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The first Fantasy Beaneball Retro League draft in history took place tonight at the Bellagio.
Results will be posted tomorrow.

Rosters:

Stadtmueller
C Y Molina, M Montero
CI Encarnacion, M Cabrera, Fielder
MI Cano, Aybar, Zobrist
OF Trout, Holliday, Harper, Trumbo, Choo
DH Altuve
SP Cain, Scherzer, Latos, Darvish, F Hernandez, Lester
RP Janssen, Balfour, C Perez

Duke
C Mauer, J Montero
CI Craig, Seager, Cuddyer
MI Phillips, Reyes, Andrus
OF Braun, A Jones, Bourn, DeAza, Stanton
DH Ortiz
SP Haren, Peavy, Verlander, Villanueva
RP Rodney, Grilli, Axford, Reed, Betancourt

Childs
C J Castro, Rosario
CI Votto, Middlebrooks, Goldschmidt
MI Espinosa, Simmons, Walker
OF Cespedes, Granderson, BJ Upton, Pagan, Swisher
DH McCutchen
SP Estrada, Wainwright, Price, Lincecum
RP Motte, Papelbon, Putz, Soriano, Rivera

R Thomas
C V Martinez, Ruiz
CI Rizzo, Beltre, Belt
MI Kinsler, Rutledge, Hill
OF Saunders, Maybin, Dirks, Aoki, Mel Cabrera
DH W Castillo
SP Ryu, Sale, Vogelsong, Bumgarner, Morrow, Ogando
RP Boggs, Holland, Kimbrel

Umpire: Dave Potts

Team Stats
Stadt
BA 295
Hr/Sb 343/ 201
R/R 1230/1201
3.50 /1.18
W-Sv-K 88-85-1417

Duke:
BA 287
Hr/Sb 266 /229
R/R1103/1026
3.37/ 1.16
W-Sv-K 59-145-1067

Childs
BA 278
Hr/Sb 278/166
R/R 970/955
3.38/1.17
W-Sv-K 62-198-1094

R Thomas
BA 288
Hr/Sb 188/153
R/R 852/737
2.98/ 1.12
W-Sv-K 73-61-980

STANDINGS and Analyis:

Stadt 32 (19/13) - Big 4 of Miggy-Trout-Haper-Cano carried him to victory.
Duke 26 (14/12) - Blew potential edge with Verlander by taking a bunch of worthless RPs
Childs 23 (10/13) - Fate was sealed with Lincecum pick, plus a stunning lack of hitting studs.
RT 20 (7/13) - Starts a hurt catcher all year at DH and a Japanese picher that's still in Japan. too busy making pizza to stay up with 2012 rosters?
Potts 0 (0/0) - Probably hiding an elbow injury, which kept him sidelined all draft. But watched diligently in preparation for 2014.

And the broken beane-ball trophy goes to Jon Stadtmeuller. Well done Jon, let's see if your carefully planned strategy and deft drafting in this one carries over to the main event. This league could really be special if we had live overall standings available for next season!

What were the rules for this draft? Just curious as to how Jon got all of those studs and how KJ ended up with Giancarlo (don't call me Mike and I strike out once every 3 at bats) Stanton.

When it was your turn, you threw the ball at the draft board.

CCsDesperados wrote:When it was your turn, you threw the ball at the draft board.

Oh boy. Is this what you guys did down in the ballroom after I left? You guys are crazy man, just crazy!! I assume you drank all the leftover beer too, right?

Greg Ambrosius wrote:

CCsDesperados wrote:When it was your turn, you threw the ball at the draft board.

Oh boy. Is this what you guys did down in the ballroom after I left? You guys are crazy man, just crazy!! I assume you drank all the leftover beer too, right?

Surprisingly, you can play a baseball game inside the Bellagio convention center.

Greg Ambrosius wrote:

CCsDesperados wrote:When it was your turn, you threw the ball at the draft board.

Oh boy. Is this what you guys did down in the ballroom after I left? You guys are crazy man, just crazy!! I assume you drank all the leftover beer too, right?

Have you guys got Shawn drinking now? Truth be known, he was out bowling another 300 while this was conversed..

Greg Ambrosius wrote:

CCsDesperados wrote:When it was your turn, you threw the ball at the draft board.

Oh boy. Is this what you guys did down in the ballroom after I left? You guys are crazy man, just crazy!! I assume you drank all the leftover beer too, right?

No one touched the beer.....we left it all for you.