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1871 Jersey City Hudsons Opening Day Preview
A look at our team going into Opening Day:
Starting Lineup
L Joe Ryder, CF
R Fred Humphries, LF
S Thomas Kling, 2B
L William Day, RF
R Jim Farr, 1B
L Joe Millett, C
R Edgar Haney, 3B
R Joseph Cuff, SS
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Bench
R Larry Fogg, C
L Mark Flazenor, 1B
R Bill Kiernan, 2B
R Steve Martin, LF
R Pete Nicol, LF
Pitching Staff
SP L Charles Edmondson
ST L John Goodfellow
I’m pretty happy with this team. The predictions have us finishing 3rd, just 2 games back from the favorites the New York Empire Citys. We have some depth on the reserve roster but we have no 3rd pitcher. So if Edmondson or Goodfellow have any sort of serious injury I’m going to have to make a trade.
On the farm system side of things, our system is ranked first in the league. There are only 47 prospects in the entire league, and we have a good chunk of them:
SP Charles Edmondson, 7th
RF William Day, 10th
3B Charlie Kelly, 16th
3B John Kling, 17th
LF Fred Humphries, 22nd
SS Joseph Cuff, 30th
C Larry Fogg, 32nd
3B William France, 35th
C Ira Turner, 36th
CF John Smiley, 39th
2B George Corcoran, 43rd
CF John Bowers, 45th
LF Ed Virtue, 47th
Now it’s time to start the season. In 1871, the MBA will have a 28-game season, one game per week. We start the season at home against the Troy Trojans.
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