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Paulie123 · 12-02-2015, 06:33 PM

The Oakland Telegraph
8 April 2029
Baseball is back! Bates features at #2 in Top 100 Prospects List
By Red E. Forbaseball, new season correspondent

The long, dark, interminable winter without baseball is over. The 2029 regular season begins later today with the odd and inexplicable tradition of a single National League game, before every other team sets sail on the Starship OneSixTwo tomorrow, on their journeys toward the distant Planet Postseason. Only ten teams will make it to that strange, far away world; the other twenty will crash into an asteroid, suffer acute radiation sickness, or drift off, forever lost in the black depths of space. We've taken this analogy far enough now.

The starting gun for every new season is the publication by the Baseball News Network of their Top 100 Prospects list. At least it is for this organ; we're so disorganised that we forget the baseball season is coming until the BNN press release pops into our inbox. A very pleasant surprise for Oakland, particularly given the team's emphasis on strong pitching, is the appearance of last year's first round draft pick, 18-year-old starter Carl Bates, at position #2.

Minor league manager Ron Washington-Deecy was pleased that the club placed 5 prospects on the list in total. Making their final appearance are Liam Brown (#26) and Gonzalo Avila (#54), who will begin the season on the A's active roster. Reliever Joe Byrd (#74) and offseason trade acquisition catcher Miguel Rojas (#84) complete the set.

12-02-2015, 06:33 PM	#145
Paulie123 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Manchester, England Posts: 1,945	The Oakland Telegraph 8 April 2029 Baseball is back! Bates features at #2 in Top 100 Prospects List By Red E. Forbaseball, new season correspondent The long, dark, interminable winter without baseball is over. The 2029 regular season begins later today with the odd and inexplicable tradition of a single National League game, before every other team sets sail on the Starship OneSixTwo tomorrow, on their journeys toward the distant Planet Postseason. Only ten teams will make it to that strange, far away world; the other twenty will crash into an asteroid, suffer acute radiation sickness, or drift off, forever lost in the black depths of space. We've taken this analogy far enough now. The starting gun for every new season is the publication by the Baseball News Network of their Top 100 Prospects list. At least it is for this organ; we're so disorganised that we forget the baseball season is coming until the BNN press release pops into our inbox. A very pleasant surprise for Oakland, particularly given the team's emphasis on strong pitching, is the appearance of last year's first round draft pick, 18-year-old starter Carl Bates, at position #2. Minor league manager Ron Washington-Deecy was pleased that the club placed 5 prospects on the list in total. Making their final appearance are Liam Brown (#26) and Gonzalo Avila (#54), who will begin the season on the A's active roster. Reliever Joe Byrd (#74) and offseason trade acquisition catcher Miguel Rojas (#84) complete the set. __________________ My dynasties: Part 1 - Oakland A's 2024 and Beyond Dynasty Part 2 - The Secret Diary of Paulie Beane, Aged 43 3/4 The State Capitals League - https://forums.ootpdevelopments.com/...10&postcount=1 Last edited by Paulie123; 01-26-2016 at 06:53 PM.