@DCPatriot Season's over, off-season under way, too much time on my hands.
So I came up with some matchups you'd love to see. Real players involved. Some of them might actually
have faced each other in actuality, even . . .
Candy Cummings vs. Taffy Wright
Satchel Paige vs. Buddy Booker
Ryan Sherriff vs. Jimmy Outlaw
Bob Lemon vs. Jose Lima
Cool Papa Bell vs. Gary (Ding Dong) Bell
The Bird vs. The Penguin (Mark Fidrych vs. Ron Cey)
Pistol Pete Reiser vs. Bullet Bob Turley
The Spaceman vs. Dr. Strangeglove (Bill Lee vs. Dick Stuart)
Sad Sam Jones vs. Happy Felsch
Duke Snider vs. King Carl Hubbell
King Kong vs. The Monster (Charlie Keller vs. Dick Radatz)
Oil Can Boyd vs. Greasy Neale
Moonlight Graham vs. Blue Moon Odom
Prince Fielder vs. Roy Hitt
Mike Butcher vs. Home Run Baker (in Candlestick Park, maybe?)
Frank Viola vs. Piano Legs Hickman
Brad Penny vs. Hunter Pence
Wes Stock vs. Barry Bonds
Steve Hamilton vs. Jack Beach
General Crowder vs. Admiral Schlei
Vernon Law vs. Joe Judge
The Big Bear vs. Kung Fu Panda (Mike Garcia vs. Pablo Sandoval)
The Springfield Rifle vs. The Toy Cannon (Vic Raschi vs. Jimmy Wynn)
The Nasty Boys vs. the Gas House Gang (The 1990 Cincinnati bullpen aces Norm Charlton, Rob Dibble, and Randy Myers vs. the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals)
Eddie Watt vs. Sparky Anderson
Stan the Man vs. Stan the Man Unusual (Stan Musial vs. Don Stanhouse)
Goofy vs. Crazy (Lefty Gomez vs. Jimmy Piersall)
Steve Barber vs. Jon Shave
Pedro Borbon vs. Gene Rye
Larry Sherry vs. Bobby Wine
Goose Gossage vs. Chicken Hawks
Mudcat Grant vs. Kitty Bransfield
Mel Queen vs. Jim King
Jimmy Key vs. Don Lock
Preacher Roe vs. Ryan Church
Whitey Ford vs. John Dodge
Dick Hoover vs. Dixie Upright
Jim Abbot vs. Dan Costello
Spud Chandler vs. Bob Veale
Jim French vs. Woodie Fryman
Charlie Morton vs. Salty Parker
Fred Waters vs. Curt Flood
Matt Joyce vs. Rex Brothers
Kid Gleason vs. Carney Lansford
Cot Deal vs. Sleeper Sullivan
Joe Black vs. Steve Decker