Who, in your opion, was the greatest MLB team in your lifetime?

[Marcus Garvey]

The ChiSox hot start got me thinking about this. Just going back as far as I can remember following baseball (late 70's, early 80's), I can think of several teams that just stood out. They dominated their leagues, and when the playoffs rolled around, teams were scared of them.

My vote goes to the '84 Tigers. They got off to a 35-5 start and never looked back. By June, it was a foregone conclusion that they would win the A.L. The only other drama was what NL team would be sacrificed at the alter for them. The Cubbies? The Mets? (nobody saw San Diego comming that year!)

What do the rest of you think?

[Cap'n Cat]

Baseball: Croquet In Stadiums

http://images.burningman.com/gallery/jbain.37.jpg
"That one's going back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back!!!!"

[Gil Dobie]

The 68' Tigers beat a HOF laiden St Louis Cardinals, after winning the pennant by 12 games. In turn the 1967 Cards get the #2 ranking. The Big Red Machine didn't have the dominant pitching as the first two but they had a solid lineup. Recent champs would have trouble with pitching depth.

1. 1968 Detroit Tigers
2. 1967 St Louis Cardinals
3. 1975 Cincinnati Reds
4. 1984 Detroit Tigers
5. 1977 NY Yankees

[polsongrizz]

Baseball: Croquet In Stadiums

http://images.burningman.com/gallery/jbain.37.jpg
"That one's going back, back, back, back, back, back, back, back!!!!"
Aw, coquets ,lol, at Burning Man... ;)

[ISUMatt]

My vote goes to the '84 Tigers. They got off to a 35-5 start and never looked back. By June, it was a foregone conclusion that they would win the A.L. The only other drama was what NL team would be sacrificed at the alter for them. The Cubbies? The Mets? (nobody saw San Diego comming that year!)

What do the rest of you think?

And Leon Durham didnt see the grounders obviously!!!

I was born in '74 but do not recall anything until '80...

'98 Yankees (114-48)-Awesome
'84 Tigers (104-58)-Best from start to finish
'86 Mets (108-54)-Lucky but good
'89 A's (99-63)-Couldn't get em out
'83 Orioles (98-64)-GREAT Pitching

I consider myself a great baseball fan and think since 1980, these 5 teams are easily the best!!!

[ISUMatt]

My 1968 Detroit Tigers where pitchers hit grand slams and smoked the opposition. Don't get me started but suffice to say Al Kaline is my all-time fave baseball player.

Good ol #6!!!

[Tod]

What greater honor than to have a type of battery named after you? :) :) :) ;) :o

[blackfordpu]

My 1968 Detroit Tigers where pitchers hit grand slams and smoked the opposition. Don't get me started but suffice to say Al Kaline is my all-time fave baseball player.

They had BASEBALL in 1968?!?! ;) just kidding

In my lifetime I would have to say one of the late 90's Braves or Yankee teams. I do not follow baseball too closely but I do know that they have been kicking ass and taking names in the recent past. :)

[Gil Dobie]

My 1968 Detroit Tigers where pitchers hit grand slams and smoked the opposition. Don't get me started but suffice to say Al Kaline is my all-time fave baseball player.

They beat a great St Louis team in the World Series, coming back from a 3-1 deficit to win. Bob Gibson and Steve Carlton pitching, Roger Maris, Lou Brock and Curt Flood in the outfield, Orlando Cepeda at first, Tim McCarver catching, Mike Shannon on 3rd.

[Tod]

Man... okay, I'm not going to get started but I have a whole collection of Kaline's stats, tributes, stats, pics, etc. that I used to host at alkalinearchive.com.

Geez, Ralph, no offense intended. But if you listed the stats only once, it'd take up less room. :D :D

Hey, Magnum P.I loved him too!

Great player!!

[ngineer]

My 1968 Detroit Tigers where pitchers hit grand slams and smoked the opposition. Don't get me started but suffice to say Al Kaline is my all-time fave baseball player.

Even though I have grown up a National League fan, and Phillies in particular, Al Kaline was my favorite AL player. My first baseball glove was an Al Kaline model, 1957, so I followed him thereafter. I also lived in Detroit from 1974-77, so being in 'his town' was cool. Never got his 'props' because of not being in a center ring town--just like Rich Ashburn in Philadelphia. If either of them had been in NY they would have been 'huge.' :)

[eaglefan452]

I would have to say the Oakland A's teams of the late 80's were really good. Despite the fact that they went to 3 World Series in a row and lost two of them, they had a great team with great players all around.

The Yankees of the late 90's would have to be the greatest TEAM. Before all of their crazy spending they had no huge superstars, just team players that thrived in the postseason.

[blueballs]

Here's a die hard baseball fan's perspective:

1- 1998 Yankees (greatest record ever)
2- 1976 Reds (Bench, Rose, Perez, Morgan)
3- 1970 Orioles (B Robinson, F Robinson, Palmer, Cuellar, McNally, Powell)
4- 1973 A's (Jackson, Rudi, Bando, Catfish, Vida, Campy, Fingers)
5- 1995 Braves (Maddux, Glavine, Smoltz, McGriff, Justice, Chipper)
6- 1966 Dodgers (Koufax, Drysdale, Osteen, Sutton, Parker, Davis)
7- 1961 Yankees (Maris, Mantle, Ford)
8- 1977 Yankees (Bronx Zoo)
9- 1984 Tigers (previously discussed)
10- 1989 A's (previously discussed)

[mlbowl]

'69 & '70 Orioles

[colgate13]

1998 Yankees.

[Fordham]

'98 Yanks followed by the Big Red Machine teams of the 70's.

They always managed to knock off my Schmidtty-led Phils in the playoffs.

[Ivytalk]

1966 Orioles. After all, they upset the '66 Dodgers in the Series. Remember Moe Drabowsky?

[89Hen]

1989 Cleveland Indians - Jake Taylor, Rick Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Willie Mays Hayes, Pedro Cerrano.... came from the cellar to beat the Yankees in a single game playoff for the division.

[Cap'n Cat]

Cap'n Cat, a native Pittsburgher, is thinkin' there've been a few great Pirate teams, too. Specifically, 1971 and 1979.

Willie Stargell:

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[putter]

WE ARE FAMILY!!!! :D

[colgate13]

1989 Cleveland Indians - Jake Taylor, Rick Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Willie Mays Hayes, Pedro Cerrano.... came from the cellar to beat the Yankees in a single game playoff for the division.

Right... but then what? What did they do in the postseason? Nothing if I remember correctly.

[blueballs]

Right... but then what? What did they do in the postseason? Nothing if I remember correctly.

Didn't they make a sequel or two??? ;)

[89Hen]

Right... but then what? What did they do in the postseason? Nothing if I remember correctly.
Yeah, they got swept in the ALCS, but still one of the greatest teams ever.

[ngineer]

I always thought the 1966 Dodgers had the best pitching staff, but their offense was marginal--manufacturing runs with Wills on the basepaths. As much as I hate the Yankees, the 1998 edition was one of the greatest, but the 1968 Tigers not only dominated their own league, they beat a tremendous St. Louis team in the Series. I remember our high school football coaches allowing one of the managers to bring a 'transistor radio' down to the practice field so we could keep track of the Series games.--yes, they actually played in the daytime 'back then'.!!

[eaglefan452]

Right... but then what? What did they do in the postseason? Nothing if I remember correctly.

They got swept by the White Sox in the ALCS, we found that out in Major League 2. They did later beat the Sox to win the pennant, but nobody really knows what happened from there, I guess "Major League: Back to the Minors" really left some huge holes that needed answering.

[blackfordpu]

1989 Cleveland Indians - Jake Taylor, Rick Vaughn, Roger Dorn, Willie Mays Hayes, Pedro Cerrano.... came from the cellar to beat the Yankees in a single game playoff for the division.

HAHA!! Great one Hen!
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