All-Time Carlos Team

In our ever-attempting quest to come up with off beat and odd all time teams, we developed one dedicated to the Chuck's! I've often thought about how many players there were named Carlos and that you could probably field a team of them. After the tirade last night by Big Z, Carlos Zambrano, I decided to really see if the team could be done. Amazingly, there's probably only one player on the list that the casual fan may not remember. Many of them are currently playing as well. So, here is the all Chachi team.

C - Carlos Ruiz
1B - Carlos Delgado
2B - Carlos Febles (Royals late 90s)
3B - Carlos Baerga (mostly 2B, but did log 199 games at 3B)
SS - Carlos Guillen
DH - Carlos Pena
OF - Carlos Beltran
OF - Carlos Lee
OF - Carlos Gonzalez
OF - Carlos Quentin
SP - Carlos Zambrano
SP - Carlos Silva
SP - Carlos Carrasco
SP - Carlos Enrique "Ricky" Nolasco (yep, he's a Carlos)
CL - Carlos Marmol

It's a pretty formidable team actually.

All-Time Fictional Characters Team

For fun, we thought we'd try to field a team of fictional characters from television, comics, and movies. Unlike other all time teams, we added some extra non-player roles to the team. The team personnel is included after the jump break.

Everyday Players
C - Crash Davis (Bull Durham)
1B - Jack Elliot (Mr. Baseball)
2B - Tony Micelli (Who's The Boss)
3B - Roger Dorn (Major League)
SS - Benny Rodriguez (The Sandlot)
IF - Tanner Boyle (The Bad News Bears)
OF - Willie Mays Hayes (Major League)
OF - Joe Shlabotnik (Peanuts/Charlie Brown)
OF - Kelly Leak (The Bad News Bears)
OF - Pedro Cerrano (Major League)
DH - Chico Esquela (Saturday Night Live)

Pitching Staff
SP - Ebby Calvin "Nuke" Laloosh (Bull Durham)
SP - Henry Rowengartner (Rookie Of The Year)
SP - Carmen Ronzonni (The Bad News Bears)
SP - Steve Nebraska (The Scout)
RP - Sam Malone (Cheers)
CL - Ricky Vaughn (Major League)

Best AL Player Nicknames

Last week, we did the Best NL Nicknames of all-time.  Today, we're taking a look at the American League.  There is no science behind this list... we reviewed the names and picked the ones that we liked.  We tried to pick a variety of notable and recognizable nicknames as well as some flat out awkward and hysterical names.  We hope that you'll comment and give us your favorites.

New York Yankees
Joltin' Joe/Yankee Clipper - Joe Dimaggio
Poosh 'em up Tony - Tony Lazzeri
The Great Bambino/Sultan of Swat - Babe Ruth

Boston Red Sox
Oil Can - Dennis Boyd
The Splendid Splinter - Ted Williams
Big Papi - David Ortiz

Tampa Bay Rays
Zorilla - Ben Zobrist
Big Game James - James Shields
Huff Daddy - Aubrey Huff

Toronto Blue Jays
Big Rude - John Olerud
Liberty Bell - George Bell
El Cabeza - Tony Fernandez

Baltimore Orioles
Brooksie/Hoover - Brooks Robinson
Steady Eddie - Eddie Murray
Iron Man - Cal Ripken, Jr.

Minnesota Twins
Bombo - Bombo Rivera
Herbie - Kent Hrbek
Killer - Harmon Killebrew

Cleveland Indians
Rapid Robert - Bob Feller
The Grey Eagle - Tris Speaker
The Human Rain Delay - Mike Hargrove

Chicago White Sox
Shoeless Joe - Joe Jackson
Big Hurt - Frank Thomas
Little Louie - Luis Aparicio

Detroit Tigers
The Mechanical Man - Charlie Gehringer
Georgia Peach - Ty Cobb
Notorious I.N.G.E. - Brandon Inge

Kansas City Royals
Mullet - George Brett
Mexicutioner - Joakim Soria
Bo - Bo Jackson

Anaheim Angels
Ryan Express - Nolan Ryan
Bluto - Andy Messersmith
Mr. Angel/Kingfish - Tim Salmon

Texas Rangers
Juan Gone - Juan Gonzalez
Capital Punisher/Hondo - Frank Howard
Fruit Loops - Mickey Tettleton

Oakland A's
Indian Bob - Bob Johnson
Catfish - Catfish Hunter
Mr. October - Reggie Jackson

Mariners
Junior - Ken Griffey, Jr.
A-Rod - Alex Rodriguez
The Big Unit - Randy Johnson

Best NL Player Nicknames

Time for another list as we love creating them at FBJ. Before I get hammered, this is not inclusive and arguments can be made to add some people over others. We didn't have an exact science when creating this list, but we chose some nicknames that are iconic to the franchise and others because we thought they were funny. Please offer your favorites or ones that we may have overlooked in the comments section!

Atlanta Braves
Hammerin' Hank - Hank Aaron
The Crime Dog - Fred McGriff
Mad Dog - Greg Maddux

Philadelphia Phillies (lots to choose from)
Whitey - Richie Ashburn
Chooch - Carlos Ruiz
The Flyin' Hawaiian - Shane Victorino

All Time Team - Same Team

This is an alternative all time team. My dad thought of this a few years ago and I thought it would be interesting to share with everyone. I've been doing all time teams with my dad ever since I was little. This one entails picking someone at every position, plus DH and 2 pitchers, whereby the player was with the same team his whole career. It would be fairly easy to do prior to the advent of the free agent era. As a challenge, my dad qualified it by saying they had to be playing after 1980. So their career could have started prior to 1980, but they had to be playing afterward. Here's the list...

C-Johnny Bench
1B-Albert Pujols
2B-Craig Biggio
SS-Cal Ripken
3B-Mike Schmidt
OF-Tony Gwynn
OF-Kirby Puckett
OF-Robin Yount
DH-Edgar Martinez
SP-Jim Palmer
SP-Mark Buehrle
CL-Mariano Rivera

SS was a pretty rich position with Derek Jeter and Barry Larkin viable alternatives. Starting pitching is the hardest. Give me some more alternatives, who would you replace on this list?