It's been another year since I've done
this.
Basically here's the deal. Say that you have no player tees whatsoever or you want one. You suddenly get the chance to get one of your team. However there's a catch. The catch is that you must get one player tee for each team. Now, which ones would you get? Here's my picks.
Baltimore Orioles: Brian Roberts.
Boston Red Sox: [Funny thing is, I own a lot of Red Sox players shirts and I don't wear them. I can't think of one I don't have that I want. I have Jason Varitek (WS07), Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Jacoby Ellsbury (46), JD Drew, John Smoltz (on clearance), Jon Lester. Who else is there?]
New York Yankees: AJ Burnett. (Also Nick Swisher, Mariano Rivera, Joe Girardi (28 or 25), Andy Pettitte, Phil Hughes, Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, Russell Martin. I'd wear most everyone on the team, honestly.)
Tampa Bay Rays: Evan Longoria.
Toronto Blue Jays: Brandon Morrow. (Can I get vintage AJ Burnett or Roy Halladay?)
Cleveland Indians: Austin Kearns.
Chicago White Sox: AJ Pierzynski.
Detroit Tigers: Brad Penny. (Can I say Chance Ruffin yet? He's in AAA now!)
Kansas City Royals: Matt Treanor.
Minnesota Twins:
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Jered Weaver.
Oakland A's: Huston Street. (Rich Harden (40) is a really close second. Barry Zito, Dallas Braden, Landon Powell, Andrew Bailey, Danny Haren.)
Seattle Mariners: Adam Moore.
Texas Rangers: CJ Wilson. (Taylor Teagarden, Michael Young, Ian Kinsler, Mitch Moreland, Josh Hamilton. I'd wear most of the team, honestly.)
Atlanta Braves: Derek Lowe. (Adam LaRoche (19), Chipper Jones, Nate McLouth, Freddie Freeman, Brian McCann, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine.)
Florida Marlins:
New York Mets: RA Dickey. (Josh Thole.)
Philadelphia Phillies: Roy Halladay. (*mumbles*Cole Hamels*mumbles*)
Washington Natinals: Sean Burnett. (Adam LaRoche. Though I should be able to say Connor Rowe soon enough!)
Chicago Cubs: Blake DeWitt. (Ryan Theriot, Mike Fontenot.)
Cincinnati Reds: Bronson Arroyo.
Houston Astros: Jason Castro.
Milwaukee Brewers:
Pittsburgh Pirates: Andy LaRoche. (Sue me, I would really like his Pirates shirt. Jason Kendall.)
St Louis Cardinals:
Arizona Diamondbacks: Kelly Johnson. (Stephen Drew.)
Colorado Rockies: Jason Hammel. (Todd Helton. I picked Huston Street for the A's but I'd take a Rockies too.)
Los Angeles Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw. (Rafael Furcal, Andre Ethier.)
San Diego Padres:
San Francisco Giants: Barry Zito. (Buster Posey, Brian Wilson, Aubrey Huff, Pat Burrell, Tim Lincecum, Jonathan Sanchez. I'd wear most of the team, honestly.
That then made me wonder if I could pick one and only one favourite player currently on every team's Major League roster (or DL but not 40 man). Well, I can... almost.
Baltimore Orioles: Brian Roberts.
Boston Red Sox: Jason Varitek.
New York Yankees: AJ Burnett.
Tampa Bay Rays: Evan Longoria.
Toronto Blue Jays: Brandon Morrow.
Cleveland Indians: Austin Kearns.
Chicago White Sox: AJ Pierzynski.
Detroit Tigers: Brad Penny.
Kansas City Royals: Jason Kendall.
Minnesota Twins: Joe Mauer.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: Jered Weaver.
Oakland A's: Rich Harden.
Seattle Mariners: Adam Moore.
Texas Rangers: CJ Wilson.
Atlanta Braves: Derek Lowe.
Florida Marlins:
New York Mets: RA Dickey.
Philadelphia Phillies: Roy Halladay.
Washington Natinals: Adam LaRoche.
Chicago Cubs: Blake DeWitt.
Cincinnati Reds: Bronson Arroyo.
Houston Astros: Jason Castro.
Milwaukee Brewers: Mark Kotsay.
Pittsburgh Pirates: Matt Diaz.
St Louis Cardinals: Ryan Theriot.
Arizona Diamondbacks: Kelly Johnson.
Colorado Rockies: Huston Street.
Los Angeles Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw.
San Diego Padres: Jason Bartlett.
San Francisco Giants: Barry Zito.