Yesterday the Oyster Bay Wiffle Ball League announced that the 2011 draft would take place at 7 pm. They used the website www.random.org to mix up the teams for them, I'm guessing to prevent any bias. While that may work for them I don't think that's a trend that should catch on because the real goal of a draft is to keep the teams almost equally competitive. Using a tool like that website really leaves too much to chance. There are odds that perhaps teams could still end up stacked because the tool only knows names it's drawing out of a hat, not the talent behind the name. But we'll see how it works out for Oyster Bay in 2011 using this tool. They still have only 4 teams, which is cool. It's amazing they're so stable for only having 8 players! Here are the draft results:
White Sox -- Nick Carbone & Chris Sodocha
A's -- Robert Venegas & Tyler Paci
Cardinals -- Austin Seaman & Austin Paci
Astros -- Ian Bozsnyak & Kevin Rubio
My "safe" (read as "not really safe at all") money is on the A's. Venegas led his team (Jays) to a World Series championship last year, and while Tyler may have a few less HRs than his brother, he still hits around .500. The Astros, though, are returning the roster of 2010's Dodgers; so, maybe they'll have an advantage with a year's experience together.
ReplyDeleteIt will definitely be an interesting season in Oyster Bay this summer. I can't wait till it starts.
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