YIKES!!!! Shifting Sands Draft Thread

[RangerJoe]

Just a head's up, I will be out of commissiion until about 4 AM Eastern. Because of the fairly complicated nature of this, and quite a few spots before my turn, I am choosing not to leave a proxy right now. My next pick is NL, if that will help those needing to pick AL behind me. Later.

[FoggyOne]

mrbbw: I will change my manager name.

Turkey Stearnes becuase I need to Gobble up more Buck Oneil points.

[uncle ny]

i apologize for my screw up. my brain no work no good.

i'll redo in 5-10 minutes

[uncle ny]

ROUND 1
1. UncleNy - Hank Greenberg (AL)(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 - Kluszewski (1 BO point, Iron Glove)
12. UncleNy – Sandberg (NL) (can’t figure out Negro points)

ROUND 3
1. UncleNy – Ripkin (AL)
2. MemphisJohn -
3. DoctorTax1 -
4. Modmark –
5. MunichMan –
6. Wockenfuss/Foggy –
7. He'sMeat -
8. Big Mahon -
9. Spicki17 -
10. Ranger -
11. Giddyup -
12. MRBBW –

Is anybody/everybody monitoring AL/NL alternating pics? Perhaps managers should specify leagues to make sure they’re on that ball.

For five Negro Leagues points, I share that I picked my manager, Jud Wilson, because of his nickname, “Boojum”. Can you think of a cooler nickname? Team name is in deference to Jud, as he was on the team for a period. That and the name was not taken.

[MEAT]

mrbbw, thanks. no offense, just found that almost every guy i picked was getting me NO buck points. yes, elston howard was absolutely picked to get me some points.
side note, modmark bequethed k.c. monarchs and buck oneil as manager to me because of my relationship with the dear departed, and my autographed k-c monarchs hat by same.

[modmark46]

Have to go catch a few hours of sleep. Here is my public proxy for this round -
1. M. Brown, SP NL
2. E. Reulbach, SP NL

[spicki17]

uncle, i hate you. those were my next 2 picks!!!

[uncle ny]

[quote:8a81eda02f="spicki17"]uncle, i hate you. those were my next 2 picks!!![/quote:8a81eda02f]

then they must have been great picks, eh?

[Mr Baseball World]

Just a reminder that you can disregard the negro league points when picking. With the addition on the "first name letters" and the point reduction, it is impossible not to get the points. The points should absolutely have no bearing on your pick. Just get one of the negro league players and I guaranty you are set.

[memphisjohn]

ROUND 1
1. UncleNy - Hank Greenberg (AL)(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 - Kluszewski (1 BO point, Iron Glove)
12. UncleNy – Sandberg (NL) (can’t figure out Negro points)

ROUND 3
1. UncleNy – Ripken (AL)
2. MemphisJohn - Speaker (AL)
3. DoctorTax1 -
4. Modmark –
5. MunichMan –
6. Wockenfuss/Foggy –
7. He'sMeat -
8. Big Mahon -
9. Spicki17 -
10. Ranger -
11. Giddyup -
12. MRBBW –

Doc Tax - I'll be happy to switch team names. Updated teams:

1. UncleNy -
2. MemphisJohn - Memphis Black Sox, Rube Foster
3. DoctorTax1 - Chattanooga Black Lookouts, Josh Gibson
4. Modmark - Kansas City Monarchs, Satchel Paige
5. MunichMan -
6. Wockenfuss/Foggy - Brooklyn Royal Giants, Satchel Fog (?)
7. He'sMeat - St. Louis Stars, Candy Jim Taylor
8. Big Mahon - Homestead Grays, Cool Papa Bell
9. Spicki17 - Atlanta Black Crackers, Jow Rogan
10. Ranger - Pittsburgh Crawfords, Oscar Charleston
11. Giddyup - Indianapolis Clowns, Turkey Stearnes
12. MRBBW-

BTW, Doc Tax, my best friend and strat player from college lives in Ooltewah. I used to come to Chatt once a year to renew the Strat rivalry. The wife frowns on that these days...