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Roy Hobbs, Pedro Cerrano, Henry Rowengartner Highlight Buzzfeed’s All-Time Fictional Baseball Team

Ever wonder what would happen if you took the characters out of all your favorite baseball movies, dumped them into some kind of alternate universe, and made them form a team? Well, Buzzfeed did, and the results are pretty entertaining.

On Thursday, Buzzfeed, the well-known curator of Internet virality, released a complete 25-man roster comprised entirely of fictional characters. While they mostly omitted movies based on real-life players (Field of Dreams, Pride of the Yankees), somehow Crash Davis did indeed make it in as the backup catcher.

Some of their selections aren’t very surprising, such as having Roy Hobbs (The Natural) as the team’s right fielder, or Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot) playing at shortstop. Some positions would probably have a legitimate competition for playing time — is Lou Collins (Little Big League) a better hitter than Clu Haywood (Major League) at first base? While other choices — Ray Mitchell (Angels in the Outfield) over Roger Dorn (Major League) — are downright questionable.

Buzzfeed even went so far as to select a coaching staff, recalling such nonexistent strategic geniuses such as Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own), George Knox (Angels in the Outfield) and who could forget Daniel Stern as Phil Brickma (Rookie of the Year). And, for the record, the list does include Kenny Powers — who is said to be serving a 50-game suspension.

The entire roster is as follows:

C: Jake Taylor (Major League)
1B: Lou Collins (Little Big League)
2B: Marla Hooch (A League of Their Own)
3B: Ray Mitchell (Angels in the Outfield)
SS: Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez (The Sandlot)
LF: Pedro Cerrano (Major League)
CF: Willie Mays Hayes (Major League)
RF: Roy Hobbs (The Natural)

Bench:
Crash Davis (Bull Durham)
Rex Pennebaker (Mr. 3000)
Mickey Scales (Little Big League)
Bobby Rayburn (The Fan)
Kelly Leak (Bad News Bears)
Clu Haywood (Major League)

Starting Rotation:
Steve Nebraska (The Scout)
Ebby “Nuke” Laloosh (Bull Durham)
Henry Rowengartner (Rookie of the Year)
Billy Chapel (For Love of the Game)
Mel Clark (Angels in the Outfield)

Bullpen:
Amanda Whurlitzer (Bad News Bears)
Ryan Dunne (Summer Catch)
Kit Keller (A League of Their Own)
Jim Bowers (Little Big League)
Sam Malone (Cheers)
Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (Major League)

Manager:
Jimmy Dugan (A League of Their Own)

Coaches:
Lou Brown (Major League)
Phil Brickma (Rookie of the Year)
George Knox (Angels in the Outfield)
Larry Hockett (Bull Durham)
Billy Heywood (Little Big League)

Photo via Facebook/Rick ‘Wild Thing’ Vaughn