Due to the raging popularity of yesterday’s all-80s team, here is “Derrick” and mine all-90s team. However, I will change his pseudonym to “Derek.”

This time, we knew it would be blogged online. So we tried to minimize the overlap. There was just one player neither one of us would give up - Ken Griffey Jr. I even relented on Greg Maddux to get Randy Johnson - and I could argue I got the best of that one.

We also counted only non-roid guys -  or at least, their non-roid stats. So Clemens only counts up until 1997, Bonds until 1998. And for those of you wondering about Belle or A-Rod, we mean proven users.

So here are the lineups for our teams, then some analysis. You decide how much more awesome my team is than “Derek.”

“Derek”                                                        Me

1. Roberto Alomar, 2B                        Craig Biggio, 2B

2. Tony Gwynn, RF                              Ivan Rodriguez, C

3. Ken Griffey, Jr. CF                          Alex Rodriguez, SS

4. Frank Thomas, 1B                           Ken Griffey, Jr. CF

5. Barry Bonds, LF                              Albert Belle, LF

6. Mike Piazza, C                                 Larry Walker, RF

7. Harold Baines, DH                         Jeff Bagwell, 1B

8. Cal Ripken, Jr. SS                           Chipper Jones, 3B

9. Wade Boggs, 3B                               Edgar Martinez, DH

SP Clemens, Maddux, Glavine          Pedro, Randy Johnson, Smoltz

CL Trevor Hoffman                            Randy Myers

Once again, I load up on the offense. Larry Wayne Jones batting eighth? That’s a good team. And I hate Larry Wayne. I also have a power staff, where as behind Clemens, he has finesse guys. Did you know Randy Myers led the league in saves three times in the 90s, not to mention his work as a setup guy for the Reds? That said, Hoffman is tough to argue with.

And like last time, there were some hard omissions. There’s no Jim Thome, Chuck Knoblouch, Dennis Eckersley, Kenny Lofton, Joe Carter, Manny Ramirez, Andres Gallaraga, Derek Jeter, Barry Larkin, Cecil Fielder or Mo Vaughn.

Given all the posts to yesterday’s blog, this one should get even more. Enjoy.

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