MLB Dynasty Draft

[Nosferatu]

Funny, every time I do one of these I pick the same players. I pick mostly favorites early on then fill in later...

 

[Nosferatu]

500 is OTC

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Pick Pack pick!!

 

[Clayton]

What strategy take all hitters first? Nice group you got but to bad your pitchers will be giving up lots of runs so you better hope your hitters perform every night

My strategy was to take a top 3 player with my first pick, the best elite player to fall with my 2nd pick, a starting pitcher with my 3rd pick and go back to getting elite position players. I didn't expect the massive arms race so yeah Im bringing the bats

 

[Pack 500]

Pick Pack pick!!

What did u think of last night's game Johnny. I'm a casual Rangers fan since I'm not a huge hockey guy but I have been loving this postseason. Seemed early to pull Henrik since clearly the game wasn't out of reach.

 

[Ritzarmy]

I went bat, sp, bat, sp now it's BPA

 

[Pack 500]

Give me a minute Clayton stole my pick so I have to regroup

 

[Ritzarmy]

Hopefully it gets to me before I leave work at 7.

Close 7:14 now your OTC.

 

[Pack 500]

What strategy take all hitters first? Nice group you got but to bad your pitchers will be giving up lots of runs so you better hope your hitters perform every night

My theory of going heavy on infielders early is that pitchers and OFers are a very deep group. A lot like Nos though just picking my favorite players. Yes, that includes A-Rod lol.

 

[Nosferatu]

Don't buy into Ritz' little plan, now that he has a couple pitchers he wants everyone to go pitchers and leave the hitters for him...

 

[Ritzarmy]

I was going to take best QB on the board but taking hitters now sounds better thanks nos. lol

 

[Pack 500]

I was going to take best QB on the board but taking hitters now sounds better thanks nos. lol

How the hell is Steve Hutchinson still available?

 

[Ritzarmy]

Damn it seriously he fell this late again

 

[Clayton]

Old Pete probably has the best wikipedia page:

In his rookie year, Alexander led the league with 28 wins (a modern-day rookie record), 31 complete games, 367 innings pitched, and seven shutouts, while finishing second in strikeouts and fourth in ERA.[2] From 1912 to 1921, Alexander led the league in ERA five times (1915–17, 1919, and 1920), wins five times (1914–17, 1920), innings six times (1912, 1914–17, 1920), strikeouts six times (1912, 1914–1917, 1920), complete games five times (1914–1917, 1920), and shutouts five times (1915, 1916 [a single-season record 16], 1917, 1919, 1921).[2] He won pitching's Triple Crown in 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1920.[2] In 1915, he was instrumental in leading the Phillies to their first pennant,[2] and he pitched a record four one-hitters.

After the 1917 season, the Phillies sold Alexander to the Cubs, ostensibly fearful that he would be lost to the army in World War I, but as Phillies owner William Baker admitted later, "I needed the money". Alexander was drafted and one month before shipping out, he married Amy Marie Arrants on May 31 in a courthouse ceremony in Manhattan, Kansas (the couple later divorced in 1929, remarried in 1931, and divorced again in 1941).[7][8] Alexander spent most of the 1918 season in France as a sergeant with the 342nd Field Artillery. While he was serving in France, he was exposed to German mustard gas and a shell exploded near him, causing partial hearing loss and triggering the onset of epilepsy. Following his return from the war, Alexander suffered from shell shock and was plagued with epileptic seizures, which only exacerbated the problems he already was experiencing with alcohol. Always a drinker, Alexander hit the bottle particularly hard as a result of the physical and emotional injuries he sustained in the war - injuries that plagued him for the rest of his life. People often misinterpreted his seizure-related problems as drunkenness. In spite of all this, Alexander gave Chicago several successful years and won another pitching triple crown in 1920. Tiring of his increasing drunkenness and insubordination that was often directly related to his epilepsy, the Cubs sold him to the Cardinals in the middle of the 1926 season for the waiver price.[2] Then-Cubs manager, Joe McCarthy stated the reason for the sale was, "The Cubs finished last last year and if they finish last again, I'd rather it be without [Alexander]."

The Cardinals won the National League pennant that year and met the New York Yankees in the World Series, where Alexander pitched complete game victories in Games 2 and 6. According to teammate Bob O'Farrell in The Glory of Their Times, after the game six victory, Alexander got drunk that night and was still feeling the effects when he was sent out to pitch the next day in Game 7.[9] Alexander came to the game in the seventh inning after starter Jesse Haines developed a blister, with the Cardinals ahead 3–2, the bases loaded and two out. Facing Yankee slugger Tony Lazzeri, Alexander struck him out and then held the Yankees scoreless for two more innings to preserve the win and give St. Louis the championship. He had one last 20-win season for the Cardinals in 1927, but his continued drinking finally did him in. He left major league baseball after a brief return to the Phillies in 1930, and pitched for the House of David until 1940.

 

[Nosferatu]

Smitty is up and I have a list but I already picked from it, we will give him some time.

 

[Ritzarmy]

Plus he appears to be online

 

[Nosferatu]

From now on when you guys leave a list please let me know if you want me to pick certain positions after the first pick or if I can just go down the list.

 

[Ritzarmy]

It should be go down the list if they don't leave instructions however even leaving instructions can be challenging for you cough cough.

 

[Nosferatu]

It should be go down the list if they don't leave instructions however even leaving instructions can be challenging for you cough cough.

 

[Nosferatu]

Did you guys go vote on the Best QB of all time semi-finals?