2003
THE SEASON IN REVIEW
Branson wins 107; Giants capture premier World Series!
| EAST | WON | LOST | PCT | GB |
| Havana | 92 | 70 | .568 | ---- |
| Charleston | 84 | 78 | .519 | 8 |
| Homestead | 81 | 81 | .500 | 11 |
| Brooklyn | 68 | 94 | .420 | 24 |
| Manassas | 65 | 97 | .401 | 27 |
| CENTRAL | WON | LOST | PCT | GB |
| Branson | 107 | 55 | .660 | ---- |
| St. Paul | 88 | 75 | .540 | 19 |
| Gnawbone | 77 | 85 | .475 | 30 |
| Northfield | 74 | 88 | .457 | 33 |
| Thunder Bay | 64 | 98 | .395 | 43 |
| WEST | WON | LOST | PCT | GB |
| Casper | 105 | 57 | .658 | ---- |
| San Diego | 88 | 75 | .540 | 19 |
| Portland | 72 | 90 | .444 | 33 |
| Yakima | 69 | 93 | .426 | 36 |
2003 WORLD SERIES CHAMPION
Casper Giants, David Meyer
2003 PLAYOFF RESULTS
CS1: Casper def. Havana
CS2: San Diego def. Branson
WS: Casper def. San Diego
2003 AWARDS
MVP: Barry Bonds, YAK
Cy Young: Pedro Martinez, CAS
Rookie of the Year: Rodrigo Lopez, BRN
Playoff MVP: Pedro Martinez, CAS
Common refrain during the early rounds: “We love the draft!”
2003: ROUND 1
POR: Vladimir Guerrero
HAV: Andruw Jones
MAN: Albert Pujols
HOM: Todd Helton
CAS: Odalis Perez
SAN: Jeff Kent
YAK: Barry Bonds
CHA: Roy Oswalt
BRK: Edgar Renteria
GNW: AJ Burnett
NOR: Randy Johnson
BRN: Scott Rolen
STP: Curt Schilling
THU: Bobby Abreu
2003: ROUND 2
THU: Alex Rodriguez
STP: Miguel Tejada
BRN: Nomar Garciaparra
NOR: Torii Hunter
GNW: Barry Zito
BRK: Alfonso Soriano
CHA: Jim Thome
YAK: Garret Anderson
SAN: Derek Jeter
CAS: Pedro Martinez
HOM: Eric Chavez
MAN: Manny Ramirez
HAV: Roy Halladay
POR: Ichiro Suzuki
2003: ROUND 3
POR: Mark Mulder
HAV: Derek Lowe
MAN: Jarrod Washburn
HOM: Magglio Ordonez
CAS: Carlos Beltran
SAN: Troy Glaus
YAK: Billy Koch
CHA: Bret Boone
BRK: Mark Buerhle
GNW: John Olerud
NOR: Jason Giambi
BRN: Rodrigo Lopez
STP: Carlos Delgado
THU: Tim Hudson
2003: ROUND 4
THU: Joel Piniero
STP: Bartolo Colon
BRN: Johnny Damon
NOR: Freddie Garcia
GNW: Vernon Wells
BRK: Jon Garland
CHA: AJ Pierzynski
YAK: Jeff Weaver
SAN: Jorge Posada
CAS: Ivan Rodriguez
HOM: Ramon Ortiz
MAN: Randy Winn
HAV: Rick Bauer
POR: Mike Sweeney
2003: ROUND 5
POR: Cristian Guzman
HAV: Ramon Hernandez
MAN: Shea Hillenbrand
HOM: David Eckstein
CAS: Eric Hinske
SAN: Paul Konerko
YAK: Carlos Guillen
CHA: Darin Erstad
BRK: Mike Cameron
GNW: Corey Koskie
NOR: Jason Varitek
BRN: Mike Mussina
STP: Shannon Stewart
THU: Jacque Jones
2003: ROUND 6
THU: CC Sabathia
STP: Bernie Williams
BRN: Rafael Palmeiro
NOR: Paul Byrd
GNW: Benji Molina
BRK: Toby Hall
CHA: Johan Santana
YAK: Eric Milton
SAN: JC Romero
CAS: Cliff Floyd
HOM: Andy Pettitte
MAN: Damaso Garcia
HAV: Michael Young
POR: Jamie Moyer
2003: ROUND 7
POR: Bobby Higginson
HAV: Doug Mientkiewicz
MAN: Adam Kennedy
HOM: Trot Nixon
CAS: Carlos Pena
SAN: Mark Redman
YAK: Scott Spezio
CHA: Raul Ibanez
BRK: Joe Kennedy
GNW: Luis Rivas
NOR: Ray Durham
BRN: Cory Lidle
STP: Mark Ellis
THU: Aubrey Huff
2003: ROUND 8
THU: Carlos Lee
STP: Tony Batista
BRN: Josh Phelps
NOR: Robin Ventura
GNW: Ismael Valdez
BRK: Ellis Burks
CHA: Karin Garcia
YAK: Jeff Cirillo
SAN: Tim Wakefield
CAS: Bobby Kielty
HOM: John Lackey
MAN: Brad Radke
HAV: David Wells
POR: Jerry Hairston Jr.
2003: ROUND 9
POR: Dan Wilson
HAV: Omar Vizquel
MAN: Geronimo Gil
HOM: Orlando Hudson
CAS: Casey Fossum
SAN: Tim Salmon
YAK: Damian Easley
CHA: Joe Crede
BRK: Sidney Ponson
GNW: Royce Clayton
NOR: Jermaine Dye
BRN: Dustin Mohr
STP: Kenny Rogers
THU: Jared Sandberg
2003: ROUND 10
THU: Brandon Inge
STP: Chris Singleton
BRN: Orlando Hernandez
NOR: Dan Wright
GNW: Ted Lilly
BRK: Scott Hatteberg
CHA: Danys Baez
YAK: Ben Davis
SAN: Gary Matthews Jr.
CAS: Chris Woodward
HOM: Juan Gonzalez
MAN: Nick Johnson
HAV: Victor Martinez
POR: Frank Thomas
2003: ROUND 11
POR: Rick Reed
HAV: Brandon Phillips
MAN: Omar Infante
HOM: Kyle Lohse
CAS: Jeremy Giambi
SAN: Jeff Suppan
YAK: Latroy Hawkins
CHA: Troy Percival
BRK: Melvin Mora
GNW: Todd Hollandsworth
NOR: Jose Cruz Jr.
BRN: Arthur Rhodes
STP: Jay Gibbons
THU: DAngelo Jiminez
2003: ROUND 12
THU: Milton Bradley
STP: Roger Clemens
BRN: Keith Foulke
NOR: Jose Valentin
GNW: Raul Mondesi
BRK: Kazuhiro Sazaki
CHA: Brendan Donnelley
YAK: Eddie Guardado
SAN: Mariano Rivera
CAS: Hank Blalock
HOM: Carl Crawford
MAN: Buddy Groom
HAV: Jorge Julio
POR: Kevin Appier
2003: ROUND 13
POR: Herbert Perry
HAV: Alan Embree
MAN: David McCarty
HOM: Einar Diaz
CAS: Chone Figgins
SAN: Michael Cuddyer
YAK: Pete Walker
CHA: Francisco Cordero
BRK: Aaron Rowand
GNW: Chad Bradford
NOR: Ryan Franklin
BRN: Mike Maroth
STP: Brent Mayne
THU: Ricardo Rincon
2003: ROUND 14
THU: Mark Johnson
STP: Kelvim Escobar
BRN: Matthew LeCroy
NOR: Cliff Pollitte
GNW: Chuck Finley
BRK: Desi Relaford
CHA: Mike Stanton
YAK: John Halama
SAN: Robert Fick
CAS: Juan Acevedo
HOM: Ugueth Urbina
MAN: Michael Tucker
HAV: Gabe Kapler
POR: Shigetoshi Hasagawa
2003: ROUND 15
POR: Tony Fiore
HAV: Willie Harris
MAN: Ben Weber
HOM: Frank Catalanotto
CAS: Paul Shuey
SAN: Joe Borchard
YAK: Carl Everett
CHA: Shane Spencer
BRK: Antonio Osuna
GNW: Kevin Mench
NOR: Alex Ochoa
BRN: Mark Hendrickson
STP: Paul Wilson
THU: Aaron Sele
Growing sentiment during the middle rounds: “We like the draft.”
2003: ROUND 16
THU: Runelvys Hernandez
STP: Steve Karsay
BRN: Brad Fullmer
NOR: Scott Schoenweis
GNW: Chan Ho Park
BRK: Frank Castillo
CHA: Willis Roberts
YAK: Ken Huckaby
SAN: Jeff Nelson
CAS: Edgar Martinez
HOM: Joe Mays
MAN: Neifi Perez
HAV: Denny Hocking
POR: John Burkett
2003: ROUND 17
POR: Brian Daubach
HAV: Kenny Lofton
MAN: Doug Mirabelli
HOM: Francisco Rodriguez
CAS: Carlos Febles
SAN: Jason Johnson
YAK: Travis Driskill
CHA: Aaron Harang
BRK: Mark McLemore
GNW: Rey Sanchez
NOR: John McDonald
BRN: Mike Jackson
STP: Jason Grimsley
THU: Scot Shields
2003: ROUND 18
THU: Tony Graffanino
STP: Wendell Magee
BRN: Ryan Rupe
NOR: AJ Hinch
GNW: Felipe Lopez
BRK: Randall Simon
CHA: Ramon Santiago
YAK: Rafael Soriano
SAN: David Ortiz
CAS: Jeremy Affeldt
HOM: Tim Sturtze
MAN: Jeff Conine
HAV: Gary Glover
POR: Jim Mecir
2003: ROUND 19
POR: Shane Halter
HAV: Dave Burba
MAN: Brian Moehler
HOM: Travis Hafner
CAS: Miguel Olivo
SAN: Scott Eyre
YAK: Ben Grieve
CHA: Julio Santana
BRK: Rolando Arroyo
GNW: Bobby Howry
NOR: John Mabry
BRN: Todd Ritchie
STP: Josh Bard
THU: Jason Conti
2003: ROUND 20
THU: Victor Zambrano
STP: Rondell White
BRN: Mike Lamb
NOR: Scott Mullen
GNW: Sandy Alomar Jr.
BRK: Mark Woehlers
CHA: Mike Bordick
YAK: Dave Berg
SAN: Steve Sparks
CAS: Mike Fyhrie
HOM: John Rocker
MAN: Rob Bell
HAV: Jason Werth
POR: Matt Anderson
2003: ROUND 21
POR: John Flaherty
HAV: Juan Rivera
MAN: Rocky Biddle
HOM: Benny Agbayani
CAS: Esteban Loaiza
SAN: Ruben Rivera
YAK: Jamie Walker
CHA: Andy Sheets
BRK: Tom Wilson
GNW: Matt Lawton
NOR: Olmedo Saenz
BRN: Lou Pote
STP: Joaquin Benoit
THU: Miguel Ascensio
2003: ROUND 22
THU: John Stephens
STP: Jorge Sosa
BRN: Dmitri Young
NOR: Orlando Palmeiro
GNW: BJ Ryan
BRK: Marty Cordova
CHA: Willie Banks
YAK: Hiram Bocachica
SAN: Josh Paul
CAS: Chris Heaney
HOM: Terrence Long
MAN: Corey Thurman
HAV: Tom Prince
POR: Felix Herrera
2003: ROUND 23
POR: Charles Gibson
HAV: Joe Randa
MAN: Scott Erickson
HOM: Mike Rivera
CAS: Benji Gil
SAN: Kelly Wunsch
YAK: Kevin Cash
CHA: Ben Broussard
BRK: Chris Snelling
GNW: Jesus Colome
NOR: Eddie Perez
BRN: Shawn Wooten
STP: Darrin Jackson
THU: Lou Merloni
2003: ROUND 24
THU: Andres Torres
STP: Sterling Hitchcock
BRN: Franklin German
NOR: Ben Petrick
GNW: Georg Lombard
BRK: Alexis Gomez
CHA: Greg Myers
YAK: Jay Powell
SAN: Ryan Drese
CAS: Dewon Brazleton
HOM: Ricardo Rodriguez
MAN: James Baldwin
HAV: Mackey Callaway
POR: Chuck Knoblauch
2003: ROUND 25
POR: Al Levine
HAV: Freddy Sanchez
MAN: Scott Sullivan
HOM: Jeff Liefer
CAS: Lance Carter
SAN: Roberto Hernandez
YAK: Cliff Lee
CHA: Brian Buchanan
BRK: Jon Rauch
GNW: Dan Kolb
NOR: Russell Branyan
BRN: Michael Restovich
STP: Frank Menochino
THU: Adam Piatt
2003: ROUND 26
THU: Jason Hart
STP: Sun-Woo Kim
BRN: Luis DeLosSantos
NOR: Mike MacDougal
GNW: Darrell May
BRK: Fernando Rodney
CHA: Chris Truby
YAK: Carlos Baerga
SAN: Enrique Wilson
CAS: Rickey Henderson
HOM: Colby Lewis
MAN: Gerlad Williams
HAV: Scott Cassidy
POR: Todd Van Poppel
2003: ROUND 27
POR: Todd Greene
HAV: Jason Phillips
MAN: Brian Tallet
HOM: Adam Bernero
CAS: Jose Molina
SAN: Travis Harper
YAK: Josh Towers
CHA: Ruben Sierra
BRK: Dennys Reyes
GNW: Ricky Gutierrez
NOR: Justin Miller
BRN: Nate Cornejo
STP: Wil Cordero
THU: Alex Herrera
2003: ROUND 28
THU: Mike Smith
STP: Bill Haselman
BRN: Felix Escalona
NOR: David Riske
GNW: Luis Alicea
BRK: Aaron Taylor
CHA: Matt Ginter
YAK: Matt Kinney
SAN: Julio Ramirez
CAS: Jason Davis
HOM: Chris Widger
MAN: Chris Carpenter
HAV: Sean Douglass
POR: Roy Smith
2003: ROUND 29
POR: Earl Snyder
HAV: Shawn Sedlacek
MAN: Donnie Sadler
HOM: Jose Macias
CAS: Pedro Borbon Jr.
SAN: Eric Munson
YAK: Dewayne Wise
CHA: Doug Davis
BRK: Todd Sears
GNW: Jamey Wright
NOR: Willie Bloomquist
BRN: Shane Loux
STP: Travis Phelps
THU: Ryan Ludwick
2003: ROUND 30
THU: Juan Rincon
STP: Chris Magruder
BRN: Donnie Wall
NOR: Damian Rolls
GNW: Alberto Castillo
BRK: Ben Koslowski
CHA: Brook Fordyce
YAK: Lee Stevens
SAN: Calvin Murphy
CAS: Chone Figgins
HOM: Mark Quinn
MAN: Chris Gomez
HAV: Chad Parento
POR: David Justice
Later-round consensus: “We begrudgingly accept the draft.”
2003: ROUND 31
POR: Dan Reichert
HAV: Eric Byrnes
MAN: Brian Roberts
HOM: David Segui
CAS: Luis Lopez
SAN: Chris Cannizarro
YAK: Brandon Berger
CHA: Brian Powell
BRK: Jason Tyner
GNW: John VanderWal
NOR: Ryan Buckvich
BRN: Dee Brown
STP: Jorge Fabregas
THU: Matt Walbeck
2003: ROUND 32
THU: Jake Westbrook
STP: Oscar Henriquez
BRN: Julio Mateo
NOR: Carl Sadler
GNW: Steve Cox
BRK: Craig Paquette
CHA: Wilson Alvarez
YAK: Darrin Fletcher
SAN: Juan Briti
CAS: Luis Matos
HOM: Mike Porzio
MAN: Larry Bigbie
HAV: Russ Johnson
POR: Randy Choate
2003: ROUND 33
POR: Esteban German
HAV: Delvin James
MAN: Dusty Wathan
HOM: Dave Elder
CAS: Jolbert Cabrera
SAN: Chris Richard
YAK: Chris George
CHA: Bob Wickman
BRK: Jason Standridge
GNW: Jeff Tam
NOR: Brnadon Lyon
BRN: Jeremy Hill
STP: Calvin Madura
THU: Tony Clark
2003: ROUND 34
THU: Steve Kent
STP: Luke Prokopec
BRN: Brandon Knight
NOR: Matt Wise
GNW: Rudy Seanez
BRK: Jason Smith
CHA: Chris Brock
YAK: Aaron Guiel
SAN: Luis Ordaz
CAS: Jim Parque
HOM: Jeff Farnsworth
MAN: Jose Leon
HAV: Jose Offerman
POR: Darren Oliver
2003: ROUND 35
POR: Homer Bush
HAV: Marcus Thames
MAN: Steve Parris
HOM: Doug Creek
CAS: Jash Hancock
SAN: Jose Paniaga
YAK: Rich Rodriguez
CHA: Wes Obermueller
BRK: Jason Kershner
GNW: Matt Perisho
NOR: Jason Jiminez
BRN: Michael Ryan
STP: Rusty Greer
THU: Eric Dubose
2003: ROUND 36
THU: Brad Voyles
STP: Angel Berroa
BRN: Pat Hentgen
NOR: Jason Romano
GNW: Jaret Wright
BRK: Justin Kay
CHA: Mike Venafro
YAK: Travis Fryman
SAN: Bill Selby
CAS: Mitch Meluskey
HOM: Greg Vaughn
MAN: Jeff Austin
HAV: Seth Greissenger
POR: Jacob Cruz
2003: ROUND 37
POR: Andy Van Hekken
HAV: Randy Velarde
MAN: Cory Bailey
HOM: Terry Mulholland
CAS: Luis Ugueta
SAN: Jeff DaVanon
YAK: Kris Wilson
CHA: Bob File
BRK: Brian Bowles
GNW: Kit Pellow
NOR: Aaron Myette
BRN: Ryan Rupe
STP: Blake Stein
THU: Scott Podsednik
2003: ROUND 38
THU: Brandon Backe
STP: Jarrod Riggan
BRN: Jack Cressend
NOR: Charles Nagy
GNW: Wayne Gomes
BRK: Ron Coomer
CHA: Eric Eckenstahler
YAK: Casey Blake
SAN: Bob Wells
CAS: Yorkis Perez
HOM: Craig Monroe
MAN: Todd Dunwoody
HAV: Joe Lawrence
POR: Jose Nieves
2003: ROUND 39
POR: Mark Lukasiewicz
HAV: Bryant Nelson
MAN: Donzell McDonald
HOM: Esteban Yan
CAS: Dan Plesac
SAN: CJ Nitkowski
YAK: Dustin Hermanson
CHA: Micah Bowie
BRK: Paul Hoover
GNW: Steve Woodard
NOR: Bobby Smith
BRN: Juan Diaz
STP: Paul Abbott
THU: Mike Colangelo
2003: ROUND 40
THU: Lorenzo Barcelo
STP: David Lamb
BRN: Brian Shouse
NOR: Chris Michalek
GNW: Brian Lesher
BRK: Jason Grabowski
CHA: Greg LaRocca
YAK: Erik Hiljus
SAN: Hector Ortiz
CAS: Dennis Cook
HOM: Adrian Hernandez
MAN: Mike Holtz
HAV: Howie Clark
POR: Kevin Frederick
End stage: “We loathe the draft with the heat of a thousand suns.” —Johnny W.