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CecilCooper · 06-13-2004, 10:25 AM

Welcome back everyone. It's time to take a look at two more teams in the Association. This time we will start with the Federal League leading Denver Diablos.

The Diablos are standing at 39-26 .5 games up on New York and a full game up on Detroit. They have an $86 mil payroll and a maxed out Fan Interest. Denver has, so far, sold out every game at Devil's Den Field this season. Leading the team on the mound is their Closer, 38 year old, Wilbert Blackmore. He is 5-0 17 SV, 2.08, in 30 games. For Starters, they are alright. The top 2 are 3 time all-star George Hults who is 35 and has a 6-4 record with a 2.86 ERA. And 4-time all-star Larry McLean who is 9-1 4.03. 1B Mario Frost is leading the bats .310-7-42. They also have a great platoon going at Catcher with Jay Gibson (.333-1-15) and Eric Johnson (.352-4-23). It's only a shame they have to share the duties. The team home run leader right now is 3B Jeffrey King with 13, but he is only batting .220. In the minors, 23 year old RF Cornell Alcott is tearing up Fort Collins (A) with a .303-13-44 clip. There is also a pair of 23 year old SP to keep an eye on at Cheyenne (AA). Harold Ladouceur 9-2 2.52 and Samuel Haug 3-6 3.16. Even though a lot of Denver's starters are 35 and older, it looks like they have ample replacements building.

Now it's time for a team that I don't believe I have mentioned since the first post of this thread. The Dayton Dragons. Dayton is 31-33 9.5 games back of Las Vegas and sitting in 5th. The Dragons have a Fan Interest of 55 and a payroll of 49 million. Their ability to hit into the open spots of the field is their only reason they are still have a chance to make some noise. 3B Benjamin Hawkes (.338-13-38), 1B Steve Croom (.325-8-40), and SS Jeffrey Moyes (.314-10-26) are the hitting leaders of this team. Only 1 starter needs mention right now and that is Franklin Paynter (9-2 2.16). The bullpen seems very solid with the highest ERA of the bunch being 3.52 and that is the only one over 3. There are a couple of nice SP's at Canton (A). They are 18 year old Joseph Glenn (6-5 3.01) and 21 year old Rufus Hyde (1-1 1.74) and so far Rufus has given up 9 hits in over 20 innings. Frank Kempf is a 25 year old 2B at Toeldo (AA) .282-7-31 that needs to be watched.

06-13-2004, 10:25 AM	#19
CecilCooper Major Leagues Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Arlington, TX Posts: 444	Denver Diablos and Dayton Dragons Welcome back everyone. It's time to take a look at two more teams in the Association. This time we will start with the Federal League leading Denver Diablos. The Diablos are standing at 39-26 .5 games up on New York and a full game up on Detroit. They have an $86 mil payroll and a maxed out Fan Interest. Denver has, so far, sold out every game at Devil's Den Field this season. Leading the team on the mound is their Closer, 38 year old, Wilbert Blackmore. He is 5-0 17 SV, 2.08, in 30 games. For Starters, they are alright. The top 2 are 3 time all-star George Hults who is 35 and has a 6-4 record with a 2.86 ERA. And 4-time all-star Larry McLean who is 9-1 4.03. 1B Mario Frost is leading the bats .310-7-42. They also have a great platoon going at Catcher with Jay Gibson (.333-1-15) and Eric Johnson (.352-4-23). It's only a shame they have to share the duties. The team home run leader right now is 3B Jeffrey King with 13, but he is only batting .220. In the minors, 23 year old RF Cornell Alcott is tearing up Fort Collins (A) with a .303-13-44 clip. There is also a pair of 23 year old SP to keep an eye on at Cheyenne (AA). Harold Ladouceur 9-2 2.52 and Samuel Haug 3-6 3.16. Even though a lot of Denver's starters are 35 and older, it looks like they have ample replacements building. Now it's time for a team that I don't believe I have mentioned since the first post of this thread. The Dayton Dragons. Dayton is 31-33 9.5 games back of Las Vegas and sitting in 5th. The Dragons have a Fan Interest of 55 and a payroll of 49 million. Their ability to hit into the open spots of the field is their only reason they are still have a chance to make some noise. 3B Benjamin Hawkes (.338-13-38), 1B Steve Croom (.325-8-40), and SS Jeffrey Moyes (.314-10-26) are the hitting leaders of this team. Only 1 starter needs mention right now and that is Franklin Paynter (9-2 2.16). The bullpen seems very solid with the highest ERA of the bunch being 3.52 and that is the only one over 3. There are a couple of nice SP's at Canton (A). They are 18 year old Joseph Glenn (6-5 3.01) and 21 year old Rufus Hyde (1-1 1.74) and so far Rufus has given up 9 hits in over 20 innings. Frank Kempf is a 25 year old 2B at Toeldo (AA) .282-7-31 that needs to be watched.