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[Matt from TN]

As of right now, this is what the next few years look like:

1948 - 7
1949 - 3
1950 - 2
1951 - 6
1952 - 1
1953 - 2
1954 - 0
1955 - 1
1956 - 3
1957 - 3
1958 - 3

Those #'s have nothing to do with the overall quality of those drafts, but just the # of ancestors who appear in each. The more ancestors there are, the more their quality drops the deeper I go that year. Also, I've noticed that as the years get closer, these #'s sometimes rise as a few new ones get added in hopes of getting them in quicker.

Our biggest years were the mid-20's to now, by far. It also picks up again in the mid/late 60's.

[canadiancreed]

darn baby boomers

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by Matt from TN

Our biggest years were the mid-20's to now, by far. It also picks up again in the mid/late 60's.

Makes sense. Most of us were born in the 70's or 80's. Go back one generation for our fathers to the late 50's, early 60's. Our grandparents were in the 20's and 30's.

[jdw]

metsgeek wrote:

*snip*

I swear that every time I see this thread on the front page with Mets listed as the most recent poster, I can't resist the temptation to click on it to see if he added another half dozen ancerstors.

BTW - it was nice to see The Schnozz comeback last year and play well. I hate to think those four years in the service are going to keep him from having a HOF career, but it looks like it. I don't know if he has enough time left to boost up his bottom line numbers. :/


John

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by jdw

BTW - it was nice to see The Schnozz comeback last year and play well. I hate to think those four years in the service are going to keep him from having a HOF career, but it looks like it. I don't know if he has enough time left to boost up his bottom line numbers. :/

I agree Oh well, that's what the VC is for.

[scprideandms]

REQUIRED:
FIRST NAME Gin
LAST NAME Allen II
BIRTHDATE 1932
DOD
PREFERRED POSITION CF
ALTERNATE POSITION RF
SPECIALTY HR Power
2ND SPECIALTY Gap Power




OPTIONAL:
NICKNAME and Tonic
HEIGHT 5'6"
WEIGHT 150
NUMBER 13
BATS S
THROWS L

[Theowannabe]

First name: Chip
Last name: Sinton
Birthdate: 1930
dod: still alive
Preffered posistion: 2B
Alternate positions: LF, 3B
Specialty: Hr Power
2nd specialty: Eye


Nickname: Mr. 1 Million, reffering to how he could hit a baseball
Height: 6'1
Wieght: 235
Number: 13, 12 or 2
Bats: S
Throws: R

[Theowannabe]

First name: William
Last name: Swofford
Birthdate: 1931
dod: 2000
preffered position: Sp
Alternate: Long Reliever
Specialty: Stuff
2nd Specialty: Duration

Nickname: Long Arms
Height: 6'7
Weight: 140
Number: 3
Bats: L
Throws: L

[Carlton]

Originally Posted by tward13

That's a BIG shortstop.

ROFLMAO

I spit my coffee out

My sense of humor is weird

Metsgeek

Ummm, 1993, this PHENOM Catching prospect named JT Campbell is coming into the league...I hear he will be GREAT!

Oh no...I have to tank my 1992 season

I have a fictional player...our 1st Japanese player

Guess who it is

Name: Shigeo Oh
Birthdate: 05/20/1940
Death: Still Alive
Preferred Position: 1B
Alternate Positions: NA
Specialty: HR Power
2nd Specialty: Contact
Nickname: King (what Oh means in Chinese)
Born: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 210
Number: 1
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Clutch: Great
Consistency: Good
Leader: Great

And Matt my Mother said she would kill me if I didn't put her Dad in...he will be OLD, but maybe a later round pickup for a team...she wants him on the Dodgers...I tell ya...I know she is a Brooklyn fan...but when I told her that damn Dodger GM blocked my trade...she said I wasn't even around when Brooklyn played

My Mom's father

Name: John Harrington
Birthdate: 8/8/1910
Birthplace: USA, NY, NY
Death: 5/8/1966
Position: SP
Alternate Positions:
Specialty: Movement
Second Specialty: Control
Nickname: Chief
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 220
Number: 30
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Durable

My Uncle Charley...who she said would have been great if not for the drink...I told her that's ok...we have these guys named Allen in this league...

Name: Charley Harrington
Birthdate: 02/10/1936
Death: 8/4/1998
Preferred Position: SP
Alternate Positions:
Specialty: Stuff
2nd Specialty: Velocity
Nickname: Stubblebeard
Born: USA, NY, NY
Height: 5'10
Weight: 240
Number: 44
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Very Inconsistent
Prone

[THE GUT]

Originally Posted by Carlton

Name: Shigeo Oh
Birthdate: 05/20/1940
Death: Still Alive
Preferred Position: 1B
Alternate Positions: NA
Specialty: HR Power
2nd Specialty: Contact
Nickname: King (what Oh means in Chinese)
Born: Tokyo, Japan
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 210
Number: 1
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Clutch: Great
Consistency: Good
Leader: Great

Isn't it Sadaharu Oh? Or areyou intentionally changing his first name to make him fictional? i sometimes miss things like that. Anyway, cool that you're adding him

[Matt from TN]

I had a drill sergeant Harrington... brings back eerie memories.

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by Carlton

Name: John Harrington
Birthdate: 8/8/1910

Maybe we should make him a coach or something... or shrink down his age... Hard to imagine a 38-yr-old rookie. Plenty of RL managers who never played in the big leagues.

[THE GUT]

I guess I'll add a couple more:

My father's cousins

Name: Robert Turnbull
Birthdate: 8/2/1937
Death: none
Preferred Position: 3b
Alternate Positions: ss
Specialty: Contact
2nd Specialty: Gap Power
Nickname: Bub
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 199
Number: 5
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right



Name: Bill Turnbull
Birthdate: 9/13/1942
Death: none
Preferred Position: CF
Alternate Positions: 1b
Specialty: Contact
2nd Specialty: Speed/Stealing
Nickname: Whip
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 193
Number: 17
Bats: Right
Throws: Right

[canadiancreed]

man the sixties are goign to have liteally gobs of prospects

[Matt from TN]

I need all ancestors' places of origin in this thread please.

[Carlton]

Originally Posted by THE GUT

Isn't it Sadaharu Oh? Or areyou intentionally changing his first name to make him fictional? i sometimes miss things like that. Anyway, cool that you're adding him

Good job

Actually I am so lame Shigeo is the oft forgotten #4 hitter behind Oh with the Tokyo Giants

[Carlton]

Originally Posted by Matt from TN

I had a drill sergeant Harrington... brings back eerie memories.

One of my Drill Sergeant was EXACTLY like Damon Wayans in the movie Major Payne...I hide when that movie is on USA

and if no one cares...I'll take John Harrington on the Phillies...I already have 41 yr old Elmer Finch hanging it up...might as well fill him with another old...30 IP AARP member....but he NEEDS to be in Matt...she wants updates...lmao

My Dad keeps telling her his granpa is #2 on the Walks list and he is disappointed I haven't traded for his Dad..."I was like, Dad...Lonny Arrendale is a fan favorite, they already gave me a snicker when I put him on the trade block...I can't...hahaha"

[Matt from TN]

ok... I'll put him in then...

And do you want the name to be Sadaharu Oh then?

[canadiancreed]

I swear that every time I see this thread on the front page with Mets listed as the most recent poster, I can't resist the temptation to click on it to see if he added another half dozen ancerstors.

I wonder if he's beaten me yet

"I was like, Dad...Lonny Arrendale is a fan favorite, they already gave me a snicker when I put him on the trade block...I can't...hahaha"

I was wondering what was running through your head that day. I doubt the trade would have went through though, I doubt the Pirates or Dodgers woudl have liked that too much

[metsgeek]

Originally Posted by canadiancreed

I wonder if he's beaten me yet

Sorry, creed. I had you beat before you ever showed up. I think I have 35 or so ancestors (including Roy Hobbs and Sidd Finch, of course)