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Bluellama44 · 07-24-2019, 10:04 AM

4/4/11
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Opening Day: Opening Day 2011 has finally arrived. Break out the bats and the balls -- the new season is here! The grass is green and the stadiums are refurbished for the start of a new season. Baseball is back in the American Baseball League! These games are on tap today:

Ft. Worth Pioneers @ Portland Moose
Carolina Flyers @ Brooklyn Robins
Boston Doves @ Miami Flamingos
Cleveland Lakers @ Los Angeles Mastodons
New York Skyliners @ Baltimore Cannons

At last, opening day! We don’t play on opening day, but on the day after.
Season Expectation: Dan,

Welcome to the new season. I hope that the off-season has treated you well! This is also a reminder that you should at least be .500. I need improvement. Enough of these bad records.

I’m confident in you, just get it done.

Good Luck!
Joey Hilton

That’s also my goal. Coming off of 4 bad seasons, it’s time for improvement.

(4/4/11) Jesse Whitley, a former Bruins LR, signed with Boston.

Depth chart going into 2011:

Outfield: The opening day starters will be Carlos Pirelli (LF), Steve Brockway (CF), and T.J. Keough (RF). Billy Busch will start the year in AAA and will have to prove that he’s ready for the big leagues at 26. 36 year old Alvaro Santana and 29 year old Jaime Bouffard will be coming off the bench. Orlando Sanchez will be in AAA San Bernardino. BNN considers Thacker the #1 prospect, but Tim prefers Sanchez, so I do too.

Infield: Bobby Rittmeyer, one of our acquisitions from the first trade with Atlanta, will be manning the 3rd base position. At 25, he is the 2nd youngest starting position player on the team. Vasquez, a defensive ace at shortstop will indeed be starting at his favored position. Francisco Serna, the man who I believe is the best player on the Bruins, will be starting at 2B, creating a very good defensive double play combo. At first base will be Robbie Sandoval, a spring training star and the centerpiece of the same deal that also brought Bobby Rittmeyer and Mark Ready to Chicago.

Catchers: Ed Olloqui will start at catcher, with Collin Coy coming off the bench.

Starting Pitchers: Our 2 new acquisitions will be our 1-2 punch, with Juan Garcia as our ace and Frank Santana at the #2 spot. Noah Hampton will be 3rd, and Tomita will be 4th. Tony Brower will start the year rounding out the rotation, but will be replaced by Jake McNeil if he consistently falters. Due to a poor spring training, Sanchez will start the year in AAA San Bernardino. After all, he didn’t have much time there last year.

Relief Pitchers: Jesus Balderrama will close out games for us. I want to develop his confidence at the position, and taking it away from him is not the way to do so. Scott Fitzhugh will be the setup man, and should be a pretty good mentor for Balderrama and Jason Goodman. Mark Ready, Sam Vance, and Ryan Taylor, and lefty Jason Goodman will be the middle relievers, with Jake McNeil being the current long reliever. Manuel Castro suggested that Jim Mizner would be a specialist and go against righties. That’s pretty odd, but he’s a successful manager, so I’ll let him try it.

The Bruins are predicted to go 74-80. I’m ready to smash that out of the water.

We start the season with a 3 game series against the San Francisco Seals. It will be played in Chicago, giving us the home field advantage.

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Bluellama44 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 101	4/4/11 ablnewsandrumors.com Opening Day: Opening Day 2011 has finally arrived. Break out the bats and the balls -- the new season is here! The grass is green and the stadiums are refurbished for the start of a new season. Baseball is back in the American Baseball League! These games are on tap today: Ft. Worth Pioneers @ Portland Moose Carolina Flyers @ Brooklyn Robins Boston Doves @ Miami Flamingos Cleveland Lakers @ Los Angeles Mastodons New York Skyliners @ Baltimore Cannons At last, opening day! We don’t play on opening day, but on the day after. Season Expectation: Dan, Welcome to the new season. I hope that the off-season has treated you well! This is also a reminder that you should at least be .500. I need improvement. Enough of these bad records. I’m confident in you, just get it done. Good Luck! Joey Hilton That’s also my goal. Coming off of 4 bad seasons, it’s time for improvement. (4/4/11) Jesse Whitley, a former Bruins LR, signed with Boston. Depth chart going into 2011: Outfield: The opening day starters will be Carlos Pirelli (LF), Steve Brockway (CF), and T.J. Keough (RF). Billy Busch will start the year in AAA and will have to prove that he’s ready for the big leagues at 26. 36 year old Alvaro Santana and 29 year old Jaime Bouffard will be coming off the bench. Orlando Sanchez will be in AAA San Bernardino. BNN considers Thacker the #1 prospect, but Tim prefers Sanchez, so I do too. Infield: Bobby Rittmeyer, one of our acquisitions from the first trade with Atlanta, will be manning the 3rd base position. At 25, he is the 2nd youngest starting position player on the team. Vasquez, a defensive ace at shortstop will indeed be starting at his favored position. Francisco Serna, the man who I believe is the best player on the Bruins, will be starting at 2B, creating a very good defensive double play combo. At first base will be Robbie Sandoval, a spring training star and the centerpiece of the same deal that also brought Bobby Rittmeyer and Mark Ready to Chicago. Catchers: Ed Olloqui will start at catcher, with Collin Coy coming off the bench. Starting Pitchers: Our 2 new acquisitions will be our 1-2 punch, with Juan Garcia as our ace and Frank Santana at the #2 spot. Noah Hampton will be 3rd, and Tomita will be 4th. Tony Brower will start the year rounding out the rotation, but will be replaced by Jake McNeil if he consistently falters. Due to a poor spring training, Sanchez will start the year in AAA San Bernardino. After all, he didn’t have much time there last year. Relief Pitchers: Jesus Balderrama will close out games for us. I want to develop his confidence at the position, and taking it away from him is not the way to do so. Scott Fitzhugh will be the setup man, and should be a pretty good mentor for Balderrama and Jason Goodman. Mark Ready, Sam Vance, and Ryan Taylor, and lefty Jason Goodman will be the middle relievers, with Jake McNeil being the current long reliever. Manuel Castro suggested that Jim Mizner would be a specialist and go against righties. That’s pretty odd, but he’s a successful manager, so I’ll let him try it. The Bruins are predicted to go 74-80. I’m ready to smash that out of the water. We start the season with a 3 game series against the San Francisco Seals. It will be played in Chicago, giving us the home field advantage.