All-Time All-Met World Baseball Classic

[Willets Point]

Here are the rosters for a six-team tournament made up of all-time Mets by country of birth:

United States

SP Tom Seaver
SP Dwight Gooden
SP Jerry Koosman
RP John Franco
RP Tug McGraw
RP Sid Fernandez

C Mike Piazza
1B Ed Kranepool
2B Jeff Kent
SS Bud Harrelson
3B Howard Johnson
OF Darryl Strawberry
OF Cleon Jones
OF Mookie Wilson

Puerto Rico

P Dicky Gonzalez
P Julio Valera
P Roberto Hernandez
P Pedro Feliciano
P Edwin Nu�ez
P Juan Padilla

C Orlando Mercado
1B Carlos Delgado
2B Felix Millan
SS Luis Lopez
3B Felix Mantilla
OF Carlos Beltran
OF Jerry Morales
OF Raul Gonzalez

Venezuela
With no Venezuelan catchers available the versatile Melvin Mora will squat behind the plate

SP Juan Castillo
SP Tony Castillo
SP Victor Zambrano
RP Orber Moreno
RP Julio Machado

C Melvin Mora
1B Roberto Petagine
2B Edgardo Alfonzo
SS Elio Chacon
3B Alvaro Espinoza
OF Roger Cede�o
OF Richard Hidalgo
OF Alex Escobar


Dominican Republic

SP Pedro Astacio
SP Pedro Martinez
SP Nino Espinosa
RP Yorkis Perez
RP Armando Benitez
RP Octavio Dotel

C Alberto Castillo
1B Jos� Offerman
2B Jos� Vizcaino
SS Jos� Reyes
3B Amado Samuel
OF Timo Perez
OF Juan Samuel
OF Victor Diaz

Americas All-Stars
Cheating here to get in players from remaining countries in the Western Hemisphere

SP Armando Reynoso (Mexico)
SP Bruce Chen (Panama)
SP Ray Daviault (Canada)
RP Ron Taylor (Canada)
RP Ken MacKenzie (Canada)
RP Juan Acevedo (Mexico)

C Alex Trevi�o (Mexico)
1B Tim Harkness (Canada)
2B Ralph Milliard Netherlands Antilles
SS Rey Ord��ez (Cuba)
3B Chico Fernandez (Cuba)
OF Jos� Cardenal (Cuba)
OF Karim Garcia (Mexico)
OF Joe Christopher (US Virgin Islands)

Additionally, on the basis of his nickname alone, Keith Hernandez will be on the bench and ready to take over first base if needed.

Eurasiaustralian All-Stars
Cheating even more here as three US-born Mets with ethnic-sounding names are helping out this Eastern Hemisphere squad.

SP Masato Yoshii (Japan)
SP Hideo Nomo (Japan)
SP Jae Seo (South Korea)
RP Graeme Lloyd (Australia)
RP Takashi Kashiwada (Japan)
RP Dae-Sung Koo (South Korea)

C Bruce Bochy (France)
1B Tom Paciorek (Polish-American Hall of Famer)
2B Kazuo Matsui (Japan)
SS Ron Gardenhire (Germany)
3B Craig Shipley (Australia)
OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo (Japan)
OF Lenny Dykstra (Dutch-American)
OF Lee Mazilli (Italian-American)



I don't know about you, but I think the USA is going to kick ass.

[MFS62]

I think pitcher Brent Gaff falls into the same category as Ron Gardenhire - I think he was born in Germany of US military parents. He was nicknamed "Willy" in reference to his German upbringing.

Later

[Elster88]

Kevin Elster starts over Buddy.

Or put HoJo at short and play David Wright at third.

[Willets Point]

I was going by the Crane Pool rankings wherever possible and Buddy ranks over Elster. Sorry.

[Elster88]

Well that was silly of you.

I'm going by skill.

[Willets Point]

Crane Pool Rankings do not lie.

[Elster88]

Crane Pool rankings do lie when they tell you to start Eddie Kranepool at first. Ever heard of Keith Hernandez? (Hernandez is on a different team you say? Then start Eddie Murray, or Rico Brogna, or almost anyone else.) And darn it, put Elster in. If all else fails, he can demoralize the other team by sleeping with their girlfriends.