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Draft Central With a Twang
The 1997 GABL rookie draft was held in Nashville Tennessee. Six members
of the league made the trip and spent way too much time at the Piggly Wiggly.
Those who missed the trip missed the fine daily breakfast feast across the
parking lot at the Waffle House.
Round 1
| 1 |
Chicago |
Andruw Jones |
| 2 |
Independence |
Edgar Renteria
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| 3 |
Cleveland |
Chan Ho Park |
| 4 |
Cobbtown |
Ruben Rivera |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Jose Rosado |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Jason Kendall |
| 7 |
Grandview |
Jason Schmidt |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Jermain Allensworth |
| 9 |
New York |
Rey Ordonez |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Tony Batista |
Round 2
| 1 |
Chicago |
Willie Adams |
| 2 |
Independence |
Rocky Coppinger |
| 3 |
Grandview |
Jose Paniagua |
| 4 |
Wisconsin |
Luis Castillo |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Ugueth Urbina |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Alex Ochoa |
| 7 |
Cleveland |
Jermaine Dye |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Brian Giles |
| 9 |
New York |
Mike Sweeney |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Paul Shuey |
Round 3
| 1 |
New York |
Willie Greene |
| 2 |
Independence |
Paul Wilson |
| 3 |
New York |
Francisco Cordova |
| 4 |
New York |
Ralph Milliard |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Terrell Wade |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
John Wasdin |
| 7 |
Cobbtown |
Mark Hutton |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Damon Mashore |
| 9 |
Wisconsin |
Rick Helling |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Marc Willams |
Round 4
| 1 |
Chicago |
Curtis Pride |
| 2 |
Independence |
Fernando Valenzuela |
| 3 |
New York |
Sal Fasano |
| 4 |
Cobbtown |
Chris Stynes |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Mike Mohler |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Eric Davis |
| 7 |
Wisconsin |
Robert Person |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Jay Powell |
| 9 |
Cleveland |
Henry Rodiguez |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Pete Incavigila |
Round 5
| 1 |
Chicago |
Barry Manuel |
| 2 |
Independence |
Eddie Perez |
| 3 |
Cleveland |
Don Wengert |
| 4 |
Cobbtown |
Craig Paquette |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Chad Mottola |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Trey Beamon |
| 7 |
Columbus |
Mike Bielecki |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Billy Taylor |
| 9 |
Chicago |
Lenny Harris |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Billy McMillon |
Round 6
| 1 |
Chicago |
Roger Salkeld |
| 2 |
Independence |
Doug Linton |
| 3 |
Cleveland |
Scott Aldred |
| 4 |
Cobbtown |
Richie Lewis |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Rafael Borunigal |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Rod Meyers |
| 7 |
Columbus |
Mark Johnson |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Kevin Elster |
| 9 |
New York |
Ramon Morel |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Ruben Amaro |
Round 7
| 1 |
Chicago |
Dave Telgheder |
| 2 |
Independence |
Bobby Chouinard |
| 3 |
Bridgetown |
Andy Fox |
| 4 |
Cobbtown |
Matt Ruebel |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Jimmy Haynes |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Chris Peters |
| 7 |
Columbus |
Jose Batista |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Paul Byrd |
| 9 |
New York |
Eric Downs |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Keith Osik |
Round 8
| 1 |
Chicago |
Johnny Ruffin |
| 2 |
Independence |
Tom Prince |
| 3 |
Cleveland |
Pass |
| 4 |
Cobbtown |
Brian Boehringer |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Kurt Miller |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Ramiro Mendoza |
| 7 |
Columbus |
Jim Mecir |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Brian Lesher |
| 9 |
New York |
Pass |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Marc Valdes |
Round 9
| 1 |
Wisconsin |
Juan Castro |
| 2 |
Independence |
Pass |
| 3 |
Cleveland |
Pass |
| 4 |
Cobbtown |
Brian R. Hunter |
| 5 |
Grandview |
Pass |
| 6 |
Wisconsin |
Ed Givanola |
| 7 |
Columbus |
Rob Deer |
| 8 |
Bridgetown |
Jason Hardke |
| 9 |
New York |
Pass |
| 10 |
Ghostown |
Pass |
Round 10
| 1 |
Chicago |
Julio Valera |
| 2 |
Columbus |
Billy Ripken |
| 3 |
Ghostown |
Pass |
| 4 |
Chicago |
John Marzano |
| 5 |
Chicago |
Mike "All Right" Aldrette |
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