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Footballguy
Drafting for position here, don't want to loose this guy to the other couple people that don't have this position filled yet.
With the #4 pick in ound 10 the Curse Reversing Idiots select:
Maury Wills - SS
MVP 1962
Gold Glover
5 Time All Star
4 Times in top 10 MVP voting
#18 Career Stolen Bases
Will fill the 8 hole nicely, can also bat him up top so he provides some flexability. Solid all around player both in the field and at the dish.
With the #4 pick in ound 10 the Curse Reversing Idiots select:
Maury Wills - SS
MVP 1962
Gold Glover
5 Time All Star
4 Times in top 10 MVP voting
#18 Career Stolen Bases
Will fill the 8 hole nicely, can also bat him up top so he provides some flexability. Solid all around player both in the field and at the dish.
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
new lineup:1. CF Bernie Williams .301/.388/.488 263 HRs, 144 SBs, 2097 hit, 4 Gold Gloves, 5-time All Star2. 2B Charlie Gehringer .320/.404/.480 2,839 hits, 181 stolen bases, 6-time All Star3. OF Dave Winfield .283/.353/.475 3,110 hits, 465 HRs, 223 SBs, 7 Gold Gloves, 12-time All Star4. 1B Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas .308/.429/.567 2,113 hits, 436 HRs, 5-tome All Star, 2 MVPS5. C Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez .306/.347/.490 2,051 hits, 250 HRs, 11 Gold Gloves, 11-time All Star, 1 MVP6. SS Robin Yount .285/.342/.430 3,142 hits, 271 Stolen bases, 251 HRs, 1 Gold Glove, 3-time All Star, 2 MVPs7. 3B Ron Santos .277/.362/.464, 2,254 hits, 342 HRs, 5 Gold Gloves, 9-time All StarPitching:RHP Christy Mathewson 2.13 ERA, 373-188, 2,502 Ks, 2 Triple CrownsRHP Roger Clemens 3.18 ERA, 328-164, 4,317 Ks, 10-time All Star, 1 MVP, 7 Cy Young AwardsLHP Tom Glavine 3.44 ERA, 262-177, 2245 Ks, 9-time All STar, 2 Cy Young AwardsSo, in total, I have:28 Gold Gloves70 All Star Game appearances6 MVPs9 Cy Young Awards4 Triple Crownsnot bad at all, I say...
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Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Charlie
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
sorry, I get the two old guys I don't actually know much about confused...
larry_boy_44
Footballguy
I think it depends how you use them...if you play them every day and they pitch 800 innings 'cuz they can, then its not ok...if you pick them and only start them every 4-5 days like all your other pitchers, it is no big deal at all...
Koya
Footballguy
Just to be clear - Never said Mantle was not a good pick. I think he was one of the top 5 players ever, during his prime and a top 10-15 player regardless. At worst.Second, it was Maddux's heart that I questioned, not his durability. I even said that my initial feelings seem to be wrong.
I also have no idea what your roster is, was just giving ya ####.
Funkley
Collar: Up
10.05 - Luis Tiant - SP
229 career wins.
3 time all star.
Top 10 MVP twice.
Top 10 CY three times.
Led AL in ERA twice.
32nd alltime in career strikeouts.
229 career wins.
3 time all star.
Top 10 MVP twice.
Top 10 CY three times.
Led AL in ERA twice.
32nd alltime in career strikeouts.
What a steal!
Koya
Footballguy
Well, not many players out there that fill my criteria for all time great.
Someone that had a HoF career and 10 all star appearances... but was dominating enough to win an MVP. A player that led in 9 offensive categories one year... and has a Home Run title, a Batting Title, and one of the most infamous moments in baseball history to his credit.
Someone that can sit in the 6 or 7 slot, hit for average AND power (to prevent too many intentional walks) to further solidify my lineup.
Oh, did I mention that in addition to the HoF, Batting Title, Home Run Title, Leading the League in fielding at his position (at least one year), this player was also the LAST NL Player to go for the Offensive Triple Crown? He did so hitting .374, at that.
Joe "Muscles" Medwick (aka Ducky). OF/RH
One of the forgotten premier stars of the senior circuit.
Stats upcoming to keep this moving.
Someone that had a HoF career and 10 all star appearances... but was dominating enough to win an MVP. A player that led in 9 offensive categories one year... and has a Home Run title, a Batting Title, and one of the most infamous moments in baseball history to his credit.
Someone that can sit in the 6 or 7 slot, hit for average AND power (to prevent too many intentional walks) to further solidify my lineup.
Oh, did I mention that in addition to the HoF, Batting Title, Home Run Title, Leading the League in fielding at his position (at least one year), this player was also the LAST NL Player to go for the Offensive Triple Crown? He did so hitting .374, at that.
Joe "Muscles" Medwick (aka Ducky). OF/RH
One of the forgotten premier stars of the senior circuit.
Stats upcoming to keep this moving.
oso diablo
Footballguy
general observation: speed on the basepaths has been consistently overvalued in this draft. This is based on my expectation that the hitting will overwhelm the pitching, making it foolhardy to risk outs on SBs.But i could be wrong. Maybe the maxim (good pitching beats good hitting) is true.
oso diablo
Footballguy
hard to believe there were 2 geese (Gooses) taken before one duck
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Politician Spock
Footballguy
For at least 1/15th of our games.... YES!But Piazza was a dumb pick, right? Cause people will do nothing but steal?
Spartans Rule
Footballguy
Now for a write-up:Minoso is the prototype for my team's philosophy. He gets on base (career OBP .389), has great plate discipline (814 career walks, 584 career Ks), racks up extra base hits (led the league in triples 3 times, doubles once), has great speed (led the league in SB three times) and good power. He also won 3 gold gloves despite the fact that they didn't start handing them out until he was 34 - could have had 4 or 5 more.Also has two interesting quirks - #1, he led the league in getting hit by pitches 10 times. Gotta love a guy who will take one for the team.#2, through his mastery of the publicity stunt, Minoso was a 5 decade player. Maybe I can use that incredible .125 average he put up at age 53 in the sim.
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Bogart
Footballguy
10.07 - Bill Terry - 1B
Terry's .401 batting average in 1930 makes him the last NL player to hit over .400. Hit over .350 three other seasons and averaged .341 (15th best All-Time) for his 14-season career. When he wanted to, he could pull the ball into the stands; in 1932, he slugged 28 homers. But more typically, he hit doubles and triples into the deep power alleys of the Polo Grounds.
Defensively, he was the best of his day. In the ten seasons he played regularly, he led NL first basemen in fielding average twice, double plays three times, putouts and assists five times each, and total chances per game nine times.
3-Time All-Star
Hall Of Fame (1954)
Made All-Time Top 100 list for BA, OBP, Slugging, and On Base plus Slugging
Terry's .401 batting average in 1930 makes him the last NL player to hit over .400. Hit over .350 three other seasons and averaged .341 (15th best All-Time) for his 14-season career. When he wanted to, he could pull the ball into the stands; in 1932, he slugged 28 homers. But more typically, he hit doubles and triples into the deep power alleys of the Polo Grounds.
Defensively, he was the best of his day. In the ten seasons he played regularly, he led NL first basemen in fielding average twice, double plays three times, putouts and assists five times each, and total chances per game nine times.
3-Time All-Star
Hall Of Fame (1954)
Made All-Time Top 100 list for BA, OBP, Slugging, and On Base plus Slugging
Koya
Footballguy
Joe "Muscles" Medwick OF/RH
Medwick starred first with the "Gas House Gang" Cardinals and then the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1940s, supplying power to the middle of their lineups. He won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1937 when he took the triple crown with a .374 average, 31 homers and 154 RBI. He drove in and scored 100 runs in a season six times and posted a .324 career batting average in 17 seasons.
Medwick hit .379 with 11 hits, including a triple and a homer, in the '34 Series against Detroit.
.324 Career Average (50 pts above league avg and top 50 in history)
.505 Career Slugging (110 pts above league avg)
MVP 1937
3 Top 5 MVP Finishes
Triple Crown
Batting Avg - Six Time Top 3
Slugging - 7 times Top 5
100+ Runs Scored Six times
100+ RBI Six Times (3 Time RBI Leader)
Total Bases and Extra Base hit Leader 3 Times
HoF Measures, since he seems to be too far forgotten by histrory:
Top 30 Gray Ink
Top 35 Black Ink
Top 40 Hall of Fame Monitor
A Great series, and a moment to remember:
In Game Seven of the Detroit series he tripled into deep center and slid hard into Tiger third baseman Marv Owen. Detroit fans responded the next inning with a 34-minute riot - pelting the field with rotten fruit and garbage, most of it aimed at Medwick in left field. Commissioner Landis removed Medwick from the game for his own safety, the game well in hand for the Cardinals.
http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/medwickjoe/
Medwick starred first with the "Gas House Gang" Cardinals and then the Brooklyn Dodgers of the early 1940s, supplying power to the middle of their lineups. He won the National League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1937 when he took the triple crown with a .374 average, 31 homers and 154 RBI. He drove in and scored 100 runs in a season six times and posted a .324 career batting average in 17 seasons.
Medwick hit .379 with 11 hits, including a triple and a homer, in the '34 Series against Detroit.
.324 Career Average (50 pts above league avg and top 50 in history)
.505 Career Slugging (110 pts above league avg)
MVP 1937
3 Top 5 MVP Finishes
Triple Crown
Batting Avg - Six Time Top 3
Slugging - 7 times Top 5
100+ Runs Scored Six times
100+ RBI Six Times (3 Time RBI Leader)
Total Bases and Extra Base hit Leader 3 Times
HoF Measures, since he seems to be too far forgotten by histrory:
Top 30 Gray Ink
Top 35 Black Ink
Top 40 Hall of Fame Monitor
A Great series, and a moment to remember:
In Game Seven of the Detroit series he tripled into deep center and slid hard into Tiger third baseman Marv Owen. Detroit fans responded the next inning with a 34-minute riot - pelting the field with rotten fruit and garbage, most of it aimed at Medwick in left field. Commissioner Landis removed Medwick from the game for his own safety, the game well in hand for the Cardinals.
http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/medwickjoe/
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
it's like you have an allergic reaction to providing updates.. same went with the dead pool.RIP dead pool :(
Bogart
Footballguy
I count only one other team that needs a 1B, but I didn't want to wait any longer. I have had him at the top of my list of the last 3 rounds. In my starting lineup I have 5 hitters whose "third" season they are hitting 0.320 or better (0.320, 0.350, 0.357, 0.380, 0.401) with my team hitting 0.300 as a whole. My easy out is Cal Ripken, will probably hit him eighth......
Doug B
Footballguy
:deep breath:
10.08 RHP Curt Schilling
Six-time All-Star. Eight times finishing in the top four of league WHIP. 22-nd all-time in W_L percentage. Has won 20 games three of the last four years.
Sprinkle in three 300-K seasons (plus a 293-K season), and Schilling ended up as the best righty left on my board.
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10.08 RHP Curt Schilling
Six-time All-Star. Eight times finishing in the top four of league WHIP. 22-nd all-time in W_L percentage. Has won 20 games three of the last four years.
Sprinkle in three 300-K seasons (plus a 293-K season), and Schilling ended up as the best righty left on my board.
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