EVENT 8 Henceforth and Forever Free Agents! 1970-78; DRAFT!

OK Here is the 8th and final planned event for this tournament. The standings are close enough that this last league should be interesting!

8. Henceforth and Forever Free Agents!: 1970-1978 - 303 hitters & 225 pitchers: 80M with DH

Current Rankings Points
RJNewman 585
LMBombers 580
Rick Smith 546.5
krazykat 546
allstarinc. 545
Gordiehowe 537
risden 534
ehlekev 527
gfdwarf07 507
Musial6 497
Doug tucker10 484
kenhutchings 465.5

The lone change from the draft standings sheet is the Ruth Cy Young point going to Ken instead of Musial.

If Randy can please send out the roster sheets we can get started!

DRAFT ORDER:

1. Kenhutchings
2. Doug Tucker
3. Musial6
4. gfdwarf
5. ehlekev
6. risden
7. GordieHowe
8. Allstarinc
9. Krazykat
10. Rick Smith
11.LMB
12. rjnewman

Fire when ready!

1. Kenhutchings - Joe Morgan 1974
2. Doug Tucker
3. Musial6
4. gfdwarf
5. ehlekev
6. risden
7. GordieHowe
8. Allstarinc
9. Krazykat
10. Rick Smith
11.LMB
12. rjnewman

Back when the Senators were playing, there was a modification of the saying about George Washington, but as applied to the Senators, it was "First in War, First in Peace, and last in the American League". Matthew 20:16 "And the last shall be first..."

I'm selecting the less expensive version of Morgan, and may upgrade at the conclusion of the draft, depending on how it goes.

KFH

1. Kenhutchings - Joe Morgan 1974
2. Doug Tucker Bobby Murcer 1971
3. Musial6
4. gfdwarf
5. ehlekev
6. risden
7. GordieHowe
8. Allstarinc
9. Krazykat
10. Rick Smith
11.LMB
12. rjnewman

Joe Morgan and Cesar Cedeno are two of my favorite strat players of all time

Death of Paul Blair:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/for ... y=news_mlb

I liked the highlight video associated with the article.

I hadn't remembered about the beaning by Ken Tatum.

A video of Blair's game winning hit in Game 1 of the 1977 World Series:

http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=25 ... 4&c_id=mlb

Thanks Ken. Good story. Sorry to see another player from my childhood memories pass on.

Looking at the Paul Blair video from the 1977 World Series, he really puts his left foot in the bucket. I don't remember him doing that before the beaning. His offensive stats took a nose dive after the hit by pitch.

Last night on the MLB network they showed a defensive statistic (WAR) for center fielders. On a career basis the top five are Andrew Jones, Paul Blair, Willie Mays, Devon White, and Jimmy Piersall.

Ken, thanks again.

Rick

Last night on the MLB network they showed a defensive statistic (WAR) for center fielders. On a career basis the top five are Andrew Jones, Paul Blair, Willie Mays, Devon White, and Jimmy Piersall.

I saw that also. Pretty impressive. I was just a kid in 1970 but as a Reds fan I remember being very upset with Blair and Robinson who I thought were stealing the series from the Reds.

1. Kenhutchings - Joe Morgan 1974
2. Doug Tucker Bobby Murcer 1971
3. Musial6 - Dale Murray 1974
4. gfdwarf
5. ehlekev
6. risden
7. GordieHowe
8. Allstarinc
9. Krazykat
10. Rick Smith
11.LMB
12. rjnewman

1. Kenhutchings - Joe Morgan 1974
2. Doug Tucker Bobby Murcer 1971
3. Musial6 - Dale Murray 1974
4. gfdwarf -Rod Carew 1977
5. ehlekev
6. risden
7. GordieHowe
8. Allstarinc
9. Krazykat
10. Rick Smith
11.LMB
12. rjnewman