This week I am creating all-decade teams of the last 50 years, and today’s features the best MLB players by position of the 1970s. Since the AL adopted the DH during this decade, I’ve added that position to the lineup. It’s probably a good time to debate whether the notion of the universal DH has merits, too. I’d love to hear your thoughts.
- Catcher – Carlton Fisk, Red Sox: Johnny Bench is probably the popular choice and Thurman Munson would be the sentimental choice, but Fisk was a rock. I was so enamored with him as a player I almost became a White Sox fan when Pudge donned the number 72 Chisox jersey starting in 1981.