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Here are the picks, lifted directly from The APBA Blog. Please check this wonderful blog out as soon as you can!  The link in the last sentence is "hot". 

The managers and picks:

Kyle Daniels	1928 Philadelphia Athletics
Chris Strangeman	1931 New York Yankees
Dave Rueck	1930 Chicago Cubs
Todd Daniels	1923 Cleveland Indians
Joe Schall	1951 Brooklyn Dodgers
Tom Fulton	1931 New York Giants
Janes Welch	1947 Boston Red Sox
Eric Ney	TBA
John Gedwill	1954 Chicago White Sox
Mark Dyel	1922 St Louis Browns
Dave Kagel	1920 Chicago White Sox
Thomas Nelshoppen	1930 Philadelphia Phillies
Jeff Boeding	1930 New York Yankees
Kurt Bergland	1954 Brooklyn Dodgers
Quinn Naugle	1952 St. Cardinals
John Roels	1927 Philadelphia Athletics
Eric Berg	1930 Washington Senators
Rob Spatz	1942 Brooklyn Dodgers
Dick Butler	1927 Chicago Cubs
Bob Eller	1956 Milwaukee Braves
Ryan Daniels	1924 Pittsburgh Pirates
Scott Dike	1922 St. Louis Cardinals
Dave Chestnut	1954 Milwaukee Braves

6/22 teams either from 1930 or 1931 and a fairly even spread of teams represented.

1930 seems to be the big draw with the Yankees, Cubs, Phillies, and Senators all representing. 

I took the 1930 Senators, my last Twins/Senators only selection for the draft year as I took the 1995 Tribe for the Chicagoland. 

Here is how the 1930 Washington squad lines up:

1.  Sam Rice (F) CF-2

2.  Joe Cronin (F) SS-10

3.  Heinie Manush (F) LF-2

4.  Joe Judge 1B-5

5.  Sammy West (F) RF-2

6.  Buddy Myer (F) 2B-8

7.  Ossie Bluege (F) 3B-5

8.  Pinky Hargrave C-8

9.  Pitcher

A quick preview of 1-4:

Speed up and down the lineup, and fielding 1 all the way. 

The Rotation:

1.  General Crowder Bz

2.  Bump Hadley By

3.  Ad Liska  B

4.  Firpo Marberry Cz (and he can hit)

Not much of a pen in the 1930s:

Gimpy Brown Cz

Sad Sam Jones Cz

I can pull Gimpy out of the pen if I am in a critical spot and the opposing batter has a lot of 9s. 

I probably won't use the bench much.  Sheriff Harris is (F) and can play OF as well as the others if I need a fast runner, but with no (S) players I doubt I will need a pinch-runner.