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Old 04-27-2002, 07:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Post Historical Grab Bag League - Initial Draft

I just spent two hours clicking the "Random Player" button on baseball-reference.com, and importing that player into a league. The search for a draft pool yielded several players, including five Hall of Famers - Paul Molitor, Nolan Ryan, Rogers Hornsby, George Brett, and Mike Schmidt. It also yielded some infamous players such as Bob Welch, Rob Deer, Dave Kingman, Elton "Ice Box" Chamberlain, and Bob Horner, in addition to steady major leaguers like Lance Parrish and Dave Parker, or Garry Templeton and Wally Moon and Hank Sauer. I also got a lot of nobodies, like Gene Leek, Joe Hutcheson, Phil Linz, Harry Heitman, and Bill Essick.

In the first round, the number one overall pick was of course 2B Rogers Hornsby, with his B/B/G talents and 10/10/10 ratings. Up next, however, was a surprise, 20 year old pitching prospect Ice Box Chamberlain and his G/B/G talents and 10/10/7 ratings. Pitchers dominated the rest of the rounds, with Bob Welch, Vern Ruhle, Randy Johnson, Steve Hargan, Nolan Ryan, and Bob Ojeda closing out the round.

Up next in the second round, another pitcher went first, Cyclone Miller. Then, the second position player was not George Brett or Paul Molitor, it was Chet Lemon, followed by Dave Parker, Hank Sauer, Wally Moon, Eduardo Perez, Ron Fairly, and Jim LeFebvre! A run on pitchers is expected next round. From now on, I'll post surprises.
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