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| Breaking News |  | MLB News: Expansion Draft
Friday, October 13th, 1961: It's a historic day in VaV 2 as the league expands and the new teams New York Mets and Houston Colt .45s draft their initial rosters from among the players left unprotected by the other teams. |
| MLB News: Protections lists for Éxpansion Draft must be submitted
Thursday, October 12th, 1961: The time has come for VaV 2 general managers to submit their lists of protected players for the expansion draft. The deadline for filing is tomorrow. Each team can protect up to 25 players in its organization. The new franchises will use these lists to stock their rosters.
The protection lists can be compiled and submitted in the expansion draft screen, which is now available in the league menu. |
 | Houston To GM Candidate Saunders: "You're Hired"
Wednesday, October 11th, 1961: Feeling the heat to settle on a new GM, the Houston Colt .45s tapped Sam Saunders as the new head man.
"We've taken our time in finding what we hope is an excellent, far-seeing general manager. I don't think you'll have to worry about Saunders suffering from myopia. He presented a clear, concise, and realistic assessment of our club in every interview we held, and just seemed to grasp what we're looking for," noted an official close to negotiations.
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