Your 2008 MLB All-Dirtbag starting lineup

OF- Vlad Guerrero

(based on what he looked like yesterday at least)

....where dirtbag = jeff spicoli-esque pothead surfer?

Let the people decide.

This is a thread to discuss and vote upon the rich baseball tradition of dirtbagism as manifested in 2008.

But yes, I would share your proposed definition.

SP/Mascot: RANDY. JOHNSON.

C = http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2005/10/11/sports/aj.jpg

pitching coach: zane smith http://www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/images/pirates/zsmith.jpg

http://bp1.blogger.com/_ySNmXmg7fjA/RqC6AZoqWqI/AAAAAAAAAVo/GRSuocZnctc/s320/byrnes.jpg

Kielty (AAA)

Scott Olsen

nick swisher (OF)

http://www.nickswisher.net/images/photo_about.jpg

GIAMBINO

millah...

http://www.art-barn.com/josh/20060304_redsox_01.jpg

RIP JOHNNY DAMON CAPTAIN OF ALL-DIRTBAG

backup catcher emeritus...

http://thenastyboys.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/fasano_1727.jpg

TROT NIXON

SP - Derek Lowe?

Biggio's batting helmet deserve a mention even if the rest of him is cleaned up.

upsetting that no one "gets" my fantasy league team

^^^waiting for clemens & bonds to sign w/ a team

i'll trade a-rod for either!

Dirtbags are hot!

http://www.minorleaguenews.com/graphics/baseball/Graphics/2006/08/15/FAB50/07AlexGordon.jpg

A.J's backup: http://www.nydailynews.com/img/2007/09/20/alg_mets3.jpg

no Duncans, no credibility

the duncans just look like they have gigantisim, not dirtbaggyness

certainly it is much harder to find baseball players who don't have a little dirtbag in them.

Carlos Delgado ain't no dirtbag!

Karim Garcia, captain of the Mexicans playing in Korea dirtbag team
http://www.mlb.com/images/2003/10/11/Rb3LjDsD.jpg

Nomination seconded. But for what position?

Who is the potential All-Dirtbag Diamondback posted by johnny crunch?

the gigantism of Chris Duncan's wad of chaw in his mouth every at-bat sounds the dirt-bag siren to me :P

Who is the potential All-Dirtbag Diamondback posted by johnny crunch?

-gotta be eric byrnes.

the duncans are d-bag not dirtbag

i can't get past the idea of a dirtbag in a profession where the average salary tops $3M.

Dirtbag debates: Part 1

pro:

certainly it is much harder to find baseball players who don't have a little dirtbag in them.

-- mizzell, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 9:21 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

con:

i can't get past the idea of a dirtbag in a profession where the average salary tops $3M.

-- chicago kevin, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 10:28 AM (29 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

the duncans just look like they have gigantisim, not dirtbaggyness

-- Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 9:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

U on krak

Chris Duncan is a screaming dirtbag!!

That URL contains the words "duncan" and "dryhumping," so I'm not going to click on it.

It is merely the "What's Chris Duncan Dry-Humping this Week?" archive. Perfectly worksafe.

i like the one depicting his contempt (or love, i guess) of the number 500.

pro:

certainly it is much harder to find baseball players who don't have a little dirtbag in them.

-- mizzell, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 9:21 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

FIXED.

possible overlap with espn's history of hair in the mlb: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lukas/080402

ultimate all-time enemy of dirtbags:

1963: Yankees first baseman Joe Pepitone becomes the first big leaguer to wear a hairpiece (which he later upgrades to two hairpieces -- a large one for off-field use and a smaller "game piece" that fits under his cap). His grooming habits soon become legendary, as he also becomes the first player to use a hair dryer in the clubhouse, the first to use hairspray and the first to carry his hair-care gear in a separate travel bag. At one point, teammates Fritz Peterson and Jim Bouton sneak into the clubhouse during a game and fill Pepitone's hair dryer with talcum powder, resulting in a scene that leaves Pepitone looking like, as Bouton later put it, "an Italian George Washington wearing a powdered wig."

<3 jim bouton

OMG that was a wig? What a poseur!

http://www.cubsfantasycamp.com/5d.gif

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tim redding, p, wash

http://www.fbltalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/tim-redding.jpg

tim redding, p, wash

the duncans just look like they have gigantisim, not dirtbaggyness

-- Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 9:16 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

U on krak

Chris Duncan is a screaming dirtbag!!

-- felicity, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 5:39 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

U R CORRECT I M SORT OF RONG u_u

HOWEVER:

THIS LINK IS IMPORTANT:
http://buzzingfridge.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-love-shelley-duncan.html

http://www.artechniques.com/bo_selecta/John%20Matushak_Sloth.jpg

http://therocketship.com/baseball/zombie.gif

Pepitone gets lifestylie points, tho

xp Woah!

Awright! Magglio Ordonez turned into a dirtbag in Detroit.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~swarheit/MagglioOrdonez.jpg

Seems like an odd pairing of brah's and dirtbags here.

http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/kendallj.jpg

nobody does dirtbag like old, weird religious dudes
http://www.houseofdavidmuseum.org/sports/bb18.jpg

lol @ dirtbag doggie

caption: lynard skynard's road crew often passed the time by playing baseball.

looks like Rasputin was on the team! i think he would have made a good center fielder.

Just saw Eric Byrnes hit a nifty home run at Chase. Dude is tweaky!

http://www.cantstopthebleeding.com/img/eric1004.jpg

MLB's Top 10 Dirt Dogs '06 according to SI

1. Chase Utley
2. Craig Biggio
3. Chone Figgins
4. Ryan Freel
5. Tadahito Iguchi
6. Jorge Posada
7. Brian Roberts
8. Grady Sizemore
9. Dontelle Willis

And of course . . .
10. Eric Byrnes

Only a few weeks left to get your All-Dirtbag 2008 votes in.

With his new awful facial hair, Ordonez is a definite.

Thank you Andy Steinbrenner. :)

clearly SI's def of dirtbag differs from felicity's, if the classic beauty of Grady qualifies.

I guess those are dirt "dogs." Loyal and animate.

"dirt dog" just means a guy who is scrappy, hustles, all that crap.

(Let's just say that Maggs' new last name should be Sanchez.)

Khalil Greene fancies himself a rapper. Also, he is of the Bahai faith.

cankles is thinking of "white guys".

the whole cardinals bullpen is like this. They go bow hunting together. Makes me miss Steve Kline and Ray King :(