The All-Marine Team: Fish, Boats, Sea Life, and Baseball

by Dave Gershman on Apr 12, 2011 4:00 PM EDT in Opinion & Editorial

Bottom of the 9th, two outs, bases loaded with Carp, Trout, Bass and Scales steps to the plate. Funny as it is, never underestimate the players with first or last names that you might as well find in the Baltimore Acquarium. Nevertheless, following a great thinkpiece from the Padres broadcast booth in June, 2009 when the Friars hosted the Mariners (and Mike Carp's debut, which inspired the discussion) I've built the all-marine team.

Team: Delmarva Shorebirds

Mascot: Billy the Marlin

Owner: Stuart Sternberg

General Manager: Sandy Alderson

Manager: Brad Mills

Pitchers:

Harvey Haddix
Chaz Roe
Robert Fish
Gil Meche
Brian Bass
Bobby Seay
Daniel Waters
Daniel Hudson
Tug McGraw
Chris Sale
Ray King
Catfish Hunter

Position Players:

Mickey Rivers
Callix Crabbe
Mike Carp
Tim Salmon
Roger Bernadina
Mike Trout
Bobby Scales
Sid Bream
Pete Orr
Aaron Shipman
Jason Bay
Junior Lake
Eric Thames
Matt LaPorta (extra player)

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completely unrelated

but what ever happened to the mlb2k11 contest?

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by U-God on Apr 12, 2011 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

Voting starts tonight!

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by Justin Bopp on Apr 12, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

did you have an entry, btw?

I only saw two…

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by Justin Bopp on Apr 12, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Aw man, I immediately thought of Kevin "I caught you a delicious" Bass.

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by adarowski on Apr 13, 2011 7:36 AM EDT reply actions

From the minor leagues

Odd that this came up now. A friend went to Monday’s Lehigh Valley IronPigs game and sent me a photo of the first plate appearance. It has pitcher Brian Bass throwing to catcher Dane Sardinha (Sardin-ha) with Boomer Whiting at the plate. Such instances give me a wave of excitement.

by TheFuzziestKitty on Apr 14, 2011 10:58 AM EDT reply actions