All Around Sports Team Draft (Baseball Voting)

[larrymcg421]

Sorry this took so long, but it's finally here. This is the last of our sports to vote on.

Participants were asked to draft a team of 13 athletes. For baseball, they had to pick 4 Starting Pitchers, 1 Closer, and 8 Position Players.

Participants were allowed to pick pitchers that would hit in every game, but they had to state which positions those pitchers would be subbing in at on those occasions, and they were not allowed to sub more than once for any position. Pitchers that are being used this way have the positions listed next to their name.

Please vote for the top 3 teams. Voting will be tallied on a 5-3-1 basis. Participants may vote, but cannot vote for themselves.


West Hollywood Stars (Owner: digamma)

Manager: John Heisman

Baseball
P: Roger Clemens (C, 1B, OF), Al Oerter, Tim Howard, Lawrence Taylor, Dwight Howard (closer)
C: Alexander Karelin
1B: Calvin Johnson
2B: Kyle Rote
SS: Carl Crawford
3B: Joe Mauer
OF: Dave Winfield, Tiger Woods, Herschel Walker

Line-up
Rote
Woods
Crawford
Winfield
Mauer
Johnson
Walker
Karelin
Pitcher


New Orleans Oilbirds (Owner: Karlifornia)

Manager: Tom Osborne

SP-Tom Glavine
SP-Michael Vick
SP-Allen Iverson
SP-Reggie Bush
CL-Amar'e Stoudemire

C-Deacon Jones
1B-Zlatan Ibrahimovic
2B-Cristiano Ronaldo
SS-Bobby Orr
3B-Eusebio
LF-Barry Bonds
CF-Willie Mays
RF-Floyd Mayweather


Wake Forest Cougars (Owner: Radii)

Manager: Phil Jackson

SP Greg Maddux
SP Roy Halladay
SP Charlie Ward
SP Iker Casillas
Closer Carl Lewis

C Ray Lewis
1B Bill Russell
2B David Beckham
SS Thierry Henry
3B Manny Pacquiao
RF Michael Jordan
CF Ted Williams
LF Jerry Rice


Road Kill Cafe (Owner: Danny)

Manager: Paul "Bear" Bryant

SP Walter Johnson
SP Wilt Chamberlain
SP Tim Duncan
SP Ronaldo
CL Reggie White

C Tom Brady
1B Albert Pujols
2B Jackie Robinson
3B Gordie Howe
SS Diego Maradona
LF Julius Peppers
CF Rafer Johnson
RF Kaka


Canton Raiders (Owner: jbergey22)

Manager: Pat Riley

SP Johan Santana
SP Dave DeBusschere
SP Ronald Curry
SP Joe Montana
CL Steven Gerrard

C Hakeem Olajuwon
1B Antonio Gates
2B Lionel Messi
SS Gaucho Ronaldinho
3B Wayne Gtetzky
LF Jesse Owens
CF Deion Sanders
RF Brian Jordan

Strategy note: Speed wins will be our strategy. We arent very big so we will do our best to play uptempo in basketball, pass a lot in football, while winning with speed/defense in baseball.


Los Angeles Letterman (Owner: hahnkim)

Manager: Red Auerbach

SP - Bob Gibson - 2B, SS, CF
SP - John Elway - LF, 1B
SP - Kirk Gibson - C, RF, 3B
SP - Magic Johnson
CL - Roger Federer

C - Patrick Willis
1B - Hakuho Sho
2B - Paolo Maldini
SS - Dwyane Wade
3B - Jonathan Ogden
LF - Jim Brown
CF - Alexander Ovechkin
RF - Gianluigi Buffon

We've got two frontline starters. Roger Federer's serve clocks in at 130mph and with a little practice his fastball should be coming in atleast 80+mph. Brown, Ovechkin and Federer's skill with racket/stick in their hands should translate to hitting the crap out of baseball.


Overwrought Message Board Enthusiasts (Owner: Subby)

Manager: Mike Ditka

SP Randy Johnson
SP JR Richard
SP CC Sabathia
SP Bruce Lee
CL Brett Favre

C Vinnie Jones
1B Randy Moss
2B Steve Nash
3B Bo Jackson
SS Tony Gwynn
LF Mia Hamm
CF Usain Bolt
RF Wayne Rooney


Williamsburg Superstars (Owner: Wade Moore)

Manager: Bill Belichick

Starters:
Martin Dihigo
Peyton Manning
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Oliver Kahn

Closer:
Shaquille O'Neal

Order:
CF Michael Johnson
2B Muhammed Ali
LF Rickey Henderson
SS Alex Rodriguez
RF Terrell Owens
1B Jason Witten
C Allison Stokke
3B Brock Lesnar
Pitcher


The Jacks (Owner: ColtCrazy)

Manager: Vince Lombardi

1B: Gehrig
2B: Pele
3B: Munoz
SS: Jeter
RF: Clemente
CF: Stone Cold
LF: Beckbenbaur
Pitchers: Van de Sar, Warne, Thorpe, Saturday
Closer: Garnett

Strategy Note: Gehrig, Clemente, and Jeter give us some incredible hitting ability. Thorpe pitched in college, Saturday works as a baseball coach in the offseason and would have experience. Warne is a world class cricket bowler that could be converted to be a superb pitcher. Probably our best line up of the 4, with the exception of soccer.



Note: The Huevos Rancheros owner chose to forfeit a team that included both Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb because he felt that it would take too much of his time to state which pitchers would be hitting and what positions in the lineup they'd play when they hit. Thus, they are ineligible for voting.

[larrymcg421]

bump

[Danny]

Just a couple notes for those who may not know, Tom Brady was drafted as a catcher by the Expos before he decided to play football.

And Gordie Howe often took batting practice with the Tigers, and was so good that Al Kaline thought if he had put his effort into the American pastime, he would have been great at it.

[Danny]

Oh and this is the last one, so lets get some votes in!

[k0ruptr]

1. Overwrought Message Board Enthusiasts
2. New Orleans Oilbirds
3. Road Kill Cafe

[ColtCrazy]

Thorpe did some pitching and Warne, a top cricket bowler, should translate nicely. Gehrig Jeter, and Clemente give us solid hitting.

[larrymcg421]

bump

Let's get some votes in here for the final round.

[Karlifornia]

1. Road Kill Cafe
2. Wake Forest Cougars
3. Overwrought Message Board Enthusiasts

[jbergey22]

Canton Raiders have two starting pitchers that pitched in the majors(1 2 time cy young award winner) and 2 others that were great high school players.

My team is filled with speed in the outfielder and a lot of high contact players in the infield with great hand eye coordination. This team will do very well in the low scoring environment these games should produce(speed and defense).

I thank you in advance for the votes;)

[Alf]

1 - Overwrought Message Board Enthusiasts
2 - Williamsburg Superstars
3 - West Hollywood Stars

[Radii]

1. Overwrought Message Board Enthusiasts
2. Road Kill Cafe
3. West Hollywood Stars

[Radii]

I could tell you about guys playing baseball in high school but is that really going to sway anyone? I've got Maddux and Halladay, Ted Williams, and the same level of world class athletes that everyone else has. I think having two cy young winners should automatically make my team better than anyone who went with 0 or 1 major league starting pitchers in their draft(hence my voting for Subby first, no brainer here IMO), and in Ted Williams I've got a guy who is going to drive in runs if others can get on base and hit for power and pick up a lot of solo shots if there aren't men on.

[Danny]

1. Overwrought
2. Canton
3. New Orleans

[larrymcg421]

bump

[jbergey22]

Overwrought
Wake Forest
Road Kill

[larrymcg421]

Like last time I'm keeping this one open until we reach 10 votes.

[larrymcg421]

wut up!

[larrymcg421]

Alright, last bump for this. Will close voting tomorrow midnight and finally announce results for the entire draft.

[larrymcg421]

Baseball results:

1. OMBE 31
2. Road Kill Cafe 13
3. Wake Forest 6
4. New Orleans 4
5. West Hollywood 3
5. Canton Raiders 3
5. Williamsburg Superstars 3
9. The Jacks 0
9. Los Angeles Lettermen 0

[larrymcg421]

And our overall champion is Road Kill Cafe. They did not win any individual trophies, but two 2nds, a 3rd, and a 4th place finish were enough to take the title.

Owner: Danny
Head Coach: Paul "Bear" Bryant
Roster: Jackie Robinson
Wilt Chamberlain
Julius Peppers
Rafer Johnson
Tom Brady
Albert Pujols
Diego Maradona
Tim Duncan
Ronaldo
Kaka
Gordie Howe
Walter Johnson
Reggie White


The final tally:

1. Road Kill Cafe 34.5
t2. OMBE 27.5
t2. Canton Raiders 27.5
t4. Wake Forest 25.5
t4. New Orleans 25.5
6. Williamsburg Superstars 24
7. Los Angeles Lettermen 22.5
8. Huevos Rancheros 18
9. West Hollywood 14.5
10. The Jacks 12.5

Basketball Champ: Wake Forest Cougars (Radii)
Soccer Champ: Canton Raiders (jbergey22)
Football Champ: Overwrought Message Board Enthusiasts (Subby)
Baseball Champ: Overwrought Message Board Enthusiasts (Subby)

Subby's team took two titles, but poor performances in the other two sports cost him the overall crown.

And an honorable mention to digamma's West Hollywood Stars, who were probably the most versatile and well rounded squad, but were probably hurt by the top 3 and individual sport voting methods.
Subb's Overwrought Message board Enthusiasts took home two championship trophies (Baseball, Football) but it wasn't enough to overcome his performance in the other two sports.

[Radii]

woot! snuck into 3rd in a sport besides basketball.

[Danny]

Yay! I finally won me one of these draft votes.

[jbergey22]

Yay! I finally won me one of these draft votes.

Congrats Danny!

You never gave your top 3 Larry. I was expecting you to have an opinion;)

[ColtCrazy]

Well, isn't dead last just a fine how-do-you-do? :)