Can't miss this - send me a deluxe sampler, tdoak!

I will come in again

Hi tdoak, deal me in. Thanks!

Count me in!

kentol: Merry Christmas! Here are your 12 pages:

1. P Jon Coutlangus 2007 Reds
2. P Aaron Heilman 2003-11
3. OF Charlie Frisbee 1899-1900
4. 1996 Chicago White Sox Trades and Transactions [any two players named on that page, 1996 season, whether it was with Chicago or someone else]

5. P Bob Kelly 1951-58
6. P Lefty Stewart 1921-35
7. C-UT Heinie Peitz pitching page -- He appeared as a pitcher in 1894, 97, and 99, so you should use one of those seasons for him as a position player.
8. P Scott Feldman 2005-16

9. * OF Kenny Hogan 1921-24 [non-sim player, so take a 200k stand-in, and replace him with a pick-your-own left-handed hitting OF from AAA]
10. P Jackie Brown 1970-77
11. P Octavio Dotel 1999-2013
12. C-OF Mike Trost 1890-95

Happy team-building!

jkorn: Welcome back. Here are 12 for you:

1. * 3B Henry Peploski 1929 Braves [non-sim player; take a 200 k stand-in, and replace him with a pick-your-own left-handed hitting 3B from AAA]
2. 1977 National League Standard Batting [any two from the NL that season]
3. OF George Alusik 1958-64
4. P Tom Shearn 2007 Reds

5. 1952 Cincinnati Reds Lineups and Defense [any two players who started a game, including starting pitchers]
6. 1B-3B Miguel Cabrera 2003-16
7. P Brian Sweeney 2003-10
8. C Mike Lieberthal 1994-2007

9. P Lynn Brenton 1913-21
10. box score 5/1/2010 Mets at Phillies [a shutout by Roy Halladay]
11. P John Urrea 1977-81
12. * Cool Papa Bell Recognition Page [Wow! So, you'll have to find a switch-hitting OF who stole a lot of bases from AAA. But what about a teammate? I guess you can take another 200k player and replace him with anyone who ever played alongside Bell ... which was just about every famous Negro League player, once you include the St. Louis Stars of the 20's, the Pittsburgh Crawfords of the mid-30's, and the Homestead Grays of the 40's]

Definitely the coolest draw so far! Merry Christmas!

dlchow: Here's your deal:

1. OF George Loepp 1928-30
2. 2002 Minnesota Twins Pitching
3. OF Charlie Newman 1892
4. * P Carl Mathias 1960-61 [non-sim player, take a 200k stand-in, and replace with a pick-your-own left-handed starter from AAA]

5. 2005 Minnesota Twins Schedule and Results [any two pitchers who had a win, loss or save for the Twins, or AGAINST them, in 2005]
6. 1940 Boston Bees Schedule and Results [ditto]
7. 1994 Kansas City Royals fielding
8. P David Pauley 2006-12

9. 3B Chuck Dressen 1925-33
10. 1999 Colorado Rockies fielding statistics
11. * P Ray Krawczyk 1984-89 [non-sim player, played in five seasons but never got to 25 IP; take a 200k stand-in and replace with a right-handed reliever from the AAA choices]
12. 1884 Columbus Buckeyes batting, pitching, and fielding [take any two players from the Buckeyes in any season 1885 or after]

Doesn't look like an exciting draw on first blush, but it's always interesting to see what your hole cards might be.

houseofbayne: Welcome back. Here are 12 random pages for you:

1. 1B-OF Bob Farley 1962-62
2. 1B-OF Jon Zuber 1996-98
3. * P Rufus Smith 1927 Tigers [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in and replace with a left-handed starter from AAA]
4. P Bill Ayers 1947 Giants

5. 1964 Major League Baseball Died This Year [including, tragically, Ken Hubbs and Fred Hutchinson]
6. box score 4/9/2010 Cubs at Reds
7. 1876 New York Mutuals batting, pitching, and fielding [any two players from the Mutuals, in any season 1885 or later]
8. OF-1B Tyler Colvin 2009-14

9. P Tim Van Egmond 1994-96
10. 1979 San Diego Padres batting
11. 1979 Los Angeles Dodgers pitching
12. manager Stan Robison - any two players from the only team he managed, the 1905 Cardinals. I think he'd want you to play at Robison Field!

Merry Christmas and have fun drafting!

Posted by tdoak on 12/23/2016 7:33:00 PM (view original):
dlchow: Here's your deal:

1. OF George Loepp 1928-30
2. 2002 Minnesota Twins Pitching
3. OF Charlie Newman 1892
4. * P Carl Mathias 1960-61 [non-sim player, take a 200k stand-in, and replace with a pick-your-own left-handed starter from AAA]

5. 2005 Minnesota Twins Schedule and Results [any two pitchers who had a win, loss or save for the Twins, or AGAINST them, in 2005]
6. 1940 Boston Bees Schedule and Results [ditto]
7. 1994 Kansas City Royals fielding
8. P David Pauley 2006-12

9. 3B Chuck Dressen 1925-33
10. 1999 Colorado Rockies fielding statistics
11. * P Ray Krawczyk 1984-89 [non-sim player, played in five seasons but never got to 25 IP; take a 200k stand-in and replace with a right-handed reliever from the AAA choices]
12. 1884 Columbus Buckeyes batting, pitching, and fielding [take any two players from the Buckeyes in any season 1885 or after]

Doesn't look like an exciting draw on first blush, but it's always interesting to see what your hole cards might be.

Hi tdoak. #12 - Buckeyes only existed in 1883 and 1884. What should I do? Thanks!

dlchow: Look through the Buckeyes' roster, and use any of their players in any sim-eligible season they did have. If you can't find two, then you can use AAA replacements, but I don't think that's a problem for the 1884 Buckeyes ... you've got Fred Carroll, Pop Smith, Tom Brown, and Ed Morris in there, or even Frank Mountain.

Posted by tdoak on 12/23/2016 9:43:00 PM (view original):
dlchow: Look through the Buckeyes' roster, and use any of their players in any sim-eligible season they did have. If you can't find two, then you can use AAA replacements, but I don't think that's a problem for the 1884 Buckeyes ... you've got Fred Carroll, Pop Smith, Tom Brown, and Ed Morris in there, or even Frank Mountain.

Oh thanks. I misunderstood.

Here's what I have on the Vortex of Despair:

1. OF George Loepp 1928-30
1928 George Loepp (Red Sox)
1928 Bill Regan (Red Sox)

2. 2002 Minnesota Twins Pitching
2002 Eddie Guardado (Twins)
2002 Juan Rincon (Twins)

3. OF Charlie Newman 1892
1892 Charlie Newman (Giants)
1892 Hardy Richardson (Giants)

4. * P Carl Mathias 1960-61 [non-sim player, take a 200k stand-in, and replace with a pick-your-own left-handed starter from AAA]
2010 Jeff Suppan $200K stand-in for 1976 Rudy May (AAA)
1961 Dale Long (Senators, played with Mathias)

5. 2005 Minnesota Twins Schedule and Results [any two pitchers who had a win, loss or save for the Twins, or AGAINST them, in 2005]
2005 David Riske (lost to Twins May 24)
2005 Roy Halladay (win against Twins May 29)

6. 1940 Boston Bees Schedule and Results [ditto]
1940 Bucky Walters (win against Bees May 9)
1940 Paul Derringer (win against Bees June 3)

7. 1994 Kansas City Royals fielding
1994 Vince Coleman (Royals)
1994 Mike Macfarlane (Royals)

8. P David Pauley 2006-12
2011 David Pauley (Mariners)
2011 Luis Rodriguez (Mariners)

9. 3B Chuck Dressen 1925-33
1927 Chuck Dressen (Reds)
1927 Curt Walker (Reds)

10. 1999 Colorado Rockies fielding statistics
1999 Neifi Perez (Rockies)
1999 Jeff Reed (Rockies)

11. * P Ray Krawczyk 1984-89 [non-sim player, played in five seasons but never got to 25 IP; take a 200k stand-in and replace with a right-handed reliever from the AAA choices]
2010 Victor Marte $200K stand-in for 2014 Jonathan Broxton (AAA)
1989 Dan Plesac (Brewers, played with Krawcyzk)

12. 1884 Columbus Buckeyes batting, pitching, and fielding [take any two players from the Buckeyes in any season 1885 or after]
1896 Tom Brown (was on 1884 Buckeyes)
1890 Jim Field (was on 1884 Buckeyes)

Wild Card: 2016 Julio Teheran
Stadium: Griffith Stadium, home of 1961 Dale Long (Senators)

Midknight's Merry Men:

midknight: Welcome! Here are your 12 pages:

1. 2B Jack Dittmer 1952-57?

• 1956 Jack Dittmar (Braves)
• 1956 Hank Aaron Braves)

2. 3B Luis Ortiz 1993-96

• 1995 Luis Ortiz (Rangers)
• 1995 Dave Valle (Rangers)

3. P Craig Breslow 2005-16

• 2013 Craig Breslow (Red Sox)
• 2013 Shane Victorino (Red Sox)

4. P Pretzels Getzien 1884-92

• 1891 Charlie "Pretzels" Getzien
• 1891 Harry Staley

5. P Claude Thomas 1916 Senators

• 1916 Claude Thomas (Senators)
• 1916 Harry Harper (Senators)

6. * 2B Matt Broderick 1903 Superbas [non-sim player: take a 200k stand-in for your roster, then swap him out for a right-handed hitting AAA 2B]

• 1924 Joe Klugman ($200K)
• 1903 Jack Doyle (Superbas)

7. 1962 Los Angeles Angels batting, pitching, and fielding

• 1962 Dean Chance (Angels)
• 1962 Ed Sadowski (Angels)

8. * P Harry Schaeffer 1952 Yankees [non-sim player; take a 200k stand-in, to be replaced by a left-handed AAA starter]

• 2001 Lance Painter ($200K)
• 1952 Mickey Mantle (Yankees)

9. 1966 Houston Astros fielding

• 1966 Joe Morgan (Astros)
• 1966 Barry Latman (Astros)

10. 1995 Colorado Rockies batting

• 1995 Vinny Castilla (Rockies)
• 1995 Omar Olivares (Rockies)

11. * P Joey Nation 2000 Cubs [non-sim player; see #8 above]

• 1993 Kevin Wickander ($200K)
• 1993 Ricky Guitierrez (Cubs)

12. P Dyar Miller 1975-81

• 1980 Dyar Miller (Mets)
• 1980 Pat Zachary (Mets)

WC 2016 Yadier Molina

Well we are stuck on 15 owners so far ... to get over the hump, I'll offer this random selection to the next person to sign up:

1. OF Casey Stengel 1912-25
2. Active Leaders & Records for Fielding % as 3B [22 players - Juan Uribe is #1]
3. OF Drew Macias 2007-09
4. SS-2B Johnny Bero 1948-51

5. * P Roy Wright 1956 Giants [non-sim player; you take a 200k stand-in, to be replaced by a right-handed AAA starter]
6. 1971 National League Pitching Ratios
7. box score 10/7/39 Yankees at Reds WS Game 3
8. C-3B Cody McKay 2002-04

9. * OF Brandon Watson 2005-07 [non-sim player; you take a 200k stand-in, to be replaced by a left-handed hitting AAA OF]
10. 1919 Philadelphia Athletics Batting Statistics [includes P]
11. 1930 Major League Baseball Cumulative Batting [this means you can use any player active in 1930, in any season up to and including 1930]
12. 1985 American League Outfield

That's a pretty good draw I think ... as luck would have it. Come be our sixteenth owner!

I'll take a second team, either the one already spun up or a new one. Let's get some momentum back here...