The "Triple Crown" outfield. The place where hits go to die and runners tagging up (at least on fly balls to the corners) die an early death on the base-paths. All three rated 3s, all three (F). Not the tallest outfield, Ichiro at 5-11 and Puck at 5-8, they won't be picked first for the pick-up basketball game.
Left Field: 1990 Bo Jackson.
The two sport All-Star with a cannon arm and an electric bat. Known for pulling "spiderman" like moves in left, Bo knows defense and will hit 8th in this lineup. In 1990 Bo hit .272 with 28 home runs. Possibly the most intimidating player in the game he will really be fun to see play in the outfield.
Center Field: 1988 Kirby Puckett
Hero of the 1987 World Series, Puck will anchor the outfield in Center With tremendous speed and a vacuum cleaner for a glove, he won't miss much on the defensive side of the game. Puckett will hit second with that .356 average in 1988 and 24 home runs, he will be dangerous. Captain of the team, his locker room attributes will be as important as his glove and bat. Wear that "C" proudly Kirby.
Right Field: 2004 Ichiro
Base runners beware-there is a cannon in right. Ichiro takes right field for the Linemen and will shut down the tag up option and has the speed and ability to get to anything in the field. Hitting lead-off for the Linemen with a .372 average and a vaunted red 11 on the card.
Great blog! Can you tell me what sets those cards are from?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I will do a blog entry on the cards towards the end of the series on the Brother Project. The cards and envelopes were created by my friend, and APBA guru Howie Mooney.
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