Baseball to Football!

[The Kid]

I say this on ESPN once, and I thought this might be interesting. Which group of current ball players do you think would make the best football team? My starting 22:

WR: Coco Crisp
WR: Ichiro
WR: Torri Hunter
TE: Jim Edmonds
C: Adum Dunn
T: Manny Ramirez
T: A.J. Pierzynski
G: Ramon Hernandez
G: Rod Barajas
FB: Carl Crawford
RB: Jose Reyes
QB: Josh Beckett

CB: Carlos Beltran
CB: Johnny Damon
DE: Lance Berkman
DT: Brad Ausmus
DT: Johnny Estrada
DE: Yadier Molina
LB: Prince Fielder
LB: Bengie Molina
LB: David Ross
FS: Chipper Hones
SS: Ryan Howard

[Williamsburg2599]

I say this on ESPN once, and I thought this might be interesting. Which group of current ball players do you think would make the best football team? My starting 22:

WR: Coco Crisp
WR: Ichiro
WR: Torri Hunter
TE: Jim Edmonds
C: Adum Dunn
T: Manny Ramirez
T: A.J. Pierzynski
G: Ramon Hernandez
G: Rod Barajas
FB: Carl Crawford
RB: Jose Reyes
QB: Josh Beckett

CB: Carlos Beltran
CB: Johnny Damon
DE: Lance Berkman
DT: Brad Ausmus
DT: Johnny Estrada
DE: Yadier Molina
LB: Prince Fielder
LB: Bengie Molina
LB: David ross
FS: Chipper Hones
SS: Ryan Howard

How about Izzy Alcantara as Kicker/Punter?:

Sorry, I couldn't resist.:D

[TheKingofKings]

Add Big Papi as a Blocker, move Hunter to TE and replace A.J. Pierzynski with Juan Pierre as WR.

[PJ-34]

I don't agree with some of those, Bengie Molina as Linebacker? you have to run in that position, have you seen Bengie run? he is fat and short, he can't play anything, as for Ichiro, come on, obviously Running Back, Jose Reyes can sit down, and how about Frank Thomas as a Defensive or Offensive lineman, the guy played Football in college but of course since he plays for a Canadian team he doesn't get to be included, that's the way it works and of course theRed Sox fan has most of the team Red Sox, I mean come on, Josh Becket as a QB and Crisp as a WR???

[redlegsfan21]

Adam Dunn at QB.
High School Numbers
282/544 for 4,792 yards and 44 touchdowns
He also recieved an athletic scholarship to play football at the University of Texas

[Dirt Dog]

Have to include Jeff Francoeur of the Braves. What an athlete. He played WR and CB in HS.

He turned down at scholarship to play football at Clemson.

[RuthMayBond]

Unless he's too old, I'm thinking Brian Jordan could fit in the defensive backfield somewhere.

[Yankee Captain]

Todd Helton played QB at the University of Tennessee. He started a few games his Jr year, got hurt, and was replaced by some guy name Peyton Manning. He then made a smart move to baseball.

[StanTheMan]

Scott Rolen would make a good Tight End. 6-4, almost 6-5. Agile, good hands. Good Speed. Bulk up just a little bit and you're good to go. He was a fantastic athlete in HS, earning basketball schlorships to some great schools (Georgia, Tennessee) but obviously turned them donw.

[natsnsoxfan]

I think Carl Crawford had a scholarship to play football somewhere in college and basketball at UCLA.

[natsnsoxfan]

Scott Rolen would make a good Tight End. 6-4, almost 6-5. Agile, good hands. Good Speed. Bulk up just a little bit and you're good to go. He was a fantastic athlete in HS, earning basketball schlorships to some great schools (Georgia, Tennessee) but obviously turned them donw.

I think i remember Tim Kurkjian saying something about how he would make a great linebacker in the NFL.

Anyways, i think i'll take a crack at this....

WR: Carl Crawford
WR: Ichiro
WR: Juan Pierre
Derogatory WR that sells out his QB: Barry Bonds
TE: Richie Sexson
C: Adam Dunn
T: Jason Varitek
T: Dmitri Young
G: Brad Wilkerson
G: Rod Barajas
FB: David Wells
RB: Jose Reyes
QB: Vladimir Guerrero

CB: Carlos Beltran
CB: Hanley Ramirez
DE: Carlos Lee
DT: David Ortiz
DT: Bengie Molina
DE: Yadier Molina
LB: JD Drew
LB: Scott Rolen
LB: David ross
FS: Ivan Rodriguez
SS: Austin Kearns

[Dirt Dog]

I think Carl Crawford had a scholarship to play football somewhere in college...

He had an offer to play QB and run the option at Nebraska when Frank Solich was HC. Quick as a cat and can run like a chetah. He would have been like a water-bug running the option. An outstanding athlete.

[Francoeurstein]

Have to include Jeff Francoeur of the Braves. What an athlete. He played WR and CB in HS.

He turned down at scholarship to play football at Clemson.


MY local high school :dance

[Francoeurstein]

Ichiro could be a good QB and he has speed haha.

[Erik Bedard]

Too many people could be great QBs...

QB: Todd Helton
HB: Gary Sheffield
FB: Manny Ramirez
OT: Adam Dunn
OG: Yadier Molina
C: Benjie Molina
OG: Jose Molina
OT: Jack Cust
TE: Barry Bonds
WR: Torii Hunter
WR: Jim Edmonds

DT: Prince Fielder
DE: Scott Rolen
DE: Miguel Cabrera
ILB: David Ortiz
ILB: Ryan Howard
OLB: Albert Pujols
OLB: Derrek Lee
CB: Jeff Francouer
CB: Rafael Furcal
SS: Jose Reyes
FS: David Wright