MLB Mock Draft - Supplemental

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Real simple here. In this phase of the MLB draft, you pick where you place your team. In one post, select the following.

 

-Manager.

 

-City. Must be an MLB city from 1901-present. So basically any current location, along with Brooklyn or Montreal.

 

-Actual MLB nickname from that city.

 

-Venue (current or historical) located within that city.

 

Here's the draft order for this phase.

 

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MFer

Beast

HarleyQuinn

Treble

JHawk

Brooklyn Zoo

Brother Mouzone

Smues

Smartley Pretty

909

Pinjockey

Original Orange Goblin

Youth N Asia

Bored

Agent of Oblivion

Gert T

Fokai

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Philadelphia Phillies

 

Veterans Stadium

 

 

Joe McCarthy

 

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John McGraw

 

 

Detroit Tigers-Tiger Stadium

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Can cities with more than one stadium/nickname be picked more than once?

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I'd note that McCarthy looked like a good choice, but I'd forgotten that he was born in Philadelphia!

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Can cities with more than one stadium/nickname be picked more than once?

Yes, LA and Chicago can be picked twice. New York can be picked three times, as long as Brooklyn is one of those.

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New York Yankees

 

Casey Stengel

 

Yankee Stadium

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Manager: Miller Huggins

City: Boston

Nickname: Red Sox

Venue: Huntington Avenue Grounds (Ballpark from 1901 - 1911). Fun Fact: CF measured at 635 ft. in 1908

 

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New York Gothams

 

Polo Grounds

 

 

Manager: Earl Weaver

 

[JHawk 0]

 

Whitey Herzog

 

 

Cleveland Indians - Cleveland Municipal Stadium

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New York Highlanders

 

 

Billy Martin

 

 

Ebbets Field

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On behalf of EHME:

 

Montreal Expos

 

 

Olympic Stadium

 

 

Bobby Cox

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One damn pick from getting Bobby Cox.

 

I'll go

Atlanta Braves

Turner Field

Oh what the fuck why not?

Ted Turner

 

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Ted Turner as manager? Ballsy.

 

Here is the game that Turner managed.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PI...197705110.shtml

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St. Louis Browns

 

Sparky Anderson

 

Busch Stadium II

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Los Angeles Dodgers

 

 

Dodger Stadium.

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Houston Colt 45s

 

Astrodome

 

and the provider of the only championship in my lifetime, Charlie Manuel

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Toronto Blue Jays

 

Skydome

 

Joe Torre

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The Chicago Orphans

 

Wrigley Field

 

Jim Leyland

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Oakland Athletics

 

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (pre-Mt. Davis)

 

Dick Williams

 

And I'm taking over for Agent this week so here are his team, ballpark, and manager.

 

Chicago Colts

 

Coors Field

 

Pete Rose (already has him as a player)