NL Second Baseman: Dave Lopes
What, you expected this guy? Not on my ballot. Davey gets my vote, even though 1981 might have been his worst year in the bigs. Still made the all star team though!
AL Second Baseman: Rod Carew
Ha! I cheated! That's not a 1976 card that's from an archive set! Well it was either that or have Joe Rudi as the representative from the 76ers. This way he can play second where he belongs instead of having to man first in an Angels uni. Besides, there was no way Rod wouldn't make my ballot. Dude is immortalized on both Sure Shot by the Beastie Boys and Adam Sandler's Hannukah Song. Urban myth or not, Rod's alleged conversion to Judaism makes him the MLB's version of Walter Sobchak. No rolling on Shabbos!NL Shortstop: Dave Concepcion
Hey, he won the All Star Game MVP once, why not again? Dave is one of the many players ignored in Hall of Fame voting during the Steroid era that will eventually be put in the Hall of fame by a revamped Veteran's committee. You know, once they get this guy the hell out of there so there is no more cock-blocking of deserving candidates.AL Shortstop: Robin Yount
The pride of Milwaukee, Yount gets the nod at short for the Junior Circuit. Too bad he was just an awesome player who went out and did his job well, I can't think of anything snarky to say about him at all. Well, other than the fact that he looks a lot like Sam the Eagle in that picture. Robin almost got zapped by the 1976 mess, I was very close to putting Bert Campaneris in his place. For fun, all you conspiracy theorists out there interested in the statistical anomalies of the steroid era should check out the home run totals from 1970 for Bert. I'm not casting any aspersions now, I'm just saying it goes to show what talent and a small sample size can do...
Honorable Mentions:
1983 Manny Trillo
1981 Paul Molitor
1975 Larry Bowa
1976 Bert Campaneris
Up next: Hall of Famers at the Hot corner, and other various ungulates.
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