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Originally Posted by Charlatan

Annandale in June

The Atom Smashers looked forward to this month: Annandale had a chip on their shoulder as they played Waffletown seven times in June - Waffletown was the team that knocked the Atom Smashers out of the playoffs last year. And those losses still stung. However, revenge was on the menu as Annandale took three of four in the first series, and swept the second three-game series.

I think after this month we're ready to move on from that grudge.

Being a team built on defense, Annandale expects to win a lot of close, low scoring games. The surprising aspect of this season is that our batters seem to have caught fire. Newcomer 70OVR George Vukovich is leading the way with a .333/.383/.453 line. 78OVR Dom Dimaggio ("the other Dimaggio") is right behind at .280/.337/.458. Maybe there's something in the water? Heck, even 67OVR Larry Bowa has an OPS of .750!

Our pitching is doing great - good pitching supported by great defense makes the pitchers look good. 77OVR Juan Marichal, who came to Annandale at the end of last year, is 8-3 with a 3.46 ERA. 78OVR Fred Newcomer, (uh, who's also a... wait for it... newcomer!) who came to Annandale at the start of this year, is also 8-3 but with a 2.74 ERA. Our starting pitchers kindly thank the infield staff for their attention to groundballs.

Give a bit shout out to 82G Rico Carty, who's just arrived to the clubhouse. Rico's going to be splitting DH duties with Julio Franco and will eventually take over DH full time. Given the defense focus of our team, we have confiscated his glove.

Annandale's going to have a busy month as we play the Puppies 6x, the Road Dogs 3x, and the Gutter Cats 3x. It's an animal-filled month! I hope we've got our rabies shots up to date.

I think you just outbid me on Carty. :P