Friday, July 19, 2013

Double the Drafts, Double the Cardboard Collecting Fun!


This week, we're holding not one but TWO free agent drafts!  Why two? Because I think it will be fun.  We'll do our regular draft based on the cards pulled this week. Managers will select from the drop-downs just as we have done since I finally worked all that out back near the start of things.

The other draft will be a write-in. Since this is All-Star Week and we're at the halfway point (roughly) in the season, why not?  The write-in will work like this:

  • There will be 10 (ten) open slots where you can type in player names.
  • Please try to only write in players not already selected.
  • I will review the write-ins compared to selected players and this week's draft just to be safe.
  • The draft will take place in the same "Collapsing snake" format to give everyone a fair shot.
  • As in other drafts, managers snagging players will get all the cards of that player in future breaks for this season.
  • Non-player names/cards will be removed from the list. Players already owned will be removed from this draft.
  • This draft is open to existing managers. No new managers are being accepted in the break. Sorry.
  • If I think of anything else, I will add it to the rules/guidelines as I need to.
So, let's have some fun! Which players have not been uncovered yet but you'd like to secure their cards if/when they do come out of a pack? Which players had you forgotten about during previous write-in drafts? Let's see how this goes! Haha!

Noteables in this week's player draft:

  • Carl Hubbard 1984 Donruss Champions
  • Tug McGraw 1984 Donruss Champions
  • Brian Matusz 2012 Panini Triple Play
  • Oliver Perez 2005 UD Flyball
  • Bret Boone 2005 UD Flyball
  • Felix Fermin 1995 Topps Spectra Light
  • Chuck Knoblauch 1995 Topps
There are just over 40 players in the choose-a-player draft this week.

Here are the links to the TWO drafts:





4 comments:

  1. Wow... I love the idea of the Write-In draft! I hope it doesn't create too much of a headache for you.

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    1. Ah, I'm not too worried. It'll be interesting to see how many players are already drafted though. haha! I don't know about anyone else, but coming up with my own was tough!

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  2. Hey, I submitted 2 entries, the first was mistakenly sent before I was done. I'm sure you'll see that one right away. Thanks again for the contest!

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    1. No problem! I'll make sure your correct entry gets used. Thanks for the heads up.

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