YIKES!!!! Shifting Sands Draft Thread

[memphisjohn]

OK. I'm back in town and looks like I missed a lot. :shock: It's gonna take a while to make sure I understand all this stuff, but fortunately all that won't effect my next pick.

I did notice one thing however. MunichMan has picked Gehrig and Banks. [u:87c57827f2]One of these guys has to be dropped[/u:87c57827f2] unless one of them will be the DH or else it violates the rule that the IFs have to be from the same decade, OFs from the same decade, etc.

[modmark46]

One of the changes you missed, MJ, was that Negro League players are exempt from the decade restriction. So, the decade the Banks card is from does NOT count towards MM's IF decade. Welcome back, btw. :)

[memphisjohn]

Thanks for the clarification. Lots to catch up on...

[spicki17]

[b:3c6fe105bc]memphisjohn[/b:3c6fe105bc] or [b:3c6fe105bc]doctortax1[/b:3c6fe105bc] can pick now (since one of you is AL and one of you is NL).

clock should be starting today at 4 hours per pick.

[MEAT]

clock on foggy? let's try to make some headway today....lookin' forward to the foul-ups! :twisted:

[FoggyOne]

I will start a 4 hr clock once 2nd round is completed.

[MEAT]

gents, sorry, and especially with all due respect to you bbw, and ofcourse the beloved buck oneil himself....but I'd really like to call to a vote softening the repressive and overbearing negro league rule. it's already determined our team names, each of us will have a negro leaguer...but having to accumulate THAT many points to match the name buck oneil plus j/d/r eliminates WAY too many potential players when ive also got to stay within a given decade, avoid having too many 1 defenders, pick a jewish player, two lh starters, a .50 pitcher, alternate al/nl, fit my ballpark, bat a-z and z-a. my opinion is it has an indordinate bearing on roster making and needs to be relaxed. no M's, S's, T's, that qualify is just too restrictive. I propose we either make it ALOT easier to acrue points, or significantly lower the point requirement.

[STEPHENANDERSON 2]

I will be out of pocket from Thursday evening until Sunday evening. I will start building my team and will leave proxies either on Penn's sight if we get there, or someone here if we do not. Not sure how far we will be by then, But I will not hold up the draft. If by some chance it gets "foggy" (what a punny guy I am), then I will allow someone to fill my draft then.

Will see how this proceeds until then.

[STEPHENANDERSON 2]

ROUND 1
1. UncleNy - Hank Greenberg (Jewish DH)
2. MemphisJohn - Babe Ruth (last name begins with R)
3. DoctorTax1 - Willie Mays (Black, Negro League player)
4. Modmark - Sandy Koufax (Jewish SP - 1 BO Point)
5. MunichMan - Banks (7 Negro league points- 1 for last name begins with "B", 1 for HOF name match, 5 for being black and playing on the Monarchs)
6. Wockenfuss/Foggy - Larry Doby of American League (7 Negro league points - 1 for "D" in last name, 1 for HOF name match , 2 for playing pre 1954, and 3 points for playing in the Negro Leagues for the Newark Eagles)
7. He'sMeat - Rogers Hornsby
8. Big Mahon - Grover Cleveland Alexander
9. Spicki17 - George Brett
10. Ranger - Roy Campanella (7 points,1pt last name begins with 'C', 2 for pre-54, 3 for playing with Baltimore Eliite Giants, 1 pt for HOF match)
11. Giddyup - Babe Adams
12. MRBBW - Joe DiMaggio

ROUND TWO
1. MRBBW - Mel Ott
2. Giddyup - Mickey Mantle
3. Ranger - Gehringer
4. spicki17 - hank aaron
5. Big Mahon - Yount
6. He'sMeat - E. Howard (negro) points? god only knows...

7. Wockenfuss/Foggy - Phil Weintraub (tribesman National League) - ZERO Buck Oneil Points

8. MunichMan - Gehrig

9. Modmark - A. Simmons (0 BO points)
10. DoctorTax1 - Frank Robinson (??? BO Points)
11. MemphisJohn -
12. UncleNy -

[modmark46]

I think HM has a point. It may not become as apparent until later in the draft, but I believe people will find themselves "painted in a corner" at some point. I don't want to totally void MBBW's theme, however. Maybe relax it to 20-25 BO points? Any other input?