The Pecan Park Eagle

“What do ya’ think, Roy? Ya’  ‘spose them boys from Houston will have much chance ‘ginst that gang of fellers born up in New York City???”

Here’s a pretty salty starting lineup for a native Houstonian starting nine. Certainly other lineups and full rosters are possible, but these guys alone could have handled all comers on the diamonds of Mason Park on 75th in the Houston East End any hot mid-July Sunday afternoon. All they have in common is the shared fact of birth within the Houston city limits. This particular lineup is also a re-publication we came up with together as writers and readers at The Pecan Park Eagle quite some time ago in the past. With spring training coming upon us in a very short while, it’s a fun time again to think of the old home born and bred.

Which official city is most capable of producing the best MLB club based upon using only players born within the city limits of each club’s host city? I don’t have anything but a guess here. I’m guessing New York City or Los Angeles are the most logical guesses.

At any rate, here again is the Native Houstonian nine-man line up, by birth date and field position:

1) Michael Bourn (12/27/1982) CF

2) Curt Flood (01/18/1938) LF

3) Carl Crawford (08/05/1981) RF

4) James Loney (05/07/1984) 1B

5) Chuck Knoblauch (07/07/1968) 2B

6) Kelly Gruber (02/26/1962) 3B *

7) Craig Reynolds (12/27/1952) SS

8) Frank Mancuso (05/18/1918) C

9) George “Red” Munger (10/04/1918) P

Feel free to offer suggestions for improvement to the Houston lineup and offer your guesses as to which cities would probably fare best using only native-born players.

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