Jack Torrance - contributing reporter
Decided to run our own baseball classic, but perhaps we'll do it every 5 years, so S60 will be the next time; assuming we remember. Let's see how well you know the players in our league, who do you think wins a tournament with these teams? Team USA is definitely scoring runs and lead by back to back Cy Young winner, Nigel White; not many teams are going to score much against them either. We tried our best to find three starters and two bullpen pieces to round out the rosters. Unfortunately there's not enough talent to go around (something the Commish is used to hearing), so positions that have been left blank are because there are no ML or top prospects to be listed there; just imagine yourself playing for the team.
Team USA
- Catcher: Kyle Crain (Atl)
- First Base: Keith Halter (NO)
- Second Base: Matty Moss (Atl)
- Shortstop: Bruce Sager (Har)
- Third Base: Rip Bromberg (Pitt)
- Left Field: Juancito Martin (NO)
- Center Field: Bey Combs (SJ)
- Right Field: Johnnie Daniels (Atl)
- Starting Rotation: Nigel White (Har), Alton Drew (Chi), Roger Simon (Hun)
- Bullpen: Ronnie Andrews (NO), Joshua Lough (Ana)
- Catcher: Naoto Sakamoto (Van)
- First Base: Wei-Yin Wan (Hun)
- Second Base: Damion Ni (Hun)
- Shortstop: Christian Seung (SJ)
- Third Base: Mark Yang (Salem)
- Left Field: James Kondou (NO)
- Center Field: Dicky Chang (Salem)
- Right Field: Hideki Gao (Aus)
- Starting Rotation: Tony Lim (CSP), Frank Kim (Min), Akinori Cho (Hel)
- Bullpen: Don Kawakami (Phi), Dante Zhang (Tac)
- Catcher:
- First Base: Omar Gonzales (FA)
- Second Base:
- Shortstop: Felipe Carrera (NO)
- Third Base: Jhonny Rijo (Chi)
- Left Field:
- Center Field: Stolmy Samuel (Aug) Rookie
- Right Field: Vic Nova (CSP)
- Starting Rotation: Victor Ortega (Har)
- Bullpen: Juan Latos (Mil), Edgmer Romero (Nas)
- Catcher: Yuniesky Tavarez (Ana)
- First Base: Alex Tarraga (Buf)
- Second Base: Al Cervantes (Phi)
- Shortstop: Yohan Nova (Hou)
- Third Base: Rafael Rodriguez (OKC)
- Left Field: Yoervis Colome (NY)
- Center Field: Julio Pascual (Pit)
- Right Field: Carlos Soto (Hou)
- Starting Rotation: Arismendy Costilla (CSP), Fausto Cruz (Hun), Pedro Puello (OKC)
- Bullpen: Alcides Johnson (Atl) - AA, Del Alvarez (FA)
- Catcher: Felipe Teheran (CLB)
- First Base: Esmil Polanco (Atl)
- Second Base: Damaso Ordonez (Ana)
- Shortstop: J.O. Avila (FA)
- Third Base: Leonel Martinez (Har)
- Left Field: Noe Lecuona (Har)
- Center Field: Anibal Castillo (Hou)
- Right Field: Al Perez (Dov)
- Starting Rotation: Rico Estrada (Van),
- Bullpen: Rolando Lee (Min),
- Catcher: Braulio Guardado (Buf)
- First Base: Al Martinez (Chi)
- Second Base: Jimmie Navarro (Atl)
- Shortstop: Max Hernandez (NO)
- Third Base: Nefi Sierra (OKC)
- Left Field: Vic Altuve (Buf)
- Center Field: Yan Ozuna (NO)
- Right Field: Josias Albaladejo (Hou)
- Starting Rotation: Damaso Ethier (Atl), Midre Benavente (OKC), Tomas Benitez (Hel)
- Bullpen: Radhames Machado (NY), Marcos Owen (Har)
- Catcher: Norichika Zhou (Pit) Korea
- First Base: Louie Weiss (Hun) United Kingdom - AAA
- Second Base: Javier Quevedo (NO) Panama
- Shortstop: Vin Pirela (Phi) Panama
- Third Base: Bernie Mendez (Buf) Panama
- Left Field: Leury Barcelo (DC) Virgin Islands
- Center Field: Livan Pascual (Bos) Aruba
- Right Field: Vance DeSclafani (Min) Australia
- Starting Rotation: Quilvio Infante (Atl) Aruba, Pedro Bazardo (Tac) Panama, Luigi Ortiz (Hou) Curacao
- Bullpen: Brandon Daniels (Hou) France, Dilson Melendez (Chi) Aruba, William Martin (NO) Korea