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9/6/2008

Texas GM Responds To Ugly April

Filed under: — scottyb @ 11:04 am

Texas LogoARLINGTON, TX - Texas Rangers General Manager Scott Brochhausen held a press conference earlier today responding to the Rangers awful start after a promising Spring Training.

“We have a lot of young ballplayers and that sometimes results in inconsistent play,” Brochhausen noted. “We looked like a solid team in Spring Training, and I think the excitement and nerves set in once the final roster was announced.”

Through the first month, the Rangers are 9-19, and are last in the league in batting average, on base percentage, hits, and runs scored. The complete lack of offense has fans stunned as to what has happened over the last two seasons. Their batting average (.235) is nearly 20 points below the next lowest AL team (Detroit, .252), and 43 points below the next lowest team in the division (Oakland, .278).

“On a bright note, our young bullpen has the best ERA in the league,” Brochhausen pointed out. “Overall, our pitching has met our expectations.”

The Rangers have made a number of roster changes over the first month, moving players from AAA Oklahoma to the Rangers and vice versa, trying to find the right combination of talent.

Asked about the possibility of acquiring some well-known superstars on the market, Brochhausen responded, “We are always looking at possibilities, but we are not sure we have enough prospects in our system available for deals of that magnitude.”

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9/5/2008

May 1, 2029 League Leaders

Filed under: — KCRoyalGM @ 9:17 pm
American League
West Central East Wildcard

National League
West Central East Wildcard

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8/28/2008

Texas Relying Heavily On Youth

Filed under: — scottyb @ 10:51 am

Texas LogoARLINGTON, TX - Last season was a tough one for Texas Ranger fans. They witnessed the first sub .500 season in a decade. And after the huge sell off of most of the Rangers most popular players, and the loss of several others to free agency, fans weren’t really sure who they were rooting for on the field.

But the Rangers are showing up this spring with a number of younger, fresher faces that the front office hopes may be the key in turning the club around. Most of them come from the Rangers AAA Oklahoma Redhawks, who went to the championship series last year behind solid pitching and hitting.

At first base, 2027 Rookie of the Year Rafael Flores, 27, was a complete flop in his sophomore season. He will be competing for his job with Luis Cabrera and Terrence Powell, each 25 years old. Both had productive seasons in the minors last year. Obviously there is no room on the roster for three first basemen, so look for the Rangers to move at least one of them in the first few weeks of the season.

At second base, Peter Kozma, 23, has the position locked up. But the Rangers lack a natural third basemen, so look for him to get more playing time in the hot corner. Will Walker, 22, may be the Rangers second baseman of the future, and has been invited to spring training.

At third base, the Rangers will stick with veteran Bill McGann, a consistent .300 hitter. But as mentioned above, Kozma may see more playing time depending on McGann’s performance.

Shortstop has been a hard position for the Rangers to fill over the last few seasons. Todd Beshears has been there since 2025, but has never had that breakout season that fans had been hoping for. This year, 24-year-old Teddy Frank is hoping to fill the void, and he brings some stellar defense with him.

In the outfield, Baltesar Albergaria, 25, and Bruce Gilmore, 27, will probably become everyday players in left and right field respectively. Fred Sims, 25, Pat Clark, 21, and Juan Morales, 23, are competing for the final starting slot.

Catching will most likely be veteran Edgardo Ramos. But his troubles defensively continued last season, so the Rangers are tempted to use him as the regular DH. Filling in for Ramos, the Rangers are hoping Elwood Larkin, 26, will step in as an everyday player, and they have invited Augusto Rodriguez, 28, to camp for a chance at becoming the backup catcher.

After losing ace Kraig Worthen and closer Juan Rincon to trades, and starter Ismael Ramirez to free agency, the Rangers have a few youngsters more than willing to step in. Eddie Anderson, 23, Tim Herbert, 24, and Sonny Murphy, 24, are hoping to win starter roles. Even if they don’t, they will have a prominent role in the bullpen.

The youth movement has resulted in the Rangers having the lowest payroll in the American League, but with some of the best young talent on the field. While younger players are often unpredictable, the Rangers have plenty of payroll room to acquire some more prominent players later in the season should all go as planned.

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8/17/2008

A Rockies Year to Remember

Filed under: — RockieGM @ 8:42 pm

The streets of Chicago have fans celebrating another Wotld Series title, but in Colorado it was a year that gave Rockies fans their own reason for celebration. Entering August the Rockies were just 3 games over the .500 mark and the pitching staff, as expected was struggling. With a staff looking more like AAA it started to find a groove and no team won more games over the final 2months.

The “ace” John Hood had gone 17-32 in his 3 years in Colorado, but went 18-12 with a very nice 3.80 ERA. Shawn Thacker took his 4 career victories and went 8-0 down the stretch. Francisco Alvarado at 31 had 1 Major League win, but picked this year to go 16-7. Gabriel Cantu, a 2nd round pick 7 years ago racked up 10 wins, he entered the season 14-19 for his career. Raul Gonzales joined the rotation in late July and was 5-1 before losing his final 2 starts. So a rotation that had a won a total of just 37 games in the last 3 years managed to keep the team in the playoff race until the final week. But as amazing it was to see a no-name pitching staff flirt with success, the real story is the offense and what a story it was.

In 2028 the Boston Red Sox became the first AL team to hit over 200 HR’s in the last 5 years. Th Pirates and Cubs in the NL hit over 200 pretty regularly, but the Rockies for the 2nd straight hit over 300! What made this year so special was the peformances turned in by 3 very special players.

24 year old 2B Matt Tolbert started out by hitting 17 HR’s in April to win the NL POM. He finished the season hitting .357 with 57 homers and drove in 164 runs and none of those 3 stats even lead his own team. 1B Donald Robinson a 7th round pick in 2020 was 2nd in the league with 59 HR’s had an amazing 182 RBI’s most since Roger Scoles 14 years ago, and he hit .361. Robinson has hit 151 HR’s in his first 3 big league seasons, he has driven in 412 runs in those seasons. But, amazing as those stats are, 34 year old David LaRoche stole the show.

LaRoche’s 10th full season with the Rockies was his best hitting .367 with 53 HR’s, 112 RBI’s and his 181 runs scored was a CDL single season record. He has hit over 40 homers in 8 straight years, has scored, walked and driven in over 100 in all 10 of those years. Only 3 players in CDL history have had a better single season OPS (1.220) and Slugging % (.746). His 181 runs scored bettered Pujols record of 180, set 20 years ago.

After finishing 36 games behind in 2027 the Rockies only fell 4 games short this year. Over 1 million more fans , an improving young pitching staff should make for an exciting end to the deacde. If not, well there’s always that offense!

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CDL 2029 Pre-Season Schedule

Filed under: — MinnesotaTwins @ 5:06 pm
    CDL 2029 Pre-Season Schedule

Sim 1: Winter Meetings/Free Agency (December 1-5, 2028 game time)
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Sim 2: Winter Meetings/Free Agency (December 6-11, 2028 game time)
Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Sim 3: Free Agency (December 12-18, 2028 game time)
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 (Late sim: Export Deadline is 10 PM CST)

Sim 4: Free Agency (December 19-27, 2028 game time)
Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Sim 5: Free Agency (December 28, 2028 - January 6, 2029 game time)
Monday, August 25th, 2008

Sim 6: Free Agency (January 7-27, 2029 game time)
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Sim 7: Free Agency/OOTP Pre-Season Begins (January 28- March 2, 2029 game time)
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Sim 8: Free Agency and Spring Training 1 (March 2-15, 2029 game time)
Friday, August 29th, 2008 (Late sim: Export Deadline is 10 PM CST)

Sim 9: Free Agency and Spring Training 2 [Amateur Draft Pool is revealed] (March 15-April 1, 2029 game time)
Monday, September 1st, 2008

First sim of 2027 (April 1-April 15, 2029 game time)
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Rest of 2027 regular season sims (April 15th-until end of season, 2029 game time )
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays simming apx. 15 game days per sim

Regular season sim Plus Amateur Draft [Rounds 1-2 by list] (June 14, 2029 game time)
Friday, September 12th, 2008 [Late sim: Export Deadline is 10 PM CST AND League file will be even later than usual due to Amateur Draft rnds 1-2 after sim]

Regular season sim Plus Amateur Draft [Rounds 3-10 by list] (June 15, 2029 game time)
Monday, September 15th, 2008 [Note: League file will be late due to Amateur Draft rnds 3-10 before sim]

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8/15/2008

Your 2028 CDL Champions: The Chicago Cubs!

Filed under: — MinnesotaTwins @ 11:13 pm


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The 2028 CDL Champions….

Filed under: — MinnesotaTwins @ 10:43 pm

….are…

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8/13/2008

2028 CDL World Series!

Filed under: — MinnesotaTwins @ 9:23 pm

THE 2028 COOPERSTOWN DIAMOND LEGENDS WORLD SERIES

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

VS

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

Sim will be late Friday Night (August 15, 2008) with Exports due by 10 PM CST!

GOOD LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS!

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8/11/2008

2028 Playoff Matchups

Filed under: — MinnesotaTwins @ 9:23 pm
American
League
VS VS
National
League
VS VS
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8/8/2008

September 16th, 2028 League Leaders

Filed under: — MinnesotaTwins @ 11:28 pm
American League
West Central East Wildcard

National League
West Central East Wildcard

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