Brian Cavanaugh runs the Bridesburg APBA League at the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club in the Philly area. They’ve just drafted and he’s sent me an update. I gotta say this league has the coolest names around.
The Bridesburg APBA league kicked off it’s summer festivities with the league draft which took place June 26-27. Fifteen players participated in the draft this summer as the player/coaches carefully built their teams around pitching and hitting. A new wrinkle to our draft this summer was the advent of a traditional draft system with teams picking 1-15 each round (in the past, each team received 2 picks per round, 1-15 than 15-1). We felt the more traditional method placed more emphasis on the top picks. Returning teams were allowed to retain up to 5 players at the sacrifice of draft picks.
Mike Trout was the easy top choice, but after that, pitching was the name of the game.
1. Jump Ropers: Mike Trout OF
2. Shredders: Tanner Roark P
3. Tiggers ( formerly the Night Hawks): Anibal Sanchez P
4. Lightning: Max Sherzer P (keeper pick)
5. Nasty Nate’s: Clay Buchholz P
6. Convicts: Clayton Kershaw P (keeper pick)
7. Little Louie’s: Zach Greinke P
8. Rockets: Jesse Crain P
9. Winks: Brandon Phillips 2B
10. M & M’s: Bartolo Colon P
11. Senators: Miguel Cabrera (keeper pick)
12. Rainbow NInja’s: Jose Fernandez P
13. Rat Pack: Yu Darvish P
14. Red Wings: Robinson Cano 2B (keeper pick)
15. Red Tigers: Cliff Lee P
League play begins Monday, June 30, 2014, LET"S ROLL!!!
-by Brian Cavanaugh
I ain’t goin’ to mess around with a team named the “Jump Ropers” especially if they’re smart enough to draft Mike Trout. Good luck everyone!!
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