All Time Draft Thread

G@mblor · Post by **G@mblor** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:49 am

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Nevadaman · Post by **Nevadaman** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:58 am

I'm going off the reserrvation and really shaking things up. This is the round where a direction has to be taken. I considered tanking steals, but have decided to go completely in the opposite direction:

Shortstop Maury Wills 1962 .299 130-6-48-104SB

May God have mercy on my soul.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:01 am

Originally posted by Likewhat17:

The catching position is extremely top-heavy and getting shallow quickly. The pick:

Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, C, NYY 1950

.322 AVG (192/597) / 116 R / 28 HR / 124 RBI / 4 sb

http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... yo01.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_Berra 597 at bats...With those numbers and just 12 strike outs.

How incredible is that?!

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:10 am

Originally posted by Nevadaman:

I'm going off the reserrvation and really shaking things up. This is the round where a direction has to be taken. I considered tanking steals, but have decided to go completely in the opposite direction:

Shortstop Maury Wills 1962 .299 130-6-48-104SB

May God have mercy on my soul. he would have been a good guy to "hide" in round 5

mbendar16 · Post by **mbendar16** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:16 am

With our next pick, we will take the last of the "premium" catchers....

Bill Dickey 1937

AVG .332

HR 29

RBI 133

R 87

SB 3

Glenneration X · Post by **Glenneration X** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:19 am

Originally posted by mbendar16:

With our next pick, we will take the last of the "premium" catchers....

Bill Dickey 1937

AVG .332

HR 29

RBI 133

R 87

SB 3 Any thoughts of going with his .360 season?

mbendar16 · Post by **mbendar16** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:51 am

Certainly - those years are a toss up and we just thought 1937 was better.

Likewhat17 · Post by **Likewhat17** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:52 am

I also had Dickey's 1937 season slightly ahead, but it's close either way. It's hard to argue with .362 from the catcher position though

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:10 am

Through 6.03

Suburban Strugglers · Post by **Suburban Strugglers** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:14 am

Gekko nice pick with Soriano man. He is actually my favorite baseball player of all time. Loved him on the Yankees, it is hard to watch him now a days but for a two or three year stretch he was awesome. Great pick.

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:46 am

Bill Dickey appeared as himself in the movie, 'Pride of the Yankees'

Before Gehrig let anybody else know about his disease outside of his family, he told his best friend, Dickey.

Dickey was the first catcher to catch one handed. With the poorer equipment then, two handed catching was thought to be a must.

He was also the first catcher to go a season without a passed ball.

Besides the war years, the Yankees would only really need two catchers during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 8:51 am

all u guys saying nice pick with soriano has me feeling like i'm the sucker!!

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JohnP · Post by **JohnP** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:19 am

Originally posted by DOUGHBOYS:

Bill Dickey appeared as himself in the movie, 'Pride of the Yankees'

Before Gehrig let anybody else know about his disease outside of his family, he told his best friend, Dickey.

Dickey was the first catcher to catch one handed. With the poorer equipment then, two handed catching was thought to be a must.

He was also the first catcher to go a season without a passed ball.

Besides the war years, the Yankees would only really need two catchers during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra. Dough.....fill us in on left-handed throwing catchers sometime. I can't remember any. Were there any?

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:22 am

Just a heads up with the tracker -- I am going to be leaving on a jet plane real early Monday morning, landing in Phoenix and heading directly to an AFL game. I will likely not have Internet access until later afternoon/early evening on Monday.

For the rest of the week, my access will be a little spotty. I will post the tracker a couple times a day, but not as frequently as I am presently.

As mentioned, you can add in stats yourself. If you think you will want to do this next week, please mess around this weekend and get all questions out of the way.

THANKS!!

viper · Post by **viper** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:33 am

Dough.....fill us in on left-handed throwing catchers sometime. I can't remember any. Were there any? damn, Left-Handed Catchers and Cross-Handed Hitters are two of my four fantasy team names. I did look up the list of LHCs. Not sure if there ever have been any CHH but I bet there have been.

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:40 am

LEFT HANDED CATCHERS

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:51 am

Originally posted by ToddZ:

LEFT HANDED CATCHERS Perfect Todd.

It stumped me,

I couldn't remember any. Now I know why!

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:52 am

I'm glad we're getting new Boards, that flood protection is for the birds!

CC's Desperados · Post by **CC's Desperados** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:58 am

What if we played the game clockwise?

ToddZ · Post by **ToddZ** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:17 am

Originally posted by CC's Desperados:

What if we played the game clockwise? Jimmy Piersall would be the first pick in the All Time Draft

vpokrnut · Post by **vpokrnut** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:26 am

Pick is in 1949 Jackie Robinson 593ab 203h 16hr 122r 124rbi 37sb .342avg. after alomar and soriano at a scarce position.

JohnP · Post by **JohnP** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:41 am

Tommy Davis, 1962, 3B, 120/27/153/18/.346

Likewhat17 · Post by **Likewhat17** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:45 am

Originally posted by JohnP:

Tommy Davis, 1962, 3B, 120/27/153/18/.346 That's an excellent pick John, was hoping he made it back this way

DOUGHBOYS · Post by **DOUGHBOYS** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:46 am

The 'Only Yankees/Dodgers Need Apply' Round.

Gekko · Post by **Gekko** » Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:54 am

looks like the pitcher run is about over.