Favorite all-time baseball team..

[suicide_squeeze]

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'81 Dodgers......followed closely by the 2009 Dodgers

Both will be World Champions.

[G1X]

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My most favorite baseball team is actually a minor league team from my hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. The 1967 Birmingham A's was the AA team of the Kansas City A's and had future Hall-of-Famers Reggie Jackson and Rollie Fingers plus other fine players such as Joe Rudi, Dave Duncan, and Tony LaRussa (serious prospect before getting injured that year, and a sure-bet for the Hall).

Other future/former big leaguers on the team included pitchers such as Marcel Lachemann, Joe Grzenda, Vern Handrahan, Gil Blanco, and George Lauzerique. Charles Finley's first "designated runner", Alan Lewis, was also on the '67 team but not pictured in the below photo.

The team was managed by John McNamara (as can be seen, lots of future coaches/managers on this team) and won both the Southern League pennant and the Dixie League Series over the Texas League Champion, the Albuquerque Dukes (Dodgers AA team).

For a 12-year old boy, it didn't get much better than this!

1967 Birmingham Athletics First row (L-R): Bat boys
Second row: Reggie Jackson, Art Miranda, Bob Frati, George Lauzerique, John McNamara (Manager)
Weldon Bowlin, Bob Taylor, Mickey Dobbins and Vern Handrahan.
Third row: Santiago Rosario, Bob Guzek, Dave Duncan, Stan Wojcik, Joe Rudi, Joe Grzenda, Gil Blanco,
Rollie Fingers, Mike Olivo, Wayne Norton, Marcel Lachemann and Dan Garrett (Trainer)


Mark Hayne
Gridiron Exchange
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Always looking for Atlanta Falcons and WFL jerseys, and Willie McGee and Darren Lewis equipment.

[suave1477]

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and how can I forget the 2004 Boston Red Sox.

METSBATS im starting to notice a trend here!!!

Let me guess for 2009 youll like the opponent that beats the Yankees??? lol lol

[metsbats]

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I'll second those D-Backs and Marlins.

and how can I forget the 2004 Boston Red Sox.

[LastingsMilledge85]

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69 Mets
73 Mets
86 Mets
2000 Mets

2001 Arizona Diamondbacks
2003 Florida Marlins

I'll second those D-Backs and Marlins.

[metsbats]

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69 Mets
73 Mets
86 Mets
2000 Mets

2001 Arizona Diamondbacks
2003 Florida Marlins

[Dave4Reds]

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The greatest team of all time...1976 Reds!

[suave1477]

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1961 Yankees
1998 Yankees
1986 Mets

[karamaxjoe]

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1977 White Sox
1983 White Sox
1986 Red Sox
2004 Red Sox
2005 White Sox

[corsairs22]

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1971 Pirates

also like the 1967 Pirates, 1921 Pirates, 1911 Giants.

[1831whiteswan]

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1979 pirates - we are family!!!!

[chuck70]

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1982 BREWERS
1986 METS


Chuck
e-mail chuck112770@yahoo.com

[Lokee]

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1991 Boston Red Sox

They had a bunch of good players but couldn't put it together.

[whirl]

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1961 Yankees. Yes. I saw them play in person.

[33bird]

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One team I also really fell in love with was the 2004 Astros. How they snuck into the playoffs with some help from Steve Finley. Kent's walk off HR in game 5. I thought we were going to the WS after that game...oh well.