The Game Presents: The American Baseball Federation

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4 games vs Cleveland
24-21 4½ GB in AA Central. We are 5-1 vs CLE.
The Rockers have played better as of late. Their oen is pretty good, while the SP are towards the lower half. The offense is middle of the pack. the 2nd Detroit game was rained out so Bremer will start in this series.

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Seals lose RP Richard Robin for 3 months.
Gators 2B Bai-luo An will retire after the season.
Bears 3B Valerio Bonometti has a 5 Hit game.
Sox minor league 3B Ray Henry wins the IL POTW.

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Boston 1B So Ngo is named AA POTW.
Denver LF Chad Smith is named NA POTW.
Sox prospect CF Carson Sullivan is named SL POTW.
San Jose loses SP Warren Riley for 3 months.
LA Angels claim 1B John Thomason off of Waivers from Detroit.

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NY Knights sign RP Danny Mosley.

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2 games vs Fire.
29-21 1½ GB in NA Central.
Windy City Classic time. The regular season series I look forward to the most. I liked the Fire growing up as my dad played for them in his later years. They are a good squad.Their pitching is middle of teh pack but can turn it on when needed. Offensively they probably need a little more pop but are led by CF Ron E. Phillips. Artie Watkins had some great years for the Fire and I plan on playing him as much as possible during these 4 games.
There will be some major roster moves May 1st.

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Huskers 2B Harry Hart hit 3 HR.
Angels 1B John Thomason has 5 Hit game.
Chicago Sox traded 2B Tom Haynes to the Cincinnati Royals for 2B Dave Byrd.
St Louis Cardinals sign CF Steve Tavares.

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2 games @ Chicago.
30-22 1½ GB in NA Central. We are 1-1 vs CHI.
I held off starting until Game 2 of this series so I can get some AB's in. I am decent with a bat. I had Decaren start in the 2nd home game and he lasted 4 and decimated my pen. Rutledge was injured in Game 2, although we dont know to what extent, i placed him on the 15 day DLa nd recalled P Mark Neeley from AAA. Dave Byrd is a younger cheaper version of Tom Haynes with better defense. We need to win both of these game to reach 19 Wins for the month. My goal was 20.

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Rangers SP Sammy Bodean pitched a 1 Hit CG SH.
Sox SP Gerd Vlasblom pitched a CG SH vs Fire.
Chicago Sox traded 2B Charles Small & #1 prospect CF Carson Sullivan to the Minnesota Lakers for 2B Toby Anderson.

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Sox RP Ryan Rutledge will miss 2 months.
Huskers Rf Chris Riley is named AA BOTM for May.
Bears LF Chad Smith is named NA BOTM.
Juicers SP Ron Clark is named AA POTM.
Fire Sp Jesus Perez is named NA POTM.

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Sox 3B Joe Altott is named AA ROTM for May.
Bears 3B Valerio Bonometti is named NA ROTM.
Cincinnati Royals sign 1B Ray Roy to a 3 yr extension.

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None of the AA division races are all that close.
Wildcard races are still fairly close with Boston leading Cleveland by 2½ games.

Chris Riley & Sam Fairchild are the front runners for MVP.
Pedro Lorenzo is the front runner for MCA.

Dodgers lead Gators by 2½ games.
Cardinals lead Fire by 3½ games.
Seals have a big lead over Houston.

Chad Smith is #1 in all 3 Triple Crown categories.
Hector Jaramillo is the front runner for MCA.

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19-8, Missed our goal by 1 win.
So I have made several roster moves in the last few days and I hope to make several more. We have some glaring holes in our lineup, depth chart and pitching. We are a good team but I do not think we are built to win in the playoffs right now.
Trading Tom Haynes for Dave Byrd gave me some more versatility coming off of the bench. Byrd doesn't have the power that Haynes has but he is better defensively and has speed. He can play 2B/1B/3B.

Trading Charles Small for Toby Anderson gave us better speed, defense and youth. Small was a FA at the end of the year and despite the fact that our OW wanting me to resign him, I felt Small would be more of a defensive liability as time moved on. He had some good seasons for us and did far better then I thought he would. Anderson has pop but will strikeout and I am unsure were to hit him at.

Mark Neely was called up from AAA and will get every opportunity to pitch is close games.
I called up Tim Osborne after DFAing 3B Brian Gray. Osborne can play all 3 OF spots and 3B. He has great speed and a little pop. I hope that he or Roundtree can take over CF by 2003.

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June doesn;t look too hard overall. ORL,CLE & BOS are the only teams over .500. Orlando will be a LDS matchup for us as of right now. They have a whole lineup of LHB. Their pitching is the best in the AA. They will be tough. I predict 17-10 for the month.
Offensively many players struggled in May while may SP and RP did great.
With Sullivan gone, Roundtree becomes our best offensive prospect not on the ML roster.

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3 games vs Knights
24-31 11½ GB in AA East.
I dont see the Knights catching Orlando but I feel they could make a run for the AA Wildcard this season. They have a solid staff and but lack any power or pen. They have $$ to spend, so we'll see.

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Sox minor league C Luis Rocha has a 5 Hit game.
Brewers lose RF Wilson Allen for the season.
Chicago Sox traded RF/DH Artie Watkins and a minor league 1B to the San Antonio Mustangs for CF Jerome Walton.
Lakers 2B Cecil Lehman is named AA POTW.

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Looks like we will not sign many of our draft picks.

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The Juicers lead the AA East by 7 games.
Very good team led by MGR Carlos Gonzalez. Most of their stars are under age 27,

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Louisville RF Manuel Velazquez is named NA POTW.
Rockers lose LF Evan Williams for 6 weeks.
Chicago Sox MGR Chuck Bremer retires. Son Todd Bremer will take over as MGR.
Rebels lose RP Bill Newell for the season.

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Toronto Blue Jays traded RF Bob Johnson to the Montreal Expos for RP Fred Diffin.
Colonels RF Manuel Velazquez has a 5 Hit game.
Mustangs DH Artie Watkins hits his 300th HR.

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3 games vs Tigers
Tigers are struggling across teh board. While they have some good young players, they are in a rebuild.