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Discussion in 'Community' started by DarthIntegral, Jun 29, 2018.

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AmazingB Manager Emeritus VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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My God the options. I know I need position players, but, well, not passing this up:

Lefty Grove, 1931.

@cubman987

Amazing.

AmazingB , Jul 16, 2018

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tom said: ↑

aaaand there's the other one.
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Ohhhhh, that’s a real shame.

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DarthTunick , Jul 16, 2018

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tom said: ↑

aaaand there's the other one.
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What's crazy is that I assumed Foxx and Henderson would be 1/2 and I wouldn't have picked Eck third... that's how deep the Athletics are...

PRE-EDIT: Or Grove who B just took!

dp4m, Jul 16, 2018

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tom Chosen One

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i actually had a notion to try to get the third pick and grab grove as well. crazy deep round for this late in the draft. i should get someone decent with the 8th pick.

tom, Jul 16, 2018

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tom said: ↑

i actually had a notion to try to get the third pick and grab grove as well. crazy deep round for this late in the draft. i should get someone decent with the 8th pick.
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I think we could go 8 deep on offense OR pitching this round.

Amazing.

AmazingB , Jul 16, 2018

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1st pick: Ernie Banks, SS, Chicago Cubs (1958)
2nd pick: Carlton Fisk, C, Boston Red Sox (1977)
3rd pick: Joe DiMaggio, OF, New York Yankees (1937)
4th pick: Dizzy Dean, SP, St. Louis Cardinals (1934)
5th pick: Darryl Strawberry, OF, New York Mets (1987)
6th pick: Carlos Delgado, 1B, Toronto Blue Jays (2000)
7th pick: Clayton Kershaw, SP, Los Angeles Dodgers (2014)
8th pick: Ralph Kiner, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates (1949)
9th pick: Frank Robinson, OF, Cincinnati Reds (1962)
10th pick: Juan Marichal, SP, San Francisco Giants (1969)
11th pick: Adrián Beltré, 3B, Texas Rangers (2012)
12th pick: Tom Glavine, Sp, Atlanta Braves
13th pick: Roberto Alomar, 2B, Baltimore Orioles (1996)
14th pick: Jay Bell, 2B, ArizonaDiamondbacks (1999)
15th pick: Frank Thomas, 1B, Chicago White Sox (1996)
16th pick: Bobby Thigpen, RP, Chicago White Sox (1990)
17th pick: Mike Schmidt, 3B, Philadelphia Phillies (1980)
18th pick: Justin Verlander, SP, Detroit Tigers (2011)

19th pick: Rollie Fingers, RP, Oakland A's (1973)

@RX_Sith

cubman987 , Jul 16, 2018

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DarthTunick said: ↑

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One of my first, lasting positive sports memories is Manny taking Eck yard and Eck just going with a jaw dropped "wow"

Good pick

DarthIntegral, Jul 16, 2018

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Catfish Hunter, SP, Oakland Athletics (1975)

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RX_Sith, Jul 16, 2018

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Point Given Manager Staff Member Manager

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Taking Keith Foulke of the A's. Man the A's have had some great relief seasons. @tom to close out the A's

And starting the next round with the Cleveland Indians and finally taking a true CF with Tris Speaker. @RX_Sith to continue with the Indians

C - Joe Mauer (Twins, 2009)
1B: Lou Gehrig (Yankees, 1927)
2B: Charlie Gehringer (Tigers, 1937)
SS: Alex Rodriguez (Rangers, 2001)
3B: Larry Jones (Braves, 2001)
LF: Paul Waner (Pirates, 1927)
CF: Tris Speaker (Indians, 1923)
RF: Chuck Klein (Phillies, 1930)

Utility 1B: George Sisler (Browns, 1922)
Utility 2B: Roberto Alomar (Blue Jays, 1993)
Utility 2B: Robinson Cano (Mariners, 2016)
Utility LF: Luis Gonzalez (Diamondbacks, 2001)
Utility CF: George Foster (Reds, 1977)
Utility RF: Sammy Sosa (Cubs, 2001)

SP: Doc Gooden (Mets, 1985)
SP: Tom Seaver (Mets, 1971)
SP: Roger Clemens (Red Sox, 1990)
SP: Ed Walsh (White Sox, 1910)
CL: Eric Gagne (Dodgers, 2003)

Utility RP: Bruce Sutter (Cardinals, 1984)
Utility RP: Keith Foulke (Athletics, 2003)
Utility All (x4)

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Point Given , Jul 16, 2018

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tom Chosen One

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still so many good choices, but i'm going to close out the a's with:

al simmons/of/1930

tom, Jul 16, 2018

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FINALLY

DarthIntegral, Jul 16, 2018

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I was hoping they wouldn't get picked, so Inty would explode...

dp4m, Jul 16, 2018

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Bob Feller, SP, Cleveland Indians (1946)

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RX_Sith, Jul 16, 2018

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heels1785 Skywalker Saga + JCC Manager / Finally Won A Draft Staff Member Manager

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the namesake of his team - nap lajoie (2b/cleveland naps/1910)

since I've got depth at 2b, using his lesser used position, but he did log 10 games there in 1910. never mind - using 2b

C - Mike Piazza (Mets, 2000)
1B - Hank Greenberg (Tigers, 1937)
2B - Bret Boone (Mariners, 2001)
SS - Cal Ripken, Jr. (Orioles, 1991)
3B - Josh Donaldson (Jays, 2015)
OF - Ted Williams (Boston, 1941)
OF - Rickey Henderson (Oakland, 1990)
OF - Pete Rose (Reds, 1973)
Utility H (x4): Barry Bonds (OF/Pirates, 1990), Josh Hamilton (OF/Rangers, 2010), Nelly Fox (2B/White Sox/1957), Rod Carew (1B/Twins, 1977)

SP: Christy Mathewson (Giants, 1908)
SP: Bob Gibson (Cardinals, 1968)
SP: Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown (Cubs, 1909)
SP: Dazzy Vance (Dodgers, 1924)
CP: Mariano Rivera (Yanks, 2004)
Utility P (x1): Phil Niekro (SP/Braves, 1978)

Utility All (x8):
H/F: Nap Lajoie (2B/Cleveland/1910)
P: Zack Grienke (SP/Diamondbacks/2017), Roy Halladay (SP/Phillies/2010), Johan Santana (SP/Twins/2004)

@tom

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heels1785 , Jul 17, 2018

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I will note that the Cleveland Spiders/Blues is a different franchise from The Naps/Bronchos/Tribe, so those players are not eligible here.

DarthIntegral, Jul 17, 2018

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i think they should ditch the racially insensitive name and refer to themselves as the cleveland intys

heels1785 , Jul 17, 2018

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The Cleveland Intyans. Nice ring to it...

dp4m, Jul 17, 2018

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tom Chosen One

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oh phew, heels you are almost forgiven for picking the a's last round.

al rosen, 3b, 1953

@cubman987

tom, Jul 17, 2018

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I've got the schedule created, with each team playing a 3 game series at home vs every other team in this double round-robin format. Take a look at it here. I baked in some "off" and "Travel" days to try to simulate real baseball and put in some additional strategy with pitching rotations. Should be equitable to everyone. We will be playing in the fictional months of Septinty and Intytober, with the World Series set for AmazingB Awareness Month.

DarthIntegral, Jul 17, 2018

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Taking the local guy:

Jim Thome, 1B, Cleveland Indians (2002)

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cubman987 , Jul 17, 2018

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heels1785 Skywalker Saga + JCC Manager / Finally Won A Draft Staff Member Manager

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opening night, nice touch inty.

dp you will find me ready

heels1785 , Jul 17, 2018

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heels1785 said: ↑

opening night, nice touch inty.

dp you will find me ready

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dp4m, Jul 17, 2018

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Separate post, but me anticipating my pick regardless of whom @AmazingB takes...

dp4m, Jul 17, 2018

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tom Chosen One

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a's and indians were pretty much the last two really deep rounds. i'm having a hard time choosing between one of the thin teams that are left and a couple of the really deep teams that have already been up once for the next round.

tom, Jul 17, 2018

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There's at least one more franchise with a few high-end and enough "good enough" players to be worth an entire round's worth of picks. But I've been wondering when (if? at this point) we'd be getting a franchise up a second time.

DarthIntegral, Jul 17, 2018

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