Draft Positions Are Being Picked Now

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:20 am

Okay, we will announce the draft orders for each city today, quite possibly before noon CST. We are picking the draft orders right now, so keep your fingers crossed. As I stated yesterday, we are using two KP staff members to randomly pick the draft order for each city. T.S. O'Connell, our 50s-something baseball card guru who knows absolutely nothing about fantasy baseball, is picking the names out of the hat to prove that there is no impartiality, with a whole staff as your witness. If you think my nine-year-old had no clue what she was doing this weekend picking the New York Auction League order, you should see T.S.

Our old card curmudgeon is doing the process now and I'll announce the picks later. Best of luck everyone.

chi town here we come · Post by **chi town here we come** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:43 am

TELL T.S. THAT I WILL JGIVE HIM MY CARD COLLECTION FOR THE SECOND PICK IN THE DRAFT./././././.

King of Queens · Post by **King of Queens** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 3:53 am

For all that, why settle for the 2nd pick?

Is there a consensus Top 5 yet?

Dyv · Post by **Dyv** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:13 am

Ok, they announced almost an hour ago that the draft draw was under way...

That's 12 main event leagues and 2 auction leagues to draw... you divvy them up in league assignments. That probably took a good 30 minutes to get the names in the correct pot.

I figure the order is more a function of recording it properly vs. time-consuming 'draw' - so let's assume it takes about 5 minutes per league to draw and record.

That gives them about 60 minutes to get the order set. With 'the whole office watching' - I bet they are entering the draft into a post as it's being done. That gives them approximately 17 minutes to post time.

What's the over/under on 17 minutes to find out?!

Dyv

Top Dawg · Post by **Top Dawg** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:19 am

DYV - Should be less than that using your formula. They are not picking AL or NL auctions for Vegas today. They are going to wait to see if they can add the 3 missing teams. I expect they will pick those around mid-week.

Pete

Walla Walla · Post by **Walla Walla** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:19 am

Bet the over. The lunch truck just pulled up.

nnoy · Post by **nnoy** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:19 am

The over/under for the first league to be posted is 10:30:30 Central. The o/u for all leagues is 11:30:30.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 4:50 am

Hey, you didn't factor the time in for a meeting. Now that I'll never get those 50 minutes of my life back, I can start posting the draft positions. Good luck everyone.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:01 am

The Chicago Leagues are being listed in the League Forum now. Enjoy.

Scarface · Post by **Scarface** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:38 am

Where do we have to go I cant find it Thanks.For the draft positions

Dyv · Post by **Dyv** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:44 am

Originally posted by Scarface:

Where do we have to go I cant find it Thanks.For the draft positions Click back to the main 'NFBC Message Boards' then find subject category 'League Forum'

This is the link, if it works:

http://nfbcboards.stats.com/cgi-bin/ult ... =forum;f=7

tedd9 · Post by **tedd9** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:52 am

Greg

Is there no 5th league in NY. I signed up, do we not have enough yet?

Scarface · Post by **Scarface** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 5:57 am

Hey Tedd I also signed up they sead that the left overs are gong to be put in a league that includes all 3 cities and will draft over the phone.

tedd9 · Post by **tedd9** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:08 am

Scarface,

When would we get the draft order for that?

Dyv · Post by **Dyv** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:10 am

Originally posted by tedd9:

Scarface,

When would we get the draft order for that? I'm sure soon - I'm waiting for my position, too.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:37 am

How about picking the auction lges today too with "Team X" and "Team Y" for the potentially unfilled spots?

Scarface · Post by **Scarface** » Mon Mar 15, 2004 6:48 am

They sead by WED.