[Nick Soulis]

Season #1
April
STANDINGS

Northern Division	W	L	PCT	GB
New York Giants 1905	18	8	.692	-
Montreal Expos 1994	17	10	.630	1.5
Los Angeles Dodgers 1962	14	14	.500	5.0
Texas Rangers 1998	13	13	.500	5.0
Chicago White Sox 1901	12	14	.462	6.0
San Francisco Giants 1989	11	15	.423	7.0
Chicago White Sox 1920	11	15	.423	7.0
Seattle Mariners 2003	10	17	.370	8.5

Team News

1905 Giants - John McGraw and the 1905 Giants set the early pace in season one as they finish the month strong behind five wins from their ace Christy Mathewson and another five from Red Ames . The Giants are leading the league in ERA but have little use for a bullpen; something that may hurt them later.

1994 Expos - A tough injury to Larry Walker but the Expos are showing how good they may be early. The team is first in most hitting catagories including one game this month where they put up 24 hits against the 89 Giants.

1962 Dodgers - The Dodgers have been just average to start although Ron Parranowski already has seven saves. Sandy Koufax leads the league in strikeouts but has already allowed 22 earned runs in seven starts.

1998 Rangers - The most home runs in the league thus far and the Rangers have surprised alot of folks with their 13-13 record. Juan Gonzalez is in fine form hitting .343 with 26 RBI for the month of April.

1901 White Sox - The Sox are first in steals and hit only five home runs in April. Still the team is in every game and leads the league in on base percentage (.363) Zaza Harvey is batting .340.

1989 Giants - Other then Will Clark (.367) the Giants are having issues with the bats, last in the league in most offensive catagories. The bullpen has been slow as well with Mike LaCoss sporting an ERA of 8.21 and three losses.

1920 White Sox - Shoeless Joe is batting .388 for the month but the Sox pitching is dead last in the league. Injuries havent helped as Swede Risberg and Happy Felsch have both missed significant time.

2003 Mariners - This team seems overmatched early and had a bad six game losing streak in the middle of the month. With only nine home runs for the month for a modern team, the pop is lacking.

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Batter of the month: Felipe Alou - 94 Expos (.414, 3 HR, 19 RBI)
Pitcher of the month: Christy Mathewson - 05 Giants (5-1, 2.48 ERA, 25 K)

Major Injuries:
Candy Maldonado - 89 Giants (Out for season)
Sammy Strang - 05 Giants (Out for season)
Larry Walker - 94 Expos (4-5 weeks)

Acomplishments:
Mike Cameron - 03 Mariners (CYCLE on 4/8 against 05 Giants)