--Grady is the biggest bat amoung catchers this year and a terrific hitter again in 04-05. Wonder what he was doing in 02-03?
--Seattle selects CF Dummy Hoy. Hoy gets a 2 year deal
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--Grady is the biggest bat amoung catchers this year and a terrific hitter again in 04-05. Wonder what he was doing in 02-03?
--Seattle selects CF Dummy Hoy. Hoy gets a 2 year deal
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--Angels on the clock
--Sharks on deck
Sunday, May 14, 1978
With the 91st pick the Anaheim Angels select....Roscoe Miller He gets a 1 year deal
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"A ballplayer has to just go out and be mean. You can't play half-heartedly. If you do, there's someone right over your shoulder that'll take your job away. If you don't do your job, what they're paying you for, why should they pay you? You just can't put in eight hours, that's what a lot of people don't realize about athletes. Very few people realize the pressure." Dave Kingman
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Wow, Jack, big surprise there. I thought he might hang around for quite a while and I could actually pick him up with my ninth/tenth picks. Looking forward to the future as well as drafting for the present. You're getting very good at this!Originally Posted by dust bunnies
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Based on my experience in the SCML, I've been avoiding anyone with missing seasons. It's very difficult to carry a guy who doesn't play for an entire year in the SCML, and the roster size there is 34. It will be extremely difficult here with a 30 man roster. It can be done, I'm sure, but be ready to do some tricky juggling with the roster.
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You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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Rats, I never figured anyone else would grab him this early. I was going to take him as one of my two picks coming up. Only good for the one season, but it's quite a season.
BTW, I believe that puts the Sharks up until 7:57AM, with the Rams on deck.
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
Sunday, May 14, 1978
Oddly enough he stands as our best starter for the 1901 season.
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"A ballplayer has to just go out and be mean. You can't play half-heartedly. If you do, there's someone right over your shoulder that'll take your job away. If you don't do your job, what they're paying you for, why should they pay you? You just can't put in eight hours, that's what a lot of people don't realize about athletes. Very few people realize the pressure." Dave Kingman
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Garry,
What is the penalty for using pitchers at all eight fielding positions?
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Man, I need to do more research...
I'll take Fred Hartman for 1 season
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According to my notes, it looks like Richmond is on the clock for about another 2 1/2 hours (11:47 am EDT). I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed their pick and I was on the clock.
Dan
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He's not helpful in 1901, but I can't pass up Danny Murphy on a five-year deal.
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I need to draft another pitcher before Garry gets them all. With the 94th pick in the 1901 draft, the Detroit Tigers select:
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William "Frosty Bill" Duggleby and sign him for 5 years.
Dan
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Curses! I thought he might fly under the radar- he was my next pick.
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Yeah I almost took him over Grady but I am a sucker for a catcher who can rake.
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Grady and Murphy were 1-2 on my board. If Grady had lasted to me I would have taken him.
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Inmates take LF Herm McFarland and sign him for 3 years.
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On a side note - am considering trading Nap Lajoie. Not sure I will, just want to see what kind of offers I get. Looking to the near future with draft picks I can keep long-term. PM me with your serious offers.
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--Murphy is a steal at this point of the draft. I have to admit he had flown completely under my radar. I was starting by looking at guys who help right away, so he missed out on my first run of scouting. Then I drafted Jimmy Williams early and have ingored 2B since then. Murphy is pretty good in 02 and 03 and then in the top 10 in WAR for the AL in 04 and 05. I don't think anybody else left has anywhere near that kind of value.
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Did we ever decide what was going to happen with rosters? I know in SCML, the roster is locked at 34, so if you want to carry a guy (Murphy in '01 and to a lesser degree in '02) it can get pretty tough. As you drop guys to sign new ones to get the PAs and BFs you need to finish a season, you end up having to drop someone you don't really want to, but that you can live without. I know we talked about being able to add guys and increase the roster size once the season starts, but was that ever decided for sure? I avoided Murphy because of those first two seasons, when it would mean dropping someone else in order to be able to carry him. I guess I should have found out what the rule was going to be before we started drafting.
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--I don't believe we ever decided anything about expanding the rosters over 30 to deal with guys who run out of playing time. Even if we don't I think you can afford a player or two who doesn't contribute in a given season. You won't need to carry as many pitchers in this league. Of course, it will be easier to carry a few prospects on your 30 man if you have mostly everyday players instead of having to cobble together several position out of spare parts.
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I think it is important to have a small free agent pool going into the season, and if we go higher than 30 per team there will hardly be any players available. Each team should have some players whom they wont mind releasing once their playing time is used up I think. I think increasing roster size would be a bad idea, but as always I am willing to hear other points of view.
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With the final pick in the eighth round, the Express will select:
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PATSY DONOVAN, OUTFIELD
The Express will give Patsy a three year, 3M dollar contract.
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You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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With the first pick in the ninth round, the Express select:
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LONG TOM HUGHES, PITCHER
The Express will give Tom a five year, 2M dollar contract.
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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I only have my experience in SCML to judge by, but I've had a problem protecting guys even when I had regulars at almost every position. You could be right, though, about the need for fewer pitchers making a difference. Time will tell. I just don't want anyone going in thinking it will be a cinch to play one or two guys short and then start complaining when they have to dump someone they really don't want to. Forewarned is forearmed, or something like that.
Rich, it's hard to tell. There will be more available players than there were in SCML (14 teams made from 16, we're making 12 from 16), so a 30 man roster might work fine. I personally think 32 would be better, but of course based on what happens this first year that figure could be adjusted for future seasons. It would definitely help anyone who wanted to protect a guy for a year or two to have a little bigger roster size, though. I do think the roster size should be frozen. It makes roster management a priority and I think that's a good thing.
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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OOPS, sorry. The Inmates are now on the clock. BTW, when do we go to the 8 hour rather than the 12 hour draft clock?
You see, you spend a good deal of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time. J. Bouton
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