BLB Time Waster of the Day

[Clay]

Something new I'm trying....


January 31, 2012:

With the announcement of "Old Nick" Fisher as the #1 pick in the 96 BLB Amateur Draft, we now have had 19 #1 picks.

Without looking... Do a quick reply and post as many #1's as you can think of.USE SPOILER TAG. Once you're done, post it. Then go back and check your answers and see how you did. Edit your original post with your comments on the result.

How many did you remember? How many guys did you think were #1's and were wrong?

(Not sure it has legs, but its something)

[Z]

Spoiler

Mel Woodbury
Joe Aurillo
Howard Haydon
David Tardif
Don Stevens
Nate Magness
Pancho Herrera
Don Leonard
Pete Fitzgerald
Pat Dimmick
Doug Coates
Ki-hyeon Lim
Elman Amilakhori

I nailed most of the old ones and missed most of the recent ones. There were a couple guys I thought were first overall but were only in the top five. I did pretty well.

[Delandis]

Spoiler

No particular order:
Woobury
Pat Dimmick
Curt Dodson
Cavadas
Hudson
Pagan
Sau
Coates
Sasaki
Lim
Miles
Hamilton
Keifer

I already know I don't know any from 79-83.

I did ok although I thin the draft history HTML is a little confused with some of the picks and sandwich picks in recent years.

[Clay]

You think there are errors in the utility? Example.

[Delandis]

You think there are errors in the utility? Example.

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...hist&year=1994

This is the great pitching class of '94. Keifer, Vleugel, Coates and Burns. The order is way off here. Its like that in a couple other years as well, I think.

[Delandis]

http://www.simgamingnetwork.com/blb/...hist&year=1995

1995 is like that as well. Sherrod wasn't #1.

Edit: Just looks like those two years.

[Clay]

Yep. That's too bad. Maybe its better in the new utility.

[BradZ]

I have the full '94 draft in a spreadsheet if anything can be manually updated. I'll dig around and see if I have the '95 draft too.

[Carlos]

Yep. That's too bad. Maybe its better in the new utility.

It's because of sandwich picks.

The utility sees them as 1st round picks. Screws up the order.

edit:

Oops, I take that back. It's the Draft History page on the BLB HTML that does that.

The Utility is just stupid.

[liquidcrash]

I have the full '94 draft in a spreadsheet if anything can be manually updated. I'll dig around and see if I have the '95 draft too.

I have every spreadsheet except 1990 (I don't know what happened to that one). All of them pretty much updated through the first few rounds.

If it helps at all.

As for this game, I'll answer in a couple minutes.

[liquidcrash]

Spoiler

Pat Bryant
Erik Keifer
Lonnie Johston
Eron Deleon
Doug Coates
Pat Dimmick
Mel Woodbury
Joe Aurillo
Howard Haydon
Rex Knight
Don Stevens
Pancho Perez
Curt Dodson
Raul Rios

I got most of the new ones, as I should since they're most recent and I've been picking up there. One of them was my pick.

I forgot some of the mid-80s guys, got some of the oldest ones. Not bad.

Also, it's been said that the utility is wrong on some things. It's probably not needed, but here is the list of our #1 picks:

Spoiler

1978- CF Mel Woodbury, Philadelphia
1979- SP Joe Aurillo, Philadelphia
1980- SS Howard Haydon, Pittsburgh
1981- SP David Tardif, Los Alamos
1982- SP Don Stevens, Mississippi
1983- SP Nate Magness, Virginia
1984- SP Nakazo Sasaki, Batavia
1985- 3B Curt Dodson, Misssissippi
1986- SP Don Leonard, Mississippi
1987- SP Ruben Rios, Morgantown
1988- SP Pete Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh
1989- SP Pat Dimmick, Los Alamos
1990- SP Doug Coates, Morgantown
1991- SS Elman Amilakhori, Morgantown
1992- C Eron Deleon, Carolina
1993- CF Lonnie Johnston, New Orleans
1994- SP Erik Keifer, Wilmington
1995- SP Pat Bryant, Hartford
1996- SP Travis Fisher, California

[mwetts]

Spoiler

Pat Bryant
Erik Keifer
Lonnie Johston
Eron Deleon
Doug Coates
Pat Dimmick
Mel Woodbury
Joe Aurillo
Howard Haydon
Rex Knight
Don Stevens
Pancho Perez
Curt Dodson
Raul Rios

I got most of the new ones, as I should since they're most recent and I've been picking up there. One of them was my pick.

I forgot some of the mid-80s guys, got some of the oldest ones. Not bad.

Also, it's been said that the utility is wrong on some things. It's probably not needed, but here is the list of our #1 picks:

Spoiler

1978- CF Mel Woodbury, Philadelphia
1979- SP Joe Aurillo, Philadelphia
1980- SS Howard Haydon, Pittsburgh
1981- SP David Tardif, Los Alamos
1982- SP Don Stevens, Mississippi
1983- SP Nate Magness, Virginia
1984- SP Nakazo Sasaki, Batavia
1985- 3B Curt Dodson, Misssissippi
1986- SP Don Leonard, Mississippi
1987- SP Ruben Rios, Morgantown
1988- SP Pete Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh
1989- SP Pat Dimmick, Los Alamos
1990- SP Doug Coates, Morgantown
1991- SS Elman Amilakhori, Morgantown
1992- C Eron Deleon, Carolina
1993- CF Lonnie Johnston, New Orleans
1994- SP Erik Keifer, Wilmington
1995- SP Pat Bryant, Hartford
1996- SP Travis Fisher, California

wow. I looked up some the names I did not recognize and some of those first overalls really shit the bed.

[umd]

wow. I looked up some the names I did not recognize and some of those first overalls really shit the bed.

The draft is quite the inexact science...that's what makes it so frustratingly fun.

[Ryan]

The draft is quite the inexact science...that's what makes it so frustratingly fun.

Followed only by the most exciting part of the draft experience, that wonderful first re-scout once the players have joined your system. Seeing those ratings drop is just so rewarding.

[mwetts]

Followed only by the most exciting part of the draft experience, that wonderful first re-scout once the players have joined your system. Seeing those ratings drop is just so rewarding.

Now that's something I'm getting used to.