BACK TO THE 70s PRE-CARD DRAFT AND CHAT

[BC Manager]

1. sogcomando - Joe Morgan, 2b
2. BC Manager - Tom Seaver, SP
3. Rutkap - Johnny Bench, C
4. yak1407 - Hammerin Hank Aaron, OF
5. bigmahon - Reggie Jackson, Of
6. Gmac94 - Willie Stargell, 1B/OF
7. Cubs48 - Pete Rose OF/3B
8. albert2b - Rod Carew 1B/2B
9. BoDean - J.R. Richard, SP
10. Rigged Splits - Ted Simmons, C (proxy)
11. crossingroads- M. Schmidt 3B
12. Sykes - Thurman Munson C

13. Sykes- Steve Carlton SP
14. crossingroads BOBBY BONDS OF
15. Rigged Splits Dave Concepcion SS
16. BoDean - Nolan Ryan, SP
17. albert2b - Dave Parker, OF
18. Cubs48 -Jim Rice OF
19. Gmac94 - Jim Palmer, SP
20. bigmahon - Yaz, OF
21. yak1407 - Jim 'Catfish' Hunter and I'm amazed he wasn't gone.
22. Rutkap - George Brett, 3B
23. BC Manager- George Foster
24. sogcomando - Gaylord Perry, SP (proxy)

25. sogcomando - Ken Singleton, OF (proxy)
26. BC Manager - Carlton Fisk, C
27. Rutkap - Cesar Cedeno, OF
28. yak1407 - Richie (Dick) Allen, the reluctant superstar
29. bigmahon - Billy Williams, OF
30. Gmac94 - Reggie Smith, OF
31. Cubs48 - Bobby Murcer, OF
32. albert2b - Ron Guidry, SP
33. BoDean - Lou Brock,OF
34. Rigged Splits - Randy Jones, SP (proxy)
35. crossingroads - Bob Gibson
36. Sykes - Dave Winfield RF

37. Sykes- Bert Blyleven SP
38. crossingroads A. Messersmith SP
39. Rigged Splits - Bill Madlock, 3B (proxy)
40. BoDean - Jimmy Wynn, OF
41. albert2b - Vida Blue, SP
42. Cubs48 - Fergie Jenkins, SP
43. Gmac94 - Manny Sanguillen, C
44. bigmahon - Don Sutton, SP
45. yak1407 - Fred Lynn OF
46. Rutkap - Roberto Clemente RF ARRIBA!
47. BC Manager- Bake McBride, OF
48. sogcomando - Gary Carter, C

49. sogcomando - Frank Robinson, OF
50. BC Manager - Willie McCovey, 1B
51. Rutkap - Steve Garvey, 1B
52. yak1407 - Joe Torre, 3B/1B
53. bigmahon - Amos Otis, OF
54. Gmac94 - Paul Blair, OF
55. Cubs48 - Bobby Grich, 2B
56. Albert2b - Garry Maddox, OF
57. BoDean - Bruce Sutter, RP
58. Rigged Splits - Tony Perez 3B
59. crossingroads - Gene Tenace C-1B
60. Sykes - Graig Nettles 3B

61. Sykes- Davey Lopes 2B
62. crossingroads Greg Luzinski LF
63. Rigged Splits - Tony Oliva RF
64. BoDean - Bob Watson, 1b-OF
65. albert2b - Rico Carty, OF
66. Cubs48 - Larry Bowa, SS
67. Gmac94 - Rollie Fingers, RP
68. bigmahon - Rick Burleson, SS
69. yak1407 - Burt Hooton, P
70. Rutkap - Goose Gossage RP (By proxy)
71. BC Manager- Phil Niekro, SP
72. sogcomando - Frank Tanana SP (by proxy)

73. sogcomando - Sal Bando 3B (by proxy)
74. BC Manager - Dick McAuliffe,2B
75. Rutkap - Davey Johnson, 2B
76. yak1407 - Ron Hunt, 2B
77. bigmahon - Keith Hernandez, 1B
78. Gmac94 - John Mayberry, 1B
79. Cubs48 - Ken Holtzman, SP
80. albert2b - Willie Randolph, 2B
81. BoDean - Jorge Orta, 2B-3B
82. Rigged Splits - Jon Matlack, SP (proxy)
83. crossing roads - Dave Cash 2B
84. Sykes - Roy White LF

85. Sykes- Al Oliver CF
86. crossingroads Bert Campaneris SS
87. Rigged Splits - Rusty Staub DH
88. BoDean - Chet Lemon, OF
89. albert2b - Dave McNally, SP
90. Cubs48 - Lee May, 1B
91. Gmac94 - Wilbur Wood, SP
92. bigmahon - Candelaria, SP
93. yak1407 - Gary Nolan, SP
94. Rutkap - Tommy John SP
95. BC Manager- Rico Petrocelli, 3B/SS
96. sogcomando - Bill North - OF

97. sogcomando - George Scott 1B/3B By best guestimate)
98. BC Manager - Ralph Garr, OF
99. Rutkap - D. Eckersley SP
100. yak1407 - Ken Griffey Sr
101. bigmahon - Sparky Lyle, RP
102. Gmac94 - Tito Fuentes, 2B
103. Cubs48 - CAN PICK ANYTIME
104. albert2b - Mike Cuellar, SP
105. BoDean - Luis Aparicio, SS
106. Rigged Splits - Greg Gross, OF (proxy)
107. crossing roads - Clay Carroll, RP (proxy)
108. Sykes -

[LMBombers]

106. Rigged Splits - Greg Gross, OF (proxy)

Interesting stat on Gross....He played 17 years in the Majors and only had 7 HRs. Five of them came in his big power year of 1977. I don't have his split stats but I bet he is gonna be heck on RHP and pretty light on LHP.

If my occasional posts are intruding just shoot me a PM and I'll go away.

[BC Manager]

I like the 'outsider's' perspective, LM. Would love to hear your comments on more of the players selected.

[LMBombers]

96. sogcomando - Bill North - OF

I really like this pick. North seems like the perfect leadoff guy. If you don't count his first 2 seasons and his last one where he didn't have much playing time, he had 8 seasons from 1973-1980 in which he averaged a .369 OBP and 45 SB per season. Five of those seasons are over .370 OBP. He never hit over .290 in any season but he walked a bunch to get a high OBP. If he is a 1 or a 2 in CF I think he will be very popular as a leadoff guy in the BTT70's game.

Now that you guys are past the obvious choices the picks are starting to get very interesting indeed!

[roofinghorse]

i,m back. thanks for covering for me.......i like the hawk(carroll) some solid years in the semi-thin world of what appears to be not so dominant relief pitching......

[Sykes25]

Folks. I must make my two picks in the early morning tomorrow. I left all of my picks on my desk. :oops:

[albert2b]

[quote:1600695279]106. Rigged Splits - Greg Gross, OF (proxy) [/quote:1600695279]

Doh!!! I thought he was my little secret. He's a nice find since he really wasn't on any of the league leaderboards in the 70's.

Good pick, Rigged :x :x :wink:

[Rigged Splits]

I'm hoping he's got a card. He didn't have one for the 80s but he didn't bat as much per year like in the 70s. I think he'll be a 2 or 3 good year player.

He's got no steals and no extra base hits. Probably just a million walks. I don't know if he was fast or slow or what kind of fielder he was. I don't even remember much about his years as a Cub. Just the name. It looks like he may have had a good arm with the Astros or they ran on him so much that he got a ton of assists. Maybe he played infield a couple of games to get them.

[yak1407]

Gross played a little bit of first but otherwise played LF and RF.
I recall him mostly as a slap hitter.

[bigmahon]

I looked at Gross as well. The TB numbers are [b:2f83852a13]extremely[/b:2f83852a13] low.