In honour of Eric “I Didn’t Speak English Till I Was a Teenager” Gagne shutting down the Yankees today, I tried to construct an all-Canadian team, a look at the potential lineup for any Baseball World Cup. Unfortunately, these are the Canadians in the majors:
C Cody McKay
3B Corey Koskie
LF Aaron Guiel
RF Matt Stairs
RF Larry Walker
RF Jason Bay
SP Rich Harden
SP Ryan Dempster
RP Erik Bedard
RP Rheal Cormier
RP Paul Quantrill
RP Jeff Zimmerman
RP Eric Gagne
Which gives a good-to-great bullpen (even Cody McKay’s pitched 2 innings this year, for 0.5 WHIP and a 0.00 ERA), a decent pair of starters, and hardly any infield, or indeed hardly anyone besides Koskie at the tougher defensive positions (SS, 2B, 3B, CF).