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15-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
2025 MLB All-Star Game: Building Our All-Time American League Dream Team
Jeter. A-Rod. The Great Bambino. The New York Yankees are well-represented in FOX Sports American League Dream Team. How could they not be as the all-time leaders in World Series titles? But while the Yankees are a big part of the AL's history, they aren't the only powerhouse that produced Hall of Fame baseball players. Here's the full list: Manager: Connie Mack Connie Mack is a rarity on this list, in more ways than one. A player, then a manager who doubled as an executive, but also as a manager with a career record of under .500. Part of that is an issue of volume, however: Mack ran the A's for 50 seasons, from their 1901 inception through 1950. He managed them for 7,466 games: a .484 win percentage only counts for so much when it's attached to eight World Series appearances and five World Series championships. No other A's manager has 1,000 wins — Mack boasts 3,582 of them. Catcher: Yogi Berra Berra is among the figures who epitomize Yankees baseball. One of the best all-around catchers in MLB history, Berra was a three-time AL MVP, an 18-time All-Star and part of a whopping 10 World Series teams with the Yankees: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961 and 1962. Berra is fifth in Yankees history with both 358 home runs and 1,430 RBIs, sixth with a 59.7 WAR and eighth with both 2,148 hits and 1,174 runs scored. He later managed the Yankees in 1964 and again from 1984-85. Reliever/closer: Mariano Rivera Rivera was called "The Sandman" and came out to Metallica's "Enter Sandman" for a reason: He put teams to sleep. Spending his entire career in the Bronx (1995-2013), Rivera went on to be the best closer in MLB history, recording a record 652 saves and posting an ERA above three just once after becoming a full-time reliever in 1996 (he posted a 3.15 ERA in 2007). Rivera was part of five Yankees championship teams (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009) and primarily found success with his cut fastball. Starting pitcher: Cy Young The Red Sox can lay claim to three of the greatest pitchers in MLB history. Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez combined for 10 Cy Young awards, but that honor is named after Boston's first ace. Cy Young's greatest run came in Beantown: a franchise-record 192 wins over eight years, 2.00 ERA and 275 complete games, while leading them to the first World Series championship in 1903. Young was the top player on the team by wins above replacement in seven of his eight seasons in town, and is MLB's all-time leader in both pitcher WAR and traditional wins. 1B: Lou Gehrig Lou Gehrig raked: plain and simple. A two-time AL MVP, Gehrig drove in 150-plus runs in a single season an absurd seven times and was an indispensable part of seven Yankees' championship teams (1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937 and 1938), highlighted by a .731 career postseason slugging percentage. Gehrig is first in Yankees history with 163 triples, second with a .340 batting average, 2,721 hits and a 113.7 WAR and third with both 493 home runs and 1,888 runs scored. One of the best left-handed hitters of all time, Gehrig formed the most formidable one-two offensive punch baseball has ever witnessed with another player on this list. 3B: Alex Rodriguez The Yankees acquired a superstar shortstop to play third base in 2004 because of the next player we'll discuss, but Rodriguez transitioned just fine. Rodriguez was an overwhelming force from the right side of the plate. In 2007, he led MLB with 54 home runs and would be a featured part of the Yankees' 2009 World Series championship, hitting six home runs and posting a combined .365/.500/.808 slash line in the postseason. Across his 12 seasons playing in the Bronx (2004-16, excluding 2014), Rodriguez stands sixth in Yankees history with 351 home runs, seventh with a .523 slugging percentage and 10th with both 1,012 runs scored and a 53.8 WAR. 2B: Rod Carew How many other Twins second baseman were named dropped by the Beastie Boys? Exactly. To Carew's credit, he was more than just a name that rhymed, as he was about as sure of a shot as you could get for a base hit: in 12 seasons with the Twins, he second baseman won eight batting titles, and led all of MLB in average in four of those seasons. For his career in Minnesota, Carew batted .334, and produced a 137 OPS+, third-best among Twins, while his .393 on-base is tied for first — those weren't empty batting averages by any means. SS: Derek Jeter Jeter spent his entire career with the Yankees (1995-2014) and became the most popular athlete in the history of New York sports. A five-time Silver Slugger, five-time Gold Glover and 14-time All-Star, Jeter is one of the best pure contact hitters the sport has ever seen, founded the signature jump-throw from shortstop and was the heart and soul of five title teams (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009). Jeter posted 200-plus hits in eight seasons and is sixth in MLB history with 3,465 career hits. As for Yankees context, Jeter is first in franchise history with both 3,465 hits and 358 stolen bases, second with 1,923 runs scored, fifth with a 71.3 WAR and eighth with a .310 batting average. Furthermore, he was a career .308 postseason hitter. OF: Mickey Mantle Mickey Mouse opened Disneyland in July 1955, but Mickey Mantle was already up and running by then. When Mantle came to the plate, the opposing manager would yell "back up" to the outfield. A 20-time All-Star, Mantle imposed fear into pitchers from both sides of the plate, leading the AL in home runs in four seasons and totaling 536 home runs across his 18-year career, which ranks 18th in MLB history. Mantle, who won seven World Series with the Yankees (1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961 and 1962), is second in franchise history with 536 home runs, third with a 110.2 WAR, fourth with both 2,415 hits and 1,509 RBIs and 10th with 153 stolen bases. OF: Babe Ruth "The Babe" stands as arguably the best player to walk on a baseball field, and he spent the majority of his career in the Bronx (1920-34). Ruth led the AL in home runs in 10 of his 15 seasons with the Yankees, with whom he helped win four World Series (1923, 1927, 1928 and 1932). Ruth, who, of course, was primarily a starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox before landing in New York, is first in Yankees history with 659 home runs, a .349 batting average, a .711 slugging percentage and a 142.8 WAR, second with 1,978 RBIs and third with 2,518 hits. And if that wasn't enough, Ruth blasted 15 home runs in 36 postseason games for the Yankees. When Ruth called his shot in the 1932 World Series, he knew exactly what he was doing. Honorable Mentions: Joe Torre (manager) Casey Stengel (manager) Walter Johnson (starting pitcher) Roger Clemens (starting pitcher) Ivan Rodriguez (catcher) Jeff Bagwell (1B) Eddie Collins (2B) Roberto Alomar (2B) Lou Whitaker (2B) Nellie Fox (2B) Nap Lajoie (2B) George Brett (3B) Wade Boggs (3B) Brooks Robinson (3B) Cal Ripken Jr. (SS) Ty Cobb (OF) Ken Griffey Jr. (DH/OF) Al Kaline (DH/OF) Carl Yastrzemski (DH/OF) Joe DiMaggio (DH/OF) Edgar Martinez (DH) Tris Speaker (OF) Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? 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Dominion Post
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Dominion Post
No. 13 WVU suffers through another walk-off loss, as K-State pulls off comeback
MORGANTOWN — It just might be possible that the late great New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra could best sum up what's happening to the 13th-ranked WVU baseball team these days. Berra, maybe best known for his witty quotes than even his Hall-of-Fame career, once said, 'It's like déjà vu all over again.' That must have been exactly what WVU coach Steve Sabins and his players felt like Friday night in an 8-7 walk-off loss against Kansas State inside Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan. Kan. BOX SCORE Just three days after losing a four-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning against rival Pitt and getting walked-off 10-9, the Mountaineers (39-9, 18-5 Big 12) were at it again. This time, Kansas State (29-20, 15-10) erased a five-run deficit in its final at-bats and then won the game on Keegan O'Connor's base hit to right field that scored pinch runner Rohan Putz. For a second consecutive game, all WVU players could do was get out of the way of the instant celebration that ensued and it must have seemed surreal. Two straight games with a combined nine-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth inning and the Mountaineers gave up a combined 11 runs in those final moments. No way that could happen. It did. The only good news on Friday came from about 1,100 miles away. That's where Arizona State dropped a 6-5 decision against Houston in Phoenix, meaning the Mountaineers' magic number to capture its first outright Big 12 regular-season championship was lowered to two games. The Sun Devils now find themselves in a second-place tie with TCU in the Big 12 standings, both schools three games back of the Mountaineers with five conference games remaining. That likely added very little condolence to WVU, which would prefer to go out on a winning note to take the title. That could still happen if the Mountaineers bounce back and win the final two games of the series against the Wildcats. But it didn't happen Friday night. Instead, it was Kansas State who dominated in the ninth inning. WVU reliever Reese Bassinger was on the mound to begin the inning after having just pitched a scoreless eighth. O'Connor began the inning with a 354-foot solo home run to left field that made it 7-3. Seth Dardar followed with a single and Dee Kennedy doubled. Dardar scored on A.J. Evasco's infield single. That was it for Bassinger, who left with WVU still leading 7-4, but there were two runners on base with no outs. Sabins went with Carson Estridge, who has been the Mountaineers' most trusted reliever of the season, but what followed was true disaster. Bear Madliak hit a ground ball to WVU shortstop Brodie Kresser. What may have been WVU's sixth double play of the game instead turned into Kresser's throw to second base going wide and sailing into right field. That scored Kennedy to cut WVU's lead to 7-5. Pinch hitter Sam Flores then hit a bouncer to third base. The ball went right underneath the glove of WVU third baseman Chase Swain for a single that scored Evasco. Shintaro Inoue walked to load the bases. There still were no outs. The only out of the inning came on Ty Smolinski's groundout to third, but that scored pinch runner Cadyn Karl to tie the game, 7-7. WVU elected to intentionally walk Maximus Martin to load the bases again with the hope of inducing a double play to get out of the nightmare. Instead, O'Connor came up for the second time in the inning and promptly laced a ball to right field that sailed over the head of Armani Guzman – WVU had the outfielders playing in for a possible throw to the plate – and bounced to the wall for the game winner. In all, Kansas State sent 10 hitters to the plate in the ninth inning. They produced six hits, two walks and the one error from WVU. It's just the second time this season the Mountaineers have dropped two games in a row, but they've now lost four of their last six games. The ninth-inning rally spoiled a solid start from WVU's Griffin Kirn, who went seven innings and gave up two runs on seven hits and one walk. WVU's offense came from Kyle West and Logan Sauve, who both had three hits. Jace Rineart hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning that gave WVU a 3-0 lead. Rineart leads WVU with 48 RBIs on the season.
