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My earlier assessment of the San Diego Sharks was correct. Window of opportunity for promotion to Perfect League has passed as new missions and the attendant flurry of activity have come and gone. Under .500 last week and this week, and I'm not sitting on my 21st straight Diamond season only to see another 72-90 which just misses relegation.
I've blown up the team and sold everyone worth selling in search of PP, which means I expect to get clobbered in the second half this week. Gone: Jackie, Mantle, Lynn, Hubbell, Scherzer, Paige, Hilton Smith, and a few others in exchange for about 700,000 PP, which I intend to spend on the next round of Spotlight packs. It's the only way forward since I'm not about to open the spending tap. We'll see how far those packs go in filling out the lineup, which actually looks pretty good as a Gold league entrant if my expected relegation happens this week.
What's left:
Ca - Gibson and Mathis
1B - Mize
2B - Doby
3B - Diamond Jackie
SS- Yount and Bancroft
LF - Billy Hamilton
CF- Mookie Betts (Yount v. lefties)
RF- Torriente (Betts v. lefties)
DH- Snider and Kiner
SP- Donaldson, Blyleven, Lolich, Manning, and Newcombe
RP- Roberts, Santana, Dotel, Ryan, and Jansen
Definitely time to switch back to a park that smothers home runs, as I'm looking to fill out with high BABIP hitters and don't have a lot of power bats with this (un)build.
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