A Day in the Life of a 13 Year-Old GM

[rockiesfan4ever]

"Travis Come Here" I walk up to the front of the room 'Uh Oh a note from the office, Not good!’ I thought. You can go" I walked out of the room my heart pounding. 'What could it be' I thought 'Those rats I let loose, the underwear I hung to the flag pole, or the cherry bombs I put in the toilets?' I walked in the office and there sat 5 men. 4 I had never seen alongside my Principal 'Oh, Sh*t' I thought. I tried thinking of a good excuse, but nothing came to me "Sit down" my principal said. As soon as I sat down another man popped in. I recognized him immediately. “Clint Hurdle!” I said “What are you doing here” “Let me explain” “I am Charlie Monfort. Half owner of the Colorado Rockies and this is my brother, pointing to his left, Dick” When he said that I am trying to stop a laugh, unsuccessfully. “Yes I know my name is kind of funny” Dick said smartly. “Let’s get down to business this is (from left to right) Charlie and Dick Monfort, Dan O’Dowd, Clint Hurdle, and Bud Selig.” My principal stated “Travis the Colorado Rockies recently fired their General Manager…” “But…” I started. “Let me finish. As I was saying they fired Dan O’Dowd today and they are on a hunt to find a new General Manager and have some interest in you. They, of course, would have to still go through the same process with everyone else. So I will let you guys talk it out. Also they will have to figure out about school.” When my principal said that I was being interviewed for the GM job I went straight past CLOUD 9 and went straight to CLOUD 11. “O…k” I croaked.
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Charlie Monfort will be CM, Dick Monfort will be DM, Dan O’Dowd will be DOD, Clint Hurdle will be CH, and Bud Selig will be BS. I will be ME.

CM: “What do you think you could bring to this baseball club?”

ME: “I think that I could help improve this team for now and the future to be able to keep them winning for years while keeping them under or around our budget.

DM: “How will you make the team better for now and the future?”

ME: “I will look to take some of our players we do not need and look to trade them for prospects or to fill holes we have now. I would also look for someone that is MLB-Ready at a young age and hopefully have a cheap contract so we can sign them young to keep it so we don’t lose them to FA and that we keep them, hopefully, under a 7M/year contract.”

CH: “What can you provide me on the field to help in-game?”

ME: “Hmmmmm. I can see everything from above, in the Owner’s Box, so I can see everything at once so I can help with positioning and I think I have a knowledge of when to Pinch-hit, Pinch-Run, Sub, Hit-and-Run, etc.”

BS: “What all can you bring to the league in whole?”

ME: “I can bring in some youth to the league and bring in some new, younger, ideas to help get youths involved.”

Thank you!

[rockiesfan4ever]

COLORADO ROCKIES FIND NEW GM
Youngest in history

March 1st, 2007

Denver-- Today the Colorado Rockies ended their search for a new GM right before Spring Training started and their new man is 13 year-old Travis Ritchie. Ritchie was one of 3 final GMs for the spot and he beat them out. Travis brings a new sense of change to the league and definitely some younger views. Here’s what Ritchie said today “I am honored to be picked for the General Manager of the Colorado Rockies. I am hoping I can pick up where Dan O’Dowd left off and then improve so we can be World Series Champions, not just contenders, for many years to come”

This dynasty is unique.

It will not only follow the team but it will follow the journey of their GM Travis Ritchie through the year as he progresses as a General Manager. I will play on Coach for both and will move up if it gets too easy.

[rockiesfan4ever]

Team History:

All-Stars:
2007:
Matt Holliday (In the HR Derby and ASG)
Troy Tulowitzki

Award Winners:
2007:
Matt Holliday (MVP)
Troy Tulowitzki (ROTY)
Jeff Francis (Gold Glove)
Troy Tulowitzki (Gold Glove)

Team Records:
2007: 89-73- Won Division- Beat Philly in NLDS (4-3), Lost to Cubs in NLCS (4-2).

[rockiesfan4ever]

Team Transactions:

April 7th, 2007: Colorado trades OF Ryan Spilborghs, P Mike Gallo, and P Ching Lung Lo to Boston for 2B Dustin Pedroia.

April 14th, 2007: Colorado trades IF Kaz Matsui and IF Helder Velazquez to San Diego for RP Cla Meredith.

April 14th, 2007: Colorado trades RP LaTroy Hawkins and P Taylor Buchholz to Florida for Anibal Sanchez.

April 26th, 2007: Colorado trades RP Jeremy Affeldt, RP Cla Meredith, SP Kevin Walker, and SP Mike Redman to Cleveland for RP Rafael Betancourt.

April 26th, 2007: Colorado trades P Alan Johnson and P Andrew Johnston to San Diego for 2B Kazuo Matsui.

May 15th, 2007: Colorado and RP Rafael Betancourt agree to a 3-year $3.05M contract extension

May 15th, 2007: Colorado and INF Kazuo Matsui agree to a 4-year $3.5M contract extension.

June 25th, 2007: Colorado trades 2B Dustin Pedoia and 3B Ian Stewart to Oakland for C Kurt Suzuki.

June 25th, 2007: Colorado trades CF Steve Finley and P Elmer Dessens to New York (AL) for 3.1M in cash.

June 25th, 2007: Colorado trades OF Seth Smith and 1.5M in cash to Toronto for P Joe Kennedy.

July 21st, 2007: Colorado trades P Bob Keppel, P Shane Lindsay, P Ramon Ramirez, P Matt Herges, P Steven Register and C Yorvit Torrealba to Cincinnatti for CF Josh Hamilton.

July 26th, 2007: Colorado trades P Greg Reynolds and P Keith Weiser to Baltimore for P Jeremy Guthrie and 500K in cash.

July 28th, 2007: Colorado trades P Bruce Billings, P Zach McClellan, P Zackary Simmons, and P Jorge Julio to Baltimore for 2B Brian Roberts and 3.5M in cash.

November 16th, 2007: Colorado signs SP Rich Hill to a 4 Year, $4.75M deal.

April 1st, 2008: Colorado trades CF Willy Taveras and C Chris Iannetta to Cincinnati for RP Bill Bray

April 26th, 2008: Colorado trades 2B Kazuo Matsui to Los Angeles (NL) for P Jonathan Meloan and $500K

[rockiesfan4ever]

Team Milestones:

April 10th, 2007: Todd Helton hits in his 1,000th RBI vs. the St. Louis Cardinals

July 22nd, 2007: Todd Helton his his 300th Career HR vs. the Florida Marlins

August 17th, 2007: Troy Tulowitzki's 21-game Hitting Streak ends.

April 20th, 2008: Troy Tulowitzki's 21-game Hitting Streak ends.

[Red Sox Fan 734]

Sounds awesome so far

[Rongar]

I wish you good luck, and sound judgement!

[defense]

Pretty well written

[rockiesfan4ever]

I will be using Vamiet's roster. I will start tomorrow afternoonish

[rockiesfan4ever]

Sporting News

MLB Preview

Well folks the start of the 2007-2008 season is upon us. This should be a fun year as we have Barry Bonds going for number 756* and we have 13 year-old GM Travis Ritchie making his debut. Julio Franco goes for the GIDP record (350, he has 310), Craig Biggio need just 6 more HBP to be the all-time leader (he has 282), Barry Bonds is just 89 runs created away from being the all-time leader (he has 2544), Trevor Hoffman needs 18 saves for 500, and Craig Biggioo is also 70 Hits away from 3,000.

American League Preview:

East:
Boston 90-72
Toronto 85-77
Tampa Bay 79-83
New York 76-86
Baltimore 73-89

Central:
Detroit 88-74
Minnesota* 87-75
Chicago 80-82
Cleveland 77-85
Kansas City 69-93

West:
Oakland 88-74
Los Angeles 86-76
Seattle 80-82
Texas 76-86

*=Wild Card

National League:

East:
New York 86-76
Philadelphia 79-83
Atlanta 78-84
Washington 73-89
Florida 72-90

Central:
Milwaukee 89-73
Chicago 85-77
Pittsburgh 79-83
St. Louis 77-85
Cincinnati 77-85
Houston 76-86

West:
San Diego 93-69
Los Angeles* 86-76
San Francisco 84-78
Arizona 82-80
Colorado 81-81

PLAYOFF PREDICTION:

1st Round:
Boston beats Minnesota
Oakland beats Detroit
San Diego beats New York
Milwaukee beats Los Angeles

2nd Round:
Boston beats Oakland
San Diego beats Milwaukee

World Series:
San Diego Beats Boston

[rockiesfan4ever]

Roster Announcement from GM Travis Ritchie

Lineup:
1. Willy Taveras- CF
2. Troy Tulowitzki- SS
3. Matt Holliday
4. Todd Helton -1B
5. Garrett Atkins- 3B
6. Brad Hawpe- RF
7. Yorvit Torrealba- C
8. Jamey Carroll- 2B
9. *Pitcher*

Bench:
Chris Iannetta- C
Cory Sullivan- OF
Ryan Spilborghs- OF
Seth Smith- RF
Steve Finley- CF
Clint Barmes- INF

Rotation:
1. Jeff Francis
2. Aaron Cook
3. Josh Fogg
4. Rodrigo Lopez
5. Ramon Ortiz

Bullpen:
CL: Brian Fuentes
SU: Manny Corpas
SR: Ramon Ramirez
SR: Jeremy Affeldt
MR: Jorge Julio
LR: Elmer Dessens

[rockiesfan4ever]

I d/led the one IDK how long ago. When did you last update?

[rockiesfan4ever]

Updated with the most recent rosters (Only change was the bench, rotation, bullpen)

[rockiesfan4ever]

I am still doing this but I have a debate tournament this weekend. I will not be able to update until Sunday afternoon probably.

I am still doing this

[rockiesfan4ever]

April 4th-6th, 2007 Arizona Diamondbacks (0-0) vs. Colorado Rockies (0-0)

Probable Matchups:

April 4th: Jeff Francis (0-0, 0.00) AT Brandon Webb (0-0, 0.00)
April 5th: Off Day
April 6th: Aaron Cook (0-0, 0.00) AT Doug Davis (0-0, 0.00)

April 4th:
Colorado: 4:5:0
Arizona: 2:5:0

The Rockies got off to a Rocky start when Carlos Quentin homered in the 2nd inning (1st HR/RBI, 391 ft.). In the 2nd-3rd inning there were 5 straight K's by both teams (Snyder-Torrealba-Carroll-Francis-Webb). Webb then struck out 5 straight Rockies after the combination K was snapped by a lineout. This game was dominated by the pitchers through 5 IP they combined for 3 Hits, 13 Strikeouts, 2 Walks, and 1 run (earned and unearned), also the Rockies got their first hit with 1 out in the 4th inning thanks to a Garrett Atkins double. After I typed that the Rockies got on the board after a HBP and single the Rockies had 1st and 2nd and 2 outs when Matt Holliday singled to LF (1st RBI) and Jeff Francis scored (1st run). Helton followed promptly with an instant replay single to LF (1st RBI) and scored Willy Taveras (1st run) making it 2-1 Rockies. Hawpe popped out with the bases loaded (Atkins walked) with 2 outs, ending the threat. Atkins followed through, after the Rockies almost let an Eric Byrnes error slip past, with a 2 out, 2-run HR (1st HR, 1st-2nd RBI, 396 ft.). This was after Tulo reached on an error by Byrnes leading off and went to third on a 1 out sac fly by Todd Helton. Everything was smooth till the 9th when...Brian Fuentes was greeted roughly as Orlando Hudson knocked one out to Left-Center (1st HR/RBI, 396 ft.). He gave up another hit to Eric Brynes and with Manny Corpas warming in the pen got Mark Reynolds to pop to Short and then Conor Jackson to hit into a 3-6-1 game-ending DP.

Colorado MVP: Jeff Francis: 8 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 10K, 1 R (1 ER), 116 Pitches.
Arizona MVP: Carlos Quentin: 2-4, HR (1), RBI (1), 2B (1).

WP: J. Francis (1-0)
LP: B. Webb (0-1)
SV: B. Fuentes (1)

April 6th: I accidently simmed it so no recap
Colorado: 4:9:1
Arizona: 5:10:0

Colorado MVP: Brad Hawpe: 2-2, HR (1), 2 BB (2), R (1), RBI (1)
Arizona MVP: Conor Jackson: 2-4, 2 RBI (2), R (1), 2B (1)

WP: Juan Cruz (1-0)
LP: Manuel Corpas (0-1)
SV: Jose Valverde (1)