Below is our image of the best team composed of non-Hall of Fame players who have been eligible for at least one HOF vote. In other words, guys who retired after 2005, like Kevin Brown and Rafael Palmeiro, are not yet eligible for this team.<\/p>\n
We’ll most likely elaborate on the construction of this pseudo roster one day. In the meantime, here are the bare bones to hopefully spark some thought and keep our minds limber.<\/p>\n
1st occasional non-Hall of Famers<\/span><\/span><\/strong> SP: Bert Blyleven RP: David Cone R-PH: Edgar Martinez Manager: Buck O’Neil<\/strong><\/p>\n *We call it the ‘first occasional…’ because it should change occasionally and slightly. There are very few first-ballot entries, so we expect better players in the future to become eligible and get slighted by the voters. Also, some of these guys like Alomar, Larkin, and (hopefully) Blyleven and Raines should get in.<\/em><\/p>\n Please keep in mind that Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and the Black Sox are not eligible. Also, Mark McGwire is not welcome in our clubhouse because we don’t like him, and we actually enjoy<\/em> talking about the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" the best team composed of non-Hall of Fame players who have been eligible for at least one HOF vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":761,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,77],"tags":[2003,2482,4164,10027,10030,10028,10029,5468,8087,5090,10031,1931,10033,10032,1922,46,3126,2000,7835,549],"class_list":["post-7483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-hall-of-fame","tag-barry-larkin","tag-bert-blyleven","tag-bobby-grich","tag-brett-saberhagen","tag-buck-o-neil","tag-clark-bench","tag-dan-quisenberry","tag-dick-allen","tag-dwight-gooden","tag-edgar-martinez","tag-fleet-walker","tag-hall-of-famers","tag-jim-mccormick","tag-lou-whitaker","tag-luis-tiant","tag-mark-mcgwire","tag-rafael-palmeiro","tag-roberto-alomar","tag-tim-raines","tag-tony-mullane"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n C: Joe Torre
\n1b: Dick Allen
\n2b: Bobby Grich
\nSS: Bill Dahlen
\n3b: Ron Santo
\nLF: Tim Raines
\nCF: Reggie Smith
\nRF: Dwight Evans<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSP: Tony Mullane
\nSP: Jim McCormick
\nSP: Bob Caruthers
\nSP: Luis Tiant<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRP: Tommy Bond
\nRP: Dwight Gooden
\nRP: Brett Saberhagen
\nRP: Dan Quisenberry<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nL-PH: Will Clark
\nBench: Roberto Alomar
\nBench: Lou Whitaker
\nBench: Barry Larkin
\nBench: Keith Hernandez
\nBench: Fleet Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n