EVIL~! alkeiper
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PM'ed picks from 161st and River.
3B Clete Boyer
RP Jeff Nelson
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Giants select closer Johnny Murphy. Murphy was the Yankees' first long term relief specialist, collecting 104 saves with the club and attending three All-Star games.
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Giants select SP Carl Mays.
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161st and River PM'ed me a list of 11 picks, hopefully that holds up. If he runs out of names available, I will select players for him as best I can.
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Wow...4 of those 6 picks were on my board for the next round.Was McDougal one of them?
My next player is a left fielder who was better than Jim Rice, dammit. Roy White produced OBPs of .380-.390 in his prime seasons. He stole 233 bases in his career, and had a fair bit of power for a righty in that ballpark. He pushes Keller to the DH role, and occupies either the 1st or 2nd slot in the lineup.
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Gil McDougald
A utility infielder who spent time at third, second and shortstop, fielding well at all three positions. (Casey Stengel loved moving his players around.) McDougald hit .276/.356/.410 in ten seasons for the Yankees. He made five all star teams and won the Rookie of the Year award in 1951. Yankee Stadium killed his home run power. He hit 56 home runs from 1956-60, only 12 of them at home.
While McDougald can play three infield positions, I anticipate making him my starting third baseman.
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After this pick let's establish a time limit of 12 hours for a pick.
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I'm going to name my team the Giants. We need at least one team with that name.
The Giants select Bill Skowron. Skowron made the All-Star game in five consecutive seasons for the Yankees, starting the game four times.
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The Knight of Kennett Square, Herb Pennock. Pennock twice won 20+ games for the Yankees, three times leading the league in fewest walks per nine innings. He went 5-0 in World Series play. In his post-baseball career, he was the GM of the Phillies who helped build the Whiz Kids.
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Good pick on Murcer.
Elston Howard next pick made nine consecutive All-Star squads, won an MVP award in 1963 and collected two Gold Gloves. Howard struggled to establish himself, not earning the starting job until he was 31 thanks to the presence of Yogi Berra. Once he did though, he enjoyed 4-5 great seasons.
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Smues, you'll need to take one of these names.
Mutuals
Yankees
Giants
Cubans (or Cuban Giants)
Lincoln Giants
Bacharach Giants
Black Yankees
Mets (or Metropolitans)
Superbas
Robins
Atlantics
Bridegrooms
The last four are Brooklyn names.
I did not get to write about my last three picks yet.
Joe Gordon was the Yankees' second baseman from 1938-46. He made the All-Star game every season except his rookie year. Three times in his Yankee career he drove in 100+ runs, and three times he reached the top ten in MVP balloting, winning the award outright in 1942. In his Yankee career he hit .271/.358/.467. His counting totals are hurt a bit by missing two years due to World War II. He is a contemporary of Red Sox HOF second baseman Bobby Doerr, and often considered the better player. I did not realize until now that Gordon was actually the second baseman on the Indians' 1948 title team.
It is fitting that I took Allie Reynolds next. When the Yankees traded Gordon after an off season, they received Reynolds in return. Reynolds is one of the most famous swingmen in baseball history, filling both starting and relief roles for Casey Stengel, who never used a traditional rotation. Reynolds not only collected an excellent 131-60 record with the Yanks, he also saved 41 games. In the World Series, Reynolds had a 7-2 record with another 4 saves to his credit. His strikeout totals are not superficially impressive but he played in a low strikeout era; he frequently finished in the top ten and led the league in 1952. He finished second and third in consecutive years in MVP balloting in the 1950s. With my club, he will take a regular turn in the rotation.
Phil Rizzuto fills the need both for a shortstop and leadoff hitter. His .351 career OBP and 149 stolen bases make him a fine candidate for the role. Again, those stolen base totals are not impressive but he finished top ten eight times in that category. Teams just rarely ran in his era. The dropoff here at shortstop between Rizzuto and the next player is pretty significant, IMO.
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I'll be around tonight if CC picks.
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Joe Gordon
My internet service may be intermittent the next few days. Instead of holding this thing up, if someone can text the draft picks to me, I can text my pick back and keep things moving.
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I'm actually a bit surprised Mattingly lasted this long. I figured someone would be nostalgic and jump on him second round.
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Oh yeah teamname. I'll go with Hitmen.It has to be a real NYC baseball pro team.
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There are tempting hitters on the board, but my team needs an ace starter.
Lefty Gomez
189-101 record with the Yankees from 1930-42. 6-0 in the postseason, his teams won all five World Series they played. Gomez was selected to seven All-Star teams, and started the game five times! He is the only pitcher to win the All-Star game three times. Gomez twice won pitching's triple crown, in 1934 and 1937. Truly an elite pitcher in his era.
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My next selection is not as famous among baseball fans. Charlie Keller was an absolute hitting monster in his day. With the Yankees he compiled a .410 OBP and .518 slugging percentage. Unfortunately Keller missed nearly two years during World War II, and suffered a career altering back injury in 1947. To give you an idea of Keller's talent, Keller hit about .360 over two seasons in the IL, but was trapped since the Yankees already had Dimaggio, Selkirk and Henrich.
Keller will play left field on my club.
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Current Rodriguez numbers
BA: .304
OBP: .405
SLG: .575
HR: 198
RBI: 563
SB: 101
The only Yankee infielder with a higher career OPS (minimum 500 games) is Lou Gehrig.
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While we wait for CanadianChris, no harm in showing my hand to speed things up. If CC for some reason does not pick Babe Ruth, that's my pick. Otherwise I'm taking Mickey Mantle with the 2nd pick.
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Here is the draft order. I ranked the posters by post count, and this will run serpentine style.
1. Canadian Chris
2. alkeiper
3. Bored
4. Brooklyn Zoo
5. Smues
6. 161st and River
Drafters will need to fill the following roles:
* A starting lineup, with eight position players and a DH.
* A starting rotation consisting of five pitchers
* A bullpen with three relievers
* A bench with one catcher, one infielder and one outfielder
* A manager
If the draft goes well and there is interest, we will add five more rounds at the end, allowing for three pitchers and two bench players apiece to round out the rosters to 25 men.
In addition, with your first selection please select a nickname for your club. The name must be one used by a New York City team. Possibilities include the Yankees, Mets, Giants, Highlanders, Mutuals, Cubans, Gothams, Dodgers or Excelsiors.
Check out Baseball-Reference.com for easy information on players. The Yankees' Franchise Index will link you to lists of Yankee starters, player registers, leaderboards, managers, etc.
Canadian Chris is free to make his first selection.
A couple notes to add. Official range is 1903-2008, we're going to exclude their two initial years as the Baltimore Orioles.
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Instead of "Yankee stats" what about picking one player's year as a Yankee?Oh, and count me out.
I'm not a big fan of using single years for anything, because you tend to get a lot of fluky performances. The top 20 hitting seasons by Yankees in terms of OPS+ are all owned by Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig and Joe Dimaggio. Fifth is Bobby Murcer, quite a fine player for some time but not a player among the team's legends. Pitching is even more random.
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Bored's in, we have our six. I'll need to hear from the two others to proceed.
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The snow law is very legitimate, IMO. I've been hit by chunks of ice flying off of trucks. At the least, drivers who drive off with snow create a visibility hazard to other drivers.
Yes, I'm guilty of this myself.
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For kicks, here are the top ten teams remaining.
The Fabulous Kangaroos (Costello & Heffernan)
Antonino Rocca & Miguel Perez Sr.
Jimmy & Johnny Valiant
The Executioners (Kowalski & Studd)
Buddy Rose & Pat Somers
Mr. Fuji & Professor Toru Tanaka
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
The Heavenly Bodies (Pritchard & Del Ray)
Wayne Bloom & Mike Enos
Ron Golden & Jimmy Fuller (aka Bunkhouse Buck & Col. Parker)
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Nice to see Casey Stengel and Gene Woodling together again. Stengel batting Woodling all over the batting order. Sometimes cleanup, sometimes sixth, even leadoff!