins mother.
by thenerdhater on
Jul 7, 2008 2:09 PM PDT
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"How do you like to be kissed?"
LOL!
I guess I should have paid more attention to the trailer, as well.
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 2:12 PM PDT
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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
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i loved For Love of the Game...
but that is my opnion not JBox’s… can’t really argue against that…
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 4:02 PM PDT
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i don't remember the guy from Major League.
the only role player they ever really talk about in that movie is their Right Fielder “Tomlinson”
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by justdave on
Jul 7, 2008 1:13 PM PDT
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Why would you need one?
Who is gonna be better than Tanner?
by Drama on
Jul 7, 2008 1:14 PM PDT
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Just curious if there were more
but I’m totally drawing a blank
by matto619 on
Jul 7, 2008 1:28 PM PDT
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/facepalm
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 1:22 PM PDT
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 2:00 PM PDT
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Couldn't resist
Chiming in.
Tony Danza, as Mel Clark, from Angels in the Outfield, as a starting pitcher.
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on Jul 7, 2008 2:01 PM PDT 0 recs
In the flesh?
Or on the ethereal plane?
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by Axion on
Jul 7, 2008 2:05 PM PDT
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In the flesh. So when he gets a fictional non-strike call, he can go “eh, oh! oh, eh!”
No wonder nobody likes you, Tuttle... everything's a (Pujols) damn debate.
by royhobbs on
Jul 7, 2008 2:07 PM PDT
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What's the criteria here?
and is there a write in ballot?
Because I would like to nominate… Jewel for SS!
Thanks,
Ilovejewel69247365
"Yesterday was yesterday. Today is today.
There is no tomorrow. Make it today."
by The Kipper on Jul 7, 2008 2:07 PM PDT 0 recs
This is the part where you get to nominate players
that we’ll vote in later, so this is your write in chance. Jewel? The yodeler?
by jbox on
Jul 7, 2008 2:15 PM PDT
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