Week III: Finishing the Rosters

    Week three is here already? That means it's time to finish up our rosters. The Sluggers are choosing first on this last day of the draft, and they started things off with...

    

    Sluggers:
1: Christy Matthewson (P, 373-188, 2.13)

    Bombers:
1: Shohei Ohtani (P, DH, 38-19, 3.01, .274/.366/.556)
2: Bill Dickey (C, .313/.382/.486)

    Sluggers:
2: Yogi Berra (C, .285/.348/.482)
3: Cal Ripken Jr. (SS, .276/.340/.447)

    Bombers:
3: Chipper Jones (3B, .303/.401/.529)
4: John Smoltz (P, 213-155, 3.33 ERA, 154 SV)

    Sluggers:
4: George Sisler (1B, .340/.379/.468)
5: Greg Maddux (P, 355-227, 3.16)

    Bombers:
5: Joe Morgan (2B, .271/.392/.427)
6: Jackie Robinson (2B, .311/.409/.474)

    Sluggers:
6: Eddie Collins (2B, .333/.424/.429)
7: George Brett (3B, .305/.369/.487)

    Bombers:
7: Juan Marichal (P, 243-142, 2.89)
8: Mike Schmidt (3B, .267/.380/.527)

    Sluggers:
8: Larry Walker (RF, .313/.400/.565)
9: Hank Greenberg (1B, .313/.412/.605)

    Bombers:
9: Clayton Kershaw (P, 210-92, 2.48)
10: Orlando Cepeda (1B, .297/.350/.499)

    Sluggers:
10: Sandy Koufax (P, 165-87, 2.76)

    Now that the rosters are officially finished, let's see what each team has.

SLUGGERS
P: Grover Cleveland Alexander
P: Pedro Martinez
P: Three Finger Brown
P: Randy Johnson
P: Lefty Grove
P: Mariano Rivera
P: Waite Hoyt
P: Trevor Hoffman
P: Dennis Eckersley
P: Christy Matthewson
P: Greg Maddux
P: Sandy Koufax
C: Johnny Bench
C: Yogi Berra
1B: Lou Gehrig
1B: George Sisler
1B: Hank Greenberg
2B: Nap Lajoie
2B: Eddie Collins
3B: Brooks Robinson 
3B: George Brett
SS: Joe Sewell
SS: Luke Appling
SS: Cal Ripken Jr.
OF: Babe Ruth
OF: Ted Williams
OF: Willie Mays
OF: Mickey Mantle 
OF: Lefty O'Doul
OF: Larry Walker

And now for the Bombers:
P: Walter Johnson
P: Rube Waddell
P: Nolan Ryan
P: Addie Joss
P: Carl Hubbell
P: Billy Wagner
P: Jonathan Papelbon
P: Dizzy Dean
P: Shohei Ohtani
P: John Smoltz
P: Juan Marichal
P: Clayton Kershaw
C: Mike Piazza
C: Bill Dickey
1B: Jimmie Foxx
1B: Orlando Cepeda
2B: Rogers Hornsby
2B: Joe Morgan
2B: Jackie Robinson
3B: Chipper Jones
3B: Mike Schmidt
SS: Honus Wagner
OF: Hank Aaron
OF: Ty Cobb
OF: Tris Speaker
OF: Stan Musial
OF: Mel Ott
OF: Joe DiMaggio
OF: Ken Griffey Jr.
OF: Rickey Henderson

There you go. The teams are set. Next week will begin the Ultimate World Series. The Bombers will get home field advantage since they picked second to start the draft. 

Week II: Picks 11-20

    I'm going to need to publish this tonight because my family will be out of town this coming Sunday. So, here you go. I'm sorry I didn't stick to the proposed deal.

    Alright. Here we are in week 2. Since the Sluggers got the first pick last week, it was the Bombers' turn to draft first.

    Bombers:

1: Joe DiMaggio (CF, .325/.398/.579)

    

    Sluggers:

1: Mariano Rivera (P, 82-60, 2.21, 652 SV)

2: Brooks Robinson (3B, .267/.322/.401)

    Bombers:

2: Mike Piazza (C, .308/.377/.545)

3: Billy Wagner (P, 47-40, 2.31, 422 SV)

    Sluggers:

3: Three-Finger Brown (P, 239-130, 2.06)

4: Randy Johnson (P, 303-166, 3.29)

    Bombers:

4: Nolan Ryan (P, 324-292, 3.19)

5: Ken Griffey Jr. (CF, .284/.370/.538)

    Sluggers:

5: Waite Hoyt (P, 237-182, 3.59)

6: Trevor Hoffman (P, 61-75, 2.87, 601 SV)

    Bombers:

6: Addie Joss (P, 160-97, 1.89)

7: Rickey Henderson (LF, .279/.401/.419)

    Sluggers:

7: Lefty O'Doul (LF, .349/.413/.532)

8: Lefty Grove (P, 300-141, 3.06)

    Bombers:
8: Carl Hubbell (P, 253-154, 2.98)

9: Jonathan Papelbon (P, 41-36, 2,44, 368 SV)

    Sluggers:

9: Dennis Eckersley (197-171, 3.50, 390 SV)

10: Luke Appling (SS, .310/.399/.398)

    Bombers:
10: Dizzy Dean (P, 150-83, 3.02)

  

 Now the teams are at...

SLUGGERS:

1: Babe Ruth (RF, P)

2: Ted Williams (LF)

3: Willie Mays (CF)

4: Mickey Mantle (CF, 1B)

5: Lou Gehrig (1B)

6: Grover Cleveland Alexander (P)

7: Pedro Martinez (P)
8: Johnny Bench (C)
9: Nap Lajoie (2B)
10: Joe Sewell (SS, 3B)

11: Mariano Rivera (P)

12: Brooks Robinson (3B)

13: Three-Finger Brown (P)

14: Randy Johnson (P)

15: Waite Hoyt (P)

16: Trevor Hoffman (P)

17: Lefty O'Doul (LF)

18: Lefty Grove (P)

19: Dennis Eckersley (P)

20: Luke Appling (SS)

BOMBERS:

1: Hank Aaron (RF)
2: Jimmie Foxx (1B)
3: Stan Musial (OF)
4: Rogers Hornsby (2B)
5: Ty Cobb (CF)
6: Tris Speaker (CF)
7: Mel Ott (OF)
8: Honus Wagner (SS)
9: Walter Johnson (P)
10: Rube Waddell (P)

11: Joe DiMaggio (CF)

12: Mike Piazza (C)

13: Billy Wagner (P)

14: Nolan Ryan (P)

15: Ken Griffey Jr. (CF)

16: Addie Joss (P)

17: Rickey Henderson (LF)

18: Carl Hubbell (P)

19: Jonathan Papelbon

20: Dizzy Dean (P)

Well, there you have it. Next week we will complete the rosters (The Sluggers will choose first) and then we will start the Ultimate World Series.

Week I: The First Ten Draft Picks

     Alright. Let's get down to business. The two teams, the Sluggers and the Bombers, got to take their first ten players each. The Sluggers got to draft first, and they opened with...

    1: Babe Ruth (RF,P, .342/.474/.690, 94-46, 2.28).

   

    Next, the Bombers got to take their first two picks, and they drafted

    1: Hank Aaron (RF, .305/.374/.555)
    and
    2: Jimmie Foxx (1B, .325/.428/.609)

    

    Slugggers:

    2: Ted WIlliams (LF, .344/.482/.634)

    3: Willie Mays (CF, .301/.384/.557)

    Bombers:

    3: Stan Musial (OF, .331/.417/.559)

    4: Rogers Hornsby (2B, .358/.434/.577)

    Sluggers:

    4: Lou Gehrig (1B, .340/.447/.632)

    5: Mickey Mantle (CF, 1B, .298/.421/.557)

    Bombers:

    5: Ty Cobb (CF, .366/.433/.512)

    6: Tris Speaker (CF, .345/.428/.500)

    Sluggers:

    6: Grover Cleveland Alexander (P, 373-208, 2.56)

    7: Pedro Martinez (P, 219-100, 2.93)

    Bombers:

    7: Mel Ott (OF, .304/.414/.533)

    8: Honus Wagner (SS, .328/.391/.467)

    Sluggers:

    8: Johnny Bench (C, .267/.342/.476)

    9: Nap Lajoie (2B, .338/.380/.466)

    

    The Bombers were the first to finish out the top ten picks with 9 and 10.

    9: Walter Johnson (P, 417-279, 2.17)

    10: Rube Waddell (P, 193-143, 2.16)

    And the Sluggers followed closely with pick number 10.

    10: Joe Sewell (SS/3B, .312/.391/.413)

    I know that was difficult to follow, so here are the rosters thus far:

SLUGGERS:

1: Babe Ruth (RF, P)

2: Ted Williams (LF)

3: Willie Mays (CF)

4: Lou Gehrig (1B)

5: Mickey Mantle (CF, 1B)

6: Grover Cleveland Alexander (P)

7: Pedro Martinez (P)
8: Johnny Bench (C)
9: Nap Lajoie (2B)
10: Joe Sewell (SS, 3B)

BOMBERS:

1: Hank Aaron (RF)
2: Jimmie Foxx (1B)
3: Stan Musial (OF)
4: Rogers Hornsby (2B)
5: Ty Cobb (CF)
6: Tris Speaker (CF)
7: Mel Ott (OF)
8: Honus Wagner (SS)
9: Walter Johnson (P)
10: Rube Waddell (P)

    Thus ends week one. Next week the Bombers will get the first draft pick.

Introduction

    Hello readers! 

    I don't know about all of you, but I could spend hours writing about baseball. I've created this blog in order to make the two greatest baseball teams ever assembled and make them slug it out in a World Series. Each team will have 30 players. They will have at least 5 starters, 5 relievers, and at least one of every fielding position (the DH will not be used). I am not pitting AL against NL because I've selected a few players who played before there was an AL and NL.

    For the actual World Series match, I will not be using any cool tech or anything, but will actually use a board game that I own. It's called What About Baseball, and it tries to simulate a real game. 

    I will publish every Sunday, starting with each team's roster, 10 players a week. They will switch off in a sort of snake draft, although there are only two teams. After the three weeks, I will publish every Sunday with the results of the games. Like a World Series, it will be a best-of-7 matchup. The two teams will be called The Sluggers and the other team The Bombers. There, that's cool, right?

    And once I finish. I will call it quits. Well, unless I want to do it again sometime.

    Have fun reading this, and feel free to tell me if one of the teams is lopsided or made a bad draft pick. 

    The game's afoot!