2003 BBL Draft
The Backyard Baseball League's annual draft is a time for teams to assure themselves at key positions. Teams select from a wide pool of players, some are role competitors others are superstars. The BBL has held the past two drafts at local parks. In 2001, the draft eminated from Liberty Park while last year's selection process took place at Churchill Park. The BBL Draft is scheduled for May 4 at 6:30 PM at Denny's Restaurant on Belmont Avenue. The 2003 season will begin on Friday May 23.
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First Round | Pick | Team | Player Chosen | 1 | Mohawk | Dan Sebastian | 2 | ProTrain (from Churchill) | Ryan Estes | 3 | Highland (Compensation) | Anthony Lopez | 4 | ProTrain (Compensation) | Kris Doran | 5 | Shady | Jeremy Cole | 6 | St. Clair | John Cook | 7 | New Town (from ProTrain) | Joe Vivelo | 8 | Steel Street | Justin Pruneski | 9 | Gary | Dustin Helle | 10 | ProTrain (from Highland) | Tiger Crawford | 11 | ProTrain (from New Town) | Aaron Foutz |
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Second Round | Pick | Team | Player Chosen | 12 | Churchill | Tom Morabito | 13 | Shady | Steve Blackiston | 14 | St. Clair | Matt Klink | 15 | Shady (from Churchill via ProTrain) | Rex Candle | 16 | Steel Street | Keith Schubert | 17 | Gary | Dan Rudolphi | 18 | Highland | Paul Milliman | 19 | New Town | Danny Smith | 20 | Mohawk | Matt Zuppo |
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Third Round | Pick | Team | Player Chosen | 21 | Shady | Tim Hanna | 22 | St. Clair | Jared Archer | 23 | Highland (from ProTrain) | David King | 24 | Steel Street | Walter Jones | 25 | Gary | Bob Prodnick | 26 | Highland | Nick Melnick | 27 | New Town | Marc Cvectovic | 28 | New Town (via ProTrain from Mohawk) | Ahmahn Clardy | 29 | Churchill | Greg Morgan |
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Fourth Round | Pick | Team | Player Chosen | 30 | St. Clair | John Skladenek | 31 | ProTrain | Tom Mason | 32 | Steel Street | Dan Novello | 33 | Gary | Vince Gentile | 34 | Highland | Kevin Forestal | 35 | New Town | Chris Simmons | 36 | Mohawk | Pat Sipusic | 37 | Churchill | Chuck Repomonto | 38 | Shady | Shawn Grant | 39 | Steel Street (from ProTrain via Colonial) | Randy Mason |
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Fifth Round | Pick | Team | Player Chosen | 40 | Steel Street (from ProTrain) | Jay Hill | 41 | Steel Street | Maurice Lytle | 42 | Gary | Ted Murphy | 43 | Highland | Todd Leskovec | 44 | New Town | Termaine Morgan | 45 | Mohawk | Scott Maderitz | 46 | Churchill | Josh Joynes | 47 | Shady | John Blackiston | 48 | Mohawk (from St. Clair) | Kevin Conley Sr. |
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Sixth Round | Pick | Team | Player Chosen | 49 | Steel Street | Chris Green | 50 | Gary | Steve Procner | 51 | Highland | Ian Leskovec | 52 | Mohawk | Sal Ponzio | 53 | Churchill | Steve Bydo | 54 | Shady | Mike Smallwood | 55 | ProTrain | Tedmund Mason |
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Seventh Round | Pick | Team | Player Chosen | 56 | Gary | Jake Smith | 57 | Mohawk | Joe Martini | 58 | Shady | Sixto Rivera | 59 | St. Clair | Mike Williams |
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