Posted by beachhouse on 12/30/2014 7:58:00 PM (view original):
My strategy for the first roster was to select my perfect pitching staff and a bunch of hall of fame position players worst seasons. Was this strategy used by anyone else? I'll be happy to get any of the position guys or pitchers.

I change my strategy each season and have yet to find one that works. I usually finish with between 70-80 wins. There are just too many quality owners in this league it seems.

Posted by bgreenblatt on 12/31/2014 9:07:00 AM (view original):
Oops. Somebody must have sent in 26 players by mistake.

Nope. Commissioner's error.Babe Ruth got into the list of players claimed four times; he was claimed three times. (Reaction upon discovering this: "argh!") Results package will be sent out as I as find out how badly I lost game 4 of the EO48 World Series.

EDIT:  wow, we actually won, 3-1. Tied at 2 games apiece.

FINALLY, let's see how Round 1 of Exclusive Ownership 49 turned out. As always, first we present the list of the players claimed the most often. This time one fourth of owners tried to go Dutch.

6			3
Dutch	Leonard		Jim	Bottomley
			Max	Carey
5			Ty	Cobb
Mike	Adams		Russ	Ford
Cisco	Carlos		Jack	Fournier
Addie	Joss		Dwight	Gooden
Tris	Speaker		Rich	Gossage
			Tony	Gwynn
4			Rickey	Henderson
Babe	Adams		Hughie	Jennings
Wade	Davis		Randy	Johnson
Eric	Gagne		Chipper	Jones
Billy	Hamilton		Pedro	Martinez
Greg	Maddux		Jack	Pfiester
John	McGraw		Babe	Ruth
Jake	Northrop		Eddie	Stanky
Tim	Raines		Don	Sutton
Ed	Walsh

Next, it's sitemail time followed by the posting of the master list.

Wow only got 2 of my 11 pitchers!  At least I got my OF

Now everyone should have their sitemail and the master list has been posted on page 1. And, last but not least, the list of players claimed exactly twice, because the world should know that I had Bill Bernhard in my back pocket until the last roster came in.

Pete	Alexander	jbussey;jvt87		Clayton	Kershaw	djraym;rickysdad44
Richie	Ashburn	bgreenblatt;EasyE7273		Craig	Kimbrel	beachhouse;mllama54
Johnny	Bassler	jbap17;tridentric		Ted	Kluszewski	boclaird;RWHAY
Chief	Bender	cholatse;jvt87		Hong-Chih	Kuo	beachhouse;tycho88
Bill	Bernhard	donburgh;jbussey		Edgar	Martinez	halo23;tycho88
Rafael	Betancourt	djraym;donburgh		Joe	Mauer	pstuts73;skunk206
Wade	Boggs	boclaird;mllama54		Jack	McDowell	jbussey;mensu1954
Tiny	Bonham	cholatse;tridentric		Mel	Ott	pstuts73;reddtrain
Jim	Brewer	boclaird;donburgh		Jake	Peavy	lenbo1212;tridentric
Mordecai	Brown	djraym;RWHAY		Barney	Pelty	jbap17;lenbo1212
Bill	Burns	DoctorKz;pstuts73		Tony	Phillips	halo23;tridentric
Dean	Chance	pstuts73;RWHAY		Michael	Pineda	donburgh;pstuts73
Roy	Cullenbine	bgreenblatt;tridentric		Jeff	Reardon	beachhouse;DoctorKz
Ed	Delahanty	cholatse;mensu1954		Ed	Reulbach	skunk206;tridentric
Larry	Doby	djraym;pstuts73		Bip	Roberts	cholatse;mensu1954
Mark	Eichhorn	EasyE7273;halo23		Jackie	Robinson	cholatse;jbap17
Cy	Falkenberg	skunk206;tridentric		Jeff	Samardzija	djraym;pstuts73
Sid	Fernandez	EasyE7273;pstuts73		Johan	Santana	djraym;pstuts73
Frankie	Frisch	mllama54;pstuts73		Ferdie	Schupp	DoctorKz;tycho88
Rafael	Furcal	mllama54;tridentric		Mike	Scott	rickysdad44;skunk206
Lou	Gehrig	beachhouse;mllama54		Hank	Severeid	jbap17;jvt87
Bob	Gibson	rickysdad44;skunk206		Ken	Singleton	djraym;tridentric
Ray	Grimes	djraym;skunk206		Elmer	Steele	DoctorKz;jbussey
Lefty	Grove	donburgh;mllama54		Sammy	Strang	donburgh;reddtrain
Matt	Harvey	cholatse;halo23		Jeff	Tesreau	spinaldog;Tucker T's
Bill	Henry	DoctorKz;tridentric		Fred	Toney	halo23;jbussey
Felix	Hernandez	djraym;rickysdad44		Jose	Vidro	skunk206;spinaldog
Joe	Horlen	EasyE7273;mllama54		Larry	Walker	halo23;jvt87
Carl	Hubbell	cholatse;mllama54		Tony	Watson	boclaird;lenbo1212
Gregg	Jefferies	djraym;EasyE7273		Walt	Weiss	djraym;rickysdad44
Walter	Johnson	beachhouse;lenbo1212		Pinky	Whitney	pstuts73;tycho88
Jason	Kendall	donburgh;lenbo1212		Michael	Young	boclaird;lenbo1212

Wow. Almost all of the guys I lost were only claimed by one other person. Maybe I'm onto something (like the express train to the basement)

Not sure if getting 19 players in round one is a good thing. I do know that losing 750 IP and two starters in the lineup hurts.

wow.... didn't see that coming... only 9!

I got 21...including my entire rotation, by some miracle. Only lost out on a 1B, DH, super-sub, and a setup man.

I have played this theme for a long time but I believe even though I only got 9 , this could be the best first round I have ever had. I have my first six hitters in my lineup who could average .362 with great defense. I also got my number one pitcher, my closer, and my primary setup man. One year I had one of the least number in round one and another year I had the most. Both years I went a long way in the playoffs. You never know.

I got Silver King and some of my bullpen; so that's great.

Got Hornsby, Lajoie, Ted Williams, Bonds and Bench though.

I got 22 players losing out on only Ted Kluszewski, Dean Chance and Mordecai Brown. With so many other great players still available I consider this draft a success. With Brown being a superb dead baller and Klus a upper class power hitter, I can see why others chose them as well. We will see how my base stealers perform in San Diego Stadium.

Now I feel really depressed. Got all of my subs but not much else. Long way to go tho.........