Okay... bear with me here, this is my first attempt to do an actual fan post. Hopefully, I don't stumble too much.
I made this suggestion a few times in the threads, and decided it was time to take the initiative and go ahead and post the poll. Since the poll itself won't allow the detail of the full 1-9 line up orders I've selected, I've posted them in detail after the jump.
In the meantime, I tried to give credit where credit was due and listed multiple authors if I saw the same line up proposed by multiple people, but if you proposed the identical line up and I didn't list you, my apologies. If I didn't include your desired line up, my apologies there as well, but I was looking for ten, including the OTM consensus, the one Ben detailed out for us in the posts, and, of course, the one I like the most too.
Without further ado...
(Damn... just realized I accidentally rigged the poll... by titling my choice "My Own Design," I will probably pick up all the folks that don't like the other 9 line ups, and vote for that choice intending it literally: My Own Design. Oops!)
OTM Consensus (also known as the one we all love to hate):
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Crawford LF
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Drew RF
Lowrie SS
Saltalamacchia C
Ben Buchanan’s (as spelled out in the polls per line up spot)
Crawford LF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Lowrie SS
Drew RF
Ellsbury CF
Saltalamacchia C
Speed on Top (Dustin’s #1 Fan) - Labeled this way due to both speed guys at #1 and #2.
Ellsbury CF
Crawford LF
Youkilis 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Drew RF
Lowrie SS
Saltalamacchia C
Throw Back (Mickey H) - Labeled this way due to Big Papi in the three hole.
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Crawford LF
Drew RF
Lowrie SS
Saltalamacchia C
Lowrie Leads Off (Wolf9309/The Lone David) - popular based on Lowrie's 2010 numbers.
Lowrie SS
Crawford LF
Youkilis 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Pedroia 2B
Ortiz DH
Saltalamacchia C
Drew RF
Ellsbury CF
Crawford 5th (Matt Sullivan) - an alternate with Ellsbury leading off, and where else to put Crawford.
Ellsbury CF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Crawford LF
Ortiz DH
Lowrie SS
Drew RF
Saltalamacchia C
Pedroia 3rd (gizmosandy) - an alternate version with Lowrie leading off, and Pedroia in the 3 hole.
Lowrie SS
Crawford LF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Drew RF
Saltalamacchia C
Ellsbury CF
Optimized #1 (German Red Sox Fan) - I believe this was based on splits against RHPs, as he explained it.
Drew RF
Crawford LF
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Gonzalez 1B
Pedroia 2B
Lowrie SS
Saltalamacchia C
Ellsbury CF
Optimized #2 (Ben Hall) - This was done according to The Book (I think) on optimizing the line up.
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Ortiz DH
Youkilis 3B
Crawford LF
Lowrie SS
Drew RF
Ellsbury CF
Saltalamacchia C
My Own (also millertime05201 before I ever posted it) - if we could just convince Pedroia the team needs him...
Pedroia 2B
Crawford LF
Youkilis 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Ortiz DH
Lowrie SS
Drew RF
Saltalamacchia C
Ellsbury CF
Hope everyone has a little fun with this!