RBI "Straight Pitch" League-Draft

[Stock]

The person with the 8th pick will also get the 9th pick and the person with the 16th pick will also get the 17th pick, and so on.
Pitchers are not really important in Straight pitch, but we will draft them in the separately in rounds 13-16.

There are no rules for drafting players (ie, you do not have to have a player from each position)  No rules for pitchers either. 
At the end of the draft, one day will be given for any trades (unless everyone notifies me they are perfectly happy with their selections.)  Any player has the right to strike a trade (in the event that it is truly unfair... I will have the final say).
Once everyone is happy with their selections, they can send me their lineups (1-12).

Once the draft starts, I do not want to be too harsh on the time limit b/w drafts.  I have meetings this week so will be in and out.  Let's just try to move this along as soon as possible.

[Gantry]

I think the draft order should be determined randomly, nobody should get an unfair advantage to start out with...

Also, even though it is a straight pitch league, I think pitchers are up for grabs.  If someone wants a Nolan Ryan or Senor Smoke early, that should be their choice....

[Nails]

I agree, random order has my vote.

[Lips]

I like the random draft order.  I have a few questions, though.

Do pitchers have to pitch from the center of the mound, only pushing A (no speed/slow pitches)?

Are we allowed to draft All-Stars, at all...or is there a limit to All-Star players per team?  All-Star pitchers included?

[Stock]

I like the random draft order. I have a few questions, though.

Do pitchers have to pitch from the center of the mound, only pushing A (no speed/slow pitches)?

Are we allowed to draft All-Stars, at all...or is there a limit to All-Star players per team? All-Star pitchers included?

Random order it is.  I used a random number generator in Excel to determine the order... you all will have to take my word for it.  Here is the order:
1.  Nails, 2.  Lips, 3. Ryno23, 4. Stockw19, 5. JoeDirt, 6. Gantry, 7. Baines, 8. Noah

My intent was to play straight pitch (by only pressing "A").  I will start a poll though.

All-Stars are up for grabs.  There is no limit as everone has equal oportunity to select them.  And sure.  If you really want to pick a pitcher over a batter, then so be it.  We will have 16 rounds (you can pick any player-4 pitchers, 12 batters).

Lets start the draft as soon as we figure out how the pitching will work.  I may close early if there appears to be a clear cut preference.

[ultimate7]

I suggest you run the draft as:

12345678
87654321

rotating rounds

[Stock]

I suggest you run the draft as:

12345678
87654321

rotating rounds

Exactly.  The person w/ the #8 will also get the #9.  The person w/ #16 will also get #17 and so on.  This is the fairest way to do it w/o a seeding system.

[Stock]

I will also need from each of you:

1.  The 2 Letter Abreviation for your team (which will appear on the "select team" page)
2.  Team colors (Unifor/Bat).  If it is easier, you can tell me you want your team to be the same colors as an already exhisting team.

These will be taken on a first come basis.

My colors are green/gold (packer colors).
My 2 letter team name is BS (for Bill Stock; not Bullshit)

[Nails]

1. Na
2. Mets colors (gray/blue)

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Side note:  does anybody have an excel, msaccess, or csv file that contains RBI player ratings (power, contact, speed, pitching) ?

[fightonusc]

I have this from the Fantasy RBI Draft...

[Nails]

You're the man.  Thanks.

[Ryno23]

Hg  for "The Hoggs"

White or grey uni, maroon or red sleeves.

[Baines]

PS for Parish State.

Was going to go with Mets colors but American will work.

[Lips]

I'll get you my team name and colors tonight...

I had a thought, but one of my "would be" colors is missing from nightwulf's color matrix.  So I'll have to go another direction.

[JoeDirt]

I'll take JD as in JoeDirt.

Colors to be Black Stirrups and bat and Yankee blue unis...

[fightonusc]

So Noah, you want your team to have an enormous wang? Because, that's what I hear about black people..








Well, that and that they love to dance. And Reggie White said that, so he has to know what he's talking about.

[Ryno23]

So Noah, you want your team to have an enormous wang? Because, that's what I hear about black people..








Well, that and that they love to dance. And Reggie White said that, so he has to know what he's talking about.

Don't forget to give them that extra muscle in the leg. . . . . . a gold tooth. . . . .  .and a cool starter jacket.

[Lips]

I'm gonna go with:

Tc (for Thundercats)
Uniform color: 22 (3rd one from left, 3rd one from top)
Helmet/Bat color: 10 (1st one from left, 2nd one from top)

[Stock]

I closed the poll on the other thread.  Knucklers have it.  4 were for knuckles and a couple of others said they didn't care.  I guess this will even the playing fiield, since nobody would have chance against me with no "fasts" or "knuckles"  . 

I see no more reason to delay the draft since we all know the rules.  I am only waiting for a couple more team names/colors.

So Nails; you are up whenever you are ready. 
I do not want to set up a mandatory time limit at this time.  However, if it takes too long, we can come up with one together.

Here is the first round order:
1. Nails
2. Lips
3. Ryno23
4. Stockw19
5. JoeDirt
6. Gantry
7. Baines
8. Noah

[Nails]

Andre Dawson