And I'm ready to go too.....

Darn it, I have a question before I draft....is there an IR or do we just skip ahead to their next available season?

There is an IR-After the Initial Twist Players proceed as in a Progressive-See Classified Page 3 where we signed up.

Hmm...whom could Taint be considering...

cuddles marshall????? 1946, 1949,1950

I've never had Ty Cobb 1905 OF in a progressive before, but now I do.  Thanks for the info Outbacker.

Well, let's bring this league a little closer to the present.  I'm gonna take Greg Maddux - 1986.  I hear he's pretty good.

Posted by gerlin88 on 1/11/2011 11:05:00 PM (view original):
Pedro Martinez -1993

One must assume you mean the one who made his debut with the Padres that year?

Also, the rookie class of 1986 alone might be enough to make up for the dearth of talent in the early 1900's years...

the yankee fan in me is very angry with me right now.... Stan "the Man" Musial 1942

Tim Keefe - 1885  where EVERYONE is a rookie.

good news for everyone behind me in round 1

Posted by calhoop on 1/12/2011 9:43:00 AM (view original):

Tim Keefe - 1885  where EVERYONE is a rookie.

good news for everyone behind me in round 1

About 1885, glad you brought it up. I thought about it, and it strikes me as unfair to have a year where the entire pool of players, not just rookies, can be drafted. One solution, thanks to the unique features of this league, would be to place Tim Keefe in his rookie year. That's right, quite possibly the first ever WiS 1880 draft!

I haven't looked at the pool of talent, but I believe this can work. We can twist all the 1880 guys only to the year 1885 or later, but no reason to drop the rookie rule just becuase we don't have the earlier seasons of these players in the database. To aid research, it'd be nice is someone posted the full 1880 eligable list. If need be, we can use the same ruling from 1900 and expand the 1880 list to also include a second year. I'm actually rather excited by the prospect of going back this far.

By the way, interesting pick calhoop. I too was thinking of going that route, might grab and old-time hurler for myself.

I was thinking of going the 1885 Route as well, but didn't because I knew once I did, that I'd be opening the Flood Gates, and my 85 Pick would have been kind of negated by other 85 Picks.  The way things have panned out, even though I'll have a 20 something pick of the 85 players, I'll still get a very useful pick.  And with that being said I don't think it would be a good idea to switch things around because my 1st Pick was taken, with an understanding that I'd have a shot at a cetain player from 85.