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Tuesday Discussion (Football Fun)

November 19, 2024

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This week, we posed the following to our writers:


If you were making a football team from Yankees players (past and/or present), name who would have play the following positions:


Quarterback:

Running Back:

Wide Receiver:

Defensive Line:

Linebacker:

Corner Back:

Place Kicker:

Head Coach:


Here are their responses:

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Lincoln Mitchell:

Quarterback: Joe DiMaggio

Running Back: Reggie Jackson

Wide Receiver: Mickey Rivers

Defensive Line: Aaron Judge, Hank Bauer, Clete Boyer

Linebacker: Billy Martin

Corner Back: Bernie Williams

Place Kicker: Sparky Lyle

Head Coach: Casey Stengel

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Paul Semendinger:

Quarterback: (Can I have John Elway?) Jake Gibbs

Running Back: Rickey Henderson

Wide Receiver: Tim Raines

Defensive Line: Aaron Judge, Glenallen Hill, Darryl Strawberry

Linebacker: Lou Gehrig

Corner Back: Deion Sanders

Place Kicker: Dave Kingman (I have no idea why, I just see him being able to kick a ball a mile)

Head Coach: George Halas

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Ethan Semendinger:

Quarterback: Drew Henson (though I want Russell Wilson, who struck out for the Yankees in a spring training game)

Running Back: Hinkey Haines (of legendary fame in The Least Among Them)

Wide Receiver: Ichiro Suzuki

Defensive Line: Aaron Judge, Dave Winfield (if the Vikings can draft him with no college experience, that's good enough for me), and Kyle Farnsworth (Yes. I'm serious about Farnsworth.)

Linebacker: David Robertson (NOBODY showed more hustle than him on this play.)

Corner Back: Darryl Strawberry (his punch in that Orioles brawl shows me he could punch out a football, easily, on a wide receiver)

Place Kicker: Paul O'Neill (For obvious reasons)

Head Coach: Chuck Dressen (he was a Yankees coach for a few years, and was a quarterback for the Decatur Staley's)

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Mike Whiteman:

Quarterback: Derek Jeter

Running Back: Don Mattingly, Rickey Henderson

Wide Receiver: Bernie Williams, Brett Gardner

Defensive Line: Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton

Linebacker: Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Jorge Posada

Corner Back: Willie Randolph, Mickey Rivers

Place Kicker: Mariano Rivera

Head Coach: Joe Girardi

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Ed Botti:

Quarterback: Derek Jeter, was there a better leader?

Running Back: Rickey Henderson (half back), Mickey Mantle (Full back)

Wide Receiver: Dave Winfield, Bernie Williams

Defensive Line: (4-3 Defense) CC Sabathia, Dellin Betances, Cecil Fielder, Jose Canseco

Linebacker: Aaron Judge, Thurman Munson, Tyler Austin

Corner Back: Deion Sanders, Slade Heathcott

Place Kicker: Paul O’Neill (kicked the ball well in Cincinnati!)

Head Coach: George Steinbrenner (his football mentality never left him)

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Cary Greene:

QB: Derek Jeter

RB: Mickey Mantle, Rickey Henderson 

FB: Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson 

WR: Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Rivers, Bernie Williams

DL: Chris Chambliss, Giancarlo Stanton, Babe Ruth, Moose Skowron, Jason Giambi

LB: Brett Gardner, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard , Graig Nettles, A-Rod

CB: Roy White, Bobby Murcer,  Paul O'Neill, Roger Maris

Place Kicker: Phil Rizzuto

Head Coach: Casey Stengel

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Andrew Hefner:

Quarterback: Dave Winfield

Running Back: Brett Gardner

Wide Receiver: Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio

Defensive Line: Giancarlo Stanton

Linebacker: Lou Gehrig

Corner Back: Jazz Chisholm

Place Kicker: Paul O'Neill

Head Coach: Deion Sanders

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Andy Singer:

Quarterback: Alex Rodriguez (athleticism, a gun for an arm, and an instinctive athlete)

Running Back: Mickey Mantle (an all-around great athlete with speed and power)

Wide Receiver: Rickey Henderson, Brett Gardner, Aaron Judge (speed in the slot and a red zone threat!)

Defensive Line: Giancarlo Stanton, CC Sabathia (obvious reasons)

Linebacker: Tommy Kahnle, Aroldis Chapman, Kyle Farnsworth (Kahnle is a froth-at-the-mouth linebacker, Chapman's a physical specimen, and Farnsworth can hit and actually played semi-pro football!)

Corner Back: Deion Sanders, Jazz Chisholm, Bernie Williams (a real HOF corner and two guys with determination to stick on someone else)

Place Kicker: Mike Mussina (rumor has it that he kicked a 60-yard field goal in high school and had an offer to kick for Penn State)

Head Coach: Joe Girardi (the temperament, intensity, and attention to detail make this a good fit)

4 comentários


fuster
19 de nov.

2 points for Paul

for selecting Oneonta's Elway

Curtir
fuster
19 de nov.
Respondendo a

rolled snake eyes on signing Stabler?

Curtir

Robert Malchman
Robert Malchman
19 de nov.

Paul, the problem with Kingman is that while he could kick it a mile, most of the times he'd just swing his leg and miss the ball. He's more Charlie Brown than Tom Dempsey.

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