Willie, Mickey and The Duke 1947-1959; DRAFTING!

265. ehlekev - Taylor Phillips
266. Musial6 - Ralph Branca 1949
267. Rjnewman -Tony Lupien 1948
268. Gordie Howe - Cass Michaels 1951 "Mama Cass"?
269. Doug_Tucker - Wehmeier 1950
270. krazykat - Joe Black 1955
271. LMBombers - Max Lanier 1950
272. Rick Smith - Felix Mantilla 1957
273. Risden - Cleveland Stadium 1951
274. kenhutchings - Jim Finigan 1955
275. allstarinc - Rudy Arias 1959 (This is the dawning of the Age of The Arias!)
276. gfdwarf - Andy Carey 1956
277. gfdwarf - Harry Dorish 1951
278. allstarinc - Jim Brideweser 1955
279. kenhutchings - Johnny Kucks 1956
280. risden -
281. Rick Smith -
282. LMB -
283. krazykat -
284. Douggie Tucker -
285. G. Howe -
286. rjnewman -
287. Musial6 -
288. ehlekev

Since we're down to just two more rounds, I would imagine that we will be setting up the new league before much too long. How are the divisions being assigned?

Are we going to immediately proceed to the next draft, or is there going to be a brief respite?

I know it is a ways off yet but just to let everyone know I will be out of town from April 20 to somewhere around May 1. As long as a hotel has a lobby computer I will be able to check in once or twice per day. Some hotels do and some don't. I don't own a laptop or any other type of portable computer.

As for divisions, as stated in the rules: Each season the division alignment is established by a post-draft randomizer.

This means we cannot draft to meet the evolving needs of the division opponents. I am willing to change this to the standard East: 1, 4, 7, 10 method if the majority like that better.

Please post your preference.

This was what we agreed to (or at least what was established and not changed). As we wind down I will get the division assignments taken care of. We have one league about 50 games in and another finishing up the draft. I would say we plan to start the next draft in about 2 weeks. But I am open to other ideas too.

When you say Brideweser, you've said it all...

All these one-liners are getting painful!

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!

I can't hate a fellow Twin Cities guy who has at least a foot and a half of snow in the yard and 3 ft of snow along the driveway from the snowblower. I hear we have freezing rain Friday night/Saturday morning. That's always lovely.

265. ehlekev - Taylor Phillips
266. Musial6 - Ralph Branca 1949
267. Rjnewman -Tony Lupien 1948
268. Gordie Howe - Cass Michaels 1951 "Mama Cass"?
269. Doug_Tucker - Wehmeier 1950
270. krazykat - Joe Black 1955
271. LMBombers - Max Lanier 1950
272. Rick Smith - Felix Mantilla 1957
273. Risden - Cleveland Stadium 1951
274. kenhutchings - Jim Finigan 1955
275. allstarinc - Rudy Arias 1959 (This is the dawning of the Age of The Arias!)
276. gfdwarf - Andy Carey 1956
277. gfdwarf - Harry Dorish 1951
278. allstarinc - Jim Brideweser 1955
279. kenhutchings - Johnny Kucks 1956
280. risden - Sammy Esposito 1959
281. Rick Smith -
282. LMB -
283. krazykat -
284. Douggie Tucker -
285. G. Howe -
286. rjnewman -
287. Musial6 -
288. ehlekev

Sammy Esposito played in the same softball league as my father on the southside of Chicago back in the early 1950's. I had to take Sammy for that.

Did he have sons or nephews that played in the NHL?

265. ehlekev - Taylor Phillips
266. Musial6 - Ralph Branca 1949
267. Rjnewman -Tony Lupien 1948
268. Gordie Howe - Cass Michaels 1951 "Mama Cass"?
269. Doug_Tucker - Wehmeier 1950
270. krazykat - Joe Black 1955
271. LMBombers - Max Lanier 1950
272. Rick Smith - Felix Mantilla 1957
273. Risden - Cleveland Stadium 1951
274. kenhutchings - Jim Finigan 1955
275. allstarinc - Rudy Arias 1959 (This is the dawning of the Age of The Arias!)
276. gfdwarf - Andy Carey 1956
277. gfdwarf - Harry Dorish 1951
278. allstarinc - Jim Brideweser 1955
279. kenhutchings - Johnny Kucks 1956
280. risden - Sammy Esposito 1959
281. Rick Smith - Wrigley Field 1959
282. LMB -
283. krazykat -
284. Douggie Tucker -
285. G. Howe -
286. rjnewman -
287. Musial6 -
288. ehlekev

Sammy Esposito played in the same softball league as my father on the southside of Chicago back in the early 1950's. I had to take Sammy for that.

277. gfdwarf - Harry Dorish 1951
278. allstarinc - Jim Brideweser 1955
279. kenhutchings - Johnny Kucks 1956
280. risden - Sammy Esposito 1959
281. Rick Smith - Wrigley Field 1959
282. LMB - Chuck Stobbs 1955
283. krazykat -
284. Douggie Tucker -
285. G. Howe -
286. rjnewman -
287. Musial6 -
288. ehlekev

Did he have sons or nephews that played in the NHL?

No relationship to either Phil or Tony to my knowledge, but here is a nice little SABR biography of the scrappy Sammy Esposito...

http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/1672f8f5