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June 1, 2003
The Warriors righted the ship in May, going 17-10 in the month, and are now 30-24 overall. We still are six games out of first place, behind the Adamond Bruins, the only team in the TBL who has not won a championship (now that we have). The Bruins made a big splash last season prior to last season, signing Pitcher of the Year Aiden Montpetit, but they lost 101 games anyway. Montpetit is 9-0 with a 1.94 ERA this year, and their offense looks pretty good all of a sudden.
Lou Harte continued his strong start and is now hitting .329 with eight homers. Randy Rojo leads the team with 12 home runs. The back end of the rotation turned things around and the starting five have a 3.89 ERA overall, not too bad.
We sustained two major injuries in the month... Michael Schneider needed surgery to remove a bone spur in his elbow, and will miss 4-5 months. It's possible he'll be back for October, time will tell. And Nate Bambrick tore his PCL and will miss the rest of the year. This gave me the opportunity to plug Wyatt Cox into the lineup at long last, and also to call up Luis Del Rosario.
I selected high schooler Rick Pugh with the #16 overall pick in the draft; Pugh projects as a very good hitter, though probably will ultimately be limited to first base.
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