1st April 1889
After a season to forget the fans of the Beaneaters are just hoping for some decent form this year so that they can at least enjoy the season a little. The independent league assessors didn't have good news for the fans from their prediction. They cannot see any improvement from the Beaneaters this year and are again expecting them to finish last in the NL table with a record of 64-90.
The MLB have decided not to make any changes this year and have left the season as 154 games long.
The GM and Manager were pleased by the attitude from the players during a tough set of pre season training sessions. This made their job of picking the opening day roster all the more difficult. They finally came up with the following 25 names as their opening day squad.
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