GERBL SABLE Dynasty Baseball 2019 Sim Season Draft

There is more to life than Democrats creating magic ballots to steal the republic thus crisis or no our Sable / Gerbel face to face tabletop baseball lead held our draft on Saturday.

The Draft order was determined by last years record and draft picks for the 1st five rounds were eligible to trade. Teams were able to retain from 6 to 16 of their previous players and then drafted till they held 35.

Drafting Team	Player	MLB Team	Position	C ?	SP ?	RP ?

Round 1
San Diego	Brett Sutter	MIL	LR			x
Seattle	Emilio Pagan	TB	SR			x
Tampa Bay	Marcus Simeon	OAK	SS
San Francisco	Tyler Glasnow	TB	SP		x
Washington	Javier Baez	ChC	SS
NYY	Michael Brantley	HOU	LF
St. Louis	German Marquez	COL	SP		x
Colorado	Darvish	ChC	SP		x

Round 2
San Diego	Aaron Bummer	ChC	LR			x
Seattle	David Fletcher	ANA	3B
Tampa Bay	Victor Robles	WSH	CF
San Francisco	Zach Gallen	ARI	SP		x
Washington	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	CF
NYY	Roberto Perez	CLE	Cat	x
Tampa Bay	Roman Laureno	OAK	CF
Colorado	Charlie Morton	TB	SP		x

Round 3
San Diego	Casey Sadler	LAD	LR			x
Seattle	Max Keplar	MIN	RF
Tampa Bay	Howie Kendrick	WSH	1B
San Francisco	Ryu	LAD	SP		x
Tampa Bay	Pettit	TB	LR			x
Tampa Bay	Oliver Drake	TB	LR			x
St. Louis	Starling Marte	PIT	CF
Tampa Bay	Lucas Giolito	CWS	SP		x

Round 4
San Diego	Mark Melancon	ATL	RP			x
Seattle	Alex Gordan	KC	LF
Tampa Bay	Wilson Conteras	CHC	C	x
San Francisco	Josh Hader	MIL	RP			x
Washington	Yadier Molina	StL	C	x
NYY	Justin Turner	LAD	3B
St. Louis	Christian Vazquez	BOS	C	x
Colorado	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B

Round 5
San Diego	Tony Walters	COL	C	x
Seattle	Matt Chapman	OAK	3B
Tampa Bay	Josh Bell	PIT	1B
San Francisco	Tyler Duffy	MIN	SR			x
Washington	Whit Merrifield	KC	2B
NYY	Cory Seager	LAD	SS
Tampa Bay	Andrelton Simmons	ANA	SS
Tampa Bay	Manny Machado	SD	3B

Round 6
San Diego	Yolmer Sanchez	CWS	2B
Seattle	Maillex Smith	SEA	CF
Tampa Bay	Buster Posey	SF	C
San Francisco	David Doll	COL	OF
Washington	Odorizzi	MIN	SP		x
NYY	Steven Strausberg	WSH	SP		x
St. Louis	Joe Musgrove	PIT	SP		x
Colorado	Alex Cologme	CWS	RP			x

Round 7
San Diego	Peon Braxton	SEA	CF
Seattle	Miguel Rojaz	MIA	SS
Tampa Bay	Edwin Encarnacion	NYY	1B
San Francisco	Brad Peacock	HOU	SP		x
Washington	Robby Ray	ARI	SP		x
NYY	Jonathan Villar	BAL	2B
St. Louis	Eric Sogard	TB	2B
Colorado	Jorge Solair	KC	OF

Round 8
San Diego	Yuli Guriel	HOU	1B
Seattle	Ross Stripling	LAD	LR			x
Tampa Bay	Brandon Workman	BOS	SR			x
San Francisco	Hanser Alberto	BAL	2B
Washington	Domingo German	NYY	S/RP		x	x
NYY	Mike Soroka	ATL	SP		x
St. Louis	Oscar Mercado	CLE	CF
Colorado	Danny Santana	TEX	1B

Round 9
San Diego	Evan Longoria	SF	3B
Seattle	Chad Green	NYY	LR			x
Tampa Bay	Cam Bedroisian	ANA	RP			x
San Francisco	Andrew McCutchen	PHI	OF
Washington	Gabriel Ynoa	BAL	S/RP		x	x
NYY	Marcus Stroman	NYM	SP		x
St. Louis	Eduardo Escobar	ARI	3B
Colorado	Hunter Renfro	SD	OF

Round 10
San Diego	Trevor May	MIN	RP			x
Seattle	Colin Mchugh	HOU	S/RP		x	x
Tampa Bay	Liam Hendricks	OAK	SR			x
San Francisco	Nick Wittgren	CLE	RP			x
Washington	Marcus Waldon	BOS	LR			x
NYY	Mike Zunino	TB	C	x
St. Louis	Melvis Goloria	KC	C	x
Colorado	Miguel Sano	MIN	3B

15 minute break

Round 11
San Diego	Carlos Santana	CLE	3B
Seattle	Tyler Clippard	CLE	RP			x
Tampa Bay	Ehire Adranza	MIN	SS
San Francisco	Mitch Garber	MIN	C	x
Washington	Sergio Romo	MIN	RP			x
NYY	Zach Britton	NYY	RP			x
St. Louis	Julio Urias	LAD	RP			x
Colorado	James McCann	CWS	C	x

Round 12
San Diego	Hunter Wood	CLE	RP			x
Seattle	Anthony Bass	SEA	RP			x
Tampa Bay	David Peralta	ARI	LF
San Francisco	Kevin Newman	PIT	SS
Washington	Anibel Sanchez	WSH	SP		x
NYY	Alex Verdugo	LAD	OF
St. Louis	Brandon Kintzler	CHC	RP			x
Colorado	Billy Hamilton	ATL	OF

Round 13
San Diego	Cesar Hernandez	PHI	2B
Seattle	Kyle Seager	SEA	3B
Tampa Bay	Zach Plesac	CLE	SP		x
San Francisco	Byron Buxton	MIN	CF
Washington	Kurt Suzuki	WSH	C	x
NYY	Alberto Mondesi	KC	SS
St. Louis	Jose Berrios	MIN	SP		x
Colorado	Kyle Schwarber	CHC	LF/C	x

Round 14
San Diego	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
Seattle	Dee Gordon	SEA	2B
San Francisco	Josh Osich	CWS	RP			x
Washington	Francisco Lindor	CLE	2B
NYY	Glaybar Torres	NYY	ss
St. Louis	Albert Pujols	ANA	1B
Colorado	Ian Happ	CHC	2B

Round 15
San Diego	Vladimer Guerrero Jr.	TOR	3B
Seattle	Adam Frazier	PIT	2B
San Francisco	Biggio	TOR	2B
Washington	Delino Deshields	TEX	2B
NYY	Scott Kingery	PHI	CF
St. Louis	Luis Rendiko	ANA	2B
Colorado	Stephan Creighton	ARI	LR			x

Round 16
San Diego	Jason Hayward	CHC	OF
Seattle	Harison Bader	StL	CF
San Francisco	Wil Harris	HOU	RP		x
Washington	Kyle Farmer	Cin	2B/C	x
NYY	Tanaka	NYY	SP		x
St. Louis	Greg Allen	CLE	LF
Colorado	Madea	LAD	S/RP		x	x

Round 17
San Diego	Francisco Cervelli	ATL	C	x
Seattle	Michael Conforto	NYM	RF
San Francisco	Robinson Chirinos	HOU	C	x
Washington	Austin Hedges	SD	C	x
NYY	Roberto Osuna	HOU	RP			x
St. Louis	Brian Anderson	MIA	3B
Colorado	Anthony Desciafani	CIN	SP		x

Round 18
Seattle	Isaih Kiner-Falefa	TEX	C/3B	x
San Francisco	Mike Canha	OAK	OF
Washington	Adam Plutko		S/RP		x	x
NYY	Pedro Baez	LAD	RP			x
St. Louis	Trevor Bauer	Cin	SP		x
Colorado	Joc Peterson	LAD	LF

Round 19
Seattle	Daniel Vogelbach	SEA	1B
San Francisco	Hunter Pence	Tex	OF
Washington	Wade Miley	HOU	SP		x
NYY	Scott Oberg	COL	RP			x
St. Louis	Daniel Murphy	COL	1B
Colorado	Lance Lynn	TEX	SP		x

15 Minute Break

Round 20
San Francisco	Matt Baumgardner	SF	SP		x
Washington	Edwin Diaz	NYM	RP			x
NYY	Danny Swanson	ATL	SS
St. Louis	Hector Neris	PHI	RP			x
Colorado	Ryan Pressley	HOU	RP			x

Round 21
San Francisco	Tommy Phan	TB	LF
Washington	Eric Hosmer	SD	1B
NYY	Jandal Gustave	SF	RP			x
St. Louis	Ansel Robles	ANA	RP			x
Colorado	Carson Kelly	ARI	C	x

Round 22
San Francisco	Sean Doolittle	WSH	RP			x
Washington	Ryan Braun	MIL	OF
NYY	Ian Kennedy	KC	RP			x
St. Louis	Jeff Samarga	SF	SP		x
Colorado	Yoan Moncada	CWS	3B

Round 23
San Francisco	Nikki Lobez	KC	2B
Washington	Jason Kitmas	CLE	2B
NYY	Austin Meadows	TB	CF
St. Louis	Jiman Choi	TB	1B
Colorado	Jordan Hicks	STL	RP			x

Round 24
San Francisco	Sevy Zavala	CWS	C	x
Washington	Colin Moran	PIT	2B
NYY	Rowdy Tellez	TOR	1B
St. Louis	Brandon Drury	TOR	3B
Colorado	Christian Walker	ARI	1B

Round 25
Washington	Chris Owings	BOS	2B
NYY	Brett Gardner	NYY	OF
St. Louis	Jorge Polanco	MIN	SS
Colorado	Noah Sindergarten	NYM	SP		x

Round 26
Washington	Leroy Garcia	CWS	3B
NYY	Luis Serverino	NYY	SP		x
St. Louis	Jorge Polanco	MIN	SS
Colorado	Homer Bailey	OAK	SP		x

Round 27
Washington	Eddie Rosario	MIN	OF
Colorado	Dede Gregorious	NYY	SS

Round 28
Colorado	Carlos Carrera	HOU	SS

Round 29
Colorado	Reyes	HOU	RF

Round 30
Colorado	Adrian Howser	MIL	RP			x

Round 31
Colorado	Shane Green	ATL	RP			x

In addition to the standard draft there was the AA draft. This is a draft of any fringe player (fringe meaning a batter with a % or a pitcher with a spot start rating and no relief rating )

Teams were able to hold the rights to up to five AA players who can not be used this season. Franchises can retain up to five rookies that they already had rights to and then can fill any remaining spots via said draft.

1st Rnd
Team	Player	Position

San Diego	Jose Rodo	RP	OAK
Seattle	Chad Walch	C	MIA
Tampa Bay	Wil Smith	C	LAD
Washington	Adam Haseluy	CF	PHI
NYY	Bo Bichette	OF	TOR
St. Louis	Genesis Cabrera	S/RP	StL

2nd Rnd

Seattle	Tim Lopes	CF	SEA
Tampa Bay	Dustin May	RP	LAD
Washington	Emmanuel Place	RP	TEX
NYY	Austin Riley	LF	ATL
St. Louis	Adam Duval	OF/1B	ATL

3rd Rnd

Seattle	Austin Adams	RP	SEA
Tampa Bay	Wendelken	RP	OAK
NYY	Eric Kratz	C	TB


4th Rnd

Seattle	Marco Hernandez	2B	BOS
Tampa Bay	Gonsolin	SP	LAD

5th Rnd

Seattle	Tyler Alexander	RP	DET

St. Louis also has Sean Manaea

If a player retains “fringe” status the following season a team may keep them on their AA roster. If said player gets fulltime status they must either be kept on their standard 35 man roster or be released.

Opening Day is Black Saturday (Nov 28th) for a 60 game season. Good luck to all.

If you have an interest in joining next year contact us. if we have multiple players interested a short AA season might be possible as a test run to be played at the same time as the regular season using the non-drafted fringe players as a roster.

The Donald Trump Re-Election Case in Song: What has the Donald Ever Done For Us?

After seeing emails from CEO and facebook messages that my son have recieved saying if you’re voting for Trump to unfriend them it seems that the case for re-election needs to be made to folks like this and being a Python fan this song came to me almost at once:

(Sung to the tune of “What have the Romans ever done for us?” from the Monty Python Opera “Not the Messiah” )

♫  Oh Trump he's a bastard,
he offends us every night,
He's tweets out very nasty things
and there's no end in sight,
and we're embarrassed in return
while he triggers up such fuss,
what has the Donald ever done for us?  ♫

♫ What has the Donald,
what has the Donald,
what has the Donald ever done for us? ♫

The tax cut?
What?
...he, he gave us the Tax cut...

♫ Yes, he did give us that, that's true
And Isis is crushed and now they're through
The tax cut I'll grant is one
thing that Donald Trump he may have done
And the regulations he's cut right back too
And the embassy move ♫

♫ Well, apart from ending ISIS and regulation,
And the Jerusalem relocation
And safety from terrorists for all the nation
Apart from those, which are a plus,
what has the Donald ever done for us ?♫

♫ What has the Donald,
what has the Donald
what has the Donald ever done for us? ♫

The Wall?
What?
...He's built hundreds of miles of real wall...

♫ Oh, yes, he did... ♫ 

♫ The southern border now is more tight,
and the New Space force will be ready to fight.
Vets now have choice instead of grief
The China travel ban and COVID relief
Killed the deal funding the Iran terror hoards
and new stock market records ♫

♫ Well apart from China and the VA choice,
Space force, Iran, relief and 401k rejoice,
And the wall stopping the immigration fuss
what has the Donald ever done for us? ♫

♫ What has the Donald,
what has the Donald,
what has the Donald ever done for us? ♫

Justice Reform?
What?
...Criminal Justice Reform...

♫ Oh, yes, yes... ♫

♫ Criminal Justice reform made a wrong a right,
and new trade deals mean a fair trade fight.
Abundant Energy for our needs,,
Right to try and NATO deals
the great new judges for all our nation
and funding black education ♫

♫ Well apart from, Health, Judges, trade and NATO deals,
Independence from Arab oil fields,
And black colleges funded instead of handcuffs,
what has the Donald ever done for us? ♫

♫ What has the Donald,
what has the Donald,
what has the Donald ever done for us? ♫

Brought peace.
Peace, Oh, shut up!

I know I added an extra verse to the song but the list of the President’s accomplishments is so damn long that even with the extra verse there was plenty to left out.

If you’ve never seen or heard the song this is based on here it is

and here’s the Monty Python Clip from Life of Brian that inspired it

Update: Just to clarify Donald Trump is NOT the Messiah…

…but Joe Biden & Family have been very naughty boys

Update: And now the song What has Joe Biden ever done for us?

♫ Joe Biden he's a bastard,
he's a deep state parasite,
In DC forty seven years
as if it was his right,
and we're got nothing in return
while his family's stock goes up,
what has Joe Biden ever done for us? ♫

♫ What has Joe Biden,
what has Joe Biden,
what has Joe Biden ever done for us? ♫

....I'm thinking....

Odd how much shorter it is

Face to Face Dynasty League Update and Openings Plus two upcoming and one in progress online league

Our Dynasty Face to face league finished our SF Giants team won the world series in six and we are preparing the groundwork for a new season.

There will be a meeting at Zeda’s Pizza in Fitchburg MA today at noon any interested players are more than welcome.

Our draft will be November 14th again at Zedas. Depending on how many players we have there may be an expansion draft before the basic one. We will be playing with the 2019 season cards.

NOTE IF YOU WISH TO JOIN AS AN EXPANSION TEAM YOU NEED TO JOIN AND LET ME KNOW BY OCT 31st.

Additionally there are three online leagues that are either now or will be looking for players that I’m running.

Our 2nd season of the all pathetic league (all teams that lost at least 96 games) is now 12 games into a 162 game season, we play once a week (scheduled time Thursday 10 AM EST but you can reschedule at will) and there are currently 12 of 24 teams open. If you think you can take a bad team and make it the best of the bad we’d love to have you.

Our all time great league 2nd season is currently in playoffs in the league divisional round. By the rules of the league all playoff teams are retained for the next season and players who wish to keep their current teams may do so. But there are always openings and new teams that will be included. If you would like to manage a great team, either a playoff team that has been abandoned or a great team that is added in you are welcome to jump in. We will be reducing this league to once a week to make room for our third online league…

This will be the all mediocre league. This will consist of teams that finished with a record between two games under .500 & two games over .500 (in a 162 game season 80-82 – 82-80 in a 154 game season 73-75 – 75-73. Unlike the all pathetic league you will find a few starts on such teams and maybe more than an handful of HOF players in said league. Unlike the great teams league these are teams that were usually on the rise that hadn’t made it yet or good teams on the decline (or the teams like Connie Mack’s favorite the 4th place moneymakers)

It is more profitable for me to have a team that is in contention for most of the season but finishes about fourth. A team like that will draw well enough during the first part of the season to show a profit for the year, and you don’t have to give the players raises when they don’t win.
Connie Mack

This type of team would win about 60 games vs the all time greats (last season I demonstrated this when I accidentally put such a team the 2013 Diamondbacks in the ATG league instead of the 2001 team that I intended) and would dominate the all pathetic league. It will be interesting to see what they teams that are good enough to dominate bad teams and just good enough to put up a fight against great ones will do against each other.

These are the available teams by franchise

Orioles 57, 95, 15
Senators 67 Rangers 06
twins 73, 74
Yankees 71, 73
whitesox 74, 97, 98 .02
indians 75, 04, 08, 11, 15
Redsox 93
mariners 93
Brewers 96, 05, 09, 14
Angels 2000, 10, 17, 18
bluejays 2001, 05, 11, 15
tigers 2010
a’s 2010
Royals 2016, 17
Devil Rays 2017
Phillies 57, 74, 02, 12, 18, 19
Pirates 67, 73
braves 71
astros 73, 74, 96, 06
mets 75, 01,
Cardinals 75
giants 75
Padres 82, 05
dodgers 93, 94, 07, 10
cubs 95
Marlins 96, 10
reds 96, 06
Rockies 2000
diamondbacks 2008, 12, 13, 18
Nationals 2011, 18

If one of these teams is to your liking contact me online. this will be a 162 game season 3 game a series played once a week.

So if you want to play some sports where there is still no political grandstanding going on I’d love to have you, either in person or online. Either stop by at Zedas or leave a comment here and we’ll go from there.

100 Word Catholic Fan Fiction: Reunited twice

“Justin, the cot’s yours” said Pat, “Stay as long as you want.”

“Many thanks friend Stripsey” For I’ve been sorely troubled.”

Pat & the others left. Yolanda trailing the rest caught the The Shining Knight eye as he sat sword in hand. “Tis good to be among friends…” he began then abruptly stopped “The door!” he cried pointing at the wall.

Wildcat gasped. “You see the door?” she exclaimed!

“See it, I’d know it anywhere” said Justin. He rose & boldly strode though.

As it closed behind him she heard a familiar voice “Welcome Sir Knight, you’ve come to confess?”

100 Word Catholic Fan Fiction: Mercy on Request

“I’ve never saw that anyone like that with the JSA” said Pat.

“When I left the room I was suddenly in bed, could I have dreamed it?” asked Yolanda

“The main thing is you’re OK” said Courtney, “We’ll watch for him.”

“Thanks Court…”, she began then pointed at the wall in disbelief. “The Door!”

“What door?” answered Pat seeing but a wall.

“You don’t see it?”

“There’s nothing there” answered Courtney.

Wildcat nodded but understood. She had not imagined The Stranger or Fr. Anastasius & knew that he was right about God’s mercy & where she could find him again.

100 Word Catholic Fan Fiction: A Confusing Price

“For your penance Wildcat you shall pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet…”, said Father Anastasius.

Yolanda was taken aback, one chaplet for killing a man?

“…and offer the merits of your next three Eucharists for Brainwave.”

“But father”, she asked confused. “I killed him, he’s dead. How can that do him any good?”

Anastasius smiled a smile of faith hope & love: “Perhaps, but daughter, can it really be that after the Lord in his love provided you the Stranger to bring you here & me the extra decades needed to hear your confession, you still doubt God’s capacity for mercy?”

Previously An Unexpected Guest, Next mercy on request.

100 Word Catholic Fan Fiction: An Unexpected Guest

The monastic cell door creaked as the white gloved hand opened it. Yolanda saw a hooded figure kneeling in prayer before an image of the Divine Mercy, As they entered a voice ancient & weak seeped from his cowl.

“Has the angel of death finally remembered me? I am ready”

“I bring not death friend Anastasius” replied the stranger, “but a penitent seeking absolution.”

The priest turned smiling melting away years, his eyes alight: “It has been many decades since I’ve confessed a hero.” Yolanda watched awestruck as new life seemed to gush into the holy venerable face. “Come child.”

Previously, the answer. Next, a confusing price.

100 Word Catholic Fan Fiction: The Answer

“Lord help me!” Yolanda prayed sobbing. “How I confess my sins if my priest won’t believe what I confess?”

“The answer is obvious Wildcat…” came a voice from behind. She turned to see a man in a black cape & hat, his face hidden in shadow at her bed’s foot “…you need a priest who will.”

“Who are you?” She gasped, “What are you doing here? How do you know who I am?”

“I am but a stranger, I go where I’m needed and few secrets are denied me” He replied offering his hand, “Come let’s answer your prayer.”

Background reference here:

Next an unexpected guest.

100 Word Fan Fiction: A Strange Unease

Captain Dietrich could not understand his unease. His mission was a complete success.

Every attempt by Troy Moffitt & their men to escape during their trip to the Reich was foiled and as left the camp commandant’s office he could see their faces fall as the Colonel informed them of his unmatched record of success while the senior POW officer looked on resigned.

He had the oddest feeling that behind that frown a mighty laugh was suppressed. “Nonsense” he told himself as the staff car exited Stalag 13 beginning his long trek back to the desert. He was just tired.

Next time Part 2 Listening Without question

We Interrupt our normal Haranguing for the tale of a Sunday Trip to Pastime Pinball in Manchester Vermont

If there has been on thing there has not been a shortage of these days it’s news but thanks to Covid , CCP Wuhan Virus there has been a shortage of places to play Pinball.

If not said virus for the last 5 days I would be at the 6th Pintastic New England this year scheduled to be in Boxborough rather than Sturbridge but alas it was not to be however yesterday morning my youngest informed me of a newly opened pinball arcade in Manchester Vermont which is about a 2 1/4 hour drive from where I live. So as we both had vacation days already taken, after mass we jumped in the car and took the long trek through ski country (God knows how people drive on those mountain roads in the winte) and foliage country to Pastime Pinball in Manchester Vermont. Where we were met by the owner who was kind enough to give us the tour…

…which had to be briefly interupted as a pair of customers came in. Given that you have a choice of a pay one price to play till close or a half hour sampler (buy the day pass because you KNOW you aren’t going to be satisfied with 30 minutes) you don’t want to keep people waiting.

However once the customers had their lanyards and were off playing the tour resumed.

It’s a very nice place with a good selection of 60 games starting from the very 1st flipper game ever made to the Munsters which came out last year. But for me as they have the following six games

Black Knight
Adams Family
Indiana Jones
Theater of Magic
Lord of the Rings
Wizard of Oz

They pretty much have the best there is.

One of the most interesting things they have is an old EM game with the clear cabinet that people can see how the workings work. I filmed my son playing it:

We got in about 4 hours of gameplay and played most of the games there. They regularly disinfected the games and had signs asking people to space themselves with a two game distance and they enforce the mask rule. It was a great time.

Alas due to Covid the hours are limited

In a case of really bad timing they had litterarrly opened just before the virus hit and with Pintastic cancelled they lost a prime chance to promote their new business.

So if you are a pinball fan who didn’t get a chance to hit Pintastic NE this year take in the Get yourself up to Manchester VT on a Friday Saturday and Sunday and indulge your Pinball fix at Pastime Pinball.

Hopefully by the time the foilage and ski seasons come they’ll be open daily keep an eye on their site for developments.

Outside food is not allowed in but the dogs and drinks are good, however if you decide you want something more substantial when your done, might I suggest the Zoey’s Double Hex right down the road.

It’s a local family restaurant and it seemed like the servers and host knew every person who came in. The food was absolutely perfect.

It you need a day, away from news, away from political stuff and the current insanity and would like to support a small local business that has brought great pinball to this neck of the wood, take a leisurely drive up to Manchester VT and scratch that pinball itch you didn’t know you had.