As Mike Green works through another Hall Watch preview -- this one tabbing Barry Bonds as a guy who, like it or not, "will (appropriately) walk into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot" -- it's time for another Hall of Names sidebar.
But what to do with Barry?
We've already put together a Financial Times (Stocker, Bonds, Cash, Money) Hall of Names team, as well as All-Father/Son squad(s); we even gave the "B.B. Guns" good play when we were examining various All-Initial teams.
And before anyone else thinks of it, no, we're not going to devote a Hall of Names roster to "All-Rulebreakers" or somesuch other nonsense. Sure, if you include Bonds with guys like Pete Rose, Joe Jackson and Gaylord Perry, you end up with a heck of a lot of talent. But it's not really true to the spirit of "Hall of Names" per se, and I don't want a thread to veer into some wild-eyed discussion about how or if Perry's spitter and Sosa's cork compares to Barry's clear and cream or Charlie Hustle's betting slips.
So, let's go with the old tried and true ... an all-Barry team. This might be hard, since only 24 men named Barry have ever even appeared in a MLB game and seven of those had the last, or family name "Barry." But we need all we can get to fill ou this roster. Fortunately, we have All-Star Barrys as a R/L combination on the mound, at shorstop, and of course, as our cleanup hitter/left fielder. There have also been 10 players named "Berry," but we'll only use them to fill out the squad if necessary. Let's see where this goes. The options aren't really deep enough to go with a DH, so we'll play by NL rules.
* Indicates All-Star
** Indicates Hall of Famer (none so far, but two have a shot)
MGR: Jack Barry (90-62, 2nd place in only season with '17 Red Sox)
LINEUP
C: Barry Foote (four years as regular with MON, CHC, despite .230 career BA)
1B John "Shad" Barry (1073 hits for seven teams, 1899-1908, mostly 1B/OF)
2B Barry McCormick (.230ish middile infielder mostly for CHC, SLB, WSH, 1895-1904
SS Barry Larkin*
3B Sean Berry (1990-2000, mostly with MON, HOU)
LF Barry Bonds*
CF Ken Berry* (All-Star CF for '67 CHW, played 14 season)
RF Barry Bonnell (hit .318 for 1983 Blue Jays)
ROTATION
LHSP Barry Zito*
RHSP Barry Latman*(All-Star for '61 CLE at 13-5; started 21 games, relieved in 24)
LHSP Barry Moore (swing man mostly with WSH In 1960s)
RHSP Barry Lersch (started 30 games for last-place '71 PHI, hung around until '74)
LHSP Ed Barry (1-6, 3.53 for 1906-08 BOS)
BULLPEN
CL RHP Barry Jones (33-33, 23 saves for PIT, CHW, others in 1980s and early 1990s)
RHRP Hardin "Finn" Barry (three games for '12 PHA)
RHRP Barry Manuel (7-2 with four teams through five years in 1990s)
RHRP Barry Raziano (cups of coffee with '73 KCR, '74 CAL)
BENCH
C Barry Lyons (best known as Gary Carter's backup with NYM)
IF Jack Barry (player/manager, 1223 games for 1908-19 PHA, BOS)
IF Barry Evans (.251 for 1977-82 SDP and NYY)
OF Jeff Barry (.244 for '95-'99 NYM-COL)
OF Rich Barry (.188 for '69 PHI)
OF Barry Wesson (.194 career hitter back with HOU after detour in ANA)
OF Barry Shetrone (.205 in parts of five seasons with BAL, WSH)
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