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My Early 2012 Baseball Valentine Lineup

Nothing like being early on a subject that most people won’t even cover, but I enjoy putting together or reading about various theme lineups based upon baseball names. I’m not even sure now how i handled this one last year, but here is my 2012 Valentine’s Day Lineup based upon baseball names. Please feel free to amend my choices or post your own suggestions here too. My research on the subject this morning was not particularly exhaustive.

Players By Position

Pitcher: Ben Flowers (1951, 1953, 1955-1956) (3-7, 4.49)

Catcher: Dante Love (2007-2009 minors) (.186, 2 HR)

1^ST Base: Pete Rose (1963-1986) (.303, 160 HR)

2^nd Base: Cupid Childs (1888, 1890-1901) (.306, 20 HR)

3^RD Base: Jim Ray Hart (1963-1974) (.278, 170 HR)

Shortstop: Bobby Wine (1960, 1962-1972) (.215, 30 HR)

LF: Jake Flowers (1923, 1926-1934) (.256, 16 HR)

CF: Ellis Valentine (1975-1983, 1985) (.278, 123 HR)

RF: Bob Bowman (1955-1959) (.249, 17 HR)

Batting Order

 Ellis Valentine, CF

Cupid Childs, 2B

Pete Rose, 1B

Jim Ray Hart, 3b

Jake Flowers, LF

Bob Bowman, RF

Bobby Wine, SS

Dante Love, C

Ben Flowers, P *

* Of course, if “Flowers” fails, we can always call upon Candy Cummings.