1st April 1889
Last season the team from Cleveland disappointed their fans by falling away from the pennant in the last month or so. This year the fans are hoping they can hold it together all season to bring the pennant home. The independent league assessors think that the squad has improved and that the team may just be able to win the pennant this year. They are predicting a 1st place finish in the AL table with a 98-56 record.
The MLB have decided not to make any changes this year and have left the season as 154 games long.
The players all arrived early for this seasons spring training and were raring to get into the work too try and bring the pennant home. This pleased the GM and Manager no end as they could use these good workouts to select the 25 players that would make up the opening day roster. This roster is given below.
Pitching
Batting
