Mulligan!!! The Devil Rays Get A Fresh Start

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 12:01 PM

This dynasty will be my attempt to re-write the history of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I will start by using Ankit's database (import year 1998). This dynasty will be played in v6.5 and will start with the team as it existed on Opening Day. (In other words I will not be re-doing the expansion draft...so I will have to live with Kevin Stocker!!!) I have set-up the league to mirror MLB...so finacials, waivers, etc. will all be on. I will not be importing the real schedule, but will allow the AI to create one every season. Japanese and Cuban players will not be allowed to enter league, but retired players may come back.

I will be GM'ing the Devil Rays and the AI all other squads. I will not play out any games, but will be simming only one day at a time, so that I can micro-manage all aspects of the squad.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 12:19 PM

1998 Opening Day Rosters

Rotation
1) Rolando Arrojo
2) Tony Saunders
3) Wilson Alavrez
4) Bryan Rekar
5) Dennis Springer

Middle Relievers
Esteban Yan
Rick White
Dan Carlson

Set Up Men
Albie Lopez
Jim Mecir

Closer
Roberto Hernandez

Lineups
CF Quinton McCracken
SS Aaron Ledesma
LF Bubba Trammell
1B Fred McGriff
DH Paul Sorrento
3B Wade Boggs
RF Dave Martinez
C John Flaherty
2B Miguel Cairo

Bench
C Mike Difelice
3B Bobby Smith
SS Kevin Stocker
OF Mike Kelly
OF Randy Winn

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 12:29 PM

Devil Rays 1998 April Schedule

1-3 at NY Yankees
5-7 at Boston
8-11 vs Baltimore
12-14 at Detroit
15-17 vs NY Yankees
18-20 vs CH White Sox
22-25 at Anaheim
26-27 at Minnesota
28-29 vs Anaheim

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 12:34 PM

3/30/1998

No Transactions

Scheduled Pitching Matchups vs Yankees

4/1 Rolando Arrojo vs David Cone
4/2 Tony Saunders vs Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez
4/3 Wilson Alvarez vs Andy Pettitte

Next Up:

Devil Rays take field for 1st time against David Cone and the New York Yankees.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 12:55 PM

4/1/1998

NY Yankees 3 Devil Rays 0

WP Cone 1-0
LP Arrojo 0-1
S Rivera 1

HR None

Game Highlights:
David Cone strikes out 13 Rays in 8 innings.

Wade Boggs collects 1st ever Rays hit.

Transactions: None

News: Wade Boggs announces that he will retire at season's end, seriously jeopardizing his chance at 3000. With today's 2 hits he sits at 2802.

League News:
SF SP Shawn Estes suffers a strained tricep muscle and is expected to miss 8-9 weeks.
ATL Greg Maddux throws a CG 2 hit shutout against FL. He struck out 11 hitters on 129 pitches.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 01:14 PM

Box Score 4/1/1998

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
New York (A) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 9 0

Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
Q. Mccracken CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0
A. Ledesma SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250 0 0
B. Trammell LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 0 0
F. Mcgriff 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0
P. Sorrento DH 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .250 0 0
W. Boggs 3B 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 .667 0 0
D. Martinez RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0
J. Flaherty C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0
M. Cairo 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0 0 14 8 .156 0 0
BATTING
Team LOB: 3

FIELDING
Double Plays: 3 (Cairo-Ledesma-Mcgriff, Mcgriff-Ledesma-Mcgriff, Cairo-Ledesma-Mcgriff)

New York (A) AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
C. Knoblauch 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250 0 0
D. Jeter SS 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 .750 0 0
B. Williams CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 .333 0 1
T. Martinez 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0
P. O'neill RF 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .250 0 1
C. Davis DH 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 0 0
C. Curtis LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0
J. Posada C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 0 0
S. Brosius 3B 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .667 0 1
Totals 29 3 9 3 3 7 13 .310 0 3
BATTING
Doubles: B. Williams (1, 1st inning off Arrojo, 1 on, 1 out.)
Runs Batted In: B. Williams (1), P. O'neill (1), S. Brosius (1)
Stolen Bases: C. Knoblauch (1), C. Curtis (1)
Team LOB: 7

Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
R. Arrojo L 8 9 3 3 3 7 0 128 67 3.38 0-1
PITCHING
Batters Faced: R. Arrojo 32
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R. Arrojo 8-5
Game Score: R. Arrojo 56

New York (A) IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
D. Cone W 8 5 0 0 0 13 0 116 73 0.00 1-0
M. Rivera S 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 5 0.00 1 SV
PITCHING
Wild Pitches: D. Cone
Batters Faced: D. Cone 29, M. Rivera 3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D. Cone 7-4, M. Rivera 2-0
Game Score: D. Cone 85

GAME INFO
Time: 3:03
Attendance: 44952 (45000, 99.9%) at Yankee Stadium II
Weather: Partly cloudy (47 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 17 mph
PLAYER OF THE GAME: David Cone
Game Notes:
David Cone sets a career high for K's in a game!

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 01:27 PM

4/2/1998

League News:
The Boston Red Sox trade 2B Lou Merloni to the Chicago White Sox for 3B Greg Norton.

Todays Matchup TAM @ NYY

Tony Saunders vs Orlando Hernandez

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 01:48 PM

4/2/1998

NY Yankees 8 Devil Rays 4

WP Hernandez (1-0)
LP Saunders (0-1)

HR
B Smith TB (1)
T Martinez NYY (1)

Game Highlights
El Duque strikes out 10 in 8.2 innings

Bobby Smith hits 1st ever Rays HR---a 2 run PH shot of Hideki Irabu in 9th.

Wade Boggs gets 1st ever Rays RBI and Paul Sorrento 1st ever Rays run on Boggs single in 9th.

Yankees throw 17.2 scoreless innings to open the 1998 campaign.

Transactions
None

League News
SF gets its 2nd major injury of the season, this time to Jeff Kent. Again the culprit is a tricep muscle. Kent will miss 5 weeks.

MIN 3B Ron Coomer has 2 HR and 9 RBI's in his 1st 2 games.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 02:14 PM

4/3/1998

Devil Rays 6 NY Yankees 5

WP Alvarez (1-0)
LP Wells (0-1)
S Hernandez (1)

HR
B Trammell TB (1)
T Martinez NYY 2 (3)

Game Highlights
Devil Rays win 1st ever game.

Wilson Alvarez gets 1st ever Rays win.

Roberto Hernandez gets 1st ever Rays save.

Rays SS Aaaron Ledesma goes 3 for 5 and is hitting .444 on the season thus far.

Yankees 1B Tino Martinez hits 2 HR's to give him 3 so far on the young season.

Transactions
None

League News and Highlights
ATL loses their young CL Kerry Ligtenberg for the year with (you guessed it!!) a torn tricep muscle.

TOR CF Jose Canseco has his 3rd straight multi-RBI game.

SF and PIT sweep their opening series in the NL.

BAL, ANA and TOR all start the year 3-0 as well in the AL.

Next Up For Rays....the Boston Red Sox in Fenway.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 02:37 PM

4/4/1998

NO Games Scheduled Today!!!

Devil Rays News
Manager Larry Rothschild announces that SP Dennis Springer will be skipped the 1st time through rotation.

Struggling RF Dave Martinez (0-11 to start season) will be benched in favor of rookie Randy Winn. Qinton McCracken will move to RF with the speedy Winn playing CF. Winn will also take over lead-off duties...with McCracken moving lower in the order.

League News
DET 2B Bip Roberts is traded to PIT for CF Jermaine Allensworth.

Probable Matchups for Red Sox series.

Bryan Rekar (NR) vs Steve Avery (NR)
Rolando Arrojo (0-1) vs Pedro Martinez (0-1)
Tony Saunders (0-1) vs Bret Saberhagen (0-1)

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 05:09 PM

4/5/1998

Devil Rays 10 Red Sox 9 (11)

WP R Hernandez (1-0)
LP Corsi (0-1)

HR
Stocker TB (1)
B Trammell TB (2)

Game Highlights
Bubba Trammell's solo HR in the Top of the 11th give the Ray's their 2nd victory in a row and 1st ever extra innings win.

The Rays hit SP Steve Avery and RP Rich Garces hard to open game, scoring 9 runs off of 13 hits off the duo in 4.2 innings.

Darren Lewis's 2nd 2B of the game plated 2 to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th.

Troy O'Leary had 3 hits for the Sox, while Kevin Stocker had the same for the Rays.

Rays Transactions
None

League News and Highlights (A flurry of trade activity)
SD trades SS Andy Sheets to COL for OF John Vanderwal

COL trades OF Dante Bichette to CHN for OF Henry Rodriguez

CLE trades OF Kenny Lofton to OAK for SS Miguel Tejeda, P Steve Connelly and CF Jack Voight (I have a feeling we'll be talking about this one in future years)

MIL claimed OF Brady Anderson off waivers from BAL

Several other more minor waiver claims were processed.

35 year old TOR SS Tony Fernandez leads all ML hitters with a .538 AVG.

TEX CF Mike Simms has already clubbed 5 HR's!!!

Next Up for Rays

A match-up with Pedro Martinez.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 06:11 PM

4/6/1998

Red Sox 8 Devil Rays 1

WP P Martinez (1-1)
LP Arrojo (0-2)

HR
None

Game Highlights
Pedro Martinez pitches a CG striking out 6 on 122 pitches.

DH Mike DiFelice (who came into game in 2nd inning for Bobby Smith who was ejected for arguing a called strike 3) doubled in the Rays lone run with 2 outs in the 9th to spoil a shutout for Martinez.

2B John Valentin and CF Darren Lewis each had 2 RBI's for the Sox.

Ray's 1B Fred McGriff went 0-3 to lower his average to .118.

Rays Transactions
None

League News and Highlights
TOR SP Roger Clemens pitches 7.2 scoreless innings while striking out 12 against the Indians.

TEX CF Mike Simms homers in his 3rd straight game and now has 6 on the season in only 19 AB's.

Every team in both leagues is now in the W column.

Next up for Rays

The series and road trip finale.

Tony Saunders (0-1) will go for Rays. Bret Saberhagen (0-1) gets the nod for the Red Sox.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 07:02 PM

4/7/1998

Red Sox 3 Devil Rays 1

WP Saberhagen (1-1)
LP Saunders (0-2)
S Lowe (1)

HR
J Valentin 2 (2)

Game Highlights
Bret Saberhagen pitches 8 innings of 1 run ball striking out 6 and walking 0.

Rays Tony Saunders was effectively wild holding the Sox to 3 runs in 7.1. He walked 5 and struckout 6.

Red Sox 2B John Valentin hit 2 solo Hr's.

Rays SS Kevin Stocker and 3B Wade Boggs both continue to swing hot bats as both had a pair of hits.

Rays Transactions
None

League News and Highlights
STL traded LF Mark Little to SF for RF Jacob Cruz

DET won their 4th game in a row behind rookie Brian Powell who earned his 1st major league win by pitching a CG shutout against the Twins.

NYY 1B Tino Martinez hit a HR in his 5th straight game!!! He has also driven in 11 during that span.

TEX CL John Wetteland collected his 4th save and leads all of baseball with that total.

Next Up For Rays

Opening Day in St Petersburg against the Orioles

Tampa looks to open Tropicana Field with a victory.
Wilson Alvarez (1-0) will square off against Scott Erickson (1-0)

CONN CHRIS · 12-01-2006, 07:33 PM

The only advice I can give you, and I say this having cursed at him while he was briefly in Detroit, is to get rid of Esteban Yan. Get rid of him now. Take a box of balls if that is all that is offered. Get rid of Esteban Yan now.

This should be fun to follow.

rudel.dietrich · 12-01-2006, 07:39 PM

I wonder how many games the fictional 98 Yankees will win?

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 08:08 PM

4/8/1998 Rays Lose Home Opener!!!

Orioles 4 Devil Rays 3

WP Erickson (2-0)
LP Alvarez (1-1)
S Rhodes (2)

HR
None

Game Highlights
Wade Boggs goes 3-3 (including 2 2B's) with 2 runs and is now hitting .448 on the year. He has hit safely in all 7 Ray's games and has multiple hits in 5.

2B Miguel Cairo also doubled twice for Rays.

RF Eric Davis had 3 hits for the Orioles.

Rays Transactions
None

League News and Highlights
Red Sox 2B John Valentin who has already proven to be a Ray's killer, falls victim to the dreaded Tricep injury and will be out 4-5 weeks.

The Yankees and Tigers are the AL's hottest clubs to start year. The Yankees have won 4 in a row and are 6-1 overall. The Tigers have won 5 straight and are 6-1 as well.

Pitching Probables for Rest of Orioles Series

4/9---Jimmy Key (0-0) vs Dennis Springer (NR)
4/10---Sidney Ponson (0-0) vs Bryan Rekar (0-0)
4/11---Doug Drabek (0-1) or Mike Mussina (1-1) vs Rolando Arrojo (0-2)

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CONN CHRIS

The only advice I can give you, and I say this having cursed at him while he was briefly in Detroit, is to get rid of Esteban Yan. Get rid of him now. Take a box of balls if that is all that is offered. Get rid of Esteban Yan now.

This should be fun to follow.

Yeah...Yan. An old nemesis of mine as well.

I will post his stats occasionly so that you cringe along with me.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fallschirmjager

I wonder how many games the fictional 98 Yankees will win?

It's only been a week...but I put the over/under at 103.

CONN CHRIS · 12-01-2006, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terpripken

Yeah...Yan. An old nemesis of mine as well.

I will post his stats occasionly so that you cringe along with me.

Thanks, I think.

If I recall correctly, he was Todd Jones without the control and a bit more snot on his fastball.

Not a guy to let get into a meaningful situation.

Terpripken · 12-01-2006, 09:45 PM

4/9/1998

Orioles 9 Devil Rays 4

WP Key (1-0)
LP D Springer (0-1)

HR
Hoiles BAL 2 (3)
McGriff TB 1

Game Highlights
O's C Chris Hoiles (2 solo HR's 3 runs) and CF Joe Carter (3 RBI's) pace a 12 hit attack.

Newly annointed CF Randy Winn has 3 hits and his hitting .438.

Rays starter Dennis Springer is tagged for 5 in 3.2 IP

Rays 3B Wade Boggs extends his hitting streak to 8 and steals only the 21st base of his long career.

Rays Transactions
None

League Highlights and News
The other NY team, the Mets win their 5th straight against Tom Glavine and the Braves.

ARI 3B Tony Batista hits 2 HR and drives in 5.

STL 1B Mark McGwire homers for 3rd straight game.

NYY 1B Tino Martinez hits his 7th.

Next Up for Rays

Bryan Rekar tries to grab 1st ever Rays home win and snap 4 game skid.

12-01-2006, 12:01 PM	#1
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	Mulligan!!! The Devil Rays Get A Fresh Start This dynasty will be my attempt to re-write the history of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. I will start by using Ankit's database (import year 1998). This dynasty will be played in v6.5 and will start with the team as it existed on Opening Day. (In other words I will not be re-doing the expansion draft...so I will have to live with Kevin Stocker!!!) I have set-up the league to mirror MLB...so finacials, waivers, etc. will all be on. I will not be importing the real schedule, but will allow the AI to create one every season. Japanese and Cuban players will not be allowed to enter league, but retired players may come back. I will be GM'ing the Devil Rays and the AI all other squads. I will not play out any games, but will be simming only one day at a time, so that I can micro-manage all aspects of the squad.

12-01-2006, 12:19 PM	#2
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	1998 Opening Day Rosters Rotation 1) Rolando Arrojo 2) Tony Saunders 3) Wilson Alavrez 4) Bryan Rekar 5) Dennis Springer Middle Relievers Esteban Yan Rick White Dan Carlson Set Up Men Albie Lopez Jim Mecir Closer Roberto Hernandez Lineups CF Quinton McCracken SS Aaron Ledesma LF Bubba Trammell 1B Fred McGriff DH Paul Sorrento 3B Wade Boggs RF Dave Martinez C John Flaherty 2B Miguel Cairo Bench C Mike Difelice 3B Bobby Smith SS Kevin Stocker OF Mike Kelly OF Randy Winn Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 12:21 PM.

12-01-2006, 12:55 PM	#5
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/1/1998 NY Yankees 3 Devil Rays 0 WP Cone 1-0 LP Arrojo 0-1 S Rivera 1 HR None Game Highlights: David Cone strikes out 13 Rays in 8 innings. Wade Boggs collects 1st ever Rays hit. Transactions: None News: Wade Boggs announces that he will retire at season's end, seriously jeopardizing his chance at 3000. With today's 2 hits he sits at 2802. League News: SF SP Shawn Estes suffers a strained tricep muscle and is expected to miss 8-9 weeks. ATL Greg Maddux throws a CG 2 hit shutout against FL. He struck out 11 hitters on 129 pitches. Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 01:53 PM.

12-01-2006, 01:48 PM	#8
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/2/1998 NY Yankees 8 Devil Rays 4 WP Hernandez (1-0) LP Saunders (0-1) HR B Smith TB (1) T Martinez NYY (1) Game Highlights El Duque strikes out 10 in 8.2 innings Bobby Smith hits 1st ever Rays HR---a 2 run PH shot of Hideki Irabu in 9th. Wade Boggs gets 1st ever Rays RBI and Paul Sorrento 1st ever Rays run on Boggs single in 9th. Yankees throw 17.2 scoreless innings to open the 1998 campaign. Transactions None League News SF gets its 2nd major injury of the season, this time to Jeff Kent. Again the culprit is a tricep muscle. Kent will miss 5 weeks. MIN 3B Ron Coomer has 2 HR and 9 RBI's in his 1st 2 games. Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 04:44 PM.

12-01-2006, 02:14 PM	#9
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/3/1998 Devil Rays 6 NY Yankees 5 WP Alvarez (1-0) LP Wells (0-1) S Hernandez (1) HR B Trammell TB (1) T Martinez NYY 2 (3) Game Highlights Devil Rays win 1st ever game. Wilson Alvarez gets 1st ever Rays win. Roberto Hernandez gets 1st ever Rays save. Rays SS Aaaron Ledesma goes 3 for 5 and is hitting .444 on the season thus far. Yankees 1B Tino Martinez hits 2 HR's to give him 3 so far on the young season. Transactions None League News and Highlights ATL loses their young CL Kerry Ligtenberg for the year with (you guessed it!!) a torn tricep muscle. TOR CF Jose Canseco has his 3rd straight multi-RBI game. SF and PIT sweep their opening series in the NL. BAL, ANA and TOR all start the year 3-0 as well in the AL. Next Up For Rays....the Boston Red Sox in Fenway. Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 05:40 PM.

12-01-2006, 12:29 PM	#3
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	Devil Rays 1998 April Schedule 1-3 at NY Yankees 5-7 at Boston 8-11 vs Baltimore 12-14 at Detroit 15-17 vs NY Yankees 18-20 vs CH White Sox 22-25 at Anaheim 26-27 at Minnesota 28-29 vs Anaheim

12-01-2006, 12:34 PM	#4
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	3/30/1998 No Transactions Scheduled Pitching Matchups vs Yankees 4/1 Rolando Arrojo vs David Cone 4/2 Tony Saunders vs Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez 4/3 Wilson Alvarez vs Andy Pettitte Next Up: Devil Rays take field for 1st time against David Cone and the New York Yankees.

12-01-2006, 01:14 PM	#6
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	Box Score 4/1/1998 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 New York (A) 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 3 9 0 Tampa Bay AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI Q. Mccracken CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 A. Ledesma SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250 0 0 B. Trammell LF 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 .250 0 0 F. Mcgriff 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0 P. Sorrento DH 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 .250 0 0 W. Boggs 3B 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 .667 0 0 D. Martinez RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 0 0 J. Flaherty C 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 0 0 M. Cairo 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 Totals 32 0 5 0 0 14 8 .156 0 0 BATTING Team LOB: 3 FIELDING Double Plays: 3 (Cairo-Ledesma-Mcgriff, Mcgriff-Ledesma-Mcgriff, Cairo-Ledesma-Mcgriff) New York (A) AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI C. Knoblauch 2B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .250 0 0 D. Jeter SS 4 1 3 0 0 0 2 .750 0 0 B. Williams CF 3 1 1 1 1 0 3 .333 0 1 T. Martinez 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 P. O'neill RF 4 0 1 1 0 2 1 .250 0 1 C. Davis DH 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 0 0 C. Curtis LF 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 .000 0 0 J. Posada C 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 0 0 S. Brosius 3B 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .667 0 1 Totals 29 3 9 3 3 7 13 .310 0 3 BATTING Doubles: B. Williams (1, 1st inning off Arrojo, 1 on, 1 out.) Runs Batted In: B. Williams (1), P. O'neill (1), S. Brosius (1) Stolen Bases: C. Knoblauch (1), C. Curtis (1) Team LOB: 7 Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD R. Arrojo L 8 9 3 3 3 7 0 128 67 3.38 0-1 PITCHING Batters Faced: R. Arrojo 32 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: R. Arrojo 8-5 Game Score: R. Arrojo 56 New York (A) IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD D. Cone W 8 5 0 0 0 13 0 116 73 0.00 1-0 M. Rivera S 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 5 0.00 1 SV PITCHING Wild Pitches: D. Cone Batters Faced: D. Cone 29, M. Rivera 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: D. Cone 7-4, M. Rivera 2-0 Game Score: D. Cone 85 GAME INFO Time: 3:03 Attendance: 44952 (45000, 99.9%) at Yankee Stadium II Weather: Partly cloudy (47 degrees), wind blowing in from left at 17 mph PLAYER OF THE GAME: David Cone Game Notes: David Cone sets a career high for K's in a game!

12-01-2006, 01:27 PM	#7
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/2/1998 League News: The Boston Red Sox trade 2B Lou Merloni to the Chicago White Sox for 3B Greg Norton. Todays Matchup TAM @ NYY Tony Saunders vs Orlando Hernandez

12-01-2006, 02:37 PM	#10
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/4/1998 NO Games Scheduled Today!!! Devil Rays News Manager Larry Rothschild announces that SP Dennis Springer will be skipped the 1st time through rotation. Struggling RF Dave Martinez (0-11 to start season) will be benched in favor of rookie Randy Winn. Qinton McCracken will move to RF with the speedy Winn playing CF. Winn will also take over lead-off duties...with McCracken moving lower in the order. League News DET 2B Bip Roberts is traded to PIT for CF Jermaine Allensworth. Probable Matchups for Red Sox series. Bryan Rekar (NR) vs Steve Avery (NR) Rolando Arrojo (0-1) vs Pedro Martinez (0-1) Tony Saunders (0-1) vs Bret Saberhagen (0-1)

12-01-2006, 05:09 PM	#11
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/5/1998 Devil Rays 10 Red Sox 9 (11) WP R Hernandez (1-0) LP Corsi (0-1) HR Stocker TB (1) B Trammell TB (2) Game Highlights Bubba Trammell's solo HR in the Top of the 11th give the Ray's their 2nd victory in a row and 1st ever extra innings win. The Rays hit SP Steve Avery and RP Rich Garces hard to open game, scoring 9 runs off of 13 hits off the duo in 4.2 innings. Darren Lewis's 2nd 2B of the game plated 2 to tie the game in the bottom of the 8th. Troy O'Leary had 3 hits for the Sox, while Kevin Stocker had the same for the Rays. Rays Transactions None League News and Highlights (A flurry of trade activity) SD trades SS Andy Sheets to COL for OF John Vanderwal COL trades OF Dante Bichette to CHN for OF Henry Rodriguez CLE trades OF Kenny Lofton to OAK for SS Miguel Tejeda, P Steve Connelly and CF Jack Voight (I have a feeling we'll be talking about this one in future years) MIL claimed OF Brady Anderson off waivers from BAL Several other more minor waiver claims were processed. 35 year old TOR SS Tony Fernandez leads all ML hitters with a .538 AVG. TEX CF Mike Simms has already clubbed 5 HR's!!! Next Up for Rays A match-up with Pedro Martinez. Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 05:39 PM.

12-01-2006, 06:11 PM	#12
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/6/1998 Red Sox 8 Devil Rays 1 WP P Martinez (1-1) LP Arrojo (0-2) HR None Game Highlights Pedro Martinez pitches a CG striking out 6 on 122 pitches. DH Mike DiFelice (who came into game in 2nd inning for Bobby Smith who was ejected for arguing a called strike 3) doubled in the Rays lone run with 2 outs in the 9th to spoil a shutout for Martinez. 2B John Valentin and CF Darren Lewis each had 2 RBI's for the Sox. Ray's 1B Fred McGriff went 0-3 to lower his average to .118. Rays Transactions None League News and Highlights TOR SP Roger Clemens pitches 7.2 scoreless innings while striking out 12 against the Indians. TEX CF Mike Simms homers in his 3rd straight game and now has 6 on the season in only 19 AB's. Every team in both leagues is now in the W column. Next up for Rays The series and road trip finale. Tony Saunders (0-1) will go for Rays. Bret Saberhagen (0-1) gets the nod for the Red Sox.

12-01-2006, 07:02 PM	#13
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/7/1998 Red Sox 3 Devil Rays 1 WP Saberhagen (1-1) LP Saunders (0-2) S Lowe (1) HR J Valentin 2 (2) Game Highlights Bret Saberhagen pitches 8 innings of 1 run ball striking out 6 and walking 0. Rays Tony Saunders was effectively wild holding the Sox to 3 runs in 7.1. He walked 5 and struckout 6. Red Sox 2B John Valentin hit 2 solo Hr's. Rays SS Kevin Stocker and 3B Wade Boggs both continue to swing hot bats as both had a pair of hits. Rays Transactions None League News and Highlights STL traded LF Mark Little to SF for RF Jacob Cruz DET won their 4th game in a row behind rookie Brian Powell who earned his 1st major league win by pitching a CG shutout against the Twins. NYY 1B Tino Martinez hit a HR in his 5th straight game!!! He has also driven in 11 during that span. TEX CL John Wetteland collected his 4th save and leads all of baseball with that total. Next Up For Rays Opening Day in St Petersburg against the Orioles Tampa looks to open Tropicana Field with a victory. Wilson Alvarez (1-0) will square off against Scott Erickson (1-0) Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 07:03 PM.

12-01-2006, 07:33 PM	#14
CONN CHRIS Global Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 29,098	The only advice I can give you, and I say this having cursed at him while he was briefly in Detroit, is to get rid of Esteban Yan. Get rid of him now. Take a box of balls if that is all that is offered. Get rid of Esteban Yan now. This should be fun to follow. __________________ Check Out My Cards!

12-01-2006, 07:39 PM	#15
rudel.dietrich Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Posts: 8,608	I wonder how many games the fictional 98 Yankees will win?

12-01-2006, 08:08 PM	#16
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/8/1998 Rays Lose Home Opener!!! Orioles 4 Devil Rays 3 WP Erickson (2-0) LP Alvarez (1-1) S Rhodes (2) HR None Game Highlights Wade Boggs goes 3-3 (including 2 2B's) with 2 runs and is now hitting .448 on the year. He has hit safely in all 7 Ray's games and has multiple hits in 5. 2B Miguel Cairo also doubled twice for Rays. RF Eric Davis had 3 hits for the Orioles. Rays Transactions None League News and Highlights Red Sox 2B John Valentin who has already proven to be a Ray's killer, falls victim to the dreaded Tricep injury and will be out 4-5 weeks. The Yankees and Tigers are the AL's hottest clubs to start year. The Yankees have won 4 in a row and are 6-1 overall. The Tigers have won 5 straight and are 6-1 as well. Pitching Probables for Rest of Orioles Series 4/9---Jimmy Key (0-0) vs Dennis Springer (NR) 4/10---Sidney Ponson (0-0) vs Bryan Rekar (0-0) 4/11---Doug Drabek (0-1) or Mike Mussina (1-1) vs Rolando Arrojo (0-2) Last edited by Terpripken; 12-01-2006 at 08:38 PM.

12-01-2006, 09:45 PM	#20
Terpripken All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Safety Harbor, FL Posts: 1,525	4/9/1998 Orioles 9 Devil Rays 4 WP Key (1-0) LP D Springer (0-1) HR Hoiles BAL 2 (3) McGriff TB 1 Game Highlights O's C Chris Hoiles (2 solo HR's 3 runs) and CF Joe Carter (3 RBI's) pace a 12 hit attack. Newly annointed CF Randy Winn has 3 hits and his hitting .438. Rays starter Dennis Springer is tagged for 5 in 3.2 IP Rays 3B Wade Boggs extends his hitting streak to 8 and steals only the 21st base of his long career. Rays Transactions None League Highlights and News The other NY team, the Mets win their 5th straight against Tom Glavine and the Braves. ARI 3B Tony Batista hits 2 HR and drives in 5. STL 1B Mark McGwire homers for 3rd straight game. NYY 1B Tino Martinez hits his 7th. Next Up for Rays Bryan Rekar tries to grab 1st ever Rays home win and snap 4 game skid.