As an addendum to today's Ode to Kevin Cash, it's time to pay up on another installment of Baseball's Hall of Names. This time, let's determine the best team Money ... er, Cash ... er, a plugged Nickle ... well, you get the idea ... can buy.
The lineup is solid; the bench is pretty good; the bullpen is shaky; but that one-man rotation could use some help, creative Boxers. And if you can come up with someone to bump the "stretch" additions (see CF and backup C for examples) ... so much the better.
LINEUP
1. Bobby Bonds, DH
2. Don Money, 3B
3. Barry Bonds, LF
4. Ernie Banks, SS
5. Norm Cash, 1B
6. Jay Payton, CF
7. Dave Cash, 2B
8. Kevin Cash, C
9. Walt Bond, RF
BENCH
IF Milt Stock
IF Kevin Stocker
OF Brian Banks
C IRA Thomas
PITCHING STAFF
SP Brad Penny
SP Felipe Lira
RP Willie Banks
RP Wes Stock
RP Doug Nickle
Apologies to Greg "Bull" Luzinski, Leon "Bull" Durham and Orlando "Baby Bull" Cepeda ... though their presence would've bolstered the middle of the lineup, the decision to exclude them from this market was, well, a Bear. And sorry, Bill [fill in the last name of thousands of ballplayers here], even if we cheated with "IRA," the use of "Bill" is just too easy.
Fire away, Boxers -- we all have interest in compounding this deposit of knowledge.
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