***OFFICIAL WIS XIV DRAFT THREAD*** (1 Viewer)

[Eephus]

02.16 - Hoos First -

02.17 - Greco I -

02.18 - RnR -

02.19 - Brady Phoenix -

02.20 - jfranco77 -

02.21 - Boug D -

02.22 - Eephus -

02.23 - Greco II -

02.24 - Doctor Detroit -

 

[belljr]

Dumb question - am I supposed to be adding my pick to a team on WIS?

You can. It'll allow you to post meaningless, unreadable partial team stats that we can argue about beginning in two weeks time.

Don't enter your 24th player, though -- that way, you can keep using the same account to search the WIS Draft Center in perpetuity. In essence, you'll have a perpetually undrafted WIS exhibition team. You can even enter and use pay teams on that same account without screwing up your undrafted exhibition team.

You can fill your team in the Draft Center and transfer it directly to the real league team when you buy it.

My team is bought but you can't use the bought team until you join a league - it won't let me player search from that team. So I'm using the free one

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Can't find stadium link on first page. iquit

 

[belljr]

Dropo's not a bad pick.

I have no idea

 

[Eephus]

Latest ballpark table

New Yankee Stadium is +3/+4 for HRs. Target Field is -4/-4. Nationals Park is completely neutral.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Sportsman's Park (III), The Loo

Available?

 

[RnR]

Sportsman's Park (III), The Loo

Available?

Yep. I'm assembling the stadium list, should have it updated shortly.

 

[Hoos First]

2.16 Roy Thomas, OF

Dodger Stadium

 

[oso diablo]

Chunk of the tail section of a Cessna

i think i saw that on a recent episode of The Mentalist

 

[Eephus]

2.16 Roy Thomas, OF

He starts his ABs halfway to 1B

 

[Brady Marino]

Sportsman's Park (III), The Loo

Available?

Yours.Fun fact: I wouldn't be caught dead at the site where Sportsman's Park sat. North St. Louis = ghetto.

 

[Greco]

Greco I selects:

2.17 Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander, SP, 1911

In his rookie year, Alexander led the league with 28 wins (a modern-day rookie record), 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched, and seven shutouts, while finishing second in strikeouts and fourth in ERA

I'll take Tiger Stadium.

 

[Sammy3469]

while we pass the time, someone gave me a pack of baseball cards yesterday. will open it up and see what we've got.

in order...1. Jason Bartlett2. Matt Capps3. Blake DeWitt4. Dan Uggla5. Orioles franchise history card (Ripken's 2131 on the front)6. Franklin Morales7. Thurman Munson relic8. Andy LaRoche9. Taylor Teagarden10. Jon Lester card that's part of something called "Topps Attax", where you go online and enter the code printed on the card:swingandamiss:

Munson relic is probably worth 7-10 bucks...sounds like a swingandawin to me

 

[Hoos First]

2.16 Roy Thomas, OF

He starts his ABs halfway to 1B

My leadoff hitter. Didnt want to take him honestly but couldnt pass up the OBP. I changed picks multiple times before I took him. Might regret it. Fits Dodger Stadium perfectly though.

 

[Hoos First]

Greco I selects:

2.17 Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander, SP, 1911

In his rookie year, Alexander led the league with 28 wins (a modern-day rookie record), 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched, and seven shutouts, while finishing second in strikeouts and fourth in ERA

I'll take Tiger Stadium.

Thats 1 of the names I was thinking about hard.

 

[Sammy3469]

2.16 Roy Thomas, OF

He starts his ABs halfway to 1B

My leadoff hitter. Didnt want to take him honestly but couldnt pass up the OBP. I changed picks multiple times before I took him. Might regret it. Fits Dodger Stadium perfectly though.

koya's going to be mad you're taking his schtick

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Roy raped me once too.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Greco I selects:

2.17 Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander, SP, 1911

In his rookie year, Alexander led the league with 28 wins (a modern-day rookie record), 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched, and seven shutouts, while finishing second in strikeouts and fourth in ERA

I'll take Tiger Stadium.

I took Tiger Stadium.

 

[RnR]

Stadium Draft Results

Northern Voice - Jarry Park (Montreal)

oso diablo - Kaufmann Stadium (Kansas City)

Doug B - Fenway Park (Boston)

Super Nintendo Chalmers - Shibe Park (Philadelphia)

Tremendous Upside - Target Field (Minneapolis)

SammyTRE Toupee - New Yankee Stadium (New York)

Arsenal of Doom - Chase Field (Phoenix)

Sparty - Tiger Stadium (Detroit)

Koya - SKIP

Sammy - AT&T Park (San Francisco)

Notorious T.R.E. - Sportsman's Park (St. Louis)

the_moops - Polo Grounds (New York)

boubucarow - Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)

shake zula - Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta)

belljr - Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia)

Hoos First -

Greco I -

RnR -

Brady Phoenix -

jfranco77 -

Boug D -

Eephus -

Greco II -

Doctor Detroit -

 

[Greco]

Greco I selects:

2.17 Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander, SP, 1911

In his rookie year, Alexander led the league with 28 wins (a modern-day rookie record), 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched, and seven shutouts, while finishing second in strikeouts and fourth in ERA

I'll take Tiger Stadium.

I took Tiger Stadium.

Comerica Park, then.

 

[RnR]

2.18- Frank Smith (SP)

Handsome

 

[Brady Marino]

2.19- SP Jeff Tesreau, 1912

After two years in the minors, Tesreau learned how to throw a spitball, which became his signature pitch. He started the second game of the 1912 season for the Giants. The New York Times wrote, "Tesreau has curves which bend like barrel hoops and speed like lightning. He's just the kind of a strong man McGraw has been looking for." In the 1912 World Series, Tesreau went 1-2 against Boston Red Sox ace Smoky Joe Wood.

In 1912, Tesreau was 17-7 and had a league leading ERA of 1.96. ERA officially became a statistic of Major League Baseball in 1912, and Tesreau along with the American League's Walter Johnson became the first players recognized for leading the major leagues in that category.

Tesreau also grew up not too far from where my dad lives in southeast Missouri.

 

[the moops]

Ballpark pick: Fenway Pahk

I think you are the 5th person to try and take this dump of a stadium

 

[Brady Marino]

Ballpark pick: Fenway Pahk

I think you are the 5th person to try and take this dump of a stadium

Fenway is the new Gary Peters.

 

[Eephus]

02.20 - jfranco77 -

02.21 - Boug D -

02.22 - Eephus -

02.23 - Greco II -

02.24 - Doctor Detroit -

 

[Brady Marino]

Ballpahk: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

I'll take Target FieldGORGEOUS ballpark BTWGlad I had a chance to check it out this year (Tre > )

 

[RnR]

Ballpark: Ebbets Field

 

[RnR]

Player Draft Results

01.01 - Doctor Detroit - Russ Ford (SP)

01.02 - Greco II - Ichiro Suzuki (OF)

01.03 - Eephus - Ted Williams (OF)

01.04 - Boug D - Albert Pujols (3B)

01.05 - jfranco77 - Ed Reulbach (SP)

01.06 - Brady Phoenix - Fred Lynn (OF)

01.07 - RnR - **** Allen (3B)

01.08 - Greco I - Joe DiMaggio (OF)

01.09 - Hoos First - Jack Pfiester (SP)

01.10 - belljr - Tony Oliva (OF)

01.11 - shake zula - Al Rosen (3B)

01.12 - boubucarow - Carlton Fisk (CA)

01.13 - the_moops - Hal Trosky (1B)

01.14 - Notorious T.R.E. - Cy Blanton (SP)

01.15 - Sammy - Jimmy Williams (3B)

01.16 - Koya - Vean Gregg (SP)

01.17 - Sparty - Reb Russell (SP)

01.18 - Arsenal of Doom - Buster Posey (CA)

01.19 - SammyTRE Toupee - Dwight Gooden (SP)

01.20 - Tremendous Upside - Fernando Valenzuela (SP)

01.21 - Super Nintendo Chalmers - Bernie Carbo (OF)

01.22 - Doug B - Paul Waner (OF)

01.23 - oso diablo - Minnie Minoso (3B/OF)

01.24 - Northern Voice - Rudy York (CA)

02.01 - Northern Voice - Joe Gordon (2B)

02.02 - oso diablo - Hanley Ramirez (SS)

02.03 - Doug B - Johnny Mize (1B)

02.04 - Super Nintendo Chalmers - Addie Joss (SP)

02.05 - Tremendous Upside - Richie Ashburn (OF)

02.06 - SammyTRE Toupee - Frank Robinson (OF)

02.07 - Arsenal of Doom - Hideo Nomo (SP)

02.08 - Sparty - Harry Krause (SP)

02.09 - Koya - Dale Alexander (1B)

02.10 - Sammy - Gary Peters (SP)

02.11 - Notorious T.R.E. - Cliff Melton (SP)

02.12 - the_moops - Noodles Hahn (SP)

02.13 - boubucarow - Earle Combs (OF)

02.14 - shake zula - Wally Berger (OF)

02.15 - belljr - Walt Dropo (1B)

02.16 - Hoos First - Roy Thomas (OF)

02.17 - Greco I - Pete Alexander (SP)

02.18 - RnR - Frank Smith (SP)

02.19 - Brady Phoenix - Jeff Tesreau (SP)

02.20 - jfranco77 -

02.21 - Boug D -

02.22 - Eephus -

02.23 - Greco II -

02.24 - Doctor Detroit -

Stadium Draft Results

Northern Voice - Jarry Park (Montreal)

oso diablo - Kaufmann Stadium (Kansas City)

Doug B - Fenway Park (Boston)

Super Nintendo Chalmers - Shibe Park (Philadelphia)

Tremendous Upside - Target Field (Minneapolis)

SammyTRE Toupee - New Yankee Stadium (New York)

Arsenal of Doom - Chase Field (Phoenix)

Sparty - Tiger Stadium (Detroit)

Koya - SKIP

Sammy - AT&T Park (San Francisco)

Notorious T.R.E. - Sportsman's Park (St. Louis)

the_moops - Polo Grounds (New York)

boubucarow - Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)

shake zula - Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta)

belljr - Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia)

Hoos First - Dodgers Stadium (Los Angeles)

Greco I - Comerica Park (Detroit)

RnR - Ebbets Field (Brooklyn)

Brady Phoenix - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Minneapolis)

jfranco77 -

Boug D -

Eephus -

Greco II -

Doctor Detroit -

 

[oso diablo]

Munson relic is probably worth 7-10 bucks...sounds like a swingandawin to me

i'll donate it to the champion of this league.

 

[jfranco77]

No idea what I'll do with this guy for 60 pitches a game, but...



Wilcy Moore, P 1927

Are we disallowing Federal League players? I assume so but wanted to check.

 

[Spartans Rule]

Are we disallowing Federal League players? I assume so but wanted to check.

Yes. Otherwise that 2B with the killer FL season would be long gone.

 

[jfranco77]

Also need stadium, can't believe it's on the board.

Friendly Confines, AKA Wrigley Field ChicAAAgo

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Are we disallowing Federal League players? I assume so but wanted to check.

Correct

 

[Hoos First]

2.19- SP Jeff Tesreau, 1912

After two years in the minors, Tesreau learned how to throw a spitball, which became his signature pitch. He started the second game of the 1912 season for the Giants. The New York Times wrote, "Tesreau has curves which bend like barrel hoops and speed like lightning. He's just the kind of a strong man McGraw has been looking for." In the 1912 World Series, Tesreau went 1-2 against Boston Red Sox ace Smoky Joe Wood.

In 1912, Tesreau was 17-7 and had a league leading ERA of 1.96. ERA officially became a statistic of Major League Baseball in 1912, and Tesreau along with the American League's Walter Johnson became the first players recognized for leading the major leagues in that category.

Tesreau also grew up not too far from where my dad lives in southeast Missouri.

and he was another one I almost took.

 

[Eephus]

No idea what I'll do with this guy for 60 pitches a game, but...



Wilcy Moore, P 1927

Are we disallowing Federal League players? I assume so but wanted to check.

He'd be a good front half of a tandem A/B combo

 

[RnR]

Where the hell is the seamstress?

 

[Koya]

Can we set up the ####### league already? How long must we wait to sim live?

 

[Hoos First]

He must think its the weekend

 

[Doug B]

2.21 - Boug D - Ron Guidry (SP)

 

[Eephus]

2.22 Wally Bunker, SP

Nowadays, the man whose 19-5 record made him the 1964 American League Rookie Pitcher of the Year lives with his wife in a beachfront house in an artist colony. There, on the cusp of a coastal marsh teeming with alligators and blue herons, Bunker hones his crafts. He paints, makes pottery and is currently completing a children’s book, which he illustrated himself.That bum arm has made life rosy again.His book, a fanciful tale of a young bird growing up in a swamp, is written in rhyme and due out next spring. Its publication, Bunker said, will give him "the same high" as did his first big league victory long ago over Washington,

Ballpark Riverfront Stadium

 

[Doug B]

Boug D's park:

Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

[Greco]

Greco II selects:

2.23 Babe Ruth, SP 1915

Yankee killer.

Greco II stadium:

Fenway.

No Wrigley.

 

[Doug B]

Greco II stadium:Fenway.

No Fenway, either.

 

[Brady Marino]

Greco II selects:

2.23 Babe Ruth, SP 1915

Yankee killer.

Greco II stadium:

Fenway.

No Wrigley.

Wrigley gone too.

 

[Greco]

Greco II stadium:Fenway.

No Fenway, either.

I said Wrigley.

 

[Greco]

Yankee I ?

 

[Doug B]

Yankee I ?

 

[Doug B]

I'm not going to be at work tomorrow, so my appearances in this thread will be spotty at best.

I am going to try to make picks, but to save everyone's time, skip me if my turn comes up and I'm not on the FBG forums.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

2.24 3B Frank "Home Run" Baker

Frank Baker is a dangerous man at all times, and I don't care what they pitch him. --New York Yankees Manager Hal Chase

Link to Eephus: In 1912 while working as a nightwatchman in the offseason, Baker met a young man who had been fishing on the peer in the Philadelphia shipyards. Baker who worked at the Ritz saw the boy who stood in the lobby seeking warmth from the December chill with his pole and a can of worms. Baker told the boy, "son if you don't move along I'm gonna not only open those can of worms, but a can of whoppass on you." That boy was Eephus, who told his uncle Giants 3Bman Milt Stock, who retold the story on a fishing trip with John McGraw. McGraw officially coined the phrase in 1915 at the Kentucky Derby when he said his horse Regret was gonna open a can of whoppass on the Derby field. Regret won, and the rest is history.

3.01 SS Charlie Hollocher

There were no Rookie of the Year honors in 1918, but had such awards existed Charlie would have been a prime candidate. A quick thrower and a smooth fielder who covered all his ground and then some, Hollocher made the Cubs solid at shortstop for the first time since Joe Tinker had left the team six years earlier. He became especially renowned for his ability to haul down Texas League pop flies.

Nicknamed "Holly" for obvious reasons, the pint-sized (5 feet, 7½ inches and 158 pounds) Hollocher belied his previous reputation by swinging the hottest bat on the team. Charlie's team-leading .316 average was fourth highest in the league, while he led the circuit in hits (161), at-bats (509) and total bases (202) and was third in stolen bases (26). Thanks in no small part to Hollocher's efforts, the Cubs leaped from fifth place to the pennant.

He left the Cubs in August 1923 due to depression. He tried a comeback in 1924, but was unable to complete the full season.

He killed himself in Frontenac, Missouri, on August 14, 1940, when he shot himself in the throat. He had suffered from depression most of his adult life