The Sunday Funnies

by Mike Bojanowski on May 17, 2009 7:00 AM CDT in Cartoons

Part 2. Note, again, this is a large image which will open in a new browser window. Depending on the size of your display and browser, it may require some scrolling. If you find it to be too large, click here for a smaller version.

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the suspense is killing me!

Emelie - May 17, 2009 reply

Oh, just you wait.

Al Yellon - May 17, 2009 reply

Al

I had to download and resize this picture in order to be able to really read it. I made it 1195 pixels by 1207 pixels, and that made it work much better. Can you recommend this to toonmike?

drewishdrewid - May 17, 2009 reply

duh, never mind.

that’ll teach me to not read the entire post.

drewishdrewid - May 17, 2009 reply

The salary cap must be huge...

…oh, wait. There isn’t one. So if we’ve got 750 players to choose from, this is the team I can construct, leaning slightly to the Cubs’ favor…I think we could beat the other 725 guys, right? Here’s my determining factors for constructing a team when I can choose from all 750 MLB players:

1 – I like guys that do a bit of everything rather than excel in just one statistic, which is why I chose Adam Jones over someone like Carlos Lee. Jones hits for average and power, is fast, has an excellent arm, a rocket for an arm, and looks to be the player we all wanted Corey Patterson to be. Guys that are well-rounded, are to me more valuable than one’s that score a lot of RBIs or HRs (see: Lee, Ryan Howard, etc.). Granted, Lee’s WAR was over a win higher than Jones’ last year, but Jones is 9 years younger.

2 – Team unity over psychotic pre-Madonnas (A-Rod, Manny, Fielder, etc.). I think most of these guys would get along, but what the hell do I know. 11 of my 25 are in the NL.

3 – I don’t believe in long-relievers or LOOGYs, at least not for this exercise.

4 – I used Cot’s Contracts to determine salaries for 2009.

1B – Pujols – the best player in baseball – $16m
2B – Kinsler – over Utley because of price tag and health – $3m
3B – Wright – a bargain for the best or second best hot corner fielder – $7.5m
SS – Hanley – second best player in baseball – $5.5m
OF – built for speed and defense – Sizemore ($4.6m), Soriano ($16m), Adam Jones ($.435m)
C – the best catcher in the game, sans eye issues – McCann ($3.5m)
Bench – Kendrick – great spot utility starter and excellent defender at 2B & 3B – $0.4m
Braun – power and cockiness…all for seven hundred K! – (gag me, $.745m)
Hamilton ($.555m)
Soto ($.575m)
Crawford ($8.25m)
Alexi ($4.75)
P – My staff is entirely too RHP dominated, but I don’t care; I really subscribe to none of that crap Lou was worried about last year with the Dodgers; if players perform, it shouldn’t matter who they are facing.
Johan ($20m…and he’s worth every penny)
Lincecum ($.65m)
Greinke ($3.75m)
Shields ($1.5m)
Felix ($3.8m)
Harden ($7m)
Shields ($5m)
Soria ($1m)
Papelbon ($6.25m)
Broxton ($1.825m)
Gregg…just kidding, he sucks…Marmol ($.575m)