***OFFICIAL*** FFA MLB Draft (2 Viewers)

[Nipsey]

I'm ready to pick but have to head out until Friday. I'll see you guys then.

 

[Kraft...]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

UCONN

 

[Funkley]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

Somehow that slipped by. Shocked us into paralysis I guess.

 

[Funkley]

I'm ready to pick but have to head out until Friday. I'll see you guys then.

How much do you tip the car service?

 

[larry_boy_44]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

only my picks get mocking laughter, you know that...

 

[Capella]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

only my picks get mocking laughter, you know that...

if you had made that pick, you'd be kicked out of the league.

 

[Politician Spock]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

I think it was a silent gasp of shock.

 

[Funkley]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

only my picks get mocking laughter, you know that...

Usually at it's worst when your pick comes attached with a HOF announcement.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

stunned silence.might be the worst pick of the draft so far, and there have been a few doozies.

 

[Doug B]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

Everybody'd approaching it differently -- but there is a point when it will become necessary to look past the accumulators to draft guys that were better for short stretches.And if UCONN is looking at sim dollar values, Valenzuela might be freaky good. Who can say?

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Capella, I tell you what: you didn't want the sim to drive this draft, and that was a great intention. But right now, the sim is driving it like Mario Andretti.

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[Capella]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

stunned silence.might be the worst pick of the draft so far, and there have been a few doozies.

I just noticed it myself. He must've made in tiny type or something..fernando..thanks

 

[Mr. Pickles]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

stunned silence.might be the worst pick of the draft so far, and there have been a few doozies.

I just noticed it myself. He must've made in tiny type or something..fernando..thanks

:rotflmao: master of the screwgie.

 

[Capella]

Capella, I tell you what: you didn't want the sim to drive this draft, and that was a great intention. But right now, the sim is driving it like Mario Andretti.

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that's fine, but if you've never simmed before, you're making a mistake in doing that.trust me.

 

[Bogart]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

it was late, people were tired.

 

[Nipsey]

I'm ready to pick but have to head out until Friday. I'll see you guys then.

How much do you tip the car service?

My people usually take care of that stuff....

 

[Bogart]

Edited for accuracy. Schilling was solid in 92 and 93, fell off quite a bit for three seasons, and has steadily improved as an overall pitcher since 1997 (his first 300-K season).

He was solid, but not worthy of a pick here. 14-11 one year, 4.02 ERA the other. Solid, but not 10th round quality by any means.

I disagree, because we're past the point of looking at career accumulators, IMHO. I'm focusing guys with at least 4 or 5 solid seasons (solid to me, not to Bill James, Harrier, Spock, etc.).A lot of the older guys I could have drafted don't strike anybody out. Schilling has gone over 290 four times, and I'll get one of those seasons in the sim..

good points.

 

[Sammy3469]

This pick is probably not going to go over well, but I need all the pitching help I can get at this point. He was the last man to legally throw the spitball so he'll fit right in with Niekro.

SP Burleigh Grimes

 

[Doug B]

Capella, I tell you what: you didn't want the sim to drive this draft, and that was a great intention. But right now, the sim is driving it like Mario Andretti.

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that's fine, but if you've never simmed before, you're making a mistake in doing that.trust me.

No, no ... I'm not using WIS.com's dollar values -- but it looks like most of the rest of the draft is.

Did I get your meaning? What's the potential mistake you're referring to?

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[Nipsey]

MANNY RAMIREZ

(click for bio)

 

[Politician Spock]

did somebody really take Fernando in round 10, or am I mis-reading that?

That would be 9th round.

did I happen to not see the pages and pages of mocking laughter at that pick?

Everybody'd approaching it differently -- but there is a point when it will become necessary to look past the accumulators to draft guys that were better for short stretches.And if UCONN is looking at sim dollar values, Valenzuela might be freaky good. Who can say?

....

Capella, I tell you what: you didn't want the sim to drive this draft, and that was a great intention. But right now, the sim is driving it like Mario Andretti.

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Fernando gets his 86' season. 21-11 3.14I'll check the sim before I draft someone. If I'm getting screwed I pass on the guy. What's wrong with that.

I don't have time to go find out who are all the best 3rd year ranked players. Who does?

 

[Funkley]

Capella, I tell you what: you didn't want the sim to drive this draft, and that was a great intention. But right now, the sim is driving it like Mario Andretti.

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that's fine, but if you've never simmed before, you're making a mistake in doing that.trust me.

No, no ... I'm not using WIS.com's dollar values -- but it looks like most of the rest of the draft is.

Did I get your meaning? What's the potential mistake you're referring to?

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If I was basing my picks on the sim I wouldn't have taken Fisk.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

MANNY RAMIREZ (click for bio)

SODSorry, this was the best pick yet. So underrated it hurts.One of the best hitters of all time.Nice job.

 

[Koya]

MANNY RAMIREZ (click for bio)

SODSorry, this was the best pick yet. So underrated it hurts.One of the best hitters of all time.Nice job.

I think that is a great pick.. he just popped onto a couple of my draft boards. Obviously a horrible defensive player. However Ted Williams was no Clemente out there either.I think that is a love it or hate it pick.

 

[lastresort66]

MANNY RAMIREZ (click for bio)

The degree to which you suck is unmeasureable. For 3 rounds now, I've almost grabbed him or another OF who hasn't been picked yet. But I kept thinking "Yeah, Manny will definitely be available by round 10 or so", so I'd pass each time.Just as long as Cappy doesn't spoil my other guy, I'll let you slide.

 

[Politician Spock]

Capella's been on his knees for a while now.

 

[Doug B]

I'll check the sim before I draft someone. If I'm getting screwed I pass on the guy. What's wrong with that?

For the most past, no problem. The only thing wrong with doing that is covered in this threads OP:

The WIS.com sim is just an afterthought or a second facet to the whole draft.

What I meant was that one of the draft's core tenets has basically been shoved aside. I kinda liked the idea of everyone drafting "blind" in relation to the sim.However, I did go and play the free 10-game season to get a feel for managing a team over there at WIS.com..

 

[Nipsey]

MANNY RAMIREZ (click for bio)

SODSorry, this was the best pick yet. So underrated it hurts.One of the best hitters of all time.Nice job.

Hi MP -By SOD are you talking about welding? If so, don't worry, I've got Fingers to burn Young Feller. N

 

[Politician Spock]

I'll check the sim before I draft someone. If I'm getting screwed I pass on the guy. What's wrong with that?

For the most past, no problem. The only thing wrong with doing that is covered in this threads OP:

The WIS.com sim is just an afterthought or a second facet to the whole draft.

What I meant was that one of the draft's core tenets has basically been shoved aside. I kinda liked the idea of everyone drafting "blind" in relation to the sim.However, I did go and play the free 10-game season to get a feel for managing a team over there at WIS.com..

If I have to pay $10, I'm certain as hell gonna make sure I'm not getting screwed by their ranking of the guy I am choosing.

 

[Funkley]

I'll check the sim before I draft someone. If I'm getting screwed I pass on the guy. What's wrong with that?

For the most past, no problem. The only thing wrong with doing that is covered in this threads OP:

The WIS.com sim is just an afterthought or a second facet to the whole draft.

What I meant was that one of the draft's core tenets has basically been shoved aside. I kinda liked the idea of everyone drafting "blind" in relation to the sim.However, I did go and play the free 10-game season to get a feel for managing a team over there at WIS.com..

If I have to pay $10, I'm certain as hell gonna make sure I'm not getting screwed by their ranking of the guy I am choosing.

Exactly....except for the $10 part. I could care less myself but I certainly didn't want to screw the pooch on position eligibility. Darn near did with Killebrew.

 

[Nipsey]

Obviously a horrible defensive player.

 

[Doug B]

Obviously a horrible defensive player.

I'd say it's a fair point about Ramirez. But: he's in the OF, not at SS or 2B. It probably won't hurt you that much.

 

[Politician Spock]

Obviously a horrible defensive player.

Yep, that's pretty much all he's good for out in left field.... fishing.

 

[Doug B]

Exactly....except for the $10 part. I could care less myself but I certainly didn't want to screw the pooch on position eligibility. Darn near did with Killebrew.

Are we sure about the position eligibility thing? Has anyone checked that out agains the sim?For example -- can Pete Rose not effectively play any of his career positions in pretty much any year (within reason ... 40-year-old Pete being weak at 2B is fair by me)?.

 

[Koya]

OK, I have to head out soon, but will be back around 10 eastern time (hopefully 9, but it wont be my choice). I will try to check in through a friend via phone if possible... good luck moving this along till then.Cap, if somehow these picks all go in like 30 min, call me on my cell so I dont hold things up. If it gets closer to 8 or so, and I cant check in, everyone knows when it will pick up. Im hoping sooner.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

MANNY RAMIREZ (click for bio)

SODSorry, this was the best pick yet. So underrated it hurts.One of the best hitters of all time.Nice job.

Hi MP -By SOD are you talking about welding? If so, don't worry, I've got Fingers to burn Young Feller. N

Hi Nipsey -I dunno. I'd say Manny is pretty good. But shucks, I'm no expert. A lot of guys seem to think he's pretty bad in the field. As for Fingers, what were you thinking? MP

 

[Koya]

Exactly....except for the $10 part. I could care less myself but I certainly didn't want to screw the pooch on position eligibility. Darn near did with Killebrew.

Are we sure about the position eligibility thing? Has anyone checked that out agains the sim?For example -- can Pete Rose not effectively play any of his career positions in pretty much any year (within reason ... 40-year-old Pete being weak at 2B is fair by me)?.

I will say this, if I drafted a player like Schmidt at 3B, and somehow he HAD to play 1B (which is not the case, just hypothetical), then I wouldnt see the purpose at all, as the entire spirit of the draft would be ruined. I really hope people reconsider the rules thread, but thats all I's saying. Good luck for now guys.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

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...

Who is this "Ron Santos" character I keep hearing about? Did he play in the 1800s?

 

[Bogart]

Funkley and I talked earlier about drafting for the vote and drafting for the sim, and you just can not draft for both. So I have only been on whatis.com a handful of times and drafted the team I would most want to see together. Henderson was my favorite player of all time (got him) while Ryan was my favorite pitcher (missed him). I have done a handful of vintage drafts so I have grown to be huge fans of Hamilton, Anson, Walsh (missing him hurt BAD), Joss, (not to mention guys whose names start with QUIZ) and others just by reading and learing about them.I hope I can present a good team for the vote and put a decent team in for the sim, and if not......I still had fun, and I will pull a DevilRayB on Capella for the 10 bucks.

 

[Doug B]

Exactly....except for the $10 part. I could care less myself but I certainly didn't want to screw the pooch on position eligibility. Darn near did with Killebrew.

Are we sure about the position eligibility thing? Has anyone checked that out agains the sim?For example -- can Pete Rose not effectively play any of his career positions in pretty much any year (within reason ... 40-year-old Pete being weak at 2B is fair by me)?.

I will say this, if I drafted a player like Schmidt at 3B, and somehow he HAD to play 1B (which is not the case, just hypothetical), then I wouldnt see the purpose at all, as the entire spirit of the draft would be ruined.

That's how I feel, too. C'mon, the sim can't make Mel Ott be a 3B for just one season ... and then sim him as Ramirez-hands in the OF that same season when every other year he fields well..

 

[lastresort66]

You know, I get the strange feeling that Cappy is scoping out OF's trying to guess who I'm gonna pick after him. He seems to like doing that.

 

[Statorama]

Who is this "Ron Santos" character I keep hearing about? Did he play in the 1800s?

Sounds Hispanic to me. Maybe he was a Mexican Leaguer?

 

[Nipsey]

Friends and Teammates

 

[Politician Spock]

You know, I get the strange feeling that Cappy is scoping out OF's trying to guess who I'm gonna pick after him. He seems to like doing that.

So you're picking an OF next?

 

[Funkley]

I hope I can present a good team for the vote and put a decent team in for the sim, and if not......I still had fun, and I will pull a DevilRayB on Capella for the 10 bucks.

Already figuring out who my alias will be.

 

[larry_boy_44]

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...

Who is this "Ron Santos" character I keep hearing about? Did he play in the 1800s?

me forgetting how to read/typo the initial time I typed it...its Ron Santo... *going to fix it*

 

[lastresort66]

You know, I get the strange feeling that Cappy is scoping out OF's trying to guess who I'm gonna pick after him. He seems to like doing that.

So you're picking an OF next?

Maybe I'm gonna be picking a guy who played OF at some point of his career. Trust me, many former players have played OF at some point in their career, regardless if they played most of their games at, say, short stop?*turns Bill James book to the section on Shortstops*

 

[Doug B]

10 145 Larryboy OF Dave Winfield

10 146 Spartans OF Minnie Minose

10 147 UCONN RP Goose Gossage

10 148 Kraft SS Maury Wills

10 149 funkley SP Luis Tiant

10 150 Koya OF Joe Medwick

10 151 bogart 1B Bill Terry

10 152 Doug B SP Curt Schilling

10 153 Harrier SP Chief Bender

10 154 Pickles 3B Tony Perez

10 155 Sammy3469 SP Burleigh Grimes

10 156 Nipsey

10 157 Capella

10 158 lastresort

10 159 Spock

10 160 pumpnick

Is this right? Nipsey is up?

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[lastresort66]

Nipsey picked Manny Ramirez.

 

[Sammy3469]

Nipsey took Man-Ram

 

[Politician Spock]

10 145 Larryboy OF Dave Winfield

10 146 Spartans OF Minnie Minose

10 147 UCONN RP Goose Gossage

10 148 Kraft SS Maury Wills

10 149 funkley SP Luis Tiant

10 150 Koya OF Joe Medwick

10 151 bogart 1B Bill Terry

10 152 Doug B SP Curt Schilling

10 153 Harrier SP Chief Bender

10 154 Pickles 3B Tony Perez

10 155 Sammy3469 SP Burleigh Grimes

10 156 Nipsey

10 157 Capella

10 158 lastresort

10 159 Spock

10 160 pumpnick

Is this right? Nipsey is up?

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No, were STILL wainting on Capella. Nipsey took Manny Ramirez.