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Blind Squirrel

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

On the day of the draft, one of the worst picks of the day (excluding Gottsegen’s entire draft of course: “Byrnes is the poor man’s Sizemore!”) was when Bleak picked Adrian Gonzalez in the first round. Seriously? A Padre? A first baseman that we all thought would be there 5 rounds later? And you won […]

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Tags: First Round · HareBrained Drafting Methods · House Rules · How To Be Last After The First Round · Ian Snell · Players Actually Drafted · Remember 06 · Someone actually made a good move · consulting charts

Remember how good I was in ‘06

March 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Reyes, Fielder and Martin. The biggest positive is I can trade Fielder to Crimmings for anything I want.
4. (42) Adrian Gonzalez — I was so excited to pick Alex Rios with my first pick.  It was going to be as brilliant as my Prince Fielder pick from the year before. Oh crap, I didn’t want […]

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Tags: House Rules · I can't wait to draft Pujols next year · Ian Snell · Remember 06 · Self-Reflection