The day Baseball Changed Forever

[metsguy234]

Well, you could call the Brooklyn team the Trolley Dodgers, but there are no more trolleys in Brooklyn, so how about:

The Brooklyn Guys Who Run Into The Street and Try Not to Get Hit by Cars?

[metsguy234]

Okay, my serious idea is:

The Brooklyn Kings.

Since Brooklyn= Kings County

[twinsGM]

Lol, Love the first one, but it wouldn't fit into the logo , ao I'll be going with the Brooklyn Kings, thanks for the suggestion!

[twinsGM]

I'll be done with my draft likely Thursday, but in the meantime, I'll introduce my dynasty rules and information:

Dynasty Rules:
-No exploiting the AI too bad
-Only one Offseason FA signing of 85+ per offseason.
-Only one in-season FA signing of 85+ per season

Dynasty Information:
-Mogul Difficulty
-I will be managing/ GM-ing the Portland Beavers, and all other teams, including the New Orleans Flamingos will be computer-managed.

-Both Expansion teams will have $20,000,000 to start with.

-There will be no DH in either league.

-I will manage the first game of each series for Portland in PBP one-pitch mode, then sim the rest of the series and give detailed recaps for manager games and not-so-detailed ones for simmed games.

The expansion draft will be 50 rounds, and I'll post a recap as a Spreadsheet with player name, round drafted, peak and overall and position.

[RedsoxRockies]

I'd give each expansion team 20M

[twinsGM]

I'd give each expansion team 20M

With the way the budgets are looking (30M about for each) It looks like i might have to.

[twinsGM]

My draft is complete, but I lost the spreadsheet ( ) so here's the rosters for the two new expansion teams:

New Orleans Flamingos:

[B]Player Name	P	Age	Overall	Peak	Salary	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	End	Con	Pow	Mov	MPH[/B]
Messenger, Randy	RP	29	86	86	$3,600,000	50	58	56	62	22	79	81	84	94
Merk, Oliver	LF	21	84	95	$4,500,000	89	83	72	71	--	--	--	--	--
Terrero, Luis	CF	30	83	83	$3,050,000	74	80	85	69	--	--	--	--	--
Windsor, Jason	SP	28	82	82	$4,050,000	50	59	56	62	89	76	81	72	86
Wilson, Jack	SS	32	82	82	$3,300,000	81	69	75	73	--	--	--	--	--
Richardson, Dustin	RP	26	81	81	$2,100,000	51	59	57	62	35	73	93	70	95
Sipp, Tony	RP	26	80	80	$1,700,000	51	59	57	62	28	71	91	72	92
Palmisano, Lou	C	27	80	80	$2,150,000	86	63	68	77	--	--	--	--	--
Hernandez, Anderson	SS	28	80	80	$2,350,000	87	66	84	67	--	--	--	--	--
Harper, Brett	1B	28	80	80	$4,250,000	77	89	64	67	--	--	--	--	--
Dunn, Scott	RP	32	80	80	$2,150,000	50	58	55	62	35	61	79	82	92
Saarloos, Kirk	SP	31	79	79	$2,400,000	50	59	58	61	76	82	65	81	88
Lugo, Ruddy	RP	30	79	79	$2,100,000	50	59	57	61	29	63	81	73	92
Crain, Jesse	RP	29	79	79	$1,600,000	51	57	58	61	20	82	78	69	95
Colvin, Tyler	CF	25	78	78	$1,500,000	69	75	90	61	--	--	--	--	--
Bonifacio, Emilio	2B	25	78	80	$1,250,000	78	65	87	67	--	--	--	--	--
Smith, Dan	SP	25	77	77	$1,500,000	51	59	57	62	65	67	75	70	93
Owen, Dylan	SP	22	77	82	$2,550,000	49	56	54	59	67	72	82	70	95
De Aza, Alejandro	CF	26	77	77	$1,450,000	74	68	81	69	--	--	--	--	--
Nivar, Ramon	CF	30	76	76	$1,150,000	73	67	84	74	--	--	--	--	--
Shealy, Ryan	1B	31	75	75	$1,050,000	70	80	62	68	--	--	--	--	--
Repko, Jason	RF	29	75	75	$1,000,000	71	80	78	69	--	--	--	--	--
Morton, Colt	C	28	74	74	$900,000	66	79	60	70	--	--	--	--	--
Sammons, Clint	C	27	73	73	$800,000	68	70	66	66	--	--	--	--	--
Redding, Tim	SP	32	73	73	$2,100,000	49	57	59	60	76	75	70	63	92
Hiles, Harvey	3B	32	64	64	$33,300	62	67	67	62	--	--	--	--	--
Wine, Travis	C	19	63	93	$500,000	58	63	58	58	--	--	--	--	--
Waszak, Troy	RF	37	61	62	$33,300	64	66	65	64	--	--	--	--	--
Moralas, Chile	SP	18	61	94	$500,000	48	55	54	58	87	55	65	62	95
Tudor, Kyle	3B	18	60	94	$500,000	63	68	63	65	--	--	--	--	--
Michalek, Jim	RF	18	58	85	$500,000	64	65	61	62	--	--	--	--	--
Spilsbury, Jace	RP	21	49	82	$500,000	49	55	54	58	26	56	61	56	91
Sosebee, Jared	SP	18	49	88	$500,000	49	56	54	60	84	57	62	42	94
Guest, Tony	RP	17	47	92	$500,000	46	53	54	57	22	56	55	55	88

Portland Beavers:

[B]Player Name	P	Age	Overall	Peak	Salary	Con	Pow	Spd	Eye	End	Con	Pow	Mov	MPH[/B]
Young, Delmon	RF	25	83	83	$3,200,000	91	76	78	66	--	--	--	--	--
Casto, Kory	3B	28	82	82	$2,650,000	77	87	66	82	--	--	--	--	--
Montero, Miguel	C	27	82	82	$4,000,000	73	84	64	74	--	--	--	--	--
Vargas, Jason	SP	27	82	85	$3,100,000	54	59	57	63	79	85	85	68	88
Meske, Jorge	2B	28	81	83	$2,300,000	80	70	82	69	--	--	--	--	--
Barmes, Clint	SS	31	81	81	$2,500,000	75	72	85	67	--	--	--	--	--
Bisenius, Joseph	RP	28	81	81	$2,150,000	50	58	56	62	32	70	81	87	93
Troncoso, Ramon	RP	27	80	80	$1,750,000	51	59	57	62	23	70	84	76	93
Guzman, Jesus	2B	25	79	79	$2,050,000	75	64	85	72	--	--	--	--	--
Kotsay, Mark	CF	34	79	79	$3,200,000	86	70	73	78	--	--	--	--	--
Pierre, Juan	LF	33	79	79	$2,200,000	92	63	94	75	--	--	--	--	--
Beltran, Carlos	CF	33	79	79	$4,000,000	71	85	79	80	--	--	--	--	--
Brown, Brooks	SP	24	79	80	$2,100,000	51	59	57	62	52	66	77	80	90
Huber, Jon	RP	29	79	79	$2,250,000	51	59	56	62	24	80	79	73	93
Smith, Matt	RP	31	78	78	$1,350,000	50	59	56	62	21	76	85	80	91
Armstrong, Cole	C	26	77	77	$1,450,000	72	78	69	70	--	--	--	--	--
Carroll, Jamey	2B	36	77	77	$2,500,000	78	63	75	82	--	--	--	--	--
Herrera, Yoslan	SP	28	77	77	$1,450,000	51	59	57	62	72	84	68	70	95
Cormier, Lance	SP	30	77	77	$1,800,000	50	57	56	62	79	75	72	76	90
James, Brad	SP	25	75	75	$1,250,000	51	59	57	62	76	73	80	65	93
Bautista, Denny	SP	30	74	74	$950,000	49	58	56	62	56	68	72	67	95
Desi, James	1B	23	73	91	$500,000	80	74	60	93	--	--	--	--	--
Volquez, Edinson	SP	27	72	72	$850,000	50	58	56	61	90	63	82	59	94
Coronado, Jose	SS	23	71	78	$500,000	70	62	75	71	--	--	--	--	--
Wertheimer, Kelly	RP	21	69	91	$1,000,000	49	55	53	58	24	56	85	68	98
Taggert, Frank	C	21	67	72	$500,000	61	63	53	65	--	--	--	--	--
Ballardo, Emmanuel	RP	19	67	91	$500,000	49	55	53	58	24	62	64	73	92
Cruz, Gianluca	1B	35	65	65	$33,300	66	72	66	64	--	--	--	--	--
Vanderveer, Ian	SS	29	61	61	$500,000	67	66	95	69	--	--	--	--	--
Brogdon, Marshall	C	19	61	71	$33,300	56	61	55	61	--	--	--	--	--
Murrietta, Sam	1B	18	55	89	$500,000	60	68	57	64	--	--	--	--	--
Deguchi, Hiroshi	SS	33	55	57	$33,300	62	64	73	70	--	--	--	--	--
Robinson, Devon	RP	19	54	75	$33,300	48	55	54	58	22	55	68	62	96
Greusach, Dan	SP	29	54	55	$33,300	52	56	58	59	84	81	57	48	82
Kinzer, Preston	SP	19	52	87	$500,000	48	54	57	57	85	60	66	48	94
Acarons, Oscar	SP	18	50	93	$500,000	50	53	54	55	93	57	56	48	88
Stone, Aaron	RP	18	49	85	$500,000	48	54	53	58	24	54	74	48	97
Jones, Dave	SP	18	48	81	$33,300	49	54	55	58	71	55	55	47	86
Volk, C.B.	SP	19	48	74	$33,300	60	55	65	54	90	54	55	45	89
Akimoto, Miyamoto	RP	22	43	62	$33,300	48	55	53	58	25	53	56	40	88

First game coming up soon!

[twinsGM]

Before I went to manage my first game, I set the final lineup for the season:

The Lineup:

1. Juan Pierre: My easy pick for the leadoff spot, with a 92 contact and 94 speed, the two most important skills for a leadoff man.
2. Delmon Young: Has a 91 contact, which we need to move over Pierre for when we need get him on base so the power guys can drive him in.
3. Kory Casto: Best power we have with an 84.
4. Miguel Montero: Has an 84 power, and the best overall rating on the offense besides Young.
5. Mark Kotsay: Has an 86 contact, which will help protect my best hitters at the top.
6. Jorge Meske: 80 Contact makes him the best hitter left.
7. James Desi: I like his 93 eye, but not much else for offense.
8. Clint Barmes: Only in the lineup for his defense
9. Pitcher’s Spot



April 1st, 2011

Beavers vs. Orioles
Portland, Oregon

Daniel Cabrera vs. Jason Vargas


1st Bill Hall had an RBI single with 2 outs, and Vargas had 3 K’s in the inning.

1st I motioned for Juan Pierre to bunt, which he popped up to make one out.
Young and Casto also flied out to end the inning.

2nd Daniel Cabrera had an RBI single. This is going to be a looooooooong season…
Double play to end it, and it’s 2-0 O’s.

2nd Montero is the Franchise’s first baserunner, with a walk to start the inning.
James Desi had a sacrifice fly for our first run, and Barmes hit another sac fly to get the corners with runners, 2 out and Vargas up at the plate, who strikes out.

End of 2, it’s 2-1 Orioles.


3rd We brought the infield in with a runner on second and one out, but it made no difference as Nolan Reimold hit a 2-run homer. Two K’s in a row got Vargas out of the third.

3rd Cabrera has thrown 50 pitches through 3 innings, allowing only 1 hit now.

4th 1-2-3 for Vargas, he now has 6 strikeouts.

4th Kotsay now has the 1st and 2nd hits in franchise history, both doubles. It’s one out for Meske. Desi singled with 2 out, which was not enough to bring in Kotsay. Barmes grounds out and strands two.

It’s 4-1 Orioles.

5th After a very costly error by Pierre, it’s 2nd and 3rd with one out. This time, I’ll take my chances with Bill Hall instead of Reimold. Hall singled in one run, and Luke Scott struck out. A THROWING error occurred on a easy ground ball to first, and Ramon Hernandez had 2 unearned runs score on the play. A walk to Aubrey Huff made me curse at my defense and call the bullpen, with Vargas at 101 pitches. A Strikeout to Daniel Cabrera signaled the end for Vargas tonight, and a glove-throwing and chair tossing episode by Jason.

5th Jesus Guzman came into hit for Vargas.. and knocked a triple into the left field gap.
I told Delmon to scarify fly Jesus in, but a 381-foot homer to right works too. 7-3 Orioles. After Casto K’ed, Montero got a double into right-center field. Kotsay then flied out to end the inning.

6th Volquez came into pitch. After a single by Brian Roberts, he stole second AND third, then got knocked in by Jones’ double. Two more fly outs led us to the bottom of the sixth.

6th Two walks to Desi and Meske, followed by a single by Barmes, led us to Bases-loaded, no out. I left Edinson into hit, since we’ll need him to go more than 1, and he got the RBI single! Pierre then got his first hit for the Beavers and knocked in another. Delmon Young grounded into a 3-6-3, but got a run in. Casto doubled, and suddenly we are forgiven for our terrible play earlier by the Baseball Gods and it’s 8-7! Thanks to the four-run 6th, it’s now 8-7 O’s after 6.

7th Despite a balk, Volquez got Hernandez looking, and a ground out to third. The O’s strand Scott at second, and we go to the bottom of the 7th.

7th I asked Meske to bunt for a hit, mainly to move the runner over, but also try and get Kotsay to second after his walk. We need to play small ball with the little power we have. He bunted for the hit, and I’m letting Desi hit. A wild pitch moves the runners up, and I call for the sacrifice fly. It works, getting Kotsay in to tie it at 8. After 7, it’s now tied at 8, with Volquez going out for his 3rd inning.

8th After a double by Fahey, Roberts lined out, but we have the two best Baltimore hitters coming up after Adam Jones. Yes! Two lineouts, and a groundball and we have the chance to take the lead for our closer.

8th Pierre botched another bunt attempt, and Young lined to left, as did Casto. Going into the ninth, it’s still tied.

9th Bill Hall singled to open the inning, and Scott walked. Joseph Bisenius came into pitch, after 76 great pitches from Volquez. In just 8 pitches, Joe get a K, a lineout and a grounder for an out. We’ve got a chance to win it now, in our first game of our franchise…

9th Montero led off and flied out, and Kotsay struck out. It’s all up to Jorge Meske now, who has two walks so far. A pop-out will send us to extras.

10th Bisenius is left in, and strikes out the first guy he faces, along with the second. And third.

10th James Desi, Clint Barmes then most likely a pinch hitter in the bottom of the first extra inning. Barmes doubled. Cole Armstrong will now hit. I also put Ian Vanderveer at second to run, since he has a 95 speed. Armstrong only popped up, with Pierre up to decide the fate of the game, which he can not come through for us, by grounding out.

11th Ramon Troncosco is our new pitcher. Excellent work by Bisenius. After a pop-out, Hall singles through the middle for Luke Scott. Ramon gets him swinging at a fastball clocked at 95, and Ramon Hernandez is now up. He flew out.

11th Delmon flies out to left, and Casto is now up. Casto draws the walk, for Montero to hit. Montero hit a 300-foot liner to right, but Reimold could not handle it, so it’s 1st and second for Kotsay to hit. Mark flew to right, but Casto tagged up and reached third, Jorge Meske at the bat against Chris Ray. Meske can not drive him in, so we’ll be playing another…

12th on Huber cam in to pitch. Huff singled, and a pinch hitter will be up now. He gets a single, now 1st and 2nd, nobody out. The sac bunt is perfect, and Brian Roberts is hitting, but I’m intentionally walking him to face Adam Jones. A flyout brings in a run, it’s now 9-8 in favor of Baltimore. A groundout gets us to the 12th, with a 1-run deficit to make up.

12th Jamey Carroll will pinch-hit for Vanderveer, who has poor hitting vitals. Look for him to get about 140 pinch-running opportunities this season, and 10 starts if no big injuries take place. Carroll Pops out, and we’re done to our last bench player, Jose Coronda to pinch hit, who singles for Pierre, who’s 1-6 tonight. Pierre pops up, and we lose a very tough one on our opener.

MVP of game: Bill Hall: 4/6, 2 RBI.

LVP of Game: Juan Pierre: 1/7, missed out on a couple clutch opputinities and had a huge error in the 5th that led to two runs. Also popped out on 2 bunt attempts.

 	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Orioles	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	15	1
Beavers	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	13	2

Beavers	AB	H	BB	R	HR	RBI	K	SB	AVG
Juan Pierre CF
7	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.143
Delmon Young RF
6	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	.167
Kory Casto 3B
5	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	.200
Miguel Montero C
5	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	.200
Mark Kotsay LF
5	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.400
Jorge Meske 2B
4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	.250
James Desi 1B
3	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	.333
Clint Barmes SS
5	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400
  Ian Vanderveer PR
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Jamey Carroll PH
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jason Vargas P
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
  Jesus Guzman PH
1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
  Edinson Volquez P
2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500
  Joseph Bisenius P
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Cole Armstrong PH
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Ramon Troncoso P
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Jon Huber P
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Jose Coronado PH
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Totals	47	13	6	8	1	7	6	0	 

2B: Kory Casto (1), Clint Barmes (1), Mark Kotsay 2 (2), Miguel Montero (1)
3B: Jesus Guzman (1)
HR: Delmon Young (1)
GDP: Delmon Young

DP: James Desi, Jorge Meske, Kory Casto
E: James Desi, Juan

Beavers	IP	H	BB	HR	R	ER	K	PIT	ERA
Jason Vargas
5.0	7	3	1	7	5	8	105	9.00
Edinson Volquez
3.0	5	1	0	1	1	1	76	3.00
Joseph Bisenius
2.0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	0.00
Ramon Troncoso
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	0.00
Jon Huber
1.0	2	1	0	1	1	0	18	9.00
Totals	12.0	15	5	1	9	7	14	244	 

Temperature: 45F
Wind: 7 MPH (in from left)
Attendance: 50,000
Time: 4:29


Franchise History:
First Hit: Mark Kotsay (Double)
First Extra Base Hit: Mark Kotsay
First RBI: James Desi (SF)
First Run: Miguel Montero
First Homerun: Delmon Young
First Strikeout: Jason Vargas
First Triple: Jesus Guzman
First Baserunner: Miguel Montero
First Walk: Miguel Montero
First Win: N/A
First Save: N/A

[filihok]

LVP of Game: Juan Pierre: 1/7, missed out on a couple clutch opputinities and had a huge error in the 5th that led to two runs. Also popped out on 2 bunt attempts

Dodger fan says: Sigh...

[twinsGM]

Dodger fan says: Sigh...

As do those few Beavers fans...

[twinsGM]

Last 2 games:
4/2: Orioles 10, Beavers 5: Yoslan Herrera pitched 6, allowing 6 on 102 pitches, while the O’s had 3 HRs. Delmon Young had one for us, a 2-run shot.
4/3: Beavers 7, Orioles 5. Our first victory cam on a solid pitching performance by Cormier, who went 7 innings, allowing 3 runs. Ramon Troncosco was the winner though, going 3 innings and allowing 2 runs.


Vs.
April 4th, 2011
The Beaver Dam
Portland, Oregon

Red Sox (1-2) vs. Beavers (1-2)
Clay Buchholz vs. Matt Smith


1st Matt Smith got a K and two flyouts, and besides a Jed Lowrie single and steal, that was all.

1st Back-to-back singles by Delmon and Casto get us one out and 1st and 2nd for Montero. Montero promptly smashed a 402-foot bomb the opposite way for a 3-run homer. Meske walked, but got no where, so it’s 3-0 Portland after 1.



2nd Once again, Smith let one baserunner on, but no further damage occurred.


2nd Barmes was out on the bunt, so no hits or walks that inning for us. Buchholz has throw 42 pitches through 2.

3rd Another one-baserunner inning. Still 3-0.

3rd Casto walked with one out, and Montero will get another chance. Montero strikeout, as Kotsay moves Casto to third with a single into right. Meske struck out to end the inning.

4th This inning, Matt doesn’t surrender a baserunner. He’s thrown 56 pitches. With 2 strikeouts and no walks.

4th Despite a walk from Smith, the Desi, Barmes and Pierre couldn’t help him out.

5th After 2 walks, there was two on, one out, and Barmes made a very costly error on a high-pop up right to him. Lowrie struck out with the bases loaded, now two outs for Jacoby Ellsbury, who smacked a 409-foot shot to right center to take the lead. Reddick did strike out to end the inning, but now Smith has 90 pitches thrown and Barmes has a very short leash.

5th Montero doubled with two out, and Kotsay got his 2nd hit of the day. Now 2 outs and two on for Jorge Meske, who pops out. Yet another missed opportunity with RISP.

6th Now Smith is at 103 pitches after walking Cora with two away, and this is his last batter. Cora stealing leads to Wagner getting intentionally walked, but the Sox fooled me, bringing in Papi to hit. Papi then homers for 3 RBI, and Troncosco is the new pitcher. He gets Crisp right away, and the score is 7-3 Boston going into the bottom of the sixth.

6th Desi singles, and Barmes walks. Troncosco walks, and I’m leaving him into bunt. We can’t afford to have a guy come into the sixth, throw 4 pitches and leave the game. His bunt is a success, and Pierre will get to hit. If it was a one or two-run game, I have his sacrifice fly, but we need 4 to catch up, and we’re running out of opportunities. Pierre is walked for Delmon Young with the bases loaded. His single brings in one, and Casto will now have his chance with the bases loaded. He walked, not Montero, our best hitter today, gets to hit with the bases still juiced. Montero hits a fly ball to Crisp, but Pierre easily tags and scores our sixth run. Kotsay flew out to end it, but it’s now 7-6 Boston.

7th Ramon gets Boston 1-2-3 with 2 flyouts and a strikeout.

7th Jesus Guzman is the pinch-hitter with a guy on first and two out. Guzman K’s and Bautista will pitch the 8th for us.

8th Bautista does perfect, getting 3 up, 3 down on 11 pitches.

8th After two flyouts, Casto gets yet another walk, and Montero will hit and groundout.

9th Joseph Bisenius will make his second appearance this season to face Wagner, the pitcher slot and Crisp. Lopez singled, and Crisp bunted him over for Jed Lowrie. Despite a wild pitch, Bisenius struckout Lowrie, so a chance for comeback in the 9th.

9th Kotsay grounded out, Meske struck out and James Desi grounded to third.

Final Score: Red Sox 7, Beavers 6


MVP of Game: Jacoby Ellsbury: Had the grandslam to give the Red Sox the lead for good.

LVP of Game: Clint Barmes. Went 0-3, but had that huge error on an easy flyball.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Red Sox	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	7	6	0
Beavers	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	8	1

Beavers	AB	H	BB	R	HR	RBI	K	SB	AVG
Juan Pierre CF
4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	.238
Delmon Young RF
5	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.238
Kory Casto 3B
2	1	3	1	0	1	1	0	.438
Miguel Montero C
4	2	0	1	1	4	1	0	.278
Mark Kotsay LF
5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.368
Jorge Meske 2B
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.353
James Desi 1B
4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	.231
Clint Barmes SS
3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.267
Matt Smith P
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Ramon Troncoso P
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Jesus Guzman PH
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500
  Denny Bautista P
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
  Joseph Bisenius P
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	33	8	8	6	1	6	7	0	 

Beavers	IP	H	BB	HR	R	ER	K	PIT	ERA
Matt Smith
5.2	5	4	2	7	3	5	111	4.76
Ramon Troncoso
1.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	13	4.15
Denny Bautista
1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.00
Joseph Bisenius
1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	0.00
Totals	9.0	6	4	2	7	3	7	151	

2B: Miguel Montero (2)
HR: Miguel Montero (2)

E: Clint Barmes

Temperature: 57F
Wind: 3 MPH (out to left)
Attendance: 45,055
Time: 3:38



So far, the only thing I like about our first 4 games is the attendance. We sold out the first game, and then had 42,000 for the next to Baltimore Games, and 45,000 for this last game against the Red Sox. Hopefully this trend will continue until our team can find our groove, then the people will come to see good baseball., not just baseball.

[twinsGM]

Ok, this is a little late, But I'll post this:

My last 2 dynasties were mainly from a GM's point of view, and with just simming, I got pretty bored of it. This time, I'm mainly the manager of the team, but will also do trades at some point, but probably later, closer to the deadline. So let me introduce my manager (little trip back in time here)


February 12th, 2011

Lumarsa Named Manager of Portland

In a press release yesterday, team owner Mark Cuban announced the new manager of his Beavers team: Chuck Lumarsa.
Lumarsa has no experience at managing a team except when he managed the Montgomery Biscuits of the Tampa Bay Rays in 1997-1998. Since then, Lumarsa has done this in baseball:

1999- Bench coach of Tampa Bay Rays
2000- Got his first job in a front office, working as an assistant for the Arizona DBacks. Quit after one season.
2001- Was out of baseball.
2002-2006- Worked as an assistant for the Oakland A's.
2007- Worked for rotoworld.com.
2008- Was the GM of the Nation League Champion Chicago Cubs.
2009- Announced that he wanted to become a manager for a team at 40 years of age. The Colorado Rockies hired him as Manager of their Colorado Springs AAA affiliate.
2010- Hired as Portland Beavers Manager.

Lumarsa signed a 3-year contract today, which will run through the 2012 season.

[metsguy234]

Wait, I'm confused. Are you starting the 2011 season over again?

[twinsGM]

Wait, I'm confused. Are you starting the 2011 season over again?

No, I just forgot to introduce my manager, so doing that, and then getting back to the season, where I'm 1-3. Sorry for confusing you

[Red Sox Fan 734]

2007- Worked for rotoworld.com.
2008- Was the GM of the Nation League Champion Chicago Cubs.

That was a big jump lol