c- joe mauer
1b- albert pujols
2b- chase utley
3b- michael young
ss- derek jeter
lf- manny ramirez
cf- ichiro
rf- vlad guerrero
lhp- randy johnson
rhp- roy halladay
cp- mariano rivera
manager- JOE TORRE (joe girardi)
best right handed batter- albert pujols
best lefthanded batter- ichiro

Pretty good squad there! Just from first impressions, I might make a few changes: I'd leave off Guerrero, move the great Ichiro to RF, and insert Torii Hunter in CF. Also, I'd create a utility position, move Young into it, and as much as it absolutely KILLS me to say this, I guess I'd move A-Fraud to 3B. And it does kill me to say that! Also, either Scioscia, LaRussa, or Francona would be my manager.

left out a dh- alex rodriguez
defensive replacement- omar vizquel

These are mine for the 2000 Decade :

C- Jorge Posada
1b - Albert Pujols
2b - Alfonso Soriano
SS - Derek Jeter
3B - Troy Glaus
LF - *
CF - Ken Griffey, Jr.
RF - Ichiro Suzuki
DH- Frank Thomas
RHP - Pedro Martinez
LHP - Randy Johnson
Closer - Mariano Rivera
Manager - Joe Torre

Great lists, guys, but along with considering Joe Girardi the pinnacle of 2000s managers , I must respectfully disagree on the LHP position. Give me Jamie Moyer.

hey don't hate on 2006 NL manager of the year Joe Girardi.... how do you get fired after winning manager of the year?

^ but the best Best Manager of the 2000s ? ? ?

this is going to make me look horrible as both a baseball & yankee fan. it was supposed to be torre not girardi. my hands were typing faster than my brain on that one.

I change my left handed starter to Johan Santana.

The only trouble I had, was choosing Left Field. Manny or Barry, they both have * by their names. That's what is sad.

With all due respects to Cheaptrick77, Jamie Moyer couldn't do this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KteP6k1wg94

^ oh, yeah -- that should have figured in to my selection

Baseball is a talking sport:

Randy Johnson 143-78 Cy Young winner, World Series Champion, and one losing season in 2003.

Jamie Moyer 151-108, He played on the 2003 team that won 116 games, when he was 23-7. In the decade of the 00's he had 4 losing seasons.

I don't care for ferret face, but that's why I went with him. The video is a memorable moment, in Randy's career. There wasn't anything intended, but for some humor.