FOOL 2037 Expansion Draft - Page 4

TeachEnEspanol · 09-18-2009, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TimGuru

Bartolo has my kind of contract. Yeah!

Whoa...seriously! Sign me up!

Alan T · 09-18-2009, 10:25 PM

Pick #25.2: Hyannis Patriots select MR Travis Murphy (Chico)

Murphy was the 19th overall pick in the 2033 Amateur Draft

TimGuru · 09-18-2009, 10:25 PM

I'm going to bed.

Thank you very much, Alan, for the effort and work and imagination to pull off this expansion. I very much look forward to wreaking havo...uh, enjoying my return to FOOL Classic (thats a pun).

Thanks everyone else for the welcome (back) to the league. We will all continue to ignore the elephant in the room (that if Alan had revealed who the prospective expansion owners were, the vote may have been different.

)

Good night Teach, that last bit was for you. :-x

Alan T · 09-18-2009, 10:27 PM

Pick #26.1: Hyannis Patriots select SP Albert Keep (Ann Arbor)

Keep was the 25th overall pick in the 2030 Amateur Draft

This is the 6th player selected from Ann Arbor, so no more players from their organization can be chosen.

Alan T · 09-18-2009, 10:29 PM

Pick #26.2: Newark Terriers select CF Pat Grummitt (Hammersmith)

Grummitt was the 23rd overall pick in the 2028 Amateur Draft

TeachEnEspanol · 09-18-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TimGuru

I'm going to bed.

Thank you very much, Alan, for the effort and work and imagination to pull off this expansion. I very much look forward to wreaking havo...uh, enjoying my return to FOOL Classic (thats a pun).

Thanks everyone else for the welcome (back) to the league. We will all continue to ignore the elephant in the room (that if Alan had revealed who the prospective expansion owners were, the vote may have been different.

)

Good night Teach, that last bit was for you. :-x

Shut up, you know I'm happy to have you back and have made it quite clear, thank you very much. I don't feel bad for giving you a hard time. Nope. *crosses arms and pouts*

Have a good night!

It really is fun to have you back. REALLY.

Alan T · 09-18-2009, 10:30 PM

Ok, going to blast through the last 9 rounds since both draft lists are gone and this can get pretty boring fast now

I'll post a final summary of the last 9 rounds once done.

Tasan · 09-18-2009, 10:34 PM

Well 2 of 3 guys I vacillated on were picked. Oh well. I have a little bit of cash now to go buy replacements.

TeachEnEspanol · 09-18-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Tasan

Well 2 of 3 guys I vacillated on were picked. Oh well. I have a little bit of cash now to go buy replacements.

Would you like to go shopping with me tomorrow?

Tasan · 09-18-2009, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Would you like to go shopping with me tomorrow?

Gladly! Don't buy my guys!

TeachEnEspanol · 09-18-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Tasan

Gladly! Don't buy my guys!

I don't have very much money at all. I'll mostly be window/trinket shopping but I figure we'll both be needing to shop and I enjoy your vocabulary what with the "vacillating" and all so the company would be appreciated.

Alan T · 09-18-2009, 10:44 PM

Round 35

Round 35, Pick 1 - Hyannis Patriots: C D. Sánchez

Round 35, Pick 2 - Newark Terriers: C E. Mateo

Round 34

Round 34, Pick 13 - Newark Terriers: SS G. Longoria

Round 34, Pick 14 - Hyannis Patriots: CF F. Espinoza

Round 33

Round 33, Pick 1 - Hyannis Patriots: RF F. Souza

Round 33, Pick 2 - Newark Terriers: SS R. Portillo

Round 32

Round 32, Pick 13 - Newark Terriers: LF G. Navarro

Round 32, Pick 14 - Hyannis Patriots: 2B K. Austin

Round 31

Round 31, Pick 1 - Hyannis Patriots: SS I. Kitamura

Round 31, Pick 2 - Newark Terriers: 1B J. García

Round 30

Round 30, Pick 13 - Newark Terriers: CF E. Colón

Round 30, Pick 14 - Hyannis Patriots: SS T. Brewer

Round 29

Round 29, Pick 1 - Hyannis Patriots: 2B M. Thomas

Round 29, Pick 2 - Newark Terriers: RF C. Jordan

Round 28

Round 28, Pick 13 - Newark Terriers: LF V. Méndez

Round 28, Pick 14 - Hyannis Patriots: 2B T. Goodwin

Round 27

Round 27, Pick 1 - Hyannis Patriots: LF I. Kutakulimuki

Round 27, Pick 2 - Newark Terriers: 3B J. Zong

Round 26

Round 26, Pick 13 - Newark Terriers: 1B B. Ward

Round 26, Pick 14 - Hyannis Patriots: 2B C. Lewis

Alan T · 09-18-2009, 10:45 PM

Ok, thats all for me in this thread! Heading back to the offseason thread to post Free Agent signees and such.

Chief Rum · 09-18-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TeachEnEspanol

Tas? What was the thinking behind not protecting that guy?

Probably the same reasons I let him go to free agency a few years ago.

Young Drachma · 09-19-2009, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by muns

Def interesting to see how he does right off the bat. He has no rebuild mode

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Originally Posted by TimGuru

Jeez, DC and I didn't need to worry about draft order. I didn't have either of those guys on my list, albeit I can see why DC did. Differing philosophies.

Yeah. That is an interesting thing. I think looking at it now, you only got like two guys that were even on my list. Maybe 3. I don't recall now and I don't have it in front of me. But...yeah, that's an interesting thing.

My philosophy on expansion drafting obviously has a lot to do with the amount of talent available. Especially compared to say, the draft in 1966.

So when I saw that I pretty much knew that I had two ideas, I could try to scrape and grab what little talent there was and try to make that work or try to use the expansion draft to grab as many "value" players as possible.

The more guys I could snag from here, the fewer I have to overpay for during free agency (and it seems like there's a lot of guys in the FA pool wanting to be overpaid based on their numbers...) and well, it's not even so much an issue of not wanting to "rebuild", as much as there just wasn't a lot in my mind to rebuild with. I could've made better picks in the later rounds, but I just got tired of making the list and honestly, at that point I just didn't have guys who fit into my plans anyway.

Plus, it takes a few seasons to really feel out the names, the players and the league before you can really start to get an idea of how you're going to compete.

So our philosophy is to put the best team possible on the field, for the least amount of money. Then we go from there and build as we need to, either using the Thanksgiving Turkey Methodology (tm) where we pick apart the team as necessary if we're not able to build on what we have or go with the Lincoln Logs Strategy (tm) where we build on what we've got, add to it and see if we can live in it. (aka, make the playoffs/win a title.)

The first 5 years of expansion are really just getting acclimated to the temperature of the league for me, though. Sometimes, that results in a team that wins quickly (like Compton in '69/'70) and other teams, it means it takes a bit to get the show going.

But I like operating teams in 5-year cycles because it makes fast-sim more interesting for me or else. Only time it didn't work was with Boston/St. Louis, but there's a reason for that...

Should be interesting to see how this goes, as I'm still getting acquainted to the players in this league.

Thanks for running the draft Alan. Good luck, Tim.

09-18-2009, 10:25 PM	#152
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Pick #25.2: Hyannis Patriots select MR Travis Murphy (Chico) Murphy was the 19th overall pick in the 2033 Amateur Draft __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

09-18-2009, 10:25 PM	#153
TimGuru High School Varsity Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Cape Cod, MA	I'm going to bed. Thank you very much, Alan, for the effort and work and imagination to pull off this expansion. I very much look forward to wreaking havo...uh, enjoying my return to FOOL Classic (thats a pun). Thanks everyone else for the welcome (back) to the league. We will all continue to ignore the elephant in the room (that if Alan had revealed who the prospective expansion owners were, the vote may have been different. ) Good night Teach, that last bit was for you. :-x __________________ FOOL: NY Panthers1974-88 ; Hyannis Patriots 2037-2055 hiatus FOOL-H: NY YANKEES 1903- FOOL-X: Cumberland Defenders 1985-

09-18-2009, 10:27 PM	#154
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Pick #26.1: Hyannis Patriots select SP Albert Keep (Ann Arbor) Keep was the 25th overall pick in the 2030 Amateur Draft This is the 6th player selected from Ann Arbor, so no more players from their organization can be chosen. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

09-18-2009, 10:29 PM	#155
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Pick #26.2: Newark Terriers select CF Pat Grummitt (Hammersmith) Grummitt was the 23rd overall pick in the 2028 Amateur Draft __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

09-18-2009, 10:30 PM	#157
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Ok, going to blast through the last 9 rounds since both draft lists are gone and this can get pretty boring fast now I'll post a final summary of the last 9 rounds once done. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

09-18-2009, 10:34 PM	#158
Tasan College Starter Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Houston, or there about	Well 2 of 3 guys I vacillated on were picked. Oh well. I have a little bit of cash now to go buy replacements. __________________ 2011 Golden Scribes winner for best Interactive Dynasty

09-18-2009, 10:45 PM	#163
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Ok, thats all for me in this thread! Heading back to the offseason thread to post Free Agent signees and such. __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

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