Mitchell, Ness & Biancalana

A recent post by djl got me thinking about the best jerseys to own.

Every schmuck in America has a LeBron jersey or a Messier jersey or a Nolan Ryan throwback.

You need something unique, obscure, and ideally completely random.

I like his idea of sticking with scrubby middle infielders, but won't limit myself to just them. For example...

Buddy Biancalana: I don't know why, but that name always made me laugh. He was a scrub shortstop on the Royals 1985 World Series team, so you'll get that sweet-ass powder blue color.

Dale Berra: Bonus points for being the super-scrubby son of a Hall of Famer, plus the role in the big cocaine scandal. The only downside is that it's a Yankee jersey (obviously with no name) so you really just look like some mook from Staten Island with a random Yankee jersey. The same goes for Andre Robertson and Butch Wyneger.

Tim Corcoran: If I ever get a Mets throwback, it'll be this guy from 1986. I had a bigger role on that team than he did.

Randy Hunt: Double bonus points for the military-style Coke Bottle glasses.

Steve Nicosia: Big, fat, slow and ugly. Basically, he was exactly like me, except he had a mustache.

Bill Schroeder: Brother had a sweet man-perm back in the day. (Best seen here.) I actually met him a couple years ago in the pressbox at Riverfront Stadium. He was a broadcaster for the Brewers at the time (he might still be).

Ernie Camacho: I mean... look at this dude. If he couldn't pitch is there any doubt that he would have majored in computer science in college, taken a job at Radio Shack after graduation, and joined some "Dungeons and Dragons" league?

Terry Forster: His Baseball Almanac page lists him at 210 lbs, which is probably about right if you left off everything below his waist. Normally, it's laughable to see some sweaty 280 lb dude in the mall wearing a Randy Moss jersey. I think a Forster throwback would be perfect for some skinny dude.

There are others-- Rusty Kuntz, Kurt Bevacqua, Edwin Nunez (Mets jersey only), Bob McClure (Mets jersey only) who deserve consideration as well.

I wonder what mediocre middle infielder from the late-80s Little G will pick. Hmmm...