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toanstrom · 06-23-2004, 01:43 AM

-CBL Weekly 5/16/88-
CAROLINA HOGS (24-15 8th in Power Rankings)

Well it looks like the Hogs magic is running out. They have dropped 7 out of their last eight and both the offense and the pitching seem to have run a ground. They have plummeted to 13th in ERA and 18th in runs scored. Stiles, Rivas and Loose have all fallen off in the last week and Freeman Evers has gotten absolutely rocked in his last three starts. Says manager Melvin Young, “We don’t know what is wrong with Freeman right now, we don’t think its an issue of mechanics, he’s a good pitcher and if I keep running him out there he’ll get things straightened out.” The team hasn’t walked as much as management would like, in fact they are 31st in the league in the category, not particularly good for a team that was supposed to be built around the walk. For all of these negatives they are still clinging to first place by half a game and manager Melvin Young has them playing 3 games over their expected Pythagorean record. Despite their troubles this week, they are still playing quite well.

HOGS NOTES:
David Straley did not clear wavers and went to the New York Emperors, the worst team in baseball. In his place the Hogs surprised everybody by calling up 25 year old Kendall Hagy over pitchers Bill Cariello, Gregory Davis and Paul Abell. “Well Paul was hurt, otherwise he might have gotten the call,” said GM Tom Anstrom Greg is a good pitcher and Bill has great stuff but we just felt that Kendall was a great fit. His record is outstanding in AAA and even though our scouting director isn’t wild about his skills his first outing with a 2 strikeout scoreless inning shows that he has the stuff to make it in this league.”

06-23-2004, 01:43 AM	#21
toanstrom Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 277	Weekly Report -CBL Weekly 5/16/88- CAROLINA HOGS (24-15 8th in Power Rankings) Well it looks like the Hogs magic is running out. They have dropped 7 out of their last eight and both the offense and the pitching seem to have run a ground. They have plummeted to 13th in ERA and 18th in runs scored. Stiles, Rivas and Loose have all fallen off in the last week and Freeman Evers has gotten absolutely rocked in his last three starts. Says manager Melvin Young, “We don’t know what is wrong with Freeman right now, we don’t think its an issue of mechanics, he’s a good pitcher and if I keep running him out there he’ll get things straightened out.” The team hasn’t walked as much as management would like, in fact they are 31st in the league in the category, not particularly good for a team that was supposed to be built around the walk. For all of these negatives they are still clinging to first place by half a game and manager Melvin Young has them playing 3 games over their expected Pythagorean record. Despite their troubles this week, they are still playing quite well. HOGS NOTES: David Straley did not clear wavers and went to the New York Emperors, the worst team in baseball. In his place the Hogs surprised everybody by calling up 25 year old Kendall Hagy over pitchers Bill Cariello, Gregory Davis and Paul Abell. “Well Paul was hurt, otherwise he might have gotten the call,” said GM Tom Anstrom Greg is a good pitcher and Bill has great stuff but we just felt that Kendall was a great fit. His record is outstanding in AAA and even though our scouting director isn’t wild about his skills his first outing with a 2 strikeout scoreless inning shows that he has the stuff to make it in this league.”