What do Harry Hooper, King Kelly, and Red Ruffing have in common?

Besides being in the hall of fame, they all have alliterative names. That is, their first and last names both start with the same letter. There are 748 unique players in the WiS database who share this trait (400 hitters, 348 pitchers), so what better to do than see who can draft the best alliterative team?

We will set up a 20-round snake-style draft (after 15 rounds, we will select two players per round to speed things up). Players are exclusive, meaning if you draft Buddy Bell, you own all seasons of him and no one else can claim rights to him. To make sure that owners aren't short on innings or at bats, I am going to include 6/2 below average AAA. You're encouraged to rename them to suit the draft, but this, of course, isn't mandatory.

Finally, I want to set two important ground rules:
1) Although alliterative can also mean two words with the same consonant or vowel sound (Kiko Calero for example), I'm limiting the league to players with the same first and last initial to make things simpler.
2) We are using the names as they appear in the WiS database. So, even though Tony Armas' legal name is Antonio Armas, you can not draft him because his name appears as Tony in the database.

Cap - None. You use what you gets.
Trades - Yes
AAA - 6/2 below average, automatically generated
Park - Any. Have at it
WW, clones, DH - No

Play ball!

*11/18:  I have discovered Scott Stratton and Reb Russel are listed as both a hitter and pitcher. For the sake of simplicity, I am going to treat these as two separate people. So when you draft, just make sure to point out whether you are drafting their pitching seasons or their hitting seasons.

Signup sheet:

1) Me (2 teams)

2) finn2030

3) pmars2001

4) pinotfan

5) antoncresten

6) specsman

7) AKlopp

8) Uptowngbv

9) Rattlers

10) dlchow

11) thunder1008

12) eschwartz67

13) uncleal

14) kentol

15) tulsaslide

16) bigfatjew

17) Donburgh

18) coolmay_one

19) zephyr1949

20) toddleduc

21) nwsheehy007

22) Tucker T's

23) Nukelaloosh

 

Great idea... hope it takes off. Sign me up.

I'll sign up for all the Zip Zabel fans.

Now we're cooking with gas. Welcome, finn and pmars.

And, personally, I'm more of a Yam Yaryan guy myself.

In, please!

Welcome, jballot! And thank you for asking so kindly.

Hooray, Joey Jay! count me in

Welcome to antoncresten and specsman.  I'm glad to see we're moving along nicely.

All, I have just noticed that Scott Stratton is listed as both a hitter and pitcher. For the sake of simplicity, I am going to treat these as two separate people. So when you draft, just make sure to point out whether you are drafting his pitching seasons or his hitting seasons. I have updated the theme description as well.

Sounds fun! Sign me up, please!

Will do. Welcome aboard, AKlopp.

We need more players. Don't you want the opportunity to draft Yam Yaryan or Pid Purdy?

Why couldn't Mike have been the good Maddux? I'll play if this gets off the ground.