2025 Draft - Conversation Log
Posted: Sat May 06, 2017 5:14 pm
Day 1 : Rounds 1-3
All times Atlantic Time (1 hour ahead of Eastern Time)
(12:31:48) Thoroughbreds: morning....not sure about being here for the duration. my PC is acting up. afraid of the death screen. working on list and saving often
(12:32:12) Trendsetters: ok no worries
(12:32:17) Trendsetters: that sucks though
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(12:38:54) Evas: Hey everyone
(12:39:02) Trendsetters: key Kevin
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(13:21:10) Dinosaurs: Hey guys
(13:21:52) Trendsetters: hey
(13:22:07) Evas: Hey
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(13:33:32) Trendsetters: hi RJ
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(13:35:34) Codgers: I have four guys on my draft list. That should be plenty, right?
(13:36:01) Trendsetters: as long as they are all terrible, you're all set
(13:36:17) Codgers: O:-D
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(13:37:12) Borealis: Hola Guys!!!
(13:37:18) Sandgnats: Howdy!
(13:37:22) Trendsetters: morning Mkie!
(13:37:26) Codgers: Hello
(13:37:27) Trendsetters: Mike**
(13:37:32) Trendsetters: wow, need more coffee
(13:37:43) Trendsetters: hey RJ!
(13:37:55) Sandgnats: Hi Reg!
(13:38:19) Borealis: Hey Reg, RJ!!
(13:38:31) Sandgnats: Hi Mike!
(13:38:36) Borealis: Denny!!
(13:39:57) Sandgnats: Woo hoo. Let's get this party started lol
(13:40:13) Dinosaurs: Will the draft order will be fixed as we move through the draft? I saw the note about the manual adjustments, but just curious.
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(13:40:38) Trendsetters: everything has been updated yesterday
(13:41:22) Dinosaurs: Hmm, I don't think the Dinosaurs should be drafting 8th when we where tied (three way tie) for the 3rd worse record last season.
(13:41:51) Trendsetters: only because there here failed draft signings that bumped things down
(13:42:06) Trendsetters: I would have picked 11th but now picked 15th
(13:42:17) Dinosaurs: 3 from last year? yikes. Okay makes sense
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(13:47:21) Akira: howdy
(13:47:35) Trendsetters: hi Ron
(13:47:43) Trendsetters: also, hi Dylan
(13:47:48) Harpoon: Hey!
(13:48:35) Akira: so we're not using statslab to pick?
(13:49:09) Trendsetters: last year the picks were simply announced here, and manually added and it seemed to work wwll
(13:49:11) Trendsetters: well*
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(13:49:42) Trendsetters: it seemed to limit the "skipping forward" issue that statslab always had
(13:49:51) Calzones: hi all
(13:49:57) Trendsetters: hi Simon!
(13:50:05) Akira: will we see statslab update as the draft progresses? It was a good way to keep track of picks.
(13:50:19) Trendsetters: yup, it will still be updated
(13:50:20) Akira: ...and who was already taken
(13:50:34) Akira: ok, cool.
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(13:51:16) Akira: I missed last years, hence the unsigned horrible pick it selected.
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(13:51:33) Trendsetters: you're swimming in picks this year
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(13:51:47) Coqui: Hi all. Today is the day I regret trading two top picks
(13:51:52) Akira: drowning, actually
(13:52:01) Trendsetters: lol
(13:52:23) Sandgnats: I have no picks this year, so I am happy to go make beverage or food runs for anyone
(13:52:27) Akira: my current minor leaguers are sweating this day
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(13:53:07) Leones: Hi guys!
(13:53:10) Leones: )
(13:53:16) Trendsetters: hi PAtrick!
(13:53:18) Claymores: Hi everyone!
(13:53:18) Akira: heya
(13:53:29) Trendsetters: hey Garrett
(13:53:36) Leones: Good crowd!
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(13:53:59) Borealis: Hey Once Again, Guys!!
(13:54:11) Bulldozers: Gentlemen! Anyone got a coat or sweater? There's a draft in here.
(13:54:18) Harpoon: HA
(13:54:26) Borealis: 8o
(13:54:35) Sandgnats:
(13:54:48) Trendsetters: heh
(13:55:14) Trendsetters: almost everyone is either here, or has a list ready
(13:56:17) Trendsetters: at least the ratings are up on statslab this year, so auto-picks for those with nothing prepared should be a bit better than in the past
(13:56:49) Akira: if you trust those ratings...
(13:57:06) Dinosaurs: they are probably a little better than random
(13:57:29) Borealis: StatsLab is notoriously the worst scouting group!!
(13:58:08) Akira: many don't come close to my scout OR OOTP...
(13:58:11) Trendsetters: when we all fire our incompetent scouts, i think they get picked up at StatsLab Inc.
(13:58:34) Bulldozers: I think that's where I hired my current scout from.
(13:58:37) Akira: don't know where those ratings are coming from.
(13:58:41) Borealis: They are definitely Buyer Beware...
(13:58:58) Sandgnats: I'm thinking of sending my incompetent trainer to go work for statslab, inc.
(13:59:15) Akira: Unless Statslab knows something none of us do!?!??
(13:59:21) Bulldozers: Why not fire your scout and hire your trainer as a scout? Saves lots of money.
(13:59:34) Borealis: :P:P
(13:59:58) Sandgnats:
(14:00:26) Trendsetters: hahahaha
(14:01:03) Trendsetters: reminds me of the scene in moneyball .... "hey, you never played baseball before, right?" .... "well, um.." ... "congrats, you are our new head scout!"
(14:01:07) Bulldozers: Any truth to the rumor we don't have to post our choices in Stats Lab this year? Just announce them here?
(14:01:18) Akira: but he may draft a guy just because he has good muscle tone
(14:01:31) Trendsetters: yup, just announce it here
(14:01:36) Sandgnats:
(14:01:43) Trendsetters: we can actually get started
(14:01:50) Trendsetters: so, welcome to the 2025 draft, everyone!
(14:02:09) Bulldozers: NOise! Confetti!
(14:02:24) Akira: I think it was "You played baseball before?..." "Little league" "You're the new head scout"
(14:02:25) Trendsetters: quick details : simply announce your picks here, and the picks will be manually added to StatsLab (which will be updated as we go along)
(14:02:45) Bulldozers: What a major improvement! Thanks.
(14:02:48) Borealis: WHOOO HOOOO!!!
(14:03:07) Trendsetters: we go until the end of round 3, which should go fairly smoothly as most people are here or have lists ready
(14:03:27) Trendsetters: then everyone try and get a list ready for tomorrow (unless you want to pick your players yourself)
(14:03:29) Sandgnats: or any unused picks go to CL :)
(14:03:52) Akira: hang on, I have to put a list together...
(14:03:58) Bulldozers: You guys have too many talented players already!
(14:05:01) Trendsetters: alright so the first pick is London, and a list was pre-made since they are currently GM-less
(14:05:51) Trendsetters: and with the #1 overall pick, London selects SP Lee Mitchell of Louisville
(14:05:57) Alleghenies: Let's get this done fast guys, I have a Derby to go to
(14:06:16) Trendsetters: Ron, you got the floor for the next two picks
(14:07:00) Akira: In that case, Neo Tokyo selects SP Alfonso Ramos at #2
(14:07:11) Akira: thought he would go @1
(14:07:35) Bulldozers: Yeah, he was my #1.
(14:07:51) Borealis: I love PEBA - How guys rank players - they were 8 & 9 on my list...
(14:07:57) Codgers: Shoot....was hoping Ramos would fall to me at 22
(14:08:11) Trendsetters:
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(14:08:15) Sandgnats: The Red Dawns. Love it.
(14:08:25) Bulldozers: Keep dreaming, Denny. It's good for your complexion.
(14:08:33) Trendsetters: welcome, Kyle!
(14:08:39) Wind_Dancers: hello
(14:08:48) Codgers: I'm getting a salmon-ish hue
(14:08:53) Coqui: I have a top 12 and I pick 13. So far no one has slid
(14:08:55) Trendsetters: by the way, Ron, you can get your #3 overall guy announced if you want
(14:08:59) Akira: at #3 Neo Tokyo selects LF Jeffrey Grier
(14:09:05) Evas: I had Ramos #1 as well. Lucky to get him at #2
(14:09:32) Borealis: And my #1 is off the board - my draft is blown up!!
(14:09:33) Akira: I would have taken Mitchell @ #2
(14:09:36) Codgers: First nicknamed player taken
(14:09:46) Trendsetters: prefect. Scotland is up at #4 overall now
(14:09:58) Trendsetters: the podium is yours, Garrett
(14:10:12) Akira: nicknames a always a clue
(14:10:26) Evas: Yes they are
(14:10:28) Bulldozers: But a clue to what?
(14:10:34) Evas: Talent
(14:10:43) Evas: More often than not
(14:10:52) Claymores: Scotland takes Jeffery 'Skip' Grier....DAMMIT!!! OK we'll take Jorge 'Yogi' Vazquez
(14:11:06) Codgers: I thought they changed OOTP to give lousy players nicknames now too, so it is less of a key than before
(14:11:06) Sandgnats: Yogi!
(14:11:07) Akira: Ramos topped all the lists, even Statslab.
(14:11:39) Bulldozers: So they ain't so dumb after all.
(14:11:55) Evas: @Codgers That is possible
(14:11:59) Sandgnats: Yogi is a great nickname
(14:12:02) Trendsetters: even a broken clock is right twice a day
(14:12:34) Trendsetters: anyway, #5 pick is Amsterdam but I don't see Bob anywhere
(14:12:35) Bulldozers: So what other pick did StatsLab get right? Will we recognize it?
(14:13:20) Trendsetters: Amsterdam's 5th overall pick is SP Vinnie de Brouwer
(14:13:31) Trendsetters: how perfect is that. a Dutch pitcher
(14:13:36) Borealis: Classic!!
(14:13:40) Codgers: Fan service
(14:13:46) Bulldozers: Can he paint?
(14:13:46) Trendsetters: instant fan fave
(14:13:53) Trendsetters: corners, yeah
(14:14:02) Bulldozers:
(14:14:22) Trendsetters: Greg, you're up at #6
(14:14:52) Alleghenies: Ok.
(14:14:58) Alleghenies: Debating between 2 guys
(14:15:11) Bulldozers: Coin toss!
(14:15:15) Alleghenies: 5 minutes?
(14:15:22) Trendsetters: sure
(14:15:30) Trendsetters: these first picks are important ones
(14:15:34) Codgers: *Jeopardy theme plays*
(14:15:42) Wind_Dancers: oh whats the usual draft clock for the first round
(14:16:07) Trendsetters: it's all done manually through announcements here in the chat room, but 10 minutes is the standard
(14:16:16) Wind_Dancers: alright
(14:16:23) Borealis: slow...
(14:16:36) Bulldozers: In ten minutes I could assemble a whole new list!
(14:16:46) Codgers: No kidding
(14:16:50) Trendsetters: so all you'll need to do is announce your player here and it'll get updated in statslab
(14:16:52) Codgers: Kids these days are spoiled
(14:17:01) Wind_Dancers: lol
(14:17:14) Alleghenies: I am no kid I wish I was
(14:17:20) Alleghenies: unless 43 qualifies as a kid
(14:17:25) Bulldozers: Yeah, why in my day, we had ten minutes to walk ten miles to school through 10 feet of snow!
(14:17:37) Bulldozers: 43 is defnintely a kid. Right, Denny?
(14:17:43) Trendsetters: uphill ... both ways!
(14:17:50) Bulldozers: You got it!
(14:18:06) Codgers: Indeed....I don't even remember what it was like to be 43
(14:18:29) Bulldozers: That's what I was thinking. Trying to remember nearly 3 decades ago. I can't.
(14:18:41) Borealis: 43 seems like a decade+ ago...
(14:18:51) Bulldozers: ONE?
(14:19:09) Codgers: I have trouble remembering what happened five minutes ago
(14:19:40) Bulldozers: You swapped me your #1 draft pick for a gallon on Colorado River Water.
(14:19:46) Borealis: Right?? And don't even get me started on names, Fred...
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(14:20:05) Bulldozers: Why is it that names are the first memories to go?
(14:20:09) Borealis: Hey Dan!! Hey Morris!!
(14:20:15) Trendsetters: welcome Dan and Morris!
(14:20:29) Codgers: Wilkommen :important:
(14:20:50) Bureaucrats: Hello! donno if I'll be around long, but figured I'd check in :-)
(14:20:55) Shisa: I'm supposed to be unpacking. Not so loud.
(14:21:16) Bulldozers: Always good to see you, Dan, however briefly.
(14:21:30) Trendsetters: are you moving, Morris?
(14:21:53) Shisa: I'm mostly moved.
(14:22:01) Alleghenies: With the #6 pick in the draft, Alleghenies choose, Pitcher Jake Mundy
(14:22:10) Alleghenies: JAck Mundy
(14:22:25) Codgers: Stolen from Scotland
(14:22:32) Bulldozers: Damn. My fav. Love his name.
(14:22:44) Dinosaurs: Yeah I was surprised that Scotland didn't grab him
(14:22:55) Trendsetters: speaking of Scotland, you guys are next to pick at #7
(14:23:12) Claymores: We'll take SP Fernando Gusman
(14:23:22) Alleghenies: The guy I wanted, wants too much $$$ for a pick I need to sign the guy :-)
(14:23:49) Trendsetters: 6 pitchers and one outfielder so far
(14:24:02) Trendsetters: Fargo is up next
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(14:24:48) Shisa: Laptop decided it wanted to be on airplane mode. Hope that doesn't continue.
(14:25:02) Dinosaurs: Fargo selects SP Nathan Dempster
(14:25:14) Borealis: Claymores pick up a couple of good looking arms!!
(14:25:30) Claymores: We need them!
(14:25:31) Bulldozers: Nathan who?
(14:25:53) Codgers: First Australian selected
(14:26:13) Bulldozers: I hear all he throws are garbage pitches.
(14:26:14) Trendsetters: neat
(14:26:26) Akira: Firstbase!
(14:26:28) Trendsetters: Reno, you guys are next to pick
(14:26:33) Dinosaurs: Right, from the Outback State University Crocs
(14:26:57) Borealis: Both of which look like they won't take much seasoning to be ready...
(14:27:01) Bulldozers: OSU's remote campus.
(14:27:23) Coqui: Or mistakenly Outback Steakhouse Little League team
(14:27:30) Zephyrs: Reno up?
(14:27:35) Bulldozers:
(14:27:37) Trendsetters: yes sir
(14:27:56) Zephyrs: Reno selects SS Jose Martinez
(14:28:14) Codgers: First infielder selected!
(14:28:20) Bulldozers: Yuma selects a colorful young pitcher by the name of Brown, Jeffrey.
(14:28:40) Akira: ooh, was hoping he'd sneak through
(14:28:56) Bulldozers: His camouflage wasn't that good.
(14:29:18) Trendsetters: Amsterdam selects SP Artie McKinney
(14:30:05) Akira: Martinez, Imean
(14:30:17) Trendsetters: Canton selects SP Chris Acevez
(14:30:35) Trendsetters: San Juan is next to pick at lucky #13
(14:30:44) Borealis: Man... The Lions must have subscribed to that StatsLab Scouting Report...
(14:30:54) Codgers: That guy is bound to be good....he's got "Ace" right in his name
(14:30:55) Dinosaurs: Was eying Acevez at my pick. Very solid safe pick
(14:31:13) Coqui: Very lucky 13. #1 on my board still available - Wally Glasser
(14:31:48) Trendsetters: ooo good choice
(14:31:54) Trendsetters: he was top of mine too
(14:32:41) Borealis: So interesting...
(14:32:45) Trendsetters: Bakersfield selects SP Jose Garcia at #14
(14:32:56) Trendsetters: I am next. Just give me a few minutes, guys
(14:32:56) Borealis: Of course they take a pitcher...
(14:33:11) Codgers: Huh....my scout was pretty "meh" on Glasser. You guys' scouts must have a different focus
(14:33:25) Harpoon: Same here
(14:33:31) Borealis: Garcia was the top remaining pitcher on my list...
(14:33:40) Harpoon: 4 of my top 5 are still on my list
(14:33:50) Bulldozers: Glasser seemed fragile, somehow.
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(14:34:07) Borealis: Ditto on Glasser... Though the loverly guys at StatsLab...:-*:-*
(14:34:14) Dinosaurs: :-*:-*
(14:34:27) Codgers: Love....exciting and new...
(14:34:27) Borealis: I've a pair left...
(14:34:35) Calzones: damn i missed one pick
(14:34:50) Alleghenies: I've got 3 guys left on my list
(14:34:54) Borealis: But FLA will pick them - they always do...
(14:34:56) Alleghenies: hoping one makes it to 25
(14:35:00) Codgers: Consarn it, all four guys on my list were taken!!
(14:35:11) Bulldozers: You guys have short lists. I have 13 still on mine.
(14:35:32) Codgers: A short list and a short fuse...
(14:35:42) Borealis: )
(14:35:44) Leones: "you're gonna need a bigger boat chief" I heard something like that once somewhere ...
(14:35:45) Bulldozers: Don't blow it, Denny.
(14:35:58) Codgers: :-)
(14:36:02) Trendsetters: New Orleans select, from Central Florida, SP Jim Jones
(14:36:21) Codgers: NO is drinking the Kool-aid
(14:36:24) Bulldozers: The scariest name in the pool!8o
(14:36:29) Evas: I didn't do a deep dive in to this class because I traded away so many picks, but my rough first pass shows a lot of talent still on the board
(14:36:36) Shisa: Denny beat me to it.
(14:36:55) Codgers: The jokes write themselves
(14:36:58) Trendsetters: I might see if he will go by "James", so we don't scare off fans
(14:37:04) Borealis: At least it's a shorter flight from NO...
(14:37:23) Borealis: I think you have his nickname already!!
(14:37:33) Borealis: Jim 'Kool-Aid' Jones!!!
(14:37:39) Bulldozers: Brilliant!
(14:37:39) Trendsetters: LOLOL
(14:37:48) Trendsetters: that is worth spending CP on!
(14:37:57) Codgers: heh
(14:38:04) Borealis: Yup!!
(14:38:05) Bulldozers: I figure he'll be a sucker for a lifetime supply of Colorado River Water.
(14:38:25) Borealis: And powder containing Red Dye #19...
(14:38:38) Bulldozers: His motto will be: "One sip does the trick."
(14:38:50) Trendsetters: hmm... K-Zoo selected 3B Darius Freeman
(14:38:59) Alleghenies: I will be back in about 10. If my pick comes up, I want to draft Brooks Robinson
(14:39:14) Shisa: My guy, Sleepy, a first rounder!
(14:39:23) Borealis: Can we do that??
(14:39:24) Bulldozers: Wait! There was a third baseman in the pool? Where was he hiding?
(14:39:34) Trendsetters: Hartford, the podium is yours!
(14:39:40) Borealis: Because Aurora can solve their power shortage right here!!
(14:39:41) Harpoon: Hartford selects Ramon "Slugger" Guzman from Hoorn High School. #1 on my list.
(14:39:42) Borealis: We
(14:39:45) Trendsetters: he was sleeping, Bob
(14:39:52) Borealis: ll select Babe Ruth!!
(14:39:56) Bulldozers: Ah so.
(14:40:24) Akira: Guzman was high on my list
(14:40:37) Trendsetters: good pick
(14:40:38) Harpoon: My scout loves him
(14:40:56) Trendsetters: Duluth picks SP Dusty Hickman
(14:41:00) Akira: Freeman was high on my list, when held upside down
(14:41:25) Bulldozers: Freeman was completely free of my list.
(14:41:33) Trendsetters: Simon, you're next to pick!
(14:41:38) Akira: actually, mine too
(14:41:51) Bulldozers: But upside down was funnier.
(14:42:21) Evas: My scout hates Guzman. It's always interesting to see where there are big divergences of opinion
(14:42:36) Bulldozers: This draft is going so well. Kudos to the Board and Reg!
(14:42:39) Borealis: Some huge ones so far...
(14:42:52) Borealis: (sssshhhhqhhhhh.....)
(14:42:53) Evas: Agree, Mike
(14:43:00) Evas: My scout has been wrong before though
(14:43:11) Borealis: Yup...
(14:43:14) Evas: 60% of the time it works every time
(14:43:18) Codgers: I keep intending to revisit my past draft lists to see if the ones who diverged from my list actually panned out
(14:43:19) Borealis: Ditto...
(14:43:22) Trendsetters: @Calzones are you deciding on your pick?
(14:43:41) Evas: @Codgers I was just thinking about doing that
(14:43:47) Calzones: yes
(14:43:59) Trendsetters: ok. just checking. take your time
(14:44:59) Zephyrs: I hate it when my scout says a guy sucks but puts him high in his draft list. Make up you mind dude!
(14:45:09) Calzones: SP Leon Medina
(14:45:29) Shisa: Nice, Simon.
(14:45:40) Bulldozers: Anybody else remember the sound of the timer on the original quiz show, "The $64,000 Question"?
(14:45:43) Trendsetters: cool
(14:46:21) Trendsetters: can't say I do, Bob
(14:46:31) Bulldozers: You're too young, Reg.
(14:46:43) Trendsetters: most likely
(14:46:49) Dinosaurs: @Zephyrs, yeah totally agree, What am I to think. Though my scout tends to love certain "skills" (usually speed and baserunning) and tends to overate those players in his list.
(14:46:56) Bulldozers: Aired in the late 50s. I watched it every night as a kid.
(14:46:57) Codgers: I too am too young. Finally!
(14:47:09) Trendsetters: from the far reaches of Japan, Okinawa picks next!
(14:47:17) Bulldozers: Denny! You're younger than me? Since when?
(14:47:35) Shisa: With Medina gone, Okinawa takes P Brian Montgomery.
(14:47:46) Codgers: For years!
(14:47:57) Trendsetters: hehehe
(14:48:21) Trendsetters: Alright, the cuban lions are next
(14:48:24) Bulldozers: Denny, did you get a new driver's license and lie about your age?
(14:48:38) Alleghenies: I remember it, but not because I watched it in the 50's
(14:49:01) Bulldozers: They showed reruns of it? Sorry I missed that.
(14:49:14) Leones: Havana selects LF Robby Lee (id 5127)
(14:49:18) Trendsetters: found a bunch on youtube just now :)
(14:49:39) Alleghenies: I did a term paper in college on game shows from the past :-)
(14:49:41) Bulldozers: Wicked! Thanks.
(14:50:00) Bulldozers: Now there's a cool term paper topic. Why don't my students research such interesting stuff?
(14:50:02) Trendsetters: Denny, you're up!
(14:50:33) Alleghenies: Yeah, it was fun, but hard.. Would be easy now, Damn you Internet!!!
(14:50:52) Trendsetters: my term papers were infinitely more boring lol
(14:50:53) Codgers: OK, let's see here. Open up OOTP...
(14:51:25) Bulldozers: Just fake it, you old Codger!
(14:52:11) Alleghenies: I tried to get an interview with Gene Rayburn, but I didn't have enough time due to my procrastinating
(14:52:31) Alleghenies: I really wish in hindsight I had
(14:52:50) Akira: think about that later
(14:52:53) Bulldozers: Yeah, that would have been an impressive bit of original research.
(14:54:00) Trendsetters: youtube link
(14:54:04) Alleghenies: I had talked with his assistant/publicist/whatever title and all I had to do is set a few dates and times for him to get back to me at, and I like a young kid, deciding drinking was more fun
(14:54:42) Bulldozers: Well, drinking is more fun, until it kills you. And talking with old tv farts has a limited appeal.
(14:55:06) Alleghenies: True...
(14:55:36) Borealis: Codgers... tick...tock...man...
(14:55:38) Alleghenies: He might have been a dick and my fawning of his ability on tv would have faded
(14:55:54) Bulldozers: Very strange, Reg, but the youtube link you posted sent me to all my Shakespeare links. What's with that?
(14:57:10) Borealis: "Who Wants to be a $64,000aire"
(14:57:22) Alleghenies: I DO!!!
(14:57:30) Trendsetters: @Codgers did you find anyone interesting?
(14:57:45) Trendsetters: I could use that. would wipe off my student loans lol
(14:57:50) Borealis: How is it that it seems like I somehow has missed this show...
(14:58:11) Codgers: PS selects RP Mark 'toast' Powers
(14:58:17) Bulldozers: $64,000 in 1955 roughly worth 600,000 today. I'll take it.
(14:58:20) Borealis: Grrrrr....
(14:58:45) Trendsetters: my fav 50s show without question is What's My Line
(14:58:47) Trendsetters: youtube link
(14:58:54) Borealis: I thought he might make a good starter...
(14:58:55) Codgers: It was a tough choice, there were several worthy candidates still available
(14:58:56) Dinosaurs: I picture that Powers points and the hitters he strikes out and simply add's "you're toast"
(14:58:56) Bulldozers: Wow, Denny, you really had to dig for that slice of toast.
(14:59:00) Akira: should be a good MR
(14:59:05) Codgers: In the end I had to pick the guy with a nickname of course
(14:59:23) Alleghenies: LOL
(14:59:24) Codgers: He has enough stamina he should be able to convert to a starter
(14:59:37) Akira: needs a quality 3rd pitch
(14:59:40) Trendsetters: Duluth selects SP Jorge Zamora
(14:59:46) Zephyrs: We should move the draft to a later start time. I have a tradition of drinking bourbon during and a 5 o'clock start time will make me feel like less of a degenerate.
(14:59:48) Borealis: Winter Ball...
(14:59:49) Trendsetters: WV is up next!
(15:00:22) Trendsetters: I'm having a whisky right now if it makes you feel any better, Scott
(15:00:33) Alleghenies: hmmm
(15:00:59) Codgers: It's 5 o'clock somewhere!
(15:01:00) Alleghenies: This pick I have now, it isn't a comp pick right? So if I don't sign him I get another next year right?
(15:01:02) Borealis: 8o8o8o8o8o8o
(15:01:27) Bulldozers: No, if you don't sign him Kevin or I will.
(15:01:37) Borealis: Hmmmmm... I'm not sure - Where did you get the pick from?
(15:01:46) Trendsetters: it's a traded pick from Shin Seiki, Greg
(15:01:46) Alleghenies: I think this is Kevin's
(15:02:18) Codgers: I found a pick between my couch cushions...
(15:02:19) Alleghenies: Thanks.
(15:02:21) Trendsetters: if anyone needs to verify this stuff, I have my excel spreadsheet out
(15:02:23) Borealis: Yes... that's the Evas pick, and I think it's his actual pick...
(15:02:39) Alleghenies: Helps me lean a certain way :)
(15:03:33) Alleghenies: Alleghenies chose RF Javier 'Doppler' Drake
(15:03:47) Admin: Longshoremen logs into the Chat.
(15:03:52) Alleghenies: My scout absolutely LOVES him
(15:03:54) Borealis: Grrrr...
(15:04:02) Longshoremen: Howdy fellas.
(15:04:10) Akira: he's asking alot
(15:04:10) Alleghenies: the fact I almost took him at 6
(15:04:13) Wind_Dancers: my scout loves no one in this draft
(15:04:13) Trendsetters: hey James!
(15:04:13) Alleghenies: made it pretty easy
(15:04:15) Codgers: Yeah, my scout was very angry that I didn't draft Drake
(15:04:20) Borealis: He was #3 on my list...
(15:04:37) Longshoremen: For once, a StatsLab draft didn't screw me. Thanks, Commish and team for running it rather than leaving it to the vagaries of the StatsLab engine.
(15:04:42) Alleghenies: whether I sign him is a different story
(15:04:56) Longshoremen: I had Drake 4th or 5th overall, FWIW.
(15:05:02) Akira: wants almost as much as Ramos
(15:05:05) Trendsetters: Duane, you got the next pick!
(15:05:09) Calzones: my scout doesnt love anybody either. but you have to pick someone
(15:05:16) Wind_Dancers: yeah
(15:05:29) Trendsetters: you guys have such cranky scouts lol
(15:05:39) Zephyrs: Drake is the perfect example of what I said earlier. #3 overall and scout says not much upside
(15:06:05) Wind_Dancers: though there is one batter left that he's ok with so as long as kentucky doesnt grab him
(15:06:11) Alleghenies: And he has a nickname
(15:06:25) Longshoremen: Not sure I'll be around for my next pick, but I should be able to re-populate my list.
(15:06:26) Alleghenies: and we have established what that means
(15:06:43) Codgers: in some cases!
(15:06:52) Wind_Dancers: meh i was trying to pick a color but meh ill just stick with black
(15:07:03) Borealis: My scout loves him - that's what you get when we've independent scouts!! It makes it so much interesting!!
(15:07:05) Harpoon: I have a RP nicknamed Stinky and that's exactly what he is.
(15:07:09) Codgers: Black goes with everything
(15:07:24) Bulldozers: Brown was taken #10 in the draft, so hands off!
(15:07:31) Akira: unless his nickname is 'dud'
(15:08:40) Trendsetters: not sure if Duane is at his computer or not...
(15:08:56) Trendsetters: we'll give him another 2-3 minutes
(15:09:02) Bulldozers: Didn't he switch to list picks?
(15:09:09) Akira: says it's a list pick
(15:09:14) Codgers: Shatner knocked him out during a drunken binge perhaps
(15:09:18) Trendsetters: he did, but he is logged in here that's why I hesitate
(15:09:42) Trendsetters: well, no answer from him so i'll go to his pick then
(15:09:47) Bulldozers: Look under Denny's cushions, see if he's hiding there.
(15:10:11) Trendsetters: Kentucky selects SP Brian 'Stinger' Gutiérrez
(15:10:22) Trendsetters: you got the podium, Kyle!
(15:10:28) Wind_Dancers: darn it, I was actually going to pick him
(15:10:40) Akira: #3 on my list
(15:10:49) Bulldozers: Next on my list too.
(15:10:51) Wind_Dancers: i changed my mind right before the pick lol, well alright
(15:11:00) Alleghenies: I was hoping he would go to 31
(15:11:06) Akira: almost took him but changed to OF last minute
(15:11:15) Zephyrs: I almost picked Stinger with #9
(15:11:41) Longshoremen: I like that pick. He was one of the three guys left on my 17 guy list at this stage. And now there are two. . .
(15:11:50) Trendsetters: He is from Horseheads, NY so he'll blend right in with the Throughbreds
(15:13:00) Wind_Dancers: With the 26th overall pick in the PEBA DRAFT, The TOYAMA WIND DANCERS SELECT SP DYLAN MCINTOSH!
(15:13:51) Trendsetters: really good choice
(15:13:52) Wind_Dancers: (Applause and cheering echos throughout the streets of Toyama)
(15:14:02) Coqui: I still have a few top guys left - Gutierrez had been one. But don't feel bad about trading my 2nd as I don't have a big draft budget
(15:14:06) Longshoremen: Liked him too.
(15:14:51) Wind_Dancers: how does pick trading work, can we make otc draft day trades?
(15:15:06) Trendsetters: Florida selects MR José Alomar. Son of Roberto perhaps?
(15:17:33) Alleghenies: nice
(15:17:35) Trendsetters: drafted players (in this draft) are unable to be traded until this year's playoffs are concluded
(15:17:56) Trendsetters: otherwise, trades can be done as usual. They just can't involve picks or players from this draft
(15:18:00) Akira: no draft day trades
(15:18:40) Akira: must be traded prior to the sim before draft
(15:18:55) Trendsetters: Aurora is up next with 2 picks in a row
(15:19:07) Wind_Dancers: alright
(15:19:15) Bulldozers: Speak to us, Will!
(15:20:24) Codgers: C/mon, evil empire, step on it!
(15:20:29) Akira: might be fun to have some NFL type draft day trades but that would be a nightmare for Reg
(15:20:59) Bulldozers: We don't want no stinkin' football influence in our beloved bat and ball game!
(15:21:02) Trendsetters: yeah it would be fun. the work involved would be huge, though, I agree
(15:21:23) Calzones: we have that in my otehr league. but we dont have live draft
(15:22:09) Trendsetters: physically switching draft picks is easy. but validating/answering PM's on the fly while running the draft would be the nightmare part
(15:22:12) Borealis: With the 28th pick in the first round of the PEBA Draft, Aurora takes linebacker Kellen Johnson out of Alabama...
(15:22:21) Borealis: Oops... Wrong draft...
(15:22:22) Admin: Codgers rolls 1d6 and gets 4.
(15:22:32) Bulldozers: Damn you!
(15:22:53) Bulldozers: Them Aurora boys got stars in their eyes.
(15:22:58) Borealis: With the 28th selection Aurora takes SP Brandon Waters of the Northwestern Purple Haze...
(15:23:06) Borealis: He was our top pitcher left...
(15:23:09) Trendsetters: I actually went to look for him in the list lol
(15:23:46) Trendsetters: you're up again, Mike
(15:23:52) Shisa: I had Waters rated pretty highly.
(15:24:10) Harpoon: I mean Aaron Judge looks like a linebacker so why not right?
(15:24:28) Trendsetters: ...and he is playing for the evil empire, too...
(15:24:34) Trendsetters: in an alternate universe, of course
(15:24:48) Bulldozers: Of which we should not speak.
(15:24:56) Admin: Calzones rolls 1d6 and gets 2.
(15:25:58) Borealis: With the 29th pick, Aurora selects LF Ricardo Zamora out of Aoyama Gakuin Mighty Missionaries...
(15:26:24) Alleghenies: grr
(15:26:27) Borealis: Our top hitter left - he was our #4 overall...
(15:26:44) Trendsetters: with the 30th pick, Arlington selects SP Greg Davidson
(15:27:02) Trendsetters: West Virginia to close out the first round
(15:27:14) Borealis: But he's going to be force fed RF and CF and pray his work ethic makes him into something - Roberto Martinez, #1 in 2023 has LF all but staked out...
(15:27:26) Borealis: Almost went Davidson...
(15:30:34) Trendsetters: @Alleghenies you're next to pick
(15:32:07) Alleghenies: I am looking
(15:32:28) Alleghenies: I had my next 2 guys picked last 2 picks
(15:32:31) Bulldozers: Want some help?
(15:32:45) Borealis: You're welcome...
(15:32:58) Borealis:
(15:33:09) Bulldozers: I could suggest who NOT to look at.
(15:33:46) Zephyrs: Go with the best nickname
(15:33:57) Borealis: There's a QB out of Northwestern Southern State East who's breaking all the Division IX records....
(15:34:31) Bulldozers: No talk of that other sport, please. Some of us are trying to concentrate.
(15:34:52) Coqui: Division IX? Is that like in Title IX
(15:37:28) Alleghenies: With the last pick in the 1st round, Alleghenies pick 3b Ramón Martínez...
(15:37:58) Bulldozers: Yuma selects SP Joaquin Cerda.
(15:38:00) Coqui: We could use a first female QB/P with a creative sense of direction
(15:38:07) Trendsetters: and with that, Round 1 is complete!
(15:38:37) Trendsetters: Yuma has been added, too
(15:38:40) Trendsetters: Kentucky next
(15:38:55) Trendsetters: Kentucky selects 1B Kokei Nishikawa
(15:39:06) Trendsetters: the Calzones are next to choose
(15:39:16) Codgers: Cerda was interesting
(15:39:23) Bulldozers: Merci.
(15:39:36) Trendsetters: he was second on my list actually
(15:39:39) Codgers: My scout was begging me to take him with tears in his eyes
(15:39:41) Calzones: SP Robby Black
(15:39:45) Alleghenies: I thought he had been drafted
(15:39:55) Alleghenies: That is why I skipped him
(15:39:58) Alleghenies: oh well
(15:40:23) Borealis: Yeah... but he has that UCL injury...
(15:40:23) Bulldozers: He has a torn rotator cuff, right?
(15:40:33) Akira: the torn ucl is a concern
(15:40:37) Trendsetters: Florida selects 1B William Allen
(15:41:06) Calzones: i noticed the injury
(15:42:00) Trendsetters: London selects MR Jorge Gonzáles
(15:42:33) Trendsetters: Neo-Tokyo is up next
(15:43:50) Borealis: I was hoping the UCL would get him to drop to the end f round 2...
(15:44:16) Akira: P Gegory Bradley
(15:45:17) Trendsetters: great
(15:45:22) Trendsetters: Scotland is up next to pick
(15:46:11) Trendsetters: I think Garrett is still here?
(15:46:18) Trendsetters: oh yeah, he is
(15:46:25) Claymores: Yes, I'm here.
(15:47:57) Claymores: Akira keeps taking taking my pick Claymores take LF Will Nelson
(15:48:13) Akira: just took mine!
(15:48:35) Trendsetters:
(15:48:41) Trendsetters: well, Ron, you're up haha
(15:49:22) Shisa: Or will Nelson go back for a sixth year of college?
(15:49:48) Claymores: Ha!
(15:49:57) Akira: 1B Jake 'Buzzsaw' Black
(15:49:59) Dinosaurs: He's trying to avoid the private sector
(15:50:09) Trendsetters: for those wondering, I will post a list (after the draft is done) of players that won't give their teams a compensation pick for failing to sign, since they themselves were compensations already
(15:50:20) Akira: gotta go guys
(15:50:38) Codgers: Bye Ron!
(15:50:46) Trendsetters: ok. cya Ron!
(15:51:07) Borealis: Hmmmmmm.... that would have been handy to start with...
(15:51:33) Trendsetters: Amsterdam selects SP Jorge López
(15:51:45) Admin: Akira has been logged out (Timeout).
(15:52:04) Trendsetters: I can put something up here in a few minutes
(15:52:13) Dinosaurs: Fargo selects 3B Ken'ichi Yamasaki
(15:52:44) Dinosaurs: Well, 3B in theory, we'll see if he sticks.
(15:52:44) Trendsetters: Reno is up
(15:53:01) Zephyrs: Reno selects LF Leonard Inman
(15:53:29) Trendsetters: We're on a roll! Yuma up next
(15:53:39) Borealis: That Jorge Lopez was ID 5874?
(15:53:46) Bulldozers: Yuma selects C Al Wallace.
(15:53:47) Codgers: Ratchet!
(15:54:03) Trendsetters: yup, Mike
(15:54:22) Evas: Wow, I'm actually going to wind up with a talent prospect. Apologies ahead of time for taking a few minutes
(15:55:25) Trendsetters: Canton, you're up next. James, did you want to pick or just use the list pick?
(15:55:31) Trendsetters: since you're here
(15:56:20) Trendsetters: Canton selects 1B Bob Little
(15:56:33) Trendsetters: Kevin, you're up next. take your time if you need some
(15:56:53) Borealis: That's a lot of 1B's already taken...
(15:57:14) Borealis: C'mon Evas... keep it moving...
(15:57:18) Calzones: i liked Yamasaki. but poor glove
(15:57:23) Borealis: >:-D
(15:57:43) Admin: Akira logs into the Chat.
(15:58:05) Akira: ..aaaaaaand I'm back
(15:59:36) Codgers Welcome Back, Kotter theme plays
(16:00:19) Dinosaurs: @Calzones yeah I think he ends up at 1B, but I'm going to stick him at 3B and hope he develops a little more range there.
(16:02:20) Evas: I'm not going to over think this. I'll go with the guy my scout thinks has the best bat in the class. SS selects 1B Hamilton Coffey
(16:02:40) Borealis: Another 1B...
(16:02:55) Trendsetters: The way OOTP handles compensation picks is very odd (they give them out like Santa Claus, regardless of round or if they were compensation picks themselves)
(16:03:08) Evas: My scout has him as an 8-7-9-9-6 offensive potential
(16:03:17) Trendsetters: so this year, here is the list of compensation picks, and for next year's draft, we will have this list as a reference :
Rd 1 - #3 Neo Tokyo
Rd 1 - #6 West Virginia
Rd 1 - #7 Scotland
Rd 1 - #11 Amsterdam
Rd 1 - #23 Duluth
Rd 2 - #39 Neo-Tokyo
Rd 2 - #58 Florida
Rd 3 - #66 Neo-Tokyo
Rd 3 - #71 West Virginia
Rd 3 - #72 Scotland
Rd 3 - #74 Yuma
Rd 3 - #83 Neo-Tokyo
Rd 3 - #92 Canton
Rd 3 - #94 Toyama
Rd 3 - #96 Yuma
(16:03:37) Evas: He has the highest score in my proprietary hitting score too.
(16:04:13) Trendsetters: you can add the supplementary round as ineligible to get compensation, too
(16:04:21) Evas: Jeffery Grier was the 2nd best rated, for what it's worth
(16:04:25) Trendsetters: so, that's the story on that!
(16:04:34) Wind_Dancers: my scout has hamilton at 3-4-4-6-5
(16:04:44) Trendsetters: wow!
(16:04:57) Borealis: Grier and Coffey were vastly different for me... I had Coffey at 14...
(16:05:28) Evas: Coffey wasn't my highest rated player, but he had the most offensive potential
(16:05:36) Trendsetters: Bakersfield select 2B Leland Young
(16:05:38) Borealis: Ah...
(16:05:40) Bulldozers: When Hamilton Coffey first gets called up to the majors for a cup of coffee, it will mean something.
(16:05:44) Trendsetters: I'm next. give me a few minutes, guys
(16:06:02) Borealis: :P:P:P:P
(16:06:42) Trendsetters: this is what I keep thinking
http://www.penguins-hockey-cards.com/p ... fey_1b.jpg
(16:06:45) Dinosaurs: @Evas, my scout was pretty much the same regarding Coffey except it gave him a 1 contact. OSA had him at like an 8 I think for contact, and he looked fine from his college numbers regarding batting average so I think my scout is way off on that one skill for some reason.
(16:07:24) Wind_Dancers: yeah my scout is just favor tools
(16:07:33) Dinosaurs: @Trendsetters yeah I remember Paul COffey, solid player.
(16:08:03) Trendsetters: indeed
(16:08:24) Borealis: My Scout was 7-5-6-6-5...
(16:08:54) Bulldozers: My scout was 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... zzzzzz ...
(16:08:57) Evas: That is a lot of variation. High risk high reward pick i guess
(16:09:26) Borealis: The disparity is actually pretty amazing...
(16:09:34) Codgers: I think there is more diversity in scouts' views in OOTP17
(16:09:36) Trendsetters: New Orleans select MR Michael Thompson
(16:09:48) Trendsetters: the 'fog of war' ... i like it :)
(16:09:50) Codgers: Because people are all over the place now
(16:09:58) Evas: Yeah much more than normal. Some times there are guys that love a player and guys that hate them. You dont ususally see such a mix
(16:10:19) Trendsetters: yeah, the term 'consensus #1 pick' used to float around a lot more
(16:11:12) Trendsetters: Kalamazoo selects CF Raul Reyes
(16:11:15) Dinosaurs: Hamilton Coffey is a high school pick too, so there's a bit more haziness because of that too., certainly high risk/high reward type.
(16:11:28) Trendsetters: Hartford is up next!
(16:11:53) Harpoon: Hartford selects P Mike Jones out of West Virginia
(16:12:40) Codgers: Arr, he was on my list of 2!
(16:12:46) Trendsetters: Duluth selects SP Masanobu Fujimoto
(16:13:09) Dinosaurs: Yeah I had him 5th on my list currently, (and Fujimoto 4th! blah)
(16:14:08) Harpoon: He looks like a future reliable #3 to me
(16:14:25) Harpoon: 3 or 4 rather
(16:14:28) Calzones: gimme a sec
(16:14:55) Trendsetters: sure, no problem Simon
(16:15:08) Evas: Alright that does it for me today. I've traded away everything else. Later, guys.
(16:15:28) Trendsetters: later, Kevin!
(16:15:45) Codgers: Bye Kevin
(16:15:57) Calzones: SS Jeff van der Eijk
(16:16:00) Dinosaurs: See ya Kevin
(16:16:33) Trendsetters: Morris, it's your pick now
(16:16:47) Borealis: See Ya Kevin!
(16:16:54) Admin: Evas has been logged out (Timeout).
(16:18:37) Shisa: P Reed Garcia.
(16:19:15) Trendsetters: the Leones are up next!
(16:19:47) Leones: Havana selects 3B Dave Henderson
(16:20:17) Trendsetters: Codgers, you're next!
(16:20:32) Borealis: Hendu!!!
(16:21:19) Bulldozers: Denny will need a moment to boot his computer, then download OOTP, then ...
(16:21:42) Trendsetters:
(16:22:00) Codgers: Wait....what's a computer?
(16:23:01) Admin: Borealis rolls 1d6 and gets 6.
(16:23:13) Admin: Borealis has been logged out (Timeout).
(16:23:13) Admin: Borealis logs into the Chat.
(16:23:23) Bulldozers: It'll all come back to you in a minute, Denny. Or two or three ...
(16:23:41) Codgers: PS selects MR Cipriano Ruíz
(16:23:52) Codgers: Another SP candidate
(16:24:08) Admin: Longshoremen has been logged out (Timeout).
(16:24:38) Bulldozers: Nice choice, Denny. I was surprised he lasted so long.
(16:24:53) Trendsetters: West Virginia picks next
(16:25:08) Borealis: Those MR that look like they might be good starters sometimes dip once placed in that role - always a scary concept...
(16:25:50) Trendsetters: that's what I got in the second round with Thompson. I don't mind keeping him as a solid reliever if he doesn't do well at SP though
(16:26:29) Alleghenies: debating
(16:26:34) Alleghenies: I have it down to 2 guys
(16:26:39) Codgers: Yes, if worst comes to worst we have another bullpen guy
(16:28:02) Trendsetters: one of my former starters is actually our closer now. although he only had two real pitches to begin with, but he was at least worth a try..
(16:30:42) Alleghenies: The Alleghenies chose SP Joe Russell
(16:31:25) Trendsetters: Kentucky picks C Gabriel Castro
(16:31:42) Trendsetters: The team formerly known as the Cliff Hangers is next
(16:31:45) Trendsetters: (Toyama, that is)
(16:32:49) Borealis: Manny's brothers...??
(16:33:47) Wind_Dancers: and Toyama takes, the man out of Purdue, SP YO YAMADA!!
(16:35:04) Wind_Dancers: Personality description, A clubhouse prankster who can really unite a team -- though he really should spend more time on baseball and less time on practical jokes
(16:35:31) Trendsetters: hahaha
(16:35:37) Trendsetters: he'll get the team loose
(16:35:44) Trendsetters: or paranoid
(16:35:59) Bulldozers: The Bulldozers look forward to driving some of his practical jokes back through the pitcher's box!
(16:36:21) Wind_Dancers: his personality is Very High Loyalty Intelligence and Leadership, but really low Desire for win, Greed and Work ethic
(16:37:01) Trendsetters: so, like a Bartolo Colon
(16:37:02) Bulldozers: Sounds like Jim Bouton in his youth.
(16:37:10) Trendsetters: then again, Bartolo works hard somewhat
(16:37:27) Dinosaurs: Featherheads aren't here, right?
(16:37:31) Trendsetters: although dont know how much of his longevity is medical or gym-related
(16:37:58) Bulldozers: Kevin of the Featherheads is absent.
(16:38:12) Trendsetters: Florida selects SS Stan Joyce and SP Juan Arias
(16:38:22) Trendsetters: Ken*
(16:38:26) Trendsetters: of the Featherheads
(16:38:29) Trendsetters:
(16:38:37) Sandgnats:
(16:38:39) Trendsetters: old habits are hard to break
(16:39:06) Calzones: shit my pick
(16:39:07) Codgers: Well, Kevin of the Featherheads is also absent
(16:39:22) Trendsetters: I suppose his statement wasn't wrong
(16:39:23) Bulldozers: Yes they are. Especially when the habit and the habituate are both OLD.
(16:40:21) Codgers:
(16:40:34) Trendsetters: hehe
(16:40:44) Trendsetters: Simon is working on his pick
(16:43:42) Calzones: 3b guillermo padilla
(16:44:26) Dinosaurs: Okay guys I've got a date with the wife to see Guardians of the Galaxy, so I'm outta here. Auto List Pick is on for me. Good luck to everyone!
(16:44:47) Trendsetters: oooooo
(16:44:53) Trendsetters: have fun
(16:45:10) Trendsetters: by the way, Aurora picks next
(16:45:16) Borealis: With the 61st pick in the 2025 draft, Aurora selects 2B Arthur Bonsail out of Southern Miss...
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(16:47:06) Trendsetters: Arlington chooses SP Ramon Pereira
(16:47:10) Trendsetters: Yuma is up next
(16:47:13) Borealis: Highest rated INF left... A bit worried about his WE and ability not to K, but he has power and we're looking to up the ante a bit there... He's going to be force fed third just as Zamora will be RF...
(16:48:03) Bulldozers: Concluding the second round of the 2025 draft, Yuma selects SS Jose Marquez.
(16:48:06) Akira: Pierra was impossible for us to sign
(16:48:18) Akira: but good potebtial
(16:49:07) Trendsetters: onwards to the third and final round of the day!
(16:49:20) Akira: 2 Jse Marquezs in this draft
(16:49:25) Trendsetters: London selects CF René Lems
(16:49:46) Trendsetters: Ron, you have the podium for two picks
(16:50:24) Bulldozers: No confusion on the Marquezes. One plays catcher, the one I drafted plays SS.
(16:50:35) Akira: ok, 1 min
(16:51:10) Codgers: Not even for some kind of Parent Trap-style hijinks?
(16:51:33) Akira: SS Kenkichi Hakui
(16:51:59) Akira: P Alec Jordan
(16:53:39) Trendsetters: Alright, Scotland picks next!
(16:54:04) Claymores: CF Vic Smith
(16:54:06) Codgers: Ah, young Alec was on my list
(16:54:11) Codgers: Now I must create a new list
(16:54:46) Borealis: Drats NT...
(16:54:47) Trendsetters: Reno is up next!
(16:55:14) Zephyrs: Reno selects 1B Caden Maynor
(16:55:34) Trendsetters: I wonder why... lol
(16:55:35) Zephyrs: don't tell my wife I waited til rd 3 to select our son
(16:55:52) Borealis: Is that nepotism??
(16:55:56) Bulldozers: You have a son named Maynor?
(16:55:58) Zephyrs: yep
(16:56:19) Shisa: Dang, was hoping to hold Caden hostage.
(16:56:43) Trendsetters: Fargo selects CF Rick Adams
(16:56:52) Trendsetters: Scott, you're up again!
(16:56:55) Bulldozers: But Scott dances to a different CADENence.
(16:57:06) Trendsetters: * badum, tish *
(16:57:44) Zephyrs: CF Eugene Gray
(16:58:24) Trendsetters: West Virginia next!
(16:59:38) Trendsetters: 70 picks down, only 27 picks to go!
(16:59:49) Sandgnats: Good job guys!
(17:02:15) Trendsetters: just making sure you're here, Greg?
(17:02:48) Alleghenies: yep
(17:03:01) Trendsetters: ok cool
(17:03:29) Harpoon: I've had as guy in my top 10 this entire time. But the more I look at him, the less I like him
(17:03:38) Harpoon: *a guy
(17:03:48) Alleghenies: 3 guys I wanted to drafted all say impossible to sign
(17:03:51) Alleghenies: GRRRRR
(17:04:15) Bulldozers: The more you look at any of them, the less appealing they become.
(17:04:20) Borealis: 8)8)8)
(17:04:42) Borealis: There's still good value out there!!
(17:04:45) Bulldozers: Don't believe that "Impossible to Sign" crap. I've signed every single one of those picks by simply offering more money than they ask for.
(17:04:46) Codgers: Yep, all of them are terrible. VeRy UNDERWHELMING
(17:05:15) Coqui: Some character issue guys coming up for me but might have to take one.
(17:06:44) Alleghenies: Alleghenis chose C Francisco Casillán
(17:08:11) Shisa: The trick with 'impossible' is you usually only get one bite at the apple. If they don't like your initial bonus offer, they don't make a counter offer. They walk.
(17:08:33) Borealis: Yup!!
(17:08:33) Alleghenies: Yeah, but on a pick I don't get comp for I don't want to take the risk
(17:09:06) Bulldozers: It's a game! Take the risk! Have some fun!
(17:09:29) Trendsetters: Scotland is up next!
(17:09:37) Alleghenies: I have taken risks, has led me to a 38 win year so far and the pretty decent minor league system
(17:09:45) Trendsetters: then two picks for Yuma afterwards
(17:09:56) Bulldozers: Yuma is ready with both.
(17:11:49) Trendsetters: just checking up on ya, Garrett. you working on your pick?
(17:12:00) Claymores: Yes, just a sec.
(17:12:06) Coqui: I got 3 picks left I like. Four going ahead of me
(17:12:12) Trendsetters: ok no problem
(17:12:36) Trendsetters: to everyone : when your picks comes up, just put a message up so we know you're working on your pick :)
(17:12:43) Harpoon: So this guy I was talking about, he got hurt for 3-4 months in 2022 and has been sitting on the college disabled list since then.
(17:12:56) Bulldozers: Or post your pick, instantly!
(17:13:00) Harpoon: But he has still developed according to my scout
(17:13:01) Codgers: As long as the message isn't "I'm NOT working on my pick"
(17:13:16) Bulldozers: >:-D
(17:13:52) Coqui: DL guy was Gutierrez I think
(17:14:17) Claymores: CF Mark Livingston
(17:14:22) Bulldozers: Yuma selects SP Edward Randolph.
(17:14:35) Bulldozers: Yuma selects C Ed Holder.
(17:14:55) Harpoon: Nope this guy is still available. His college roster is full so he may be stuck there
(17:15:55) Claymores: Randolph was my other choice. I'll be curious to see how he turns out
(17:16:15) Coqui: I have him about 6th from now
(17:16:16) Codgers: I was *just* looking at Randoplh! Big producer for the Campaniles this year
(17:16:18) Bulldozers: Me too. I'm hopeful. He has a very old fashioned name.
(17:16:19) Coqui: had him
(17:17:06) Trendsetters: Canton selects SS Manny Arias
(17:17:15) Trendsetters: San Juan up next
(17:18:06) Coqui: I'll select C Michael Carlson
(17:18:44) Trendsetters: Bakersfield selects CF Paul Mitchell
(17:18:52) Trendsetters: my turn. gimmie a few
(17:19:16) Coqui: Carlson a little off the board for me but really want a C in the draft and can't argue with his college hitting
(17:20:05) Sandgnats: nice pick for Bakersfield. He has great hair.
(17:20:31) Borealis: OMG for BAK - may scout has Mitchell being the second-coming of dirt...
(17:21:52) Borealis: He was like 1300 on my list 8o... Was that a StatsLab pick??
(17:22:17) Trendsetters: a list pick for BAK actually
(17:22:20) Codgers: He was rated decently by my scout
(17:22:37) Trendsetters: yeah mine was indifferent. middle-of-the-pack pick
(17:23:14) Borealis: Joe Horn has him as 1-1-6-5-3...
(17:23:17) Trendsetters: well, #101 overall on my list anyway
(17:23:23) Trendsetters: New Orleans selects SP Naizen Suzuki
(17:24:09) Borealis: The best Suzuki on the draft!!!
(17:24:16) Trendsetters: Kalamazoo selects SS Tim McClure
(17:24:25) Trendsetters: Hartford up next!
(17:24:35) Alleghenies: what time is draft tomorrow?
(17:24:37) Harpoon: Guess I'm going to take a chance on the kid
(17:24:51) Trendsetters: same time as today. 1pm eastern time
(17:25:00) Alleghenies: Cool, I'll try to make it.
(17:25:11) Trendsetters: good stuff
(17:25:16) Alleghenies: later guys
(17:25:23) Codgers: Bye Greg
(17:25:24) Harpoon: Hartford selects, 2B Tommy McKnight from THE Rice University Puddings
(17:25:24) Trendsetters: see ya Greg
(17:25:25) Borealis: See Ya Greg!!
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(17:25:59) Trendsetters: lol the Rice Puddings
(17:26:18) Borealis: One of the better ones!!
(17:26:33) Calzones: SP Chris Hamm
(17:26:37) Codgers: Yep, some of the colege team names are pretty clever
(17:26:40) Trendsetters: Duluth selects CF Sancho Bautista
(17:27:18) Trendsetters: Ron, you're up
(17:27:36) Shisa: Simon's got my number today.
(17:27:52) Calzones: :)
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(17:27:58) Calzones: means im picking good players
(17:28:10) Akira: P Jim Elmore
(17:28:13) Shisa: Let us hope.
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(17:28:30) Codgers: Or both of you are picking *bad* players... >:-D
(17:28:44) Bulldozers: My favorite college sports team name is the Banana Slugs!
(17:29:06) Borealis: UCSC!!! Awesome Sauce!!!
(17:29:06) Trendsetters: Shisa pick next!
(17:29:13) Codgers: A classic
(17:30:11) Trendsetters: "Go, Nads!"
(17:30:24) Trendsetters: Rhode Island School of Design is still tops on my nickname list
(17:30:24) Bulldozers: Nads?
(17:30:29) Trendsetters: the RISD Nads
(17:30:38) Trendsetters: yeah, and their mascot is .... well....
(17:30:40) Bulldozers: What's RISD's mascot?
(17:30:41) Trendsetters: you know..
(17:30:44) Shisa: Okinawa takes Don Sheppard out of USC. Nickname, 'Cushion'.
(17:30:48) Bulldozers: Got it.
(17:30:57) Borealis: OH>... SHISA.....
(17:31:13) Bulldozers: What position is Sheppard?
(17:31:14) Borealis: :|:|
(17:31:14) Codgers: I had the Cushion under consideration
(17:31:19) Codgers: SP
(17:31:21) Borealis: SP
(17:31:27) Admin: Borealis rolls 1d6 and gets 1.
(17:31:37) Codgers: Shisa pulled the Cushion out from under us
(17:31:38) Trendsetters: Hartford is up next
(17:31:48) Borealis: Yup... Was that your pick?
(17:32:12) Harpoon: Hartford selects P Ralph Morris, UCLA
(17:32:45) Trendsetters: great. 11 picks to go! Codgers up next!
(17:32:57) Harpoon: I'm off until tomorrow, see you guys then!
(17:33:03) Codgers: Ah jeez, time to quit foolin' around and get to work I suppose...
(17:33:35) Bulldozers: Not yet. Denny. Too soon. Wait until we're all screaming at you!
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(17:35:31) Bulldozers: Last pick of the day, Denny. Don't blow it!
(17:35:40) Codgers: NERVOUS
(17:35:49) Calzones: dont pick my guy
(17:36:01) Bulldozers: Or mine!
(17:36:03) Calzones: i dont wanna look thropugh all this trash again
(17:36:23) Bulldozers: Don't look, Simon, just roll the dice.
(17:36:33) Admin: Calzones rolls 1d6 and gets 6.
(17:36:36) Calzones: ha
(17:36:44) Trendsetters:
(17:39:02) Trendsetters: how's the weather in everyone's neck of the woods?
(17:39:43) Borealis: Summer arrived two days ago...
(17:39:59) Borealis: So the fog is hanging around, taunting the sun...
(17:40:00) Bulldozers: Foggy here on the coast of Southern California.
(17:40:26) Borealis: AH!!! So it's summer there, too!!
(17:40:26) Calzones: raining every day
(17:40:42) Trendsetters: not much better here. lol. 63 and a rainfall warning
(17:40:44) Calzones: feels like london
(17:41:14) Zephyrs: cold and rainy in Cleveland
(17:41:35) Bulldozers: Denny ... Denny ... where are you?
(17:43:18) Trendsetters: Denny?
(17:43:20) Codgers: PS selects SP Marc Price
(17:43:41) Trendsetters: alright, San Antonio next!
(17:44:16) Wind_Dancers: its like 65 in philly, but not super hot or rainy
(17:44:19) Codgers: I did a lot of questining and ended up taking a different guy that planned
(17:44:22) Calzones: SP Elek Klim
(17:44:27) Codgers: *questioning
(17:44:30) Calzones: polish pitcher
(17:44:41) Calzones: Elek isnt polish name btw, it hungarian
(17:44:45) Calzones: i looked it up
(17:44:48) Trendsetters: hahaha
(17:44:59) Borealis: I was thinking about slim...
(17:45:03) Borealis: *Klim
(17:45:04) Calzones: obv i knew it wasnt polish
(17:45:46) Trendsetters: is "Elek" polish?
(17:45:58) Codgers: He's from the Hungarian part of Poland
(17:46:44) Borealis: His mother wanted to name him Elk, but the nurse's spelling wasn't so great...
(17:46:53) Trendsetters: Kentucky selects C Tony Burston
(17:47:00) Trendsetters: Toyama up next!
(17:47:10) Calzones: i just said it wasnt polish lol
(17:47:33) Trendsetters: I need to read better
(17:47:36) Calzones: apparently its hungarian, and there is city called Elek in Hungary too
(17:48:02) Trendsetters: that's cool
(17:48:18) Calzones: anyway guys thanks for draft, cya next time ^^
(17:48:25) Wind_Dancers: Toyama selects SS from the big daddies, Jorge Prado
(17:48:35) Trendsetters: ok see ya Simon!
(17:48:56) Wind_Dancers: one of the worst personalities in the league
(17:49:04) Bulldozers: Yuma selects CF Matt Francis.
(17:49:21) Wind_Dancers: low or very low for everything except Greed, which is very high
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(17:50:10) Trendsetters: hmm... just realized Simon has a pick left
(17:50:16) Trendsetters: oh well, auto-pick it is
(17:50:51) Trendsetters: actually not a bad pick ... SP Ken 'Headgame' Morton
(17:51:08) Trendsetters: Personality : rarely causes trouble
(17:51:14) Trendsetters: maybe an ironic nickname?
(17:51:46) Bulldozers: Only Morton knows.
(17:51:47) Trendsetters: Canton drafts RF Mototsune Sato
(17:52:17) Trendsetters: RF on paper, but perhaps a DH
(17:52:18) Shisa: Isn't that a Bad Company song/
(17:52:43) Trendsetters: Aurora is up next!
(17:52:48) Borealis: "I'm not working on my pick"...
(17:52:53) Borealis: :P:P
(17:53:08) Bulldozers: Quit staring at the Northern Lights!
(17:53:12) Trendsetters: RJ gets the free pick he has been lobbying for!
(17:53:16) Shisa: Nope, Foreigner. My mistake.
(17:53:42) Borealis: Let's see...
(17:55:12) Borealis: Gotta go with the highest guy left on my board - who was #7, if you can believe that (or my system is whacked!!!)
(17:55:47) Bulldozers: Yes ... yes ...
(17:56:08) Borealis: Which the 93rd pick in the draft, Aurora selects CF Joey Walker of the University of Spoiled Children...
(17:57:18) Trendsetters: :-)
(17:57:45) Bulldozers: I have taught at the extension campus of the college. Many times.
(17:57:54) Trendsetters: Ok, Toyama's turn!
(18:00:05) Codgers: Four more picks! So close...
(18:01:29) Trendsetters: you there, Kyle?
(18:02:40) Trendsetters: gonna wait another few minutes. after that, auto-pick for you
(18:03:59) Bulldozers: You're so patient, Reg.
(18:04:26) Trendsetters: Toyama picks (against their will) SP Johnny Maynard :)
(18:04:53) Trendsetters: Arlington selects RF Luis Antonio Aguilera
(18:05:17) Bulldozers: And for the penultimate selection in today's draft, Yuma picks SP Jim Norris.
(18:05:48) Trendsetters: great
(18:06:00) Trendsetters: Scott, would you do the honors to select our final player today?
(18:06:04) Zephyrs: Reno selects LF Brad Morris
(18:06:15) Trendsetters: Morris and Norris to end the day
(18:06:18) Zephyrs: Well done!
(18:06:25) Bulldozers: Norris, then Moris and we're done!
(18:06:31) Bulldozers: Kudos to you, Reg!
(18:06:51) Trendsetters: Thanks!
(18:06:59) Trendsetters: and thanks guys, this was a lot of fun!
(18:07:01) Borealis: Great Job Reg!!
(18:07:21) Codgers: Right about 3 hours, even with allowing 10 minutes per pick!
(18:07:26) Trendsetters: speaking of Morris, he will be in the draft drivers' seat tomorrow for day two. I'll be joining in mid-stream
(18:07:27) Codgers: Well done :important:
(18:07:41) Bulldozers: Try 4 hours, Denny.
(18:07:52) Codgers: eh, whatever
(18:08:07) Bulldozers: Hasta, amigos!
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(18:08:14) Trendsetters: Tomorrow, same Bat Time, same Bat Channel!
(18:08:21) Codgers: Bye all!
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(18:09:03) Trendsetters: Remember all : if you don't plan on being here tomorrow, get a list ready!
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(12:31:48) Thoroughbreds: morning....not sure about being here for the duration. my PC is acting up. afraid of the death screen. working on list and saving often
(12:32:12) Trendsetters: ok no worries
(12:32:17) Trendsetters: that sucks though
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(12:38:54) Evas: Hey everyone
(12:39:02) Trendsetters: key Kevin
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(13:21:10) Dinosaurs: Hey guys
(13:21:52) Trendsetters: hey
(13:22:07) Evas: Hey
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(13:33:32) Trendsetters: hi RJ
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(13:35:34) Codgers: I have four guys on my draft list. That should be plenty, right?
(13:36:01) Trendsetters: as long as they are all terrible, you're all set
(13:36:17) Codgers: O:-D
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(13:37:12) Borealis: Hola Guys!!!
(13:37:18) Sandgnats: Howdy!
(13:37:22) Trendsetters: morning Mkie!
(13:37:26) Codgers: Hello
(13:37:27) Trendsetters: Mike**
(13:37:32) Trendsetters: wow, need more coffee
(13:37:43) Trendsetters: hey RJ!
(13:37:55) Sandgnats: Hi Reg!
(13:38:19) Borealis: Hey Reg, RJ!!
(13:38:31) Sandgnats: Hi Mike!
(13:38:36) Borealis: Denny!!
(13:39:57) Sandgnats: Woo hoo. Let's get this party started lol
(13:40:13) Dinosaurs: Will the draft order will be fixed as we move through the draft? I saw the note about the manual adjustments, but just curious.
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(13:40:38) Trendsetters: everything has been updated yesterday
(13:41:22) Dinosaurs: Hmm, I don't think the Dinosaurs should be drafting 8th when we where tied (three way tie) for the 3rd worse record last season.
(13:41:51) Trendsetters: only because there here failed draft signings that bumped things down
(13:42:06) Trendsetters: I would have picked 11th but now picked 15th
(13:42:17) Dinosaurs: 3 from last year? yikes. Okay makes sense
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(13:47:21) Akira: howdy
(13:47:35) Trendsetters: hi Ron
(13:47:43) Trendsetters: also, hi Dylan
(13:47:48) Harpoon: Hey!
(13:48:35) Akira: so we're not using statslab to pick?
(13:49:09) Trendsetters: last year the picks were simply announced here, and manually added and it seemed to work wwll
(13:49:11) Trendsetters: well*
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(13:49:42) Trendsetters: it seemed to limit the "skipping forward" issue that statslab always had
(13:49:51) Calzones: hi all
(13:49:57) Trendsetters: hi Simon!
(13:50:05) Akira: will we see statslab update as the draft progresses? It was a good way to keep track of picks.
(13:50:19) Trendsetters: yup, it will still be updated
(13:50:20) Akira: ...and who was already taken
(13:50:34) Akira: ok, cool.
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(13:51:16) Akira: I missed last years, hence the unsigned horrible pick it selected.
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(13:51:33) Trendsetters: you're swimming in picks this year
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(13:51:47) Coqui: Hi all. Today is the day I regret trading two top picks
(13:51:52) Akira: drowning, actually
(13:52:01) Trendsetters: lol
(13:52:23) Sandgnats: I have no picks this year, so I am happy to go make beverage or food runs for anyone
(13:52:27) Akira: my current minor leaguers are sweating this day
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(13:53:07) Leones: Hi guys!
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(13:53:16) Trendsetters: hi PAtrick!
(13:53:18) Claymores: Hi everyone!
(13:53:18) Akira: heya
(13:53:29) Trendsetters: hey Garrett
(13:53:36) Leones: Good crowd!
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(13:53:59) Borealis: Hey Once Again, Guys!!
(13:54:11) Bulldozers: Gentlemen! Anyone got a coat or sweater? There's a draft in here.
(13:54:18) Harpoon: HA
(13:54:26) Borealis: 8o
(13:54:35) Sandgnats:
(13:54:48) Trendsetters: heh
(13:55:14) Trendsetters: almost everyone is either here, or has a list ready
(13:56:17) Trendsetters: at least the ratings are up on statslab this year, so auto-picks for those with nothing prepared should be a bit better than in the past
(13:56:49) Akira: if you trust those ratings...
(13:57:06) Dinosaurs: they are probably a little better than random
(13:57:29) Borealis: StatsLab is notoriously the worst scouting group!!
(13:58:08) Akira: many don't come close to my scout OR OOTP...
(13:58:11) Trendsetters: when we all fire our incompetent scouts, i think they get picked up at StatsLab Inc.
(13:58:34) Bulldozers: I think that's where I hired my current scout from.
(13:58:37) Akira: don't know where those ratings are coming from.
(13:58:41) Borealis: They are definitely Buyer Beware...
(13:58:58) Sandgnats: I'm thinking of sending my incompetent trainer to go work for statslab, inc.
(13:59:15) Akira: Unless Statslab knows something none of us do!?!??
(13:59:21) Bulldozers: Why not fire your scout and hire your trainer as a scout? Saves lots of money.
(13:59:34) Borealis: :P:P
(13:59:58) Sandgnats:
(14:00:26) Trendsetters: hahahaha
(14:01:03) Trendsetters: reminds me of the scene in moneyball .... "hey, you never played baseball before, right?" .... "well, um.." ... "congrats, you are our new head scout!"
(14:01:07) Bulldozers: Any truth to the rumor we don't have to post our choices in Stats Lab this year? Just announce them here?
(14:01:18) Akira: but he may draft a guy just because he has good muscle tone
(14:01:31) Trendsetters: yup, just announce it here
(14:01:36) Sandgnats:
(14:01:43) Trendsetters: we can actually get started
(14:01:50) Trendsetters: so, welcome to the 2025 draft, everyone!
(14:02:09) Bulldozers: NOise! Confetti!
(14:02:24) Akira: I think it was "You played baseball before?..." "Little league" "You're the new head scout"
(14:02:25) Trendsetters: quick details : simply announce your picks here, and the picks will be manually added to StatsLab (which will be updated as we go along)
(14:02:45) Bulldozers: What a major improvement! Thanks.
(14:02:48) Borealis: WHOOO HOOOO!!!
(14:03:07) Trendsetters: we go until the end of round 3, which should go fairly smoothly as most people are here or have lists ready
(14:03:27) Trendsetters: then everyone try and get a list ready for tomorrow (unless you want to pick your players yourself)
(14:03:29) Sandgnats: or any unused picks go to CL :)
(14:03:52) Akira: hang on, I have to put a list together...
(14:03:58) Bulldozers: You guys have too many talented players already!
(14:05:01) Trendsetters: alright so the first pick is London, and a list was pre-made since they are currently GM-less
(14:05:51) Trendsetters: and with the #1 overall pick, London selects SP Lee Mitchell of Louisville
(14:05:57) Alleghenies: Let's get this done fast guys, I have a Derby to go to
(14:06:16) Trendsetters: Ron, you got the floor for the next two picks
(14:07:00) Akira: In that case, Neo Tokyo selects SP Alfonso Ramos at #2
(14:07:11) Akira: thought he would go @1
(14:07:35) Bulldozers: Yeah, he was my #1.
(14:07:51) Borealis: I love PEBA - How guys rank players - they were 8 & 9 on my list...
(14:07:57) Codgers: Shoot....was hoping Ramos would fall to me at 22
(14:08:11) Trendsetters:
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(14:08:15) Sandgnats: The Red Dawns. Love it.
(14:08:25) Bulldozers: Keep dreaming, Denny. It's good for your complexion.
(14:08:33) Trendsetters: welcome, Kyle!
(14:08:39) Wind_Dancers: hello
(14:08:48) Codgers: I'm getting a salmon-ish hue
(14:08:53) Coqui: I have a top 12 and I pick 13. So far no one has slid
(14:08:55) Trendsetters: by the way, Ron, you can get your #3 overall guy announced if you want
(14:08:59) Akira: at #3 Neo Tokyo selects LF Jeffrey Grier
(14:09:05) Evas: I had Ramos #1 as well. Lucky to get him at #2
(14:09:32) Borealis: And my #1 is off the board - my draft is blown up!!
(14:09:33) Akira: I would have taken Mitchell @ #2
(14:09:36) Codgers: First nicknamed player taken
(14:09:46) Trendsetters: prefect. Scotland is up at #4 overall now
(14:09:58) Trendsetters: the podium is yours, Garrett
(14:10:12) Akira: nicknames a always a clue
(14:10:26) Evas: Yes they are
(14:10:28) Bulldozers: But a clue to what?
(14:10:34) Evas: Talent
(14:10:43) Evas: More often than not
(14:10:52) Claymores: Scotland takes Jeffery 'Skip' Grier....DAMMIT!!! OK we'll take Jorge 'Yogi' Vazquez
(14:11:06) Codgers: I thought they changed OOTP to give lousy players nicknames now too, so it is less of a key than before
(14:11:06) Sandgnats: Yogi!
(14:11:07) Akira: Ramos topped all the lists, even Statslab.
(14:11:39) Bulldozers: So they ain't so dumb after all.
(14:11:55) Evas: @Codgers That is possible
(14:11:59) Sandgnats: Yogi is a great nickname
(14:12:02) Trendsetters: even a broken clock is right twice a day
(14:12:34) Trendsetters: anyway, #5 pick is Amsterdam but I don't see Bob anywhere
(14:12:35) Bulldozers: So what other pick did StatsLab get right? Will we recognize it?
(14:13:20) Trendsetters: Amsterdam's 5th overall pick is SP Vinnie de Brouwer
(14:13:31) Trendsetters: how perfect is that. a Dutch pitcher
(14:13:36) Borealis: Classic!!
(14:13:40) Codgers: Fan service
(14:13:46) Bulldozers: Can he paint?
(14:13:46) Trendsetters: instant fan fave
(14:13:53) Trendsetters: corners, yeah
(14:14:02) Bulldozers:
(14:14:22) Trendsetters: Greg, you're up at #6
(14:14:52) Alleghenies: Ok.
(14:14:58) Alleghenies: Debating between 2 guys
(14:15:11) Bulldozers: Coin toss!
(14:15:15) Alleghenies: 5 minutes?
(14:15:22) Trendsetters: sure
(14:15:30) Trendsetters: these first picks are important ones
(14:15:34) Codgers: *Jeopardy theme plays*
(14:15:42) Wind_Dancers: oh whats the usual draft clock for the first round
(14:16:07) Trendsetters: it's all done manually through announcements here in the chat room, but 10 minutes is the standard
(14:16:16) Wind_Dancers: alright
(14:16:23) Borealis: slow...
(14:16:36) Bulldozers: In ten minutes I could assemble a whole new list!
(14:16:46) Codgers: No kidding
(14:16:50) Trendsetters: so all you'll need to do is announce your player here and it'll get updated in statslab
(14:16:52) Codgers: Kids these days are spoiled
(14:17:01) Wind_Dancers: lol
(14:17:14) Alleghenies: I am no kid I wish I was
(14:17:20) Alleghenies: unless 43 qualifies as a kid
(14:17:25) Bulldozers: Yeah, why in my day, we had ten minutes to walk ten miles to school through 10 feet of snow!
(14:17:37) Bulldozers: 43 is defnintely a kid. Right, Denny?
(14:17:43) Trendsetters: uphill ... both ways!
(14:17:50) Bulldozers: You got it!
(14:18:06) Codgers: Indeed....I don't even remember what it was like to be 43
(14:18:29) Bulldozers: That's what I was thinking. Trying to remember nearly 3 decades ago. I can't.
(14:18:41) Borealis: 43 seems like a decade+ ago...
(14:18:51) Bulldozers: ONE?
(14:19:09) Codgers: I have trouble remembering what happened five minutes ago
(14:19:40) Bulldozers: You swapped me your #1 draft pick for a gallon on Colorado River Water.
(14:19:46) Borealis: Right?? And don't even get me started on names, Fred...
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(14:20:05) Bulldozers: Why is it that names are the first memories to go?
(14:20:09) Borealis: Hey Dan!! Hey Morris!!
(14:20:15) Trendsetters: welcome Dan and Morris!
(14:20:29) Codgers: Wilkommen :important:
(14:20:50) Bureaucrats: Hello! donno if I'll be around long, but figured I'd check in :-)
(14:20:55) Shisa: I'm supposed to be unpacking. Not so loud.
(14:21:16) Bulldozers: Always good to see you, Dan, however briefly.
(14:21:30) Trendsetters: are you moving, Morris?
(14:21:53) Shisa: I'm mostly moved.
(14:22:01) Alleghenies: With the #6 pick in the draft, Alleghenies choose, Pitcher Jake Mundy
(14:22:10) Alleghenies: JAck Mundy
(14:22:25) Codgers: Stolen from Scotland
(14:22:32) Bulldozers: Damn. My fav. Love his name.
(14:22:44) Dinosaurs: Yeah I was surprised that Scotland didn't grab him
(14:22:55) Trendsetters: speaking of Scotland, you guys are next to pick at #7
(14:23:12) Claymores: We'll take SP Fernando Gusman
(14:23:22) Alleghenies: The guy I wanted, wants too much $$$ for a pick I need to sign the guy :-)
(14:23:49) Trendsetters: 6 pitchers and one outfielder so far
(14:24:02) Trendsetters: Fargo is up next
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(14:24:48) Shisa: Laptop decided it wanted to be on airplane mode. Hope that doesn't continue.
(14:25:02) Dinosaurs: Fargo selects SP Nathan Dempster
(14:25:14) Borealis: Claymores pick up a couple of good looking arms!!
(14:25:30) Claymores: We need them!
(14:25:31) Bulldozers: Nathan who?
(14:25:53) Codgers: First Australian selected
(14:26:13) Bulldozers: I hear all he throws are garbage pitches.
(14:26:14) Trendsetters: neat
(14:26:26) Akira: Firstbase!
(14:26:28) Trendsetters: Reno, you guys are next to pick
(14:26:33) Dinosaurs: Right, from the Outback State University Crocs
(14:26:57) Borealis: Both of which look like they won't take much seasoning to be ready...
(14:27:01) Bulldozers: OSU's remote campus.
(14:27:23) Coqui: Or mistakenly Outback Steakhouse Little League team
(14:27:30) Zephyrs: Reno up?
(14:27:35) Bulldozers:
(14:27:37) Trendsetters: yes sir
(14:27:56) Zephyrs: Reno selects SS Jose Martinez
(14:28:14) Codgers: First infielder selected!
(14:28:20) Bulldozers: Yuma selects a colorful young pitcher by the name of Brown, Jeffrey.
(14:28:40) Akira: ooh, was hoping he'd sneak through
(14:28:56) Bulldozers: His camouflage wasn't that good.
(14:29:18) Trendsetters: Amsterdam selects SP Artie McKinney
(14:30:05) Akira: Martinez, Imean
(14:30:17) Trendsetters: Canton selects SP Chris Acevez
(14:30:35) Trendsetters: San Juan is next to pick at lucky #13
(14:30:44) Borealis: Man... The Lions must have subscribed to that StatsLab Scouting Report...
(14:30:54) Codgers: That guy is bound to be good....he's got "Ace" right in his name
(14:30:55) Dinosaurs: Was eying Acevez at my pick. Very solid safe pick
(14:31:13) Coqui: Very lucky 13. #1 on my board still available - Wally Glasser
(14:31:48) Trendsetters: ooo good choice
(14:31:54) Trendsetters: he was top of mine too
(14:32:41) Borealis: So interesting...
(14:32:45) Trendsetters: Bakersfield selects SP Jose Garcia at #14
(14:32:56) Trendsetters: I am next. Just give me a few minutes, guys
(14:32:56) Borealis: Of course they take a pitcher...
(14:33:11) Codgers: Huh....my scout was pretty "meh" on Glasser. You guys' scouts must have a different focus
(14:33:25) Harpoon: Same here
(14:33:31) Borealis: Garcia was the top remaining pitcher on my list...
(14:33:40) Harpoon: 4 of my top 5 are still on my list
(14:33:50) Bulldozers: Glasser seemed fragile, somehow.
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(14:34:07) Borealis: Ditto on Glasser... Though the loverly guys at StatsLab...:-*:-*
(14:34:14) Dinosaurs: :-*:-*
(14:34:27) Codgers: Love....exciting and new...
(14:34:27) Borealis: I've a pair left...
(14:34:35) Calzones: damn i missed one pick
(14:34:50) Alleghenies: I've got 3 guys left on my list
(14:34:54) Borealis: But FLA will pick them - they always do...
(14:34:56) Alleghenies: hoping one makes it to 25
(14:35:00) Codgers: Consarn it, all four guys on my list were taken!!
(14:35:11) Bulldozers: You guys have short lists. I have 13 still on mine.
(14:35:32) Codgers: A short list and a short fuse...
(14:35:42) Borealis: )
(14:35:44) Leones: "you're gonna need a bigger boat chief" I heard something like that once somewhere ...
(14:35:45) Bulldozers: Don't blow it, Denny.
(14:35:58) Codgers: :-)
(14:36:02) Trendsetters: New Orleans select, from Central Florida, SP Jim Jones
(14:36:21) Codgers: NO is drinking the Kool-aid
(14:36:24) Bulldozers: The scariest name in the pool!8o
(14:36:29) Evas: I didn't do a deep dive in to this class because I traded away so many picks, but my rough first pass shows a lot of talent still on the board
(14:36:36) Shisa: Denny beat me to it.
(14:36:55) Codgers: The jokes write themselves
(14:36:58) Trendsetters: I might see if he will go by "James", so we don't scare off fans
(14:37:04) Borealis: At least it's a shorter flight from NO...
(14:37:23) Borealis: I think you have his nickname already!!
(14:37:33) Borealis: Jim 'Kool-Aid' Jones!!!
(14:37:39) Bulldozers: Brilliant!
(14:37:39) Trendsetters: LOLOL
(14:37:48) Trendsetters: that is worth spending CP on!
(14:37:57) Codgers: heh
(14:38:04) Borealis: Yup!!
(14:38:05) Bulldozers: I figure he'll be a sucker for a lifetime supply of Colorado River Water.
(14:38:25) Borealis: And powder containing Red Dye #19...
(14:38:38) Bulldozers: His motto will be: "One sip does the trick."
(14:38:50) Trendsetters: hmm... K-Zoo selected 3B Darius Freeman
(14:38:59) Alleghenies: I will be back in about 10. If my pick comes up, I want to draft Brooks Robinson
(14:39:14) Shisa: My guy, Sleepy, a first rounder!
(14:39:23) Borealis: Can we do that??
(14:39:24) Bulldozers: Wait! There was a third baseman in the pool? Where was he hiding?
(14:39:34) Trendsetters: Hartford, the podium is yours!
(14:39:40) Borealis: Because Aurora can solve their power shortage right here!!
(14:39:41) Harpoon: Hartford selects Ramon "Slugger" Guzman from Hoorn High School. #1 on my list.
(14:39:42) Borealis: We
(14:39:45) Trendsetters: he was sleeping, Bob
(14:39:52) Borealis: ll select Babe Ruth!!
(14:39:56) Bulldozers: Ah so.
(14:40:24) Akira: Guzman was high on my list
(14:40:37) Trendsetters: good pick
(14:40:38) Harpoon: My scout loves him
(14:40:56) Trendsetters: Duluth picks SP Dusty Hickman
(14:41:00) Akira: Freeman was high on my list, when held upside down
(14:41:25) Bulldozers: Freeman was completely free of my list.
(14:41:33) Trendsetters: Simon, you're next to pick!
(14:41:38) Akira: actually, mine too
(14:41:51) Bulldozers: But upside down was funnier.
(14:42:21) Evas: My scout hates Guzman. It's always interesting to see where there are big divergences of opinion
(14:42:36) Bulldozers: This draft is going so well. Kudos to the Board and Reg!
(14:42:39) Borealis: Some huge ones so far...
(14:42:52) Borealis: (sssshhhhqhhhhh.....)
(14:42:53) Evas: Agree, Mike
(14:43:00) Evas: My scout has been wrong before though
(14:43:11) Borealis: Yup...
(14:43:14) Evas: 60% of the time it works every time
(14:43:18) Codgers: I keep intending to revisit my past draft lists to see if the ones who diverged from my list actually panned out
(14:43:19) Borealis: Ditto...
(14:43:22) Trendsetters: @Calzones are you deciding on your pick?
(14:43:41) Evas: @Codgers I was just thinking about doing that
(14:43:47) Calzones: yes
(14:43:59) Trendsetters: ok. just checking. take your time
(14:44:59) Zephyrs: I hate it when my scout says a guy sucks but puts him high in his draft list. Make up you mind dude!
(14:45:09) Calzones: SP Leon Medina
(14:45:29) Shisa: Nice, Simon.
(14:45:40) Bulldozers: Anybody else remember the sound of the timer on the original quiz show, "The $64,000 Question"?
(14:45:43) Trendsetters: cool
(14:46:21) Trendsetters: can't say I do, Bob
(14:46:31) Bulldozers: You're too young, Reg.
(14:46:43) Trendsetters: most likely
(14:46:49) Dinosaurs: @Zephyrs, yeah totally agree, What am I to think. Though my scout tends to love certain "skills" (usually speed and baserunning) and tends to overate those players in his list.
(14:46:56) Bulldozers: Aired in the late 50s. I watched it every night as a kid.
(14:46:57) Codgers: I too am too young. Finally!
(14:47:09) Trendsetters: from the far reaches of Japan, Okinawa picks next!
(14:47:17) Bulldozers: Denny! You're younger than me? Since when?
(14:47:35) Shisa: With Medina gone, Okinawa takes P Brian Montgomery.
(14:47:46) Codgers: For years!
(14:47:57) Trendsetters: hehehe
(14:48:21) Trendsetters: Alright, the cuban lions are next
(14:48:24) Bulldozers: Denny, did you get a new driver's license and lie about your age?
(14:48:38) Alleghenies: I remember it, but not because I watched it in the 50's
(14:49:01) Bulldozers: They showed reruns of it? Sorry I missed that.
(14:49:14) Leones: Havana selects LF Robby Lee (id 5127)
(14:49:18) Trendsetters: found a bunch on youtube just now :)
(14:49:39) Alleghenies: I did a term paper in college on game shows from the past :-)
(14:49:41) Bulldozers: Wicked! Thanks.
(14:50:00) Bulldozers: Now there's a cool term paper topic. Why don't my students research such interesting stuff?
(14:50:02) Trendsetters: Denny, you're up!
(14:50:33) Alleghenies: Yeah, it was fun, but hard.. Would be easy now, Damn you Internet!!!
(14:50:52) Trendsetters: my term papers were infinitely more boring lol
(14:50:53) Codgers: OK, let's see here. Open up OOTP...
(14:51:25) Bulldozers: Just fake it, you old Codger!
(14:52:11) Alleghenies: I tried to get an interview with Gene Rayburn, but I didn't have enough time due to my procrastinating
(14:52:31) Alleghenies: I really wish in hindsight I had
(14:52:50) Akira: think about that later
(14:52:53) Bulldozers: Yeah, that would have been an impressive bit of original research.
(14:54:00) Trendsetters: youtube link
(14:54:04) Alleghenies: I had talked with his assistant/publicist/whatever title and all I had to do is set a few dates and times for him to get back to me at, and I like a young kid, deciding drinking was more fun
(14:54:42) Bulldozers: Well, drinking is more fun, until it kills you. And talking with old tv farts has a limited appeal.
(14:55:06) Alleghenies: True...
(14:55:36) Borealis: Codgers... tick...tock...man...
(14:55:38) Alleghenies: He might have been a dick and my fawning of his ability on tv would have faded
(14:55:54) Bulldozers: Very strange, Reg, but the youtube link you posted sent me to all my Shakespeare links. What's with that?
(14:57:10) Borealis: "Who Wants to be a $64,000aire"
(14:57:22) Alleghenies: I DO!!!
(14:57:30) Trendsetters: @Codgers did you find anyone interesting?
(14:57:45) Trendsetters: I could use that. would wipe off my student loans lol
(14:57:50) Borealis: How is it that it seems like I somehow has missed this show...
(14:58:11) Codgers: PS selects RP Mark 'toast' Powers
(14:58:17) Bulldozers: $64,000 in 1955 roughly worth 600,000 today. I'll take it.
(14:58:20) Borealis: Grrrrr....
(14:58:45) Trendsetters: my fav 50s show without question is What's My Line
(14:58:47) Trendsetters: youtube link
(14:58:54) Borealis: I thought he might make a good starter...
(14:58:55) Codgers: It was a tough choice, there were several worthy candidates still available
(14:58:56) Dinosaurs: I picture that Powers points and the hitters he strikes out and simply add's "you're toast"
(14:58:56) Bulldozers: Wow, Denny, you really had to dig for that slice of toast.
(14:59:00) Akira: should be a good MR
(14:59:05) Codgers: In the end I had to pick the guy with a nickname of course
(14:59:23) Alleghenies: LOL
(14:59:24) Codgers: He has enough stamina he should be able to convert to a starter
(14:59:37) Akira: needs a quality 3rd pitch
(14:59:40) Trendsetters: Duluth selects SP Jorge Zamora
(14:59:46) Zephyrs: We should move the draft to a later start time. I have a tradition of drinking bourbon during and a 5 o'clock start time will make me feel like less of a degenerate.
(14:59:48) Borealis: Winter Ball...
(14:59:49) Trendsetters: WV is up next!
(15:00:22) Trendsetters: I'm having a whisky right now if it makes you feel any better, Scott
(15:00:33) Alleghenies: hmmm
(15:00:59) Codgers: It's 5 o'clock somewhere!
(15:01:00) Alleghenies: This pick I have now, it isn't a comp pick right? So if I don't sign him I get another next year right?
(15:01:02) Borealis: 8o8o8o8o8o8o
(15:01:27) Bulldozers: No, if you don't sign him Kevin or I will.
(15:01:37) Borealis: Hmmmmm... I'm not sure - Where did you get the pick from?
(15:01:46) Trendsetters: it's a traded pick from Shin Seiki, Greg
(15:01:46) Alleghenies: I think this is Kevin's
(15:02:18) Codgers: I found a pick between my couch cushions...
(15:02:19) Alleghenies: Thanks.
(15:02:21) Trendsetters: if anyone needs to verify this stuff, I have my excel spreadsheet out
(15:02:23) Borealis: Yes... that's the Evas pick, and I think it's his actual pick...
(15:02:39) Alleghenies: Helps me lean a certain way :)
(15:03:33) Alleghenies: Alleghenies chose RF Javier 'Doppler' Drake
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(15:03:52) Alleghenies: My scout absolutely LOVES him
(15:03:54) Borealis: Grrrr...
(15:04:02) Longshoremen: Howdy fellas.
(15:04:10) Akira: he's asking alot
(15:04:10) Alleghenies: the fact I almost took him at 6
(15:04:13) Wind_Dancers: my scout loves no one in this draft
(15:04:13) Trendsetters: hey James!
(15:04:13) Alleghenies: made it pretty easy
(15:04:15) Codgers: Yeah, my scout was very angry that I didn't draft Drake
(15:04:20) Borealis: He was #3 on my list...
(15:04:37) Longshoremen: For once, a StatsLab draft didn't screw me. Thanks, Commish and team for running it rather than leaving it to the vagaries of the StatsLab engine.
(15:04:42) Alleghenies: whether I sign him is a different story
(15:04:56) Longshoremen: I had Drake 4th or 5th overall, FWIW.
(15:05:02) Akira: wants almost as much as Ramos
(15:05:05) Trendsetters: Duane, you got the next pick!
(15:05:09) Calzones: my scout doesnt love anybody either. but you have to pick someone
(15:05:16) Wind_Dancers: yeah
(15:05:29) Trendsetters: you guys have such cranky scouts lol
(15:05:39) Zephyrs: Drake is the perfect example of what I said earlier. #3 overall and scout says not much upside
(15:06:05) Wind_Dancers: though there is one batter left that he's ok with so as long as kentucky doesnt grab him
(15:06:11) Alleghenies: And he has a nickname
(15:06:25) Longshoremen: Not sure I'll be around for my next pick, but I should be able to re-populate my list.
(15:06:26) Alleghenies: and we have established what that means
(15:06:43) Codgers: in some cases!
(15:06:52) Wind_Dancers: meh i was trying to pick a color but meh ill just stick with black
(15:07:03) Borealis: My scout loves him - that's what you get when we've independent scouts!! It makes it so much interesting!!
(15:07:05) Harpoon: I have a RP nicknamed Stinky and that's exactly what he is.
(15:07:09) Codgers: Black goes with everything
(15:07:24) Bulldozers: Brown was taken #10 in the draft, so hands off!
(15:07:31) Akira: unless his nickname is 'dud'
(15:08:40) Trendsetters: not sure if Duane is at his computer or not...
(15:08:56) Trendsetters: we'll give him another 2-3 minutes
(15:09:02) Bulldozers: Didn't he switch to list picks?
(15:09:09) Akira: says it's a list pick
(15:09:14) Codgers: Shatner knocked him out during a drunken binge perhaps
(15:09:18) Trendsetters: he did, but he is logged in here that's why I hesitate
(15:09:42) Trendsetters: well, no answer from him so i'll go to his pick then
(15:09:47) Bulldozers: Look under Denny's cushions, see if he's hiding there.
(15:10:11) Trendsetters: Kentucky selects SP Brian 'Stinger' Gutiérrez
(15:10:22) Trendsetters: you got the podium, Kyle!
(15:10:28) Wind_Dancers: darn it, I was actually going to pick him
(15:10:40) Akira: #3 on my list
(15:10:49) Bulldozers: Next on my list too.
(15:10:51) Wind_Dancers: i changed my mind right before the pick lol, well alright
(15:11:00) Alleghenies: I was hoping he would go to 31
(15:11:06) Akira: almost took him but changed to OF last minute
(15:11:15) Zephyrs: I almost picked Stinger with #9
(15:11:41) Longshoremen: I like that pick. He was one of the three guys left on my 17 guy list at this stage. And now there are two. . .
(15:11:50) Trendsetters: He is from Horseheads, NY so he'll blend right in with the Throughbreds
(15:13:00) Wind_Dancers: With the 26th overall pick in the PEBA DRAFT, The TOYAMA WIND DANCERS SELECT SP DYLAN MCINTOSH!
(15:13:51) Trendsetters: really good choice
(15:13:52) Wind_Dancers: (Applause and cheering echos throughout the streets of Toyama)
(15:14:02) Coqui: I still have a few top guys left - Gutierrez had been one. But don't feel bad about trading my 2nd as I don't have a big draft budget
(15:14:06) Longshoremen: Liked him too.
(15:14:51) Wind_Dancers: how does pick trading work, can we make otc draft day trades?
(15:15:06) Trendsetters: Florida selects MR José Alomar. Son of Roberto perhaps?
(15:17:33) Alleghenies: nice
(15:17:35) Trendsetters: drafted players (in this draft) are unable to be traded until this year's playoffs are concluded
(15:17:56) Trendsetters: otherwise, trades can be done as usual. They just can't involve picks or players from this draft
(15:18:00) Akira: no draft day trades
(15:18:40) Akira: must be traded prior to the sim before draft
(15:18:55) Trendsetters: Aurora is up next with 2 picks in a row
(15:19:07) Wind_Dancers: alright
(15:19:15) Bulldozers: Speak to us, Will!
(15:20:24) Codgers: C/mon, evil empire, step on it!
(15:20:29) Akira: might be fun to have some NFL type draft day trades but that would be a nightmare for Reg
(15:20:59) Bulldozers: We don't want no stinkin' football influence in our beloved bat and ball game!
(15:21:02) Trendsetters: yeah it would be fun. the work involved would be huge, though, I agree
(15:21:23) Calzones: we have that in my otehr league. but we dont have live draft
(15:22:09) Trendsetters: physically switching draft picks is easy. but validating/answering PM's on the fly while running the draft would be the nightmare part
(15:22:12) Borealis: With the 28th pick in the first round of the PEBA Draft, Aurora takes linebacker Kellen Johnson out of Alabama...
(15:22:21) Borealis: Oops... Wrong draft...
(15:22:22) Admin: Codgers rolls 1d6 and gets 4.
(15:22:32) Bulldozers: Damn you!
(15:22:53) Bulldozers: Them Aurora boys got stars in their eyes.
(15:22:58) Borealis: With the 28th selection Aurora takes SP Brandon Waters of the Northwestern Purple Haze...
(15:23:06) Borealis: He was our top pitcher left...
(15:23:09) Trendsetters: I actually went to look for him in the list lol
(15:23:46) Trendsetters: you're up again, Mike
(15:23:52) Shisa: I had Waters rated pretty highly.
(15:24:10) Harpoon: I mean Aaron Judge looks like a linebacker so why not right?
(15:24:28) Trendsetters: ...and he is playing for the evil empire, too...
(15:24:34) Trendsetters: in an alternate universe, of course
(15:24:48) Bulldozers: Of which we should not speak.
(15:24:56) Admin: Calzones rolls 1d6 and gets 2.
(15:25:58) Borealis: With the 29th pick, Aurora selects LF Ricardo Zamora out of Aoyama Gakuin Mighty Missionaries...
(15:26:24) Alleghenies: grr
(15:26:27) Borealis: Our top hitter left - he was our #4 overall...
(15:26:44) Trendsetters: with the 30th pick, Arlington selects SP Greg Davidson
(15:27:02) Trendsetters: West Virginia to close out the first round
(15:27:14) Borealis: But he's going to be force fed RF and CF and pray his work ethic makes him into something - Roberto Martinez, #1 in 2023 has LF all but staked out...
(15:27:26) Borealis: Almost went Davidson...
(15:30:34) Trendsetters: @Alleghenies you're next to pick
(15:32:07) Alleghenies: I am looking
(15:32:28) Alleghenies: I had my next 2 guys picked last 2 picks
(15:32:31) Bulldozers: Want some help?
(15:32:45) Borealis: You're welcome...
(15:32:58) Borealis:
(15:33:09) Bulldozers: I could suggest who NOT to look at.
(15:33:46) Zephyrs: Go with the best nickname
(15:33:57) Borealis: There's a QB out of Northwestern Southern State East who's breaking all the Division IX records....
(15:34:31) Bulldozers: No talk of that other sport, please. Some of us are trying to concentrate.
(15:34:52) Coqui: Division IX? Is that like in Title IX
(15:37:28) Alleghenies: With the last pick in the 1st round, Alleghenies pick 3b Ramón Martínez...
(15:37:58) Bulldozers: Yuma selects SP Joaquin Cerda.
(15:38:00) Coqui: We could use a first female QB/P with a creative sense of direction
(15:38:07) Trendsetters: and with that, Round 1 is complete!
(15:38:37) Trendsetters: Yuma has been added, too
(15:38:40) Trendsetters: Kentucky next
(15:38:55) Trendsetters: Kentucky selects 1B Kokei Nishikawa
(15:39:06) Trendsetters: the Calzones are next to choose
(15:39:16) Codgers: Cerda was interesting
(15:39:23) Bulldozers: Merci.
(15:39:36) Trendsetters: he was second on my list actually
(15:39:39) Codgers: My scout was begging me to take him with tears in his eyes
(15:39:41) Calzones: SP Robby Black
(15:39:45) Alleghenies: I thought he had been drafted
(15:39:55) Alleghenies: That is why I skipped him
(15:39:58) Alleghenies: oh well
(15:40:23) Borealis: Yeah... but he has that UCL injury...
(15:40:23) Bulldozers: He has a torn rotator cuff, right?
(15:40:33) Akira: the torn ucl is a concern
(15:40:37) Trendsetters: Florida selects 1B William Allen
(15:41:06) Calzones: i noticed the injury
(15:42:00) Trendsetters: London selects MR Jorge Gonzáles
(15:42:33) Trendsetters: Neo-Tokyo is up next
(15:43:50) Borealis: I was hoping the UCL would get him to drop to the end f round 2...
(15:44:16) Akira: P Gegory Bradley
(15:45:17) Trendsetters: great
(15:45:22) Trendsetters: Scotland is up next to pick
(15:46:11) Trendsetters: I think Garrett is still here?
(15:46:18) Trendsetters: oh yeah, he is
(15:46:25) Claymores: Yes, I'm here.
(15:47:57) Claymores: Akira keeps taking taking my pick Claymores take LF Will Nelson
(15:48:13) Akira: just took mine!
(15:48:35) Trendsetters:
(15:48:41) Trendsetters: well, Ron, you're up haha
(15:49:22) Shisa: Or will Nelson go back for a sixth year of college?
(15:49:48) Claymores: Ha!
(15:49:57) Akira: 1B Jake 'Buzzsaw' Black
(15:49:59) Dinosaurs: He's trying to avoid the private sector
(15:50:09) Trendsetters: for those wondering, I will post a list (after the draft is done) of players that won't give their teams a compensation pick for failing to sign, since they themselves were compensations already
(15:50:20) Akira: gotta go guys
(15:50:38) Codgers: Bye Ron!
(15:50:46) Trendsetters: ok. cya Ron!
(15:51:07) Borealis: Hmmmmmm.... that would have been handy to start with...
(15:51:33) Trendsetters: Amsterdam selects SP Jorge López
(15:51:45) Admin: Akira has been logged out (Timeout).
(15:52:04) Trendsetters: I can put something up here in a few minutes
(15:52:13) Dinosaurs: Fargo selects 3B Ken'ichi Yamasaki
(15:52:44) Dinosaurs: Well, 3B in theory, we'll see if he sticks.
(15:52:44) Trendsetters: Reno is up
(15:53:01) Zephyrs: Reno selects LF Leonard Inman
(15:53:29) Trendsetters: We're on a roll! Yuma up next
(15:53:39) Borealis: That Jorge Lopez was ID 5874?
(15:53:46) Bulldozers: Yuma selects C Al Wallace.
(15:53:47) Codgers: Ratchet!
(15:54:03) Trendsetters: yup, Mike
(15:54:22) Evas: Wow, I'm actually going to wind up with a talent prospect. Apologies ahead of time for taking a few minutes
(15:55:25) Trendsetters: Canton, you're up next. James, did you want to pick or just use the list pick?
(15:55:31) Trendsetters: since you're here
(15:56:20) Trendsetters: Canton selects 1B Bob Little
(15:56:33) Trendsetters: Kevin, you're up next. take your time if you need some
(15:56:53) Borealis: That's a lot of 1B's already taken...
(15:57:14) Borealis: C'mon Evas... keep it moving...
(15:57:18) Calzones: i liked Yamasaki. but poor glove
(15:57:23) Borealis: >:-D
(15:57:43) Admin: Akira logs into the Chat.
(15:58:05) Akira: ..aaaaaaand I'm back
(15:59:36) Codgers Welcome Back, Kotter theme plays
(16:00:19) Dinosaurs: @Calzones yeah I think he ends up at 1B, but I'm going to stick him at 3B and hope he develops a little more range there.
(16:02:20) Evas: I'm not going to over think this. I'll go with the guy my scout thinks has the best bat in the class. SS selects 1B Hamilton Coffey
(16:02:40) Borealis: Another 1B...
(16:02:55) Trendsetters: The way OOTP handles compensation picks is very odd (they give them out like Santa Claus, regardless of round or if they were compensation picks themselves)
(16:03:08) Evas: My scout has him as an 8-7-9-9-6 offensive potential
(16:03:17) Trendsetters: so this year, here is the list of compensation picks, and for next year's draft, we will have this list as a reference :
Rd 1 - #3 Neo Tokyo
Rd 1 - #6 West Virginia
Rd 1 - #7 Scotland
Rd 1 - #11 Amsterdam
Rd 1 - #23 Duluth
Rd 2 - #39 Neo-Tokyo
Rd 2 - #58 Florida
Rd 3 - #66 Neo-Tokyo
Rd 3 - #71 West Virginia
Rd 3 - #72 Scotland
Rd 3 - #74 Yuma
Rd 3 - #83 Neo-Tokyo
Rd 3 - #92 Canton
Rd 3 - #94 Toyama
Rd 3 - #96 Yuma
(16:03:37) Evas: He has the highest score in my proprietary hitting score too.
(16:04:13) Trendsetters: you can add the supplementary round as ineligible to get compensation, too
(16:04:21) Evas: Jeffery Grier was the 2nd best rated, for what it's worth
(16:04:25) Trendsetters: so, that's the story on that!
(16:04:34) Wind_Dancers: my scout has hamilton at 3-4-4-6-5
(16:04:44) Trendsetters: wow!
(16:04:57) Borealis: Grier and Coffey were vastly different for me... I had Coffey at 14...
(16:05:28) Evas: Coffey wasn't my highest rated player, but he had the most offensive potential
(16:05:36) Trendsetters: Bakersfield select 2B Leland Young
(16:05:38) Borealis: Ah...
(16:05:40) Bulldozers: When Hamilton Coffey first gets called up to the majors for a cup of coffee, it will mean something.
(16:05:44) Trendsetters: I'm next. give me a few minutes, guys
(16:06:02) Borealis: :P:P:P:P
(16:06:42) Trendsetters: this is what I keep thinking
http://www.penguins-hockey-cards.com/p ... fey_1b.jpg
(16:06:45) Dinosaurs: @Evas, my scout was pretty much the same regarding Coffey except it gave him a 1 contact. OSA had him at like an 8 I think for contact, and he looked fine from his college numbers regarding batting average so I think my scout is way off on that one skill for some reason.
(16:07:24) Wind_Dancers: yeah my scout is just favor tools
(16:07:33) Dinosaurs: @Trendsetters yeah I remember Paul COffey, solid player.
(16:08:03) Trendsetters: indeed
(16:08:24) Borealis: My Scout was 7-5-6-6-5...
(16:08:54) Bulldozers: My scout was 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... zzzzzz ...
(16:08:57) Evas: That is a lot of variation. High risk high reward pick i guess
(16:09:26) Borealis: The disparity is actually pretty amazing...
(16:09:34) Codgers: I think there is more diversity in scouts' views in OOTP17
(16:09:36) Trendsetters: New Orleans select MR Michael Thompson
(16:09:48) Trendsetters: the 'fog of war' ... i like it :)
(16:09:50) Codgers: Because people are all over the place now
(16:09:58) Evas: Yeah much more than normal. Some times there are guys that love a player and guys that hate them. You dont ususally see such a mix
(16:10:19) Trendsetters: yeah, the term 'consensus #1 pick' used to float around a lot more
(16:11:12) Trendsetters: Kalamazoo selects CF Raul Reyes
(16:11:15) Dinosaurs: Hamilton Coffey is a high school pick too, so there's a bit more haziness because of that too., certainly high risk/high reward type.
(16:11:28) Trendsetters: Hartford is up next!
(16:11:53) Harpoon: Hartford selects P Mike Jones out of West Virginia
(16:12:40) Codgers: Arr, he was on my list of 2!
(16:12:46) Trendsetters: Duluth selects SP Masanobu Fujimoto
(16:13:09) Dinosaurs: Yeah I had him 5th on my list currently, (and Fujimoto 4th! blah)
(16:14:08) Harpoon: He looks like a future reliable #3 to me
(16:14:25) Harpoon: 3 or 4 rather
(16:14:28) Calzones: gimme a sec
(16:14:55) Trendsetters: sure, no problem Simon
(16:15:08) Evas: Alright that does it for me today. I've traded away everything else. Later, guys.
(16:15:28) Trendsetters: later, Kevin!
(16:15:45) Codgers: Bye Kevin
(16:15:57) Calzones: SS Jeff van der Eijk
(16:16:00) Dinosaurs: See ya Kevin
(16:16:33) Trendsetters: Morris, it's your pick now
(16:16:47) Borealis: See Ya Kevin!
(16:16:54) Admin: Evas has been logged out (Timeout).
(16:18:37) Shisa: P Reed Garcia.
(16:19:15) Trendsetters: the Leones are up next!
(16:19:47) Leones: Havana selects 3B Dave Henderson
(16:20:17) Trendsetters: Codgers, you're next!
(16:20:32) Borealis: Hendu!!!
(16:21:19) Bulldozers: Denny will need a moment to boot his computer, then download OOTP, then ...
(16:21:42) Trendsetters:
(16:22:00) Codgers: Wait....what's a computer?
(16:23:01) Admin: Borealis rolls 1d6 and gets 6.
(16:23:13) Admin: Borealis has been logged out (Timeout).
(16:23:13) Admin: Borealis logs into the Chat.
(16:23:23) Bulldozers: It'll all come back to you in a minute, Denny. Or two or three ...
(16:23:41) Codgers: PS selects MR Cipriano Ruíz
(16:23:52) Codgers: Another SP candidate
(16:24:08) Admin: Longshoremen has been logged out (Timeout).
(16:24:38) Bulldozers: Nice choice, Denny. I was surprised he lasted so long.
(16:24:53) Trendsetters: West Virginia picks next
(16:25:08) Borealis: Those MR that look like they might be good starters sometimes dip once placed in that role - always a scary concept...
(16:25:50) Trendsetters: that's what I got in the second round with Thompson. I don't mind keeping him as a solid reliever if he doesn't do well at SP though
(16:26:29) Alleghenies: debating
(16:26:34) Alleghenies: I have it down to 2 guys
(16:26:39) Codgers: Yes, if worst comes to worst we have another bullpen guy
(16:28:02) Trendsetters: one of my former starters is actually our closer now. although he only had two real pitches to begin with, but he was at least worth a try..
(16:30:42) Alleghenies: The Alleghenies chose SP Joe Russell
(16:31:25) Trendsetters: Kentucky picks C Gabriel Castro
(16:31:42) Trendsetters: The team formerly known as the Cliff Hangers is next
(16:31:45) Trendsetters: (Toyama, that is)
(16:32:49) Borealis: Manny's brothers...??
(16:33:47) Wind_Dancers: and Toyama takes, the man out of Purdue, SP YO YAMADA!!
(16:35:04) Wind_Dancers: Personality description, A clubhouse prankster who can really unite a team -- though he really should spend more time on baseball and less time on practical jokes
(16:35:31) Trendsetters: hahaha
(16:35:37) Trendsetters: he'll get the team loose
(16:35:44) Trendsetters: or paranoid
(16:35:59) Bulldozers: The Bulldozers look forward to driving some of his practical jokes back through the pitcher's box!
(16:36:21) Wind_Dancers: his personality is Very High Loyalty Intelligence and Leadership, but really low Desire for win, Greed and Work ethic
(16:37:01) Trendsetters: so, like a Bartolo Colon
(16:37:02) Bulldozers: Sounds like Jim Bouton in his youth.
(16:37:10) Trendsetters: then again, Bartolo works hard somewhat
(16:37:27) Dinosaurs: Featherheads aren't here, right?
(16:37:31) Trendsetters: although dont know how much of his longevity is medical or gym-related
(16:37:58) Bulldozers: Kevin of the Featherheads is absent.
(16:38:12) Trendsetters: Florida selects SS Stan Joyce and SP Juan Arias
(16:38:22) Trendsetters: Ken*
(16:38:26) Trendsetters: of the Featherheads
(16:38:29) Trendsetters:
(16:38:37) Sandgnats:
(16:38:39) Trendsetters: old habits are hard to break
(16:39:06) Calzones: shit my pick
(16:39:07) Codgers: Well, Kevin of the Featherheads is also absent
(16:39:22) Trendsetters: I suppose his statement wasn't wrong
(16:39:23) Bulldozers: Yes they are. Especially when the habit and the habituate are both OLD.
(16:40:21) Codgers:
(16:40:34) Trendsetters: hehe
(16:40:44) Trendsetters: Simon is working on his pick
(16:43:42) Calzones: 3b guillermo padilla
(16:44:26) Dinosaurs: Okay guys I've got a date with the wife to see Guardians of the Galaxy, so I'm outta here. Auto List Pick is on for me. Good luck to everyone!
(16:44:47) Trendsetters: oooooo
(16:44:53) Trendsetters: have fun
(16:45:10) Trendsetters: by the way, Aurora picks next
(16:45:16) Borealis: With the 61st pick in the 2025 draft, Aurora selects 2B Arthur Bonsail out of Southern Miss...
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(16:47:06) Trendsetters: Arlington chooses SP Ramon Pereira
(16:47:10) Trendsetters: Yuma is up next
(16:47:13) Borealis: Highest rated INF left... A bit worried about his WE and ability not to K, but he has power and we're looking to up the ante a bit there... He's going to be force fed third just as Zamora will be RF...
(16:48:03) Bulldozers: Concluding the second round of the 2025 draft, Yuma selects SS Jose Marquez.
(16:48:06) Akira: Pierra was impossible for us to sign
(16:48:18) Akira: but good potebtial
(16:49:07) Trendsetters: onwards to the third and final round of the day!
(16:49:20) Akira: 2 Jse Marquezs in this draft
(16:49:25) Trendsetters: London selects CF René Lems
(16:49:46) Trendsetters: Ron, you have the podium for two picks
(16:50:24) Bulldozers: No confusion on the Marquezes. One plays catcher, the one I drafted plays SS.
(16:50:35) Akira: ok, 1 min
(16:51:10) Codgers: Not even for some kind of Parent Trap-style hijinks?
(16:51:33) Akira: SS Kenkichi Hakui
(16:51:59) Akira: P Alec Jordan
(16:53:39) Trendsetters: Alright, Scotland picks next!
(16:54:04) Claymores: CF Vic Smith
(16:54:06) Codgers: Ah, young Alec was on my list
(16:54:11) Codgers: Now I must create a new list
(16:54:46) Borealis: Drats NT...
(16:54:47) Trendsetters: Reno is up next!
(16:55:14) Zephyrs: Reno selects 1B Caden Maynor
(16:55:34) Trendsetters: I wonder why... lol
(16:55:35) Zephyrs: don't tell my wife I waited til rd 3 to select our son
(16:55:52) Borealis: Is that nepotism??
(16:55:56) Bulldozers: You have a son named Maynor?
(16:55:58) Zephyrs: yep
(16:56:19) Shisa: Dang, was hoping to hold Caden hostage.
(16:56:43) Trendsetters: Fargo selects CF Rick Adams
(16:56:52) Trendsetters: Scott, you're up again!
(16:56:55) Bulldozers: But Scott dances to a different CADENence.
(16:57:06) Trendsetters: * badum, tish *
(16:57:44) Zephyrs: CF Eugene Gray
(16:58:24) Trendsetters: West Virginia next!
(16:59:38) Trendsetters: 70 picks down, only 27 picks to go!
(16:59:49) Sandgnats: Good job guys!
(17:02:15) Trendsetters: just making sure you're here, Greg?
(17:02:48) Alleghenies: yep
(17:03:01) Trendsetters: ok cool
(17:03:29) Harpoon: I've had as guy in my top 10 this entire time. But the more I look at him, the less I like him
(17:03:38) Harpoon: *a guy
(17:03:48) Alleghenies: 3 guys I wanted to drafted all say impossible to sign
(17:03:51) Alleghenies: GRRRRR
(17:04:15) Bulldozers: The more you look at any of them, the less appealing they become.
(17:04:20) Borealis: 8)8)8)
(17:04:42) Borealis: There's still good value out there!!
(17:04:45) Bulldozers: Don't believe that "Impossible to Sign" crap. I've signed every single one of those picks by simply offering more money than they ask for.
(17:04:46) Codgers: Yep, all of them are terrible. VeRy UNDERWHELMING
(17:05:15) Coqui: Some character issue guys coming up for me but might have to take one.
(17:06:44) Alleghenies: Alleghenis chose C Francisco Casillán
(17:08:11) Shisa: The trick with 'impossible' is you usually only get one bite at the apple. If they don't like your initial bonus offer, they don't make a counter offer. They walk.
(17:08:33) Borealis: Yup!!
(17:08:33) Alleghenies: Yeah, but on a pick I don't get comp for I don't want to take the risk
(17:09:06) Bulldozers: It's a game! Take the risk! Have some fun!
(17:09:29) Trendsetters: Scotland is up next!
(17:09:37) Alleghenies: I have taken risks, has led me to a 38 win year so far and the pretty decent minor league system
(17:09:45) Trendsetters: then two picks for Yuma afterwards
(17:09:56) Bulldozers: Yuma is ready with both.
(17:11:49) Trendsetters: just checking up on ya, Garrett. you working on your pick?
(17:12:00) Claymores: Yes, just a sec.
(17:12:06) Coqui: I got 3 picks left I like. Four going ahead of me
(17:12:12) Trendsetters: ok no problem
(17:12:36) Trendsetters: to everyone : when your picks comes up, just put a message up so we know you're working on your pick :)
(17:12:43) Harpoon: So this guy I was talking about, he got hurt for 3-4 months in 2022 and has been sitting on the college disabled list since then.
(17:12:56) Bulldozers: Or post your pick, instantly!
(17:13:00) Harpoon: But he has still developed according to my scout
(17:13:01) Codgers: As long as the message isn't "I'm NOT working on my pick"
(17:13:16) Bulldozers: >:-D
(17:13:52) Coqui: DL guy was Gutierrez I think
(17:14:17) Claymores: CF Mark Livingston
(17:14:22) Bulldozers: Yuma selects SP Edward Randolph.
(17:14:35) Bulldozers: Yuma selects C Ed Holder.
(17:14:55) Harpoon: Nope this guy is still available. His college roster is full so he may be stuck there
(17:15:55) Claymores: Randolph was my other choice. I'll be curious to see how he turns out
(17:16:15) Coqui: I have him about 6th from now
(17:16:16) Codgers: I was *just* looking at Randoplh! Big producer for the Campaniles this year
(17:16:18) Bulldozers: Me too. I'm hopeful. He has a very old fashioned name.
(17:16:19) Coqui: had him
(17:17:06) Trendsetters: Canton selects SS Manny Arias
(17:17:15) Trendsetters: San Juan up next
(17:18:06) Coqui: I'll select C Michael Carlson
(17:18:44) Trendsetters: Bakersfield selects CF Paul Mitchell
(17:18:52) Trendsetters: my turn. gimmie a few
(17:19:16) Coqui: Carlson a little off the board for me but really want a C in the draft and can't argue with his college hitting
(17:20:05) Sandgnats: nice pick for Bakersfield. He has great hair.
(17:20:31) Borealis: OMG for BAK - may scout has Mitchell being the second-coming of dirt...
(17:21:52) Borealis: He was like 1300 on my list 8o... Was that a StatsLab pick??
(17:22:17) Trendsetters: a list pick for BAK actually
(17:22:20) Codgers: He was rated decently by my scout
(17:22:37) Trendsetters: yeah mine was indifferent. middle-of-the-pack pick
(17:23:14) Borealis: Joe Horn has him as 1-1-6-5-3...
(17:23:17) Trendsetters: well, #101 overall on my list anyway
(17:23:23) Trendsetters: New Orleans selects SP Naizen Suzuki
(17:24:09) Borealis: The best Suzuki on the draft!!!
(17:24:16) Trendsetters: Kalamazoo selects SS Tim McClure
(17:24:25) Trendsetters: Hartford up next!
(17:24:35) Alleghenies: what time is draft tomorrow?
(17:24:37) Harpoon: Guess I'm going to take a chance on the kid
(17:24:51) Trendsetters: same time as today. 1pm eastern time
(17:25:00) Alleghenies: Cool, I'll try to make it.
(17:25:11) Trendsetters: good stuff
(17:25:16) Alleghenies: later guys
(17:25:23) Codgers: Bye Greg
(17:25:24) Harpoon: Hartford selects, 2B Tommy McKnight from THE Rice University Puddings
(17:25:24) Trendsetters: see ya Greg
(17:25:25) Borealis: See Ya Greg!!
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(17:25:59) Trendsetters: lol the Rice Puddings
(17:26:18) Borealis: One of the better ones!!
(17:26:33) Calzones: SP Chris Hamm
(17:26:37) Codgers: Yep, some of the colege team names are pretty clever
(17:26:40) Trendsetters: Duluth selects CF Sancho Bautista
(17:27:18) Trendsetters: Ron, you're up
(17:27:36) Shisa: Simon's got my number today.
(17:27:52) Calzones: :)
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(17:27:58) Calzones: means im picking good players
(17:28:10) Akira: P Jim Elmore
(17:28:13) Shisa: Let us hope.
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(17:28:30) Codgers: Or both of you are picking *bad* players... >:-D
(17:28:44) Bulldozers: My favorite college sports team name is the Banana Slugs!
(17:29:06) Borealis: UCSC!!! Awesome Sauce!!!
(17:29:06) Trendsetters: Shisa pick next!
(17:29:13) Codgers: A classic
(17:30:11) Trendsetters: "Go, Nads!"
(17:30:24) Trendsetters: Rhode Island School of Design is still tops on my nickname list
(17:30:24) Bulldozers: Nads?
(17:30:29) Trendsetters: the RISD Nads
(17:30:38) Trendsetters: yeah, and their mascot is .... well....
(17:30:40) Bulldozers: What's RISD's mascot?
(17:30:41) Trendsetters: you know..
(17:30:44) Shisa: Okinawa takes Don Sheppard out of USC. Nickname, 'Cushion'.
(17:30:48) Bulldozers: Got it.
(17:30:57) Borealis: OH>... SHISA.....
(17:31:13) Bulldozers: What position is Sheppard?
(17:31:14) Borealis: :|:|
(17:31:14) Codgers: I had the Cushion under consideration
(17:31:19) Codgers: SP
(17:31:21) Borealis: SP
(17:31:27) Admin: Borealis rolls 1d6 and gets 1.
(17:31:37) Codgers: Shisa pulled the Cushion out from under us
(17:31:38) Trendsetters: Hartford is up next
(17:31:48) Borealis: Yup... Was that your pick?
(17:32:12) Harpoon: Hartford selects P Ralph Morris, UCLA
(17:32:45) Trendsetters: great. 11 picks to go! Codgers up next!
(17:32:57) Harpoon: I'm off until tomorrow, see you guys then!
(17:33:03) Codgers: Ah jeez, time to quit foolin' around and get to work I suppose...
(17:33:35) Bulldozers: Not yet. Denny. Too soon. Wait until we're all screaming at you!
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(17:35:31) Bulldozers: Last pick of the day, Denny. Don't blow it!
(17:35:40) Codgers: NERVOUS
(17:35:49) Calzones: dont pick my guy
(17:36:01) Bulldozers: Or mine!
(17:36:03) Calzones: i dont wanna look thropugh all this trash again
(17:36:23) Bulldozers: Don't look, Simon, just roll the dice.
(17:36:33) Admin: Calzones rolls 1d6 and gets 6.
(17:36:36) Calzones: ha
(17:36:44) Trendsetters:
(17:39:02) Trendsetters: how's the weather in everyone's neck of the woods?
(17:39:43) Borealis: Summer arrived two days ago...
(17:39:59) Borealis: So the fog is hanging around, taunting the sun...
(17:40:00) Bulldozers: Foggy here on the coast of Southern California.
(17:40:26) Borealis: AH!!! So it's summer there, too!!
(17:40:26) Calzones: raining every day
(17:40:42) Trendsetters: not much better here. lol. 63 and a rainfall warning
(17:40:44) Calzones: feels like london
(17:41:14) Zephyrs: cold and rainy in Cleveland
(17:41:35) Bulldozers: Denny ... Denny ... where are you?
(17:43:18) Trendsetters: Denny?
(17:43:20) Codgers: PS selects SP Marc Price
(17:43:41) Trendsetters: alright, San Antonio next!
(17:44:16) Wind_Dancers: its like 65 in philly, but not super hot or rainy
(17:44:19) Codgers: I did a lot of questining and ended up taking a different guy that planned
(17:44:22) Calzones: SP Elek Klim
(17:44:27) Codgers: *questioning
(17:44:30) Calzones: polish pitcher
(17:44:41) Calzones: Elek isnt polish name btw, it hungarian
(17:44:45) Calzones: i looked it up
(17:44:48) Trendsetters: hahaha
(17:44:59) Borealis: I was thinking about slim...
(17:45:03) Borealis: *Klim
(17:45:04) Calzones: obv i knew it wasnt polish
(17:45:46) Trendsetters: is "Elek" polish?
(17:45:58) Codgers: He's from the Hungarian part of Poland
(17:46:44) Borealis: His mother wanted to name him Elk, but the nurse's spelling wasn't so great...
(17:46:53) Trendsetters: Kentucky selects C Tony Burston
(17:47:00) Trendsetters: Toyama up next!
(17:47:10) Calzones: i just said it wasnt polish lol
(17:47:33) Trendsetters: I need to read better
(17:47:36) Calzones: apparently its hungarian, and there is city called Elek in Hungary too
(17:48:02) Trendsetters: that's cool
(17:48:18) Calzones: anyway guys thanks for draft, cya next time ^^
(17:48:25) Wind_Dancers: Toyama selects SS from the big daddies, Jorge Prado
(17:48:35) Trendsetters: ok see ya Simon!
(17:48:56) Wind_Dancers: one of the worst personalities in the league
(17:49:04) Bulldozers: Yuma selects CF Matt Francis.
(17:49:21) Wind_Dancers: low or very low for everything except Greed, which is very high
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(17:50:10) Trendsetters: hmm... just realized Simon has a pick left
(17:50:16) Trendsetters: oh well, auto-pick it is
(17:50:51) Trendsetters: actually not a bad pick ... SP Ken 'Headgame' Morton
(17:51:08) Trendsetters: Personality : rarely causes trouble
(17:51:14) Trendsetters: maybe an ironic nickname?
(17:51:46) Bulldozers: Only Morton knows.
(17:51:47) Trendsetters: Canton drafts RF Mototsune Sato
(17:52:17) Trendsetters: RF on paper, but perhaps a DH
(17:52:18) Shisa: Isn't that a Bad Company song/
(17:52:43) Trendsetters: Aurora is up next!
(17:52:48) Borealis: "I'm not working on my pick"...
(17:52:53) Borealis: :P:P
(17:53:08) Bulldozers: Quit staring at the Northern Lights!
(17:53:12) Trendsetters: RJ gets the free pick he has been lobbying for!
(17:53:16) Shisa: Nope, Foreigner. My mistake.
(17:53:42) Borealis: Let's see...
(17:55:12) Borealis: Gotta go with the highest guy left on my board - who was #7, if you can believe that (or my system is whacked!!!)
(17:55:47) Bulldozers: Yes ... yes ...
(17:56:08) Borealis: Which the 93rd pick in the draft, Aurora selects CF Joey Walker of the University of Spoiled Children...
(17:57:18) Trendsetters: :-)
(17:57:45) Bulldozers: I have taught at the extension campus of the college. Many times.
(17:57:54) Trendsetters: Ok, Toyama's turn!
(18:00:05) Codgers: Four more picks! So close...
(18:01:29) Trendsetters: you there, Kyle?
(18:02:40) Trendsetters: gonna wait another few minutes. after that, auto-pick for you
(18:03:59) Bulldozers: You're so patient, Reg.
(18:04:26) Trendsetters: Toyama picks (against their will) SP Johnny Maynard :)
(18:04:53) Trendsetters: Arlington selects RF Luis Antonio Aguilera
(18:05:17) Bulldozers: And for the penultimate selection in today's draft, Yuma picks SP Jim Norris.
(18:05:48) Trendsetters: great
(18:06:00) Trendsetters: Scott, would you do the honors to select our final player today?
(18:06:04) Zephyrs: Reno selects LF Brad Morris
(18:06:15) Trendsetters: Morris and Norris to end the day
(18:06:18) Zephyrs: Well done!
(18:06:25) Bulldozers: Norris, then Moris and we're done!
(18:06:31) Bulldozers: Kudos to you, Reg!
(18:06:51) Trendsetters: Thanks!
(18:06:59) Trendsetters: and thanks guys, this was a lot of fun!
(18:07:01) Borealis: Great Job Reg!!
(18:07:21) Codgers: Right about 3 hours, even with allowing 10 minutes per pick!
(18:07:26) Trendsetters: speaking of Morris, he will be in the draft drivers' seat tomorrow for day two. I'll be joining in mid-stream
(18:07:27) Codgers: Well done :important:
(18:07:41) Bulldozers: Try 4 hours, Denny.
(18:07:52) Codgers: eh, whatever
(18:08:07) Bulldozers: Hasta, amigos!
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(18:08:14) Trendsetters: Tomorrow, same Bat Time, same Bat Channel!
(18:08:21) Codgers: Bye all!
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(18:09:03) Trendsetters: Remember all : if you don't plan on being here tomorrow, get a list ready!