All-Decade Team 2000-2010

[redsoxfan3]

I think this might be an interesting topic. We have had several players during 2000-2010. We obviously won two World Series during the decade. I know there are a lot of older Sox fans and a few younger Sox fans, so this would relate to both. Position by position, what is your All-Decade Boston Red Sox team from 2000-2010? It can be anyone that you want who played on the Sox during those years, either a favorite player or a player you might not like who performed well. This is not necessarily the best players for each position, because the answers would all be the same. There are no wrong or right answers. This is just a topic for discussion of some of the present and recent past Red Sox players. After this post I will work on constructing mine. Basically, just fill this template out. I put 13 position players and 12 pitchers in the template, but feel free to only have 12 position players and 13 pitchers. For the bench players, you can add either players that were actual bench players or some guys that were actually starters when they played but you didn't put them as a starter due to someone else. It is very open. I just think the responses will be interesting.

 

C:

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2B:

SS:

3B:

LF:

CF:

RF:

DH:

Bench:

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Bench:

 

SP:

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3-

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Bullpen:

Reliever-

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CL-

[redsoxfan3]

C: Jason Varitek

1B: Kevin Millar

2B: Dustin Pedroia

SS: Nomar Garciaparra

3B: Mike Lowell

LF: Manny Ramirez

CF: Johnny Damon

RF: Trot Nixon

DH: David Ortiz

Bench: Mark Bellhorn (2B )

Bench: Kevin Youkilis (1B, 3B )

Bench: Jacoby Ellsbury (CF)

Bench: Gabe Kapler (RF)/Doug Mirabelli ©

 

SP:

1- Pedro Martinez

2- Curt Schiling

3- Josh Beckett

4- Jon Lester

5- Tim Wakefield

 

Bullpen:

Reliever- Derek Lowe

Reliever- Mike Timlin

Reliever- Hideki Okajima

Reliever- Manny Delcarmen

SU- Keith Foulke

SU- Daniel Bard

CL- Jonathan Papelbon

 

This is obviously just for fun. I put some guys in there that I really like(d) and I put some guys in there based on performance. I considered players from every year, but I made a lot of my decisions based on the 2004 and 2007 World Series teams.

[TutGadol]

C: Jason Varitek

1B: Kevin Youkillis (The 2007 one)

2B: Dustin Pedroia

SS: Nomar Garciaparra

3B: Mike Lowell

LF: Trot Nixon

CF: Jacoby Ellsbury

RF: Gabe Kapler

DH: David Ortiz

Bench: Victor Martinez

Bench: Edgar Renteria

Bench: Kevin Millar

Bench: Coco Crisp

 

SP:

1- Pedro Martinez

2- Curt Schilling

3- Derek Lowe

4- Jon Lester

5- Tim Wakefield

 

Bullpen:

Reliever- Takashi Saito

Reliever- Manny Delcarmen

Reliever- Hideki Okajima

Reliever- Daniel Bard

SU- Mike Timlin

SU- Keith Foulke

CL- Jonathan Pepelbon

[SoxSport]

IF: Tek, Youks, Pedey,Nomar, Mikey

 

OF: Manny, Damon, Nixon

 

DH: Papi

 

Bench: Vmart, Millar, Ells, Mueller

 

Starters: Pedro, Schil, Lester, Beckett ,Lowe

 

Bullpen: Pap-cl, Bard-su, Foulke, Timlin, Oki, Saito

[Dojji]

C: Tek

1B: Youk

2B: Peds

3B: Lowell

SS: Nomar

RF: Drew (yeah yeah, but look at my other options -- Drew is better on both sides of the ball than Nixon and no one else comes close)

CF: Ellsbury

LF: Manny

DH: Ortiz

 

Bench:

 

C: Salty

1B: Millar

IF: Alex Cora

OF: Coco

 

Rotation:

 

Pedro

Schilling

Lester

Beckett

Lowe

 

Papelbon-CL

Foulke SU

Oki SU

Bard

Timlin

Delcarmen

Aceves

[mvp 78]

Tek

Youk

Pedey

OCab

Mueller

Trot

Ells

Manny

Papi

 

VMart

Beltre

Valentin

Coco Crap

 

Pedro

DLowe

Wake

Lester

Beckett

 

Foulke

Williamson

Timlin

Embre

Buchholz

Bard