HISTORY MADE SATURDAY NIGHT

 

WASHINGTON D.C. -- For the first time in the history of mankind, Andy Stroud drafted a player who spent the previous season on the roster of the Courthouse Junkies, owner Mark Scott announced Sunday. It was a move that instantly brought excitement at Draft Central of the Courthouse Junkies during the annual draft of the Friends Baseball League Saturday night.

 

Fred McGriff, who came aboard the Courthouse Junkies in 2001, was drafted by Andy's Slug Sauce Saturday night.

 

"I'm happy for Fred, who meant a lot to our team last year," Scott said. "I'm even more happy for myself because a team of the greatness of Slug Sauce would draft one of my hold-outs. It shows we're making progress."

 

Scott was also excited that Daniel Shoptaw made it through the draft without trading either good players or top draft positions to Andy, something that has become the trend in recent years. But Scott, anchored by team manager Jessie Ventura, didn't hold out hope that trend would last throughout the season.

 

"Andy knows the Jedi Mind Trick, and he knows how to use it on Dan," Scott added. "Hopefully Matt will not fall victim to the same Jedi Mind Trick during trade talks over A-Rod."

 

Asked to comment about Daniel's first-round pick of pitcher Kazuhisamamakournakova Ishii, Ventura said: "Isn't he that little bald guy in the cartoons? Ishii or Iggy or something like that?"