WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a night that I am crowning as the single greatest night of baseball in history what is lost is that the Indians finish with the 15th worst record in baseball in 2011.

If you have been reading here you know the significance of that.  The Indians has secured the 15th selection in the first round of the 2012 baseball draft meaning that if they sign a Type A free agent this winter they will sacrifice their second round pick which would conceivably as low as the 75th pick next year.

This is HUGE for a small market team.  If they win tonight they move ahead of Washington and to the 16th slot in the draft, losing their first round pick if they sign a Type A Free Agent. 

But they pulled it out.  For those of you who are interested here is the 2012 first round draft order:

NOTE: Ties in records are broken by looking back over the previous season's records.  The team with the lowest record last year gets the higher draft pick.  If two teams had the same record last year, you would look two years ago and so on.

1.Houston	56	106	0.346
2.Minnesota	63	99	0.389
3.Seattle	67	94	0.416
4.Baltimore	69	93	0.426
5.Kansas City	71	91	0.438
6.Chi Cubs	71	91	0.438
7.San Diego	71	91	0.438
8.Pittsburgh	72	90	0.444
9.Florida	72	90	0.444
10.Oakland	73	88	0.453
11.Colorado	73	89	0.451
12.NY Mets	77	85	0.475
13.Chi White Sox	79	83	0.488
14.Cincinnati	79	83	0.488
15.Cleveland	80	82	0.494
16.Washington	80	81	0.497
17.Toronto	81	81	0.5
18. LA Dodgers	81	79	0.506
19.LA Angels	86	76	0.531
20.San Francisco	86	76	0.531
21.Atlanta	89	73	0.549
22.Boston	90	72	0.556
23.Toronto (For failing to sign Tyler Beede)	XXX	XXX	XXXXX
24.St. Louis	90	72	0.556
25.Tampa Bay	91	71	0.562
26.Arizona	94	67	0.584
27.Detroit	95	67	0.586
28.Milwaukee	96	66	0.593
29.Texas	96	66	0.593
30.NY Yankees	97	65	0.599
31.Philadelphia	102	60	0.63

Congratulations Indians on not screwing up your 2012 draft with a meaningless win on the last day, unlike last year where you let Washington, and, as a result, Arizona, creep by you in the draft.

So, Indians, knock yourselves out.  Break the bank to bring some bats in here if it is an impact guy.  No more Delluccis or Oldbertos, though.