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After weeks of winter nights spent studying all the available sources of information, the owners met at the classic Argodome site on March 23, 27 and 30 for the league's annual draft, and most of them were as ready as ever. The draft list included more than eight hundred players, but not one of them was a perfect unknown to the smartest owners.
The most notable event of this year's draft was the first outing of the new management of the Babau Fatties. You will soon find a brief description of the new co-owner, in the insider page. The team's braintrust are also considering a change of the franchise name.
As it had been anticipated, this was Pedro J. Martinez' draft. Last year's NL Cy Young Award winner, coming to the AL, was easily expected to draw the biggest money ever for a single player drafted, and after a brief head-to-head counter-bidding between the Sniffers and the Candies, the former prevailed with a L. 44,500 bid. The Sniffers, along with the Burberries, the Bucks and the Fatties, look like the more improved teams in an early evaluation. This shows the vitality of our game, where sometimes a good draft is all that is needed to turn a losing team into a contender.
PREVIOUS BULLETINS 12/20/96
The Ghiotto meeting: Candies spend!
(with trade rules)
12/23/96
Flowers: The Mob Visited My House!
(in Italian)
01/05/97
The Loan Auction
01/19/97
The Trades Deadline
02/01/97
Brokers Are 1996 Champions
02/23/97
Freeze Time Coming
03/10/97
Keepers Submitted
05/05/97
Draft Time!
12/20/97
Realignment and the expansion draft
plus predictions!
01/10/98
Mikes latest Championship Team
03/01/98
1998 Keepers and DraftFresh new pages for our friends online:
You can see all the statistics of the 1997 DiamondMind Baseball Championship; they are provided, as usual, by courtesy of the Flowers Home Page.
- A complete list of the keepers for each team (see also the reference page on the same matter).
- A complete list of the players drafted by team (a reference page is available on this matter as well).
- An updated team by team analysis in our usual Teams page, a fan favorite; next edition of this page will start to carry a roster analysis with the projected lineup for each team.
- The first edition of this year's statistical recap for each and every player involved in our game. This page will be updated weekly throughout the season, and is the best reference tool to evaluate the current strengths and weaknesses of each team.
Check the League's Coming Events . Stay in touch!
For a complete recap of all the year's trades, see the Trades List Page, which appears thanks to the Flowers' archive site.
Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Mail me at r.caramelli@bo.nettuno.it.
Thank you.
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