The Jay Ballers of the World, Part II

The second part of my research piece on ballplayers named Jay, which covers the hitters, is now up.

Here I present to you the All-Jays:

SS Jay Bell

1B Jay Kirke

CF Jay Johnstone (with Jay Payton as defensive replacement)

RF Jay Buhner

LF Jay Gibbons

DH Jay Gainer

C Jay Kleven

2B Jay Canizaro

3B Jay Ward

PR Jay Loviglio

SP Jay Hughes

SP Jay Hook (big drop-off after the ace)

SP Jay Tibbs

SP Jay Pettibon

RP Jay Baller

RP Jay Witasick

RP Jay Tessmer

SU Jay Powell

CL Jay Howell (can I get Orel Hershiser in case of a suspension?)

MGR Jay Ward (I’ve got enough problems without handing this team over to Jay Faatz and his 9-24 record)

Thanks to Pete Sommers at Baseball News Blog for calling attention to Part I and for getting into the spirit of things with his All-Pete team (which would probably hand the All-Jays their asses). No dice on the Pedros, Sommers, though I’ll give you Guerrero because fans actually called him “Pete” for a while. The only condition is that you have to play him at third base.

Then I think the Jays would have a shot…