[stl jason]

Looking to bring back 'old timey' baseball, the GM of the Waffletown Syrups is searching for throwback players to model a team after quality men like Carlton Molesworth, Bumpus Jones, Phenomenal Smith, Pretzels Geitzen, Pussy Tebeau, and Butts Wagner. While all players are welcome to practice and play for the team during spring training, it is the hope of management that they can field their old timey team when their rookie league season starts next year.

As the first draft picks arrive in Waffletown and are dropped off at Waffle Iron Park (also known as 'The Spile'), the new players milled about the grounds to get to know their new home. First baseman George H Burns stood at home plate and stared out pensively at the field. He waved over second baseman Eddie Collins Sr and put an arm around him and pointed at the ground in front of them.

"Gary Sheffield (the top/gold card from the starter pack) stood on this very spot and said... 'There is no way in hell I'm playing in this dump.'" Burns said to Collins.

While Waffletown has their work cutout for them to create their throwback team, they are off to a decent start with seven players who fit the mold and are eager to show what they can do:

1B - George H Burns (1926)
2B - Eddie Collins Sr (1911)
3B - Eddie Yost (1952)
LF - Allie Clark (1948) - (recent addition from the auction house to replace Jason Kipnis)
DH/RF - Paul Waner (1932)
SP - Bob Turley (1957)
SP - Larry Jansen (1947)

As June comes to an end, Waffletown finds themselves 9 games over .500 and 10 games back of the league lead with a record of 43-34. Bob Turley is off to a solid start at the top of the rotation, leading the team in wins, ERA and strikeouts; and while Gary Sheffield has expressed his desire to play elsewhere, he has performed well for the team to this point in the hopes he can impress another team and be traded elsewhere.