i won't keep him too long

he's like a ring you find in the dumpster

From Caribbean:

1989 Sammy Sosa -OF

From Pennsylvania:

Bucky Walters -3B (yes, 3B...crazy right?)

Ted Simmons is the best catcher not nicknamed Pudge of the past 40 years, and yes better than Fisk....

Nice pick with wagz chill, he has a beast 4 year run

I'll trade Andrew wiggins and Anthony Bennett for anyone's next pick

I'm trading my current Round 16 pick of "Rest of the World" to italyprof for his Round 18 pick of "Down the Mississippi".

italyprof to confirm.

confirmed.

Updating now. Wow you guys are up early on Saturday mornings !

1946 Bob Lemon - P   before 90 California

And with the Rest of the World pick this round we go to...


the Emerald Isle and pick 

Tony Mullane  P 1886 

By the way, the cryptic poetry here in our banter is great. 

a) I had to do research to figure out that chargingryno referred to a guy who later is a really good pitcher 

Am I the only one who has not memorized every player in the whole history of baseball? (by the way it is very helpful and appreciated when you all post both the position and the year you are drafting for the player, otherwise I look that stuff up which can be time-consuming).

b) I am not entirely sure I understand anything bagchucker writes but I love it all so far and am really glad he is in the league. 

c) Is sooners07 referring to players he would draft from his picks this round that we also would presumably pick if we traded him our next pick?

d) Yes Ted Simmons is grossly under-rated. Great player, certainly up there with the other great catchers of the 1970s and maybe better, but 40 years means Johnny Bench was no longer at his peak. 

e) No one liked my Moby Dick lecture but crazyamos went out to get cheesecake and Dostoevsky perhaps partly inspired by the literary atmosphere here in the league. 

Round 16: 

italyprof		traded pick and Rest of the World (from shawbigred)    Tony Mullane P 1886
cardsfan		Atlantic Coast                              Andrew McCutchen, OF 2009
bagchucker		New England (from cleonjones)  Craig Breslow P 2008
stroh23		Appalachia                                      SS Jack Glasscock 1885
mini157		traded pick
bublooo		Calfornia 1990 on
shawbigred		traded pick
chargingryno		traded pick (New York)  and Pennsylvania (from mini157) Bucky Walters -3B  1932 and Caribbean (from sooners07)  Sammy Sosa -OF 1989
crazyamos		Ohio                                                     Jack Taylor, P - 1898
coloradokid		California pre-1990                            Bob Lemon - P 1946
sooners07		traded pick (Caribbean) and New York (from chargingryno) and Illinois (from italyprof)
cleonjones		Midwest (from bagchucker)         Ted Simmons C  1970
grayfoxx		Texarkana                    P Hippo Vaughn 1910
benfc		Stagecoach                Randy Myers P 1987
shysters3		Down the Mississippi  Darrell Porter--C 1971
dnmchill		Dixie                            P   Billy Wagner   1996

Players already selected: (by region): 

Atlantic Coast                Babe Ruth     Jimmy Foxx  Lefty Grove   Derek Jeter  Chipper Jones   Cal Ripken  Steve Carlton   Billy Hamilton  Doc White  Dwight Gooden Vic Willis Al Kaline  Tim Raines   Joe Medwick   Fred McGriff   Andrew McCutchen 

California pre-1990         Ted Williams   Tom Seaver  Joe Dimaggio   Lefty Gomez  Don Drysdale    Harry Heilmann  Joe Gordon  Butch Wenslof  Graig Nettles  Duke Snider  Orval Overall   Tony Lazzeri  Ernie Lombardi  Tug McGraw  Bill Lange

California 1990 on         Barry Bonds   Randy Johnson  Mark McGwire  Tony Gwynn  Eddie Murray  Gary Carter  Michael Young  Dennis Eckersley Jim Edmonds  Trevor Hoffman Dan Quisenberry   C.C. Sabathia  Ryan Braun   Chase Utley Jason Giambi 

 Ohio                                    George Sisler    Cy Young  Ed Delahanty  Roger Clemens  Mike Schmidt  Pete Rose  Barry Larkin Jack Pfiester  Buck Ewing  Rube Marquard  Dutch Leonard  George Mullin  Miller Huggins  Ed Seward  Sam Leever   Jack Taylor

Texarkana                          Ernie Banks   Rogers Hornsby   Tris Speaker  Arky Vaughan  Greg Maddux  Eddie Mathews  Dizzy Dean  Joe Morgan  Frank Robinson  Nolan Ryan  Lou Brock   Brooks Robinson  Joe Nathan   Clayton Kernshaw  Curt Flood  Hippo Vaughn 
 
 New York                             Lou Gehrig      Warren Spahn   Alex Rodriguez  Eddie Collins  Willie Keeler  Frankie Frisch  Sandy Koufax  Hank Greenberg  Jim Palmer  Joe Torre  Ed Morris  Craig Biggio   King Kelly  Orel Hershiser  Whitey Ford 

Midwestern                          Addie Joss    Al Simmons  Mordecai Brown   Chief Bender  Charlie Gehringer    Kid Nichols   Bob Feller  John Smoltz  Chuck Klein  Babe Adams Ed Reulbach  Bill Freehan  Eddie Cicotte  Bill Everitt  Paul Molitor   Ted Simmons 

Down the Mississippi          Carl Hubbell     Yogi Berra  Ron Guidry   Mel Ott   Bill Dickey   David Cone   Mel Stottlemyre  Smokey Joe Wood  Jimmy Williams  Glenn Wright  Silver King  Vida Blue  Mort Cooper  Jonathan Papelbon  Reb Russell Darrell Porter 

  Illinois                                     Rickey Henderson     Joe McGinnity   Lou Boudreau  Fred Lynn  Kirby Puckett   Red Schoendienst    Bret Saberhagen  Robin Roberts   Robin Yount  Freddy Lindstrom  Red Ruffing   Wally Berger  Jim Thome   Ted Kluszewski   Jim Bottomley 

New England                           Nap Lajoie           Tim Keefe   Mickey Cochrane  Carlton Fisk  Hugh Duffy  John Clarkson Jack Chesbro  Roger Connor Jeff Bagwell  Gabby Hartnett  Jocko Flynn   Joe Kelley  Pie Traynor  Davey Lopes   Rob Dibble  Craig Breslo 

Pennsylvania                          Stan Musial  Honus Wagner  Christy Mathewsonn  Ed Walsh   Eddie Plank   Mike Piazza  Ken Griffey, Jr.   Rube Waddell  Dick Allen  Hughie Jennings Reggie Jackson   Nellie Fox  Stan Coveleski    Bruce Sutter Mike Mussina Bucky Walters 

 Stagecoach                           Mickey Mantle   Walter Johnson  Pete Alexander  Wade Boggs   Bob Gibson  Paul Waner  Johnny Bench Curt Schilling  Ron Santo  Ryne Sandberg  Ken Williams      Earl Averill  Harmon Killebrew   Ralph Kiner   Richie Ashburn   Randy Myers

Dixie                                          Ty Cobb  Henry Aaron  Willie Mays  Shoeless Joe Jackson  Don Sutton  Joe Sewell   Deacon Phillippe  Bill Terry  Heinie Manush  Craig Kimbrel  Frank Thomas  Cecil Travis   David Wright  Buster Posey   Johnny Mize Billy Wagner

 Rest of World                        Mariano Rivera     Ichiro Suzuki    Miguel Cabrera  Ferguson Jenkins   Rod Carew  Johan Santana  Bert Blyleven  Fernando Valenzuela  Felix Hernandez  Manny Sanguillen  Dave Concepcion   Larry Walker    Russ Ford  Tip O'Neill  Luis Aparicio Tony Mullane 

 Caribbean                               Albert Pujols   Manny Ramirez  Pedro Martinez  Pudge Rodriguez  Juan Marichal  Vladimir Guerrero   Luis Tiant  Roberto Clemente Miguel Tejada  Robert Alomar, Jr.  Minnie Minoso  Hanley Ramirez  Tony Perez   Robinson Cano  Orlando Cepeda  Sammy Sosa 

Appalachia                              George Brett   Jesse Burkette  Wilbur Cooper   Todd Helton    Gaylord Perry   Hoyt Wilhelm   Bob Caruthers  Luke Appling  Catfish Hunter  Earle Combs  PeeWee Reese  Carl Mays  Rick Ferrell  Jim Bunning   Vada Pinson   Jack Glassrock

Round 16 Down the Mississippi --'71 Darrell Porter--C