ESPN had an article today about which team would be the best if their current players all got their prime year back: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/22701832/which-team-mlb-best-every-player-were-prime
(or as I obscurely like to think it, "EWB2 rules").
Got me thinking, on a similar vein to the 2 All-star team threads...which Red Sox team going back would be best at this (I'm going to also change it a little better to include future years, too).
I'd guess 2004 would probably be pretty pretty good, if you have a lineup of Nomar and Damon from 2000, Manny (1999), Ortiz (2007), as well as getting 2003 Bill Mueller, Trot Nixon, 2004 Varitek, 2009 Youk, and 1996 Ellis Burks (going by bWAR), with a pitching staff of 1999 Pedro, 2001 Schilling, 2002 Lowe, 1995 Wakefield, and Foulke and the rest of the pen.
Of course, a sneaky good team by this may be the 1983 team, with HOFs in Boggs, Yaz, Evans, Rice, Eck, and some good prime seasons out of Tudor and Hurst, among others (Gedman in 1985 was pretty good).
Just a thought to help kill some more time until the end of the month...
(or as I obscurely like to think it, "EWB2 rules").
Got me thinking, on a similar vein to the 2 All-star team threads...which Red Sox team going back would be best at this (I'm going to also change it a little better to include future years, too).
I'd guess 2004 would probably be pretty pretty good, if you have a lineup of Nomar and Damon from 2000, Manny (1999), Ortiz (2007), as well as getting 2003 Bill Mueller, Trot Nixon, 2004 Varitek, 2009 Youk, and 1996 Ellis Burks (going by bWAR), with a pitching staff of 1999 Pedro, 2001 Schilling, 2002 Lowe, 1995 Wakefield, and Foulke and the rest of the pen.
Of course, a sneaky good team by this may be the 1983 team, with HOFs in Boggs, Yaz, Evans, Rice, Eck, and some good prime seasons out of Tudor and Hurst, among others (Gedman in 1985 was pretty good).
Just a thought to help kill some more time until the end of the month...