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Here we are back, live at the Palais Omnisports in Paris-Bercy. An incredible 14.000 people have assembled here, just to see
what players will go to which team.

The representative of the Bucharest Impalers, Ivan Tepecz, has entered the podium. Now we will see whether they are on the same
page as Mr. Hummelt.

"With their first pick the Bucharest Impalers select RF Fiorello Fasoli." *great Applause thunders through the location and
Italian and Romanian flags are being waved."

That is a little bit of a surprise. Fasoli isn't rated that well and the Right Field position is a bit crowded. His Baserunning is off
the charts, that's true. Now here comes Mr. Hummert. Let's see whether he actually stays true to what he stated in the interview.

"With their first pick the Rhein-Ruhr Metroplex Miners select CF Guillaume Grenier".

Now that again is a bit of a surprise. We'll see what Mr. Hummer has to say on his selection (draft the best available,
cornerstone of the franchise)

The rest of the 1st round draft

1. SP Treasaigh Killeen to the Stockholm Thunder - The 27 year old is a dominant hurler
2. SP Owen Macarthur to the Rome Gladiators - building a bullpen for the future? OM is 22 years old.
3. SP Jaroslaw Melcer to the Luxemburg Citadel - definitely an ace pitcher
4. SP Eusebio Trapa to the Cyprus Beachers - which will not really help the work ethic of this very good 24 year old pitcher
5. SP Dorin Nastasie to the Berlin Eagles - the run on the Pitchers is on.
6. RF Sebastiaan van Trigt to the Madrid Matadors - Top Outfielder, good contact hitter
7. RF Johann Keßler to the Copenhagen Skulls - here goes on of the guys Hummert had on his list, too.
8. LF Leo Asther to the Prague Golems - very good hitter, very decent LF, but not versatile
9. RF Sergio Curbelo to the Bratislava Castellans - another Star player off the list
10. CF Robin Dupont to the Dublin Green Giants - basically the other young star CF off the board.
11. LF Stuart Williams to the Warsaw Tritons - outfield is getting thinned out now
12. 2B Hanni Bastian to the Rotterdam Ports - the first Infielder, excellent young hitter.
13. SP Blair Ogilvie to the Lisbon Explorers - excellent Stamina and Control
14. CF Mathieu Raimbault to the Marseille Volunteers - excellent RF and CF, good Eye and excellent Stealing.
15. RF Theodore Psaros to the Vienna Monarchs - there goes on of the "secret list".
16. LF Markus Eichholz to the Helsinky Cavalrymen - this LF bomb will drive opposing pitchers nuts.
17. RF Michael Towes to the Antwerp Diamonds - excellent baserunner, otherwise only above average, but the outfield pool is getting small
18. RF Leonardo Ferrario to the London Dreadnoughts - excellent LF, above average hitter
19. SS Phil Amati to the Amsterdam Traders - great potential for Eye in this 18 year old kid, only good at Shortstop, but good SS players are rare in this draft.
20. SP Günter Voigt to the Budapest Hussars - okay pitcher, but only two good pitches and not so good Stamina.
21. SP Orlando Anzualda to the Sofia Lions - okay SP, at 22 likely some potential
22. SP Teemu Joutsela to the Malta Crusdaers - they are buying potential here.
23. SS Aidan Paisley to the Riga Silver Griffons - on of the most versatiel infielders, another of Hummert's star prospects is off the board.
24. CF Romuald Visconti to the Tallinn Sky Panthers - they are buying defense on a quickly emptying position
25. LF Manole Leucuta to the Ljubljana Partisans - a very good LF with high HR potential.
26. SS Milutin Vukmanovic to the Athens Myrmidons - very good defender and excellent hitter at 19. Not likely to win HR derby, ever.
27. CF Christopher Weld to the Vilnius Uniters - the run on outfielders continues, this one is an excellent stealer and baserunner
28. LF Ukko Malmivaara to the Paris Musketeers - they buy a 21 year old chance on great defense, stealing and home run power

This concludes the first round.

9 Starting Pitchers, 17 Outfielders and 4 Infielders, 3 of which are SS, have been selected.