Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Silly Double Xs.

Normally I ignore things like this; a list of the ten hottest baseball players as compiled by the good folks at Fox Sports. The commentators (no one should ever bother with the people who comment on Fox Sports stories but that's another story) accuse the author, Jenna Winterburg, of being a man but I think she's more lacking in imagination. Her choices are uninspired and so I present my list of the hottest baseball players by AL team:

Boston: Mike Lowell hands down and if you really want someone else Jacoby Ellsbury.
New York Yankees: They're a dark soulless lot but I suppose I could give you Robinson Cano.
Baltimore: Nick Markakis and if you're into boyishness, Brian Roberts.
Toronto: Alex Rios is probably your best bet.
Tampa: Haverhill isn't bad. If you can stomach the smugness, Evan Longoria. And, of course, the most beautiful man to step between the lines in the past fifteen (arbitrary year selection) years Gabe Kapler.

Kansas City: David DeJesus, Coco Crisp.
Detroit: Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez (for the curls).
Minnesota: Joe Mauer. Also, Michael Cuddyer isn't awful--though it might have more to do with the goofy-dorkiness of the magic.
Chicago: Bartolo. Jermaine Dye and Carlos Quentin.
Cleveland: Cliff Lee.

LA Angels: Torii Hunter.
Oakland: Jack Hannahan, maybe Bobby Crosby.
Texas: David Murphy might be an alright choice.
Seattle: Felix Hernandez.

So there you have it. I don't know the National League well enough to make informed choices but there are some lookers on the Mets.

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