Friday, February 25, 2022

Card Draft recap

Well, the first Diamond King PWE Card Draft played out Wednesday without much in the way of issues.  Here's a recap!

-7 of the 8 drafters were able to make most or all of the live draft.  I think that's pretty good considering how chaotic most of our lives are these days!

-All of the drafters submitted pick lists in the order they wanted to draft.  Awesome!!  They helped a lot, I think.  Even though they didn't necessarily get used all the time, as people were able to make their picks quickly, a few times we were able to go to the sheets when someone was away for a few minutes. 

-People's lists worked well!  This might seem like the same as above, but it's different.  The lists I received contained anywhere from 25 to all 72 picks.  I was worries that people who only gave me 25 or 30 cards to draft might end up with all their picks taken before we were done drafting.  Not the case!!  Everyone's pick lists still had unpicked cards on them by the end.

-The whole draft, 72 total picks took about 1 hour and 40 minutes.  Not bad for a comment based draft!  And I got 105 comments on that post, the most ever!!

-How it was for me running this thing - Fast and Furious!  I was monitoring the comments for the next pick.  When a pick was made, I needed to do three things: 1. Mark the card as picked on the blog page by striking through the cards text. 2. enter the pick in the running list of picks so I knew who to send the card to.  3. Mark the card as picked on each drafters pick sheet that they sent me.  So they were up to date in case I needed to make a pick for them.     That all kept me really hopping!!! By the end of the draft I was pretty fatigued.  While I really appreciated the quickness that the drafters picked, it wore me out!

-Here are the cards that didn't get drafted (I had added 18 extra cards to the draft to add variety and make sure there were enough that people wanted to pick.





OK, now the bad news.  I have had an incredibly tough work week, and looks like I will be working all weekend.  So the cards have not been mailed out yet.  I apologize!  I hope to get them out no later than Monday.

I would really like to solicit any and all feedback or thoughts.  Drafters, feel free to email me if you have thoughts that you don't necessarily want to share with the world.  Or of course, comments on this post are cool too.  Not just from drafters, any thoughts are welcome!

One thought I had, what about doing this in a Zoom draft?  Real live, not just live via comments.  Nobody would have to show their faces, but we could use it for audio.  Might allow for a little good natured ribbing when someone picks a card of a steroid user!


Anyway, I think it was good. Anyone up for another?  If so, I would probably give first crack to people who didn't make it into the first one.  If there is enough interest, I might do this several times, who knows.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Let's draft!

GTT is on the clock!  I am deleting the "pre-draft" comments to try and keep this clean.  Try and keep up!!

Please make your pick using the text below the card you want.  Examples: #1 - Arod, #29 Suzuki.

A few have notes in the title if I noticed they were serial numbered, or the person who submitted the card had a note they wanted posted.  I decided to go with photos of the cards instead of scans.  On the whole I think they look OK.  Some of the shinier cards photographed very brightly.  They may not all sparkle quite as much in hand as they do in the photos!  For an example of this, see #14 - Jeter.  Also, in some of the shinier cards, you can see a reflection of my hands holding the phone to take the pic.  Sorry!  

Draft order:  The draft will 'snake' each round, and here is the draft list we will be working from.  I will be adding the picks to this as they are made:


Round 1

1. GTT - 68-Fishie
2. Elliptical Man - 24 - Brock
3. defgav - 40 - Maxwell
4. Nachos Grande - 21-Bellinger
5. bbcardz -  60-WS
6. Night Owl - 77-Kershaw #/2021
7. Matt - 83 - Ortiz
8. The Diamond King - 88 - Brock

Round 2

1. The Diamond King - 63 - Saverine
2. Matt - 73 - Sierra
3. Night Owl - 55 - Campanella (/2499)
4. bbcardz - 72 - Betts
5. Nachos Grande - 14-Jeter
6. defgav - 53 - Devers (Soto)
7. Elliptical Man - 90 - Cook
8. GTT - 87 - Guerrero

Round 3

1. GTT - 71 - Goltz
2. Elliptical Man - 48 - Suzuki
3. defgav - 62 - Buehler
4. Nachos Grande - 84-Mccormick
5. bbcardz - 30-Herrera #/76
6. Night Owl - 18-Jackson
7. Matt - 13 - Puckett
8. The Diamond King - 12 - Canseco

Round 4

1. The Diamond King - 35 - Brown (/199)
2. Matt - 67 - O'Neill
3. Night Owl - 81-Jackson
4. bbcardz - 15 - Happ (variation)
5. Nachos Grande - 22 - Weaver
6. defgav - 38 - Whitaker+
7. Elliptical Man - 75 Mahler
8. GTT - 29 - Suzuki

Round 5

1. GTT - 51 - Gwynn
2. Elliptical Man - 32 - Jeter
3. defgav - 70 - Newcomb (variation)
4. Nachos Grande - 56-Ohtani
5. bbcardz - 5 - Robinson
6. Night Owl - 78-Guerrero
7. Matt - 57 - Conger
8. The Diamond King - 89 - Molina

Round 6

1. The Diamond King - 8 - Mixon
2. Matt - 6 - Sale
3. Night Owl - 39-Schwarber
4. bbcardz - 59-Millan
5. Nachos Grande - 34-Vallot
6. defgav - 80 - Clark (broder)
7. Elliptical Man - 49 - Martinez
8. GTT - 46 White 

Round 7

1. GTT - 43 Blue
2. Elliptical Man - 69 Riley
3. defgav - 16 - Jackson
4. Nachos Grande - 27 Hoffmann
5. bbcardz - 28 - Adams
6. Night Owl - 31-Roberts
7. Matt - 66 - Sanders
8. The Diamond King - 2 - Peterson

Round 8

1. The Diamond King - 9 - Koufax
2. Matt - 79 - Hornsby
3. Night Owl - 3-Baez
4. bbcardz - 65 - Sandberg
5. Nachos Grande - 36-Griffey
6. defgav - 64 - Harper
7. Elliptical Man - 50 - Cole
8. GTT - 37 DiMaggio

Round 9

1. GTT - 10 Choo
2. Elliptical Man - 45 - Bagwell
3. defgav - 86 - Bench
4. Nachos Grande - 41 Scherzer
5. bbcardz - 74 - Mantle
6. Night Owl - 23-Chicago Clubbers
7. Matt - 26 - Devers
8. The Diamond King - 1 - Arod


The available cards:

1 - Arod
2 - Peterson
3 - Baez
4 - Henderson
5 - Robinson
6 - Sale
7 - Bell
8 - Mixon
9 - Koufax
10 - Choo
11 - Gurriel
12 - Canseco
13 - Puckett
14 - Jeter
15 - Happ (variation)
16 - Jackson
17 - Blankenhorn
18 - Jackson
19 - Martinez
20 - Stanton Mini
21 - Bellinger
22 - Weaver
23 - Chicago
24 - Brock
25 - Brinson
26 - Devers
27 - Hoffman
28 - Adams
29 - Suzuki
30 - Herrera #/76
31 - Roberts
32 - Jeter
33 - Denorfia
34 - Vallot
35 - Brown (/199)
36 - Griffey
37 - Dimaggio
38 - Whitaker+
39 - Schwarber refractor
40 - Maxwell
41 - Scherzer
42 - Hoskins
43 - Blue
44 - Machado
45 - Bagwell
46 - White (/790)
47 - Miller
48 - Suzuki
49 - Martinez
50 - Cole
51 - Gwynn
52 - Balazovic
53 - Devers
54 - Terry
55 - Campanella (/2499)
56 - Ohtani
57 - Conger
58 - Renteria
59 - Millan
60 - WS
61 - Pujols
62 - Buehler
63 - Saverine
64 - Harper
65 - Sandberg
66 - Sanders
67 - O'neill
68 - Fishie
69 - Riley
70 - Newcomb (variation)
71 - Goltz
72 - Betts
73 - Sierra
74 - Mantle
75 - Mahler
76 - Bell
77 - Kershaw #d/2021
78 - Guerrero
79 - Hornsby
80 - Clark (broder)
81 - Jackson
82 - Murray
83 - Ortiz
84 - Mccormick
85 - Barkley
86 - Bench
87 - Guerrero
88 - Brock


89 - Molina
90 - Cook