'twas the night before draft night, by Dave 01.06.2006 'twas the night before draft night, and all through the house, not a player was taken, not even brian shouse. my draft sheets were set by the computer with care, in hopes that prince albert would still be there, swinea was "on call", had to work late downtown, he was studying backups, had his eye on emil brown. and matt in wisconsin pulled on his brewers cap, having thoroughly enjoyed his december SL nap, at the start of the draft, who will be his top banana? most think the no-brainer is johan santana. in my bullpen i'd like papelbon and then maybe flash, i'd like five power numbers, or a CF who can dash, the guys in colorado must fight through the snow, lest they blow it and take martin prado, a klein hasn't won it since 2003, but this year steve kline has the coveted G, gregg likes middle infielders, one that is quick, maybe mark ellis or howie kendrick, i can hear greg nims now, calling for a J-4, "on klesko, on hopper, forget dustan mohr." from iowa and illinois the picks do resound, that david ortiz enjoys a trip downtown, at 12:01 monday we'll start the draft right, and away we will fly like joey gathright, some guys will be left out, like humberto cota, some long time SL regulars, maybe guillermo mota, but the draft is a blast, almost as fun as the games, or hearing steve try and pronounce marcus thames, so believe me when i say, with all of my might, happy drafting to all, and to all a good night.