All Time Draft Thread

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:17 am

Lefty, Showboat, Babe, Hack, Dizzy, Dazzy, Jumbo, Pinky, Socks, Rip...

It was the booming of newspapers and with it, nicknames....

The Fool on the Hill · Post by **The Fool on the Hill** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 6:33 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Lefty, Showboat, Babe, Hack, Dizzy, Dazzy, Jumbo, Pinky, Socks, Rip...

It was the booming of newspapers and with it, nicknames.... Haha! Not to mention Bing, Muddy, Sloppy, Firpo, Heinie, Footsie and The General!

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:37 am

Rip Collins got his nickname supposedly when he ripped a ball so hard that it impaled itself on a nail on the right field fence.

One of the few people that had RIP at the top and bottom of his headstone.

Suburban Strugglers · Post by **Suburban Strugglers** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 7:52 am

Sorry for any delay, at school today. My pick is

Rich Aurilla 2001 SS

.324 AVG / 37 HR / 114 R / 97 RBI / 1 Steal

Once Ripken went I had to go with Aurilla as I had the two of them basically ranked in the same spot and I needed to get one of them. Still 37 homers for a SS is not bad.

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:13 am

Well, we're coming down the home stretch of this draft and I guess it's time to start grabbing some pitchers again.

For quite some time now, there's been only one player remaining in the pitching pool with 20+ wins, 200+ strikeouts, an ERA under 2.00, and a WHIP 1.00 or under. Amazingly in this draft and with those numbers, he'll still cause my ERA and WHIP to rise. However, there aren't too many other starters that any of us will be drafting at this point who won't cause possibly even a greater rise in those categories and certainly not too many others that will provide plus wins and K's as well. Therefore that player will be my pick here. That pitcher.......

Wilbur Wood 1971

W - 22

S - 1

ERA - 1.91

WHIP - 1.00

K - 210

IP - 334

The Fool on the Hill · Post by **The Fool on the Hill** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:19 am

Bobby Bonds 1973

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:17 am

Carlos Gonzales 2010

G@mblor · Post by **G@mblor** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:22 am

Originally posted by ToddZ:

Carlos Gonzales 2010 Nice pick.About damn time he went.

Navel Lint · Post by **Navel Lint** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:07 pm

The next guy is the Harmon Killebrew of our generation. I think one of the shames of the steroid era is that some guys have not been given the credit or the accolades that they might have otherwise received if it weren’t for the time period during which they play. And one of those guys is my next pick. With 604 career home runs…………..

I’ll take 2002 Jim Thome 1B

HR-52

RBI-118

R-101

SB-1

BA-.304

Texas Connection · Post by **Texas Connection** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:32 pm

1928 Jim Bottomley .325, 31,136,123,10

JohnP · Post by **JohnP** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 2:36 pm

Rafael Palmeiro 1999: .324 / 96 / 47/ 148 / 2

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vpokrnut · Post by **vpokrnut** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:06 pm

sorry so late, I work overnight every monday. Just got a break, so the pick is in 1998 Closer Mike Jackson

Likewhat17 · Post by **Likewhat17** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:33 am

Mark B. is on the clock, Steve on deck, Gekko in the hole

mbendar16 · Post by **mbendar16** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:07 am

Ryan Braun 2011

AVG .332

R 109

HR 33

RBI 111

SB 33

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:10 am

through 17.12

Likewhat17 · Post by **Likewhat17** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:11 am

Steve is on the clock, then Gekko, Gekko, Steve, Mark B.. I'm ready to see some action today!

Nevadaman · Post by **Nevadaman** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:45 am

Pick 17-14: Bobby Abreu 2004

.301 118-30-105-40

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:54 am

17.15

Eichhorn, M

Year 1986

IP 157.0

Wins 14

K 166

SV 10

ERA 1.72

WHIP 0.96

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:20 am

18.1

Cordero, C

Year 2005

IP 74.3

Wins 2

K 61

ERA 1.82

WHIP 0.97

Nevadaman · Post by **Nevadaman** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:24 am

18-2 Rocky Colavito 1961

.290 129-45-140-1

G@mblor · Post by **G@mblor** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 4:30 am

Originally posted by Gekko:

18.1

Cordero, C

Year 2005

IP 74.3

Wins 2

K 61

ERA 1.82

WHIP 0.97 Guess you don't want any of Cordero's saves.

[ November 08, 2011, 10:45 AM: Message edited by: G@mblor ]

Suburban Strugglers · Post by **Suburban Strugglers** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:24 am

I think it would be interesting to do this draft again but from different positions in the draft. Or even do it again with the KDS as I think that the draft would turn out very different. I would be interested and I know my team would be very different the second time around.

Nevadaman · Post by **Nevadaman** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:33 am

I'm sure there will be enough interest for a repeat! I would suggest cutting the blinds from 4 to 2 and holding them in round 10 and 11. That way, the players selected would be about equal value regardless of one's draft position. Also, we could get it out of the way all at once. (Much easier on the person taking the emails!)

[ November 08, 2011, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: Nevadaman ]