Somewhere between the A-Rod and Bonds talk, I got to thinking about the baseball team I would field if I had any choice of players. The result was a payroll of $121,292,075 - third highest in the league. Granted, I have some roster spots to fill, but I would have $73,936,970 to work with if I had the Yankees payroll. That's about $10 million per person. So here's what I came up with. And yes, I did spend way too much time on this.
C Jorge Posada
1B Albert Pujols
2B Chase Utley
3B David Wright
SS Derek Jeter
LF Manny Ramirez
CF Curtis Granderson
RF Magglio Ordonez
SP Jake Peavy
SP Johan Santana
SP CC Sabathia
SP Josh Beckett
SP Brandon Webb
CP Jonathan Papelbon
I love looking at players' salaries on ESPN. My most interesting find: Josh Beckett made $6,666,667 in 07. Is he the devil? Also, 16 of the 25 players on the Florida Marlins make the league minimum of $380,000 and I don't think I've heard of a single one of them. Plus, Jason Giambi is the most overpaid player. For one Jason Giambi, at $23,428,571, you can get:
The Jason Giambi All Stars
C Joe Mauer
1B Prince Fielder
2B Dustin Pedroia
SS Hanley Ramirez
3B David Wright
LF Matt Holliday
CF Curtis Granderson
RF Nick Markakis
SP Francisco Liriano, Fausto Carmona, Scott Kazmir, Justin Verlander, Chien-Ming Wang
CP Jonathan Papelbon
Sad part - you'd still have almost $9 million to spend on the rest of the team.
Stacey and I got the One Month Game Pass from Hollywood Video again. We started with the Simpsons game, so here are some thoughts. I was suprised to see that the game isn't based on the movie. So far, the levels haven't been as true to the show as other games have. One level took place at the Natural Science museum and another involves Lisa and a tree clearing plant owned by Mr Burns. The two player mode is pretty good because only one of you can complete certain tasks. The funniest part of the game are the "video game cliche's" from Comic Book guy (example: spending 3 hours to find one object and the "double jump"). The worst aspect by far is the camera. It doesn't react how it should and turns an easy task like jumping across 3 platforms into a 30 minute task (sadly, it's true). Overall, it isn't as solid as the Simpsons Hit and Run. I'd give it a 3 out of 5.
4 comments:
Where is David Ortiz? I thought he would have been a given on your fantasy team.
Poor camera control, especially in a platformer, can easily ruin a game(and often does). It's astounding to me that this is still such a widespread problem in the industry. But 3/5 isn't bad for a licensened-charater based game.
You must know that I'm going to take a look at some of your choices...
Posada over Mauer? Personally I think Mauer is a better hitter (he won a batting title last year) and better behind the plate.
Your CF is Curtis Granderson? Interesting. I know he had that whole 20-20-20-20 deal, but he stuck out a lot...Why not a guy like Hunter? Average, power, better D...
Derek Jeter. His numbers really aren't that stellar. They are above average- but not stellar. Guys like Jose Reyes and Jimmy Rollins have surpassed Jeter in skills. Save yourself the money!
My team:
C Joe Mauer
1B Albert Pujols
2B Chase Utley
SS Jimmy Rollins
3B Alex Rodgriguez
LF Matt Holliday
CF Tori Hunter
RF Vladmir Guerrero
Love the pitchers. Excellent choices. I would choose the same.
What a great list for the Giambi team! Love it. Good research.
Part of my reasoning in choices was to factor in age. You have to love how good Granderson is at this point in his career. Could make the same argument about Mauer, I guess.
If I had listed a DH, it would be Daaavid Ortiz! but I didn't. There's no way I'd want to start him at first over Pujols.
In my opinion, Jeter is the most clutch player in the game, so I had to include him.
J-Roll is the MVP!!!!!
By the way, I don't know if you know this, but I caught his homerun ball...yup, I caught the MVP's homerun ball.
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