A Home For The Aged: A BBM Marlins Expansion Dynasty

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A Home For The Aged:
A Florida Marlins Expansion Dynasty


Bud Seligs heads were in his hands. Wayne Huzzienga had just been arrested for tax evasion and fruad. A look at his files indicated that Huzziengas net worth was not nearly what it was thought to be.

Day to day operations of the Florida Marlins front office were now being run by Major League Baseball, a situation nobody wanted.

And then along comes JOEY!

At only 17 years of age I was already a multi millionaire and a mover and shaker in tech circles.

You see, in early 1991 I befriended a dude named Jeff, a real tech head and forward thinker. The internet wasn't even yet in it's infancy but he kept talkin about this thing called a browser.

Anyhoo, over the next few months we developed Joey, the worlds first web browser.

Unveiled in September of 1991, Joey had the world clamoring. Word of mouth spread like wildfire when Joey was introduced and soon 60 Minutes and Dateline were doing pieces of this amazing new technology.

We went public as JJ Incorcorporated in March of 1992 and by Thanksgiving our company was worth over $500 Million dollars.

Things were going swimmingly for me in life, I spent most of time in Miami, partying with models and living it up. Then I opened the paper one morning to read about the Marlins troubles. I immediately called Jeff.

"Buy me out, leave me 10% but buy the other 40!" I was frantic. I arranged a meeting with Bud Selig that afternoon and put my offer on the table."

I offered him $200,000,000 straight up the Marlins and he bit. WOOHOOOO!!

So here I am, out of the computer game (mostly) and in the Baseball game. Little does Mr. Selig know that i've got alot of plans for this sport, and they don't involve change!

The guy I wanted to helm my team was Larry Bowa. After a few interviews and hammering home a salary, it was set. Larry Bowa became the first manager of the Florida Marlins.

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1993 EXPANSION DRAFT

Colorado: 	1B Paul Molitor
Florida:	LF Tom Goodwin
Colorado: 	C  Lance Parish
Florida:	RF Willie McGee
Colorado: 	RF Dave Winfield
Florida:	SP Frank Tanana
Colorado: 	SS Randy Velarde
Colorado: 	3B Terry Pendelton
Florida:	1B George Brett
Colorado: 	LF George Bell
Florida:	SS Ozzie Smith
Colorado: 	CF Dave Henderson
Florida:	SP Terry Mullholand
Colorado: 	RP Doug Jones
Florida:	SP Bill Wegman
Colorado: 	RP Jeff Reardon
Florida:	C  Mike LaValliere
Colorado: 	RP Dan Plesac
Florida:	CF Mike Devereaux
Colorado: 	RP Tom Henke
Florida:	RP Gil Heredia
Colorado: 	SP Greg Harris
Florida:	3B Gary Gaetti
Colorado: 	2B Greg Litton
Florida:	SP Glenn Dishman
Florida:	3B Kevin Young
Colorado: 	RP Ricardo Jordan
Florida:	SP Bryn Smith
Colorado: 	RP Robert Person
Florida:	RP Rich Goosage
Colorado: 	SP Hideki Irabu
Florida:	RP Steve Bedrosian
Colorado: 	SP Will Brunson
Florida:	CF Dwight Smith
Colorado: 	SP Kirk Rueter
Florida:	RP Bill Landrum
Colorado: 	RP Joey Long
Florida:	RF Jim Eisenreich
Colorado: 	SP Rolando Arrojo
Florida:	SS Ozzie Guillen
Colorado: 	RP Bill Wertz
Florida:	1B Gene Larkin
Colorado: 	RP Steve Gajkowski
Florida:	RP Josias Manzanillo
Colorado: 	RP Chris Nichting
Florida:	RP Russ Springer
Colorado: 	RF Mike Simms
Florida:	2B Harold Reynolds
Colorado: 	C  John Flaherty
Florida:	LF Mark Carreon
Colorado: 	RF Rudy Pemberton
Florida:	RP John Candelaria
Colorado: 	C  Mike Matheny
Florida:	3B Chris Sabo
Colorado: 	CF Damon Mashore
Florida:	RP Roger Mason
Colorado: 	CF Jeff Barry
Florida:	LF Ivan Calderon
Colorado: 	1B Scott Stahoviak
Florida:	RP Dennis Cool
Colorado: 	SS Andujar Cedeno
Florida:	SP Neal Heaton
Colorado: 	LF Ozzie Timmons
Florida:	RF Mark Whiten
Colorado: 	1B Patrick Lennon
Florida:	2B Mark Lemke
Colorado: 	RP JJ Thobe
Florida:	3B Dave Hollins
Colorado: 	LF Keith Mitchell
Florida:	C  Geno Petralli
Colorado: 	3B Craig Wilson

The draft for us, as expected, yielded very few prospects. We are a veteran heavy team with a salary well above budget but alot of these guys will be moved as we try and stock the farm system with decent prospects.

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1993 OFFSEASON MOVES

Trade:
Blue Jays receive
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Brian Daubach (1B)
Harold Reynolds (2B)
Jesus Tavarez (CF)
Rob Stanifer (RP)
Miguel Jimenez (SP)
Armando Almanza (RP)
Russ Springer (RP)

Marlins receive
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Alex Gonzalez (SS)
Shawn Green (RF)

Both Green and Gonzalez have over 90 potential so this is a real good deal for me even though I did give up some very solid middling prospects.



Trade:
White Sox receive
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Vic Darensbourg (RP)
Bill Hurst (RP)
Jay Powell (RP)
Joel Adamson (SP)
Kurt Miller (SP)
Chris Sabo (3B)
Ivan Calderon (LF)
Billy McMillon (LF)
Ryan Jackson (1B)

Marlins receive
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Magglio Ordonez (RF)
Nelson Cruz (RP)

The jewel here is of course Ordonez who isn't quite a 90 prospect in the game but I'm happy aquiring him and seeing what happens.



Trade:
Mets receive
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Ozzie Smith (SS)
George Brett (1B)
Terry Mulholland (SP)
Nelson Cruz (RP)
Andy Larkin (SP)

Marlins receive
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Chuck Smith (SP)

Not a huge deal, gives me a potential middle of the road starter, nothing more. More of a salary dump than anything.



Trade:
Expos receive
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Dwight Smith (CF)
Mark Whiten (RF)
Jesus Sanchez (SP)
Charles Johnson (C)

Marlins receive
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Wil Cordero (SS)

A big deal obviously as Cordero has over 90 potential. Johnson and Smith both have good potential and Whiten is still a solid major leaguer. Pretty nice deal for both of us.


Signed:
SS Pat Bushby and 3B Jason Hufford to 2 year, $140K deals. Both guys are rated in their 50's but are the only free agents available to play the infield and I don't wanna rush any prospects just to fill out my bench.

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1993 ROSTER AND PREVIEW

C-  Mike Lavalliere	32	77	$1.2M/2YRS
1B- Gene Larkin		30	71	$400K/1YRS
2B- Mark Lemke		27	71	$135K/1YRS
SS- Ozzie Guillen	29	73	$430K/3YRS
3B- Gary Gaetti		34	75	$900K/2YRS
LF- Jim Eisenreich	33	74	$660K/1YRS
CF- Tom Goodwin		24	70/83	$123K/ARB94
RF- Willie McGee	34	77	$1.2M/1YRS

BENCH
C-  Geno Petralli	33	72	$380K/2YRS
SS- Pat Bushby		30	53/57	$140K/2YRS
3B- Dave Hollins	26	73	$870K/ARB93
3B- Jason Hufford	30	52/57	$140K/2YRS
LF- Mark Carreon	29	73	$470K/1YRS
CF- Mike Devereaux	29	75	$1.8M/1YRS


PITCHING STAFF
SP- Frank Tanana	39	80	$1M/2YRS
SP- Bill Wegman		30	78	$1.6M/2YRS
SP- Bryn Smith		37	78	$680K/2YRS
SP- Tony Saunders	18	70/83	$123K/ARB95
SP- Neal Heaton		33	73	$300K/2YRS

CL- Goose Gossage	41	77	$240K/1YRS
SE- Steve Bedrosian	35	75	$162K/2YRS
SR- John Candelaria	39	76	$260K/1YRS
SR- Bill Landrum	35	75	$123K/1YRS
MR- Dennis Cook		30	73	$440K/1YRS
LR- Roger Mason		34	74/75	$550K/1YR



AAA
RP- Gil Heredia		27	71/76	$60K/ARB94
RP- Josias Manzanillo	25	70/75	$13K/ARB95

AA
SS- Wil Cordero		21	72/91	$100K/ARB94
3B- Kevin Young		23	67/83	$15K/ARB95
SP- Chuck Smith		23	70/83	$113K/ARB95
	
A
1B- Kevin Millar	21	64/79	$113K/ARB95
2B- Quilvio Veras	22	61/80	$5K/ARB95
2B- Dave Berg		22	58/73	$5K/ARB95
LF- Nigel Wilson	23	62/71	$5K/ARB95
CF- Carl Everett	21	72/93	$5K/ARB95
SP- Glenn Dishman	22	58/86	$5K/ARB95
RP- Matt Whisenant	21	59/78	$5K/ARB95
RP- Marc Valdes		21	62/81	$5K/ARB95

R
2B- Ralph Milliard	19	52/78	$4K/ARB95
SS- Alex Gonzalez	19	62/92	$4K/ARB95
3B- Pablo Ozuna		18	54/77	$4K/ARB95
LF- Magglio Ordonez	19	71/89	$4K/ARB95
RF- Shawn Green		20	76/94	$4K/ARB95
RP- Tommy Phelps	19	61/81	$4K/ARB95
RP- Gabe Gonzalez	20	60/83	$4K/ARB95
RP- Antonio Alfonseca	20	58/81	$4K/ARB95

As you can see we have some decent everyday prospects but our pitching prospects are very thin. We need to use the amateur draft to stockpile arms, so that'll be something to look forward to.

Our everyday lineup isn't so bad though, we have some speed, good defense and decent veteran hitters so we should be able to score a little bit. Our pitching staff should be able to keep us in games but they wont set the world on fire. We don't really have anyone with high endurance in the pen who can eat innings so we may shuffle Heredia and Manzanillo from AAA from time to time if our pen gets overworked.

My goal is to win 70 games this year and I think this team can put that together. Lets go get em!


1993 LINEUPS

RIGHT HANDED LINEUP		LEFT HANDED LINEUP
1. RF Willie McGee		1. RF Willie McGee
2. CF Tom Goodwinn		2. SS Ozzie Guillen
3. LF Jim Eisenreich		3. CF Mike Devereaux
4. 3B Gary Gaetti		4. LF Mark Carreon
5. 1B Gene Larkin		5. 3B Gary Gaetti
6. SS Ozzie Guillen		6. 1B Gene Larkin
7. C  Mike Lavalliere		7. 2B Mark Lemke
8. 2B Mark Lemke		8. C  Geno Petralli

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APRIL 2ND: Marlins (0-0) At Cardinals (0-0)
A solid opener in defeat from a pitching standpoint as Tanana threw 8 strong innings but we could only muster 4 hits behind him, 2 of which came from Eisenreich as we fell 3-0.
Final Score: Cardinals 3 Marlins 0



APRIL 3RD: Marlins (0-1) At Cardinals (1-0)
What a fun game, but ultimately tough defeat. Bill Wegman got roughed up and we trailed 9 to 3 going into the 9th inning when we exploded for 6 runs including a bases loaded triple from Goodwin and a 2 out, game tying RBI single by Guillen. A 2 out single by Tim Jones off of Candelaria won them the game in the bottom of the 9th though. Goodwin and Eisenreich each had 3 hits.
Final Score: Cardinals 10 Marlins 9



APRIL 4TH: Marlins (0-2) At Cardinals (2-0)
What a game, McGee and Deveraux each had 3 hits and Bryn Smith pitched a complete game as we won our first game in team history with a fundamentaly sound 5 to 2 victory.
Final Score: Marlins 5 Cardinals 2

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APRIL 5TH: Marlins (1-2) Vs Expos (1-2)
A tough game as we matched them run for run thru the first six innings but in the end they had too much offense and squeaked out a win. Saunders gave us 6 innings of 5 run ball but Bedrosian imploded and allowed 3 runs in the 7th and we just couldn't overcome that. McGee had 2 more hits and Gaetti got his first 2 hits of the season after being hitless in St. Louis.
Final Score: Expos 8 Marlins 6



APRIL 6TH: Marlins (1-3) Vs Expos (2-2)
Another tough loss. All the runs came in the first 3 innings and Neal Heaton pitched a fine game but was outdueled by Brian Barnes as we came up just short. Willie McGee had 2 more hits and 2 more SB's.
Final Score: Expos 3 Marlins 2



APRIL 7TH: Marlins (1-4) Vs Expos (3-2)
Huge win for us against their ace Dennis Martinez. Down 2 to 1 in the bottom of the 9th we brought two runs in, the capper and game winner by Pat Bushby, a real nice surprise as he singled up the middle to plate LaValiere and give us a huge 3 to 2 win. Tanana pitched 8 wonderfull innings to keep us in this one.
Final Score: Marlins 3 Expos 2

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APRIL 8TH: OFF DAY



APRIL 9TH: Marlins (2-4) At Pirates (0-6)
Not a good day for us as the winless Pirates and Tim Wakefield no hit us thru 6 innings. We only got 1 hit and while Wegman went the distance and wasn't horrid, he did give up 5 runs. Of course we also commited 2 errors. Just a totaly blase game from our bats and our brains.
Final Score: Pirates 5 Marlins 0



APRIL 10TH: Marlins (2-5) At Pirates (1-6)
The complete opposite of yesterday as Bryn Smith throws 7 superb innings and we put up 6 runs in shutting down the Buccos.
Gary Gaetti hit the first Home Run in Marlins history and pounded out 4 hits which was real nice to see given his early season struggles. Nice win.
Final Score: Marlins 6 Pirates 1



APRIL 11TH: Marlins (3-5) At Pirates (1-7)
Easily our best game as a franchise as we pounded out 19 hits. Gaetti homered for the 2nd day in a row, in the past 2 days he's gone 8-10 with 2 HR's and 5 RBI. Tom Goodwin had 4 hits, 4 RBI, 4 Runs and 3 SB. Just an awesome day at the plate for us as a whole. Saunders only went 5 innings but our bullpen was sharp and we smashed the Pirates. A win tommorow puts us at .500 which would be awesome.
Final Score: Marlins 13 Pirates 5

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APRIL 12TH: Marlins (4-5) Vs Cardinals (5-4)
What a day. Neal friggin Heaton throws a complete game 4 hit shutout as we move to .500 by winning our 3rd in a row. Goodwin, Larkin and Lemke have 3 hits a piece. So far, so fun.
Final Score: Marlins 4 Cardinals 0



APRIL 13TH: Marlins (5-5) Vs Cardinals (5-5)
BOOM! 4 in a row as Tanana goes an effective 6+ innings. Devereaux smashes 2 HR's and we roll to a 7 to 3 win.
Final Score: Marlins 7 Cardinals 3



APRIL 14TH: Marlins (6-5) Vs Cardinals (5-6)
The bats are alive with the sound of hitting!! It was the Goodwin & Carreon show today as they each had 3 hits. Goodwin scored 4 times, drove in 3 and had our first inside the park HR to go along with 2 more steals, he's just been monster lately. Wegman gave up 8 runs in 6 innings but our bullpen was dandy and we danced to 5 in a row, our first series sweep and a 7 and 5 record.
Final Score: Marlins 13 Cardinals 9

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APRIL 15TH: OFF DAY



APRIL 16TH: Marlins (7-5) At Cubs (5-8 )
What a tough game to lose, down 1-0 we loaded the bases in the bottom of the 9th but Gaetti popped out and then Larkin grounded out to end the game. Bryn Smith pitched another gem but this was wasted.
Final Score: Cubs 1 Marlins 0



APRIL 17TH: Marlins (7-6) At Cubs (6-8 )
Bats went quiet again today as Frank Castillo outdueled Tony Saunders who threw a pretty damn good game of 6 inning 2 run ball. Willie McGee has been really scuffling of late with just 5 hits in his last 24 at bats.
Final Score: Cubs 3 Marlins 1



APRIL 18TH: Marlins (7-7) At Cubs (7-8 )
Higher scoring but again we come up just short. Heaton is not real good and despite alot of running and manufacturing runs we just don't have enough fire power to hang with the Cubbies on this day as we drop below .500. We've got 6 games at home coming up and I don't wanna see this team give up, let's get it going again.
Final Score: Cubs 7 Marlins 5

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APRIL 19TH: Marlins (7-8 ) Vs Pirates (6-10)
Another tough loss as Tanana wasn't good, putting us in a 6-0 hole early. We fought back again but once more it's so very hard to climb back into games when you don't have alot of power and need to rely on speed and manufacturing runs. Bleh.
Final Score: Pirates 6 Marlins 4



APRIL 20TH: LINEUP MOVE
Prior to todays game we announce that Dave Hollins will take over as our everyday 1st Basemen and hit 5th behind Gary Gaetti.
Either Gaetti or Larkin, both hitting in the low .200's were rumored for demotion but for now Gaetti is safe and it's Larkin who rides the pine.



APRIL 20TH: Marlins (7-9) Vs Pirates (7-10)
A very well played game today. We did everything soundly offensively. Wegman pitched a very nice 7 inning, 3 run game and Goose Gossage earned the first save in Marlin history by striking out the side in the 9th.
Final Score: Marlins 5 Pirates 3



APRIL 21ST: Marlins (8-9) Vs Pirates (7-11)
Bryn Smith had his first bad outing of the season and Denny Neagle shut us down but good. A Dave Hollins homer was our faint bright spot.
Final Score: Pirates 8 Marlins 2



APRIL 21ST: INJURY NEWS
Dave Hollins, stress fracture in his wrist. And Dennis Cook, also with a stress fracture in his wrist, both need to go on the DL.

Cooks spot on the roster will be taken by Gil Heredia who while a competant replacement, leaves us with only 1 left hander in the bullpen.

Youngster Dave Berg gets the call up to the Major League Roster and Gene Larkin re assumes his spot as our everyday 1st Basemen, for now.

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APRIL 22ND: Marlins (8-10) Vs Cubs (9-10)
A real heartbreaker as Saunders pitches really well but we let up a run in the top of the 9th and lose a close game.
Final Score: Cubs 3 Marlins 2



APRIL 23RD: Marlins (8-11) Vs Cubs (10-10)
Wow, what a tough loss and way to end our first 20 game stretch. Heaton pitched well, we took an early lead and all was looking bright heading into the top of the 9th up 6-3 when Goosage, then Bedrosian, then Candaleria combined to shit the bed and leave us tied 6-6. They scored a run off of Heredia in the 10th and that was that. Our first real stomach punch of a game.
Final Score: Cubs 7 Marlins 6

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20 Game Status Report

Well, we're 8-12, in 6th place and 5 games behind the first place Mets.

1993 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
McGee, Willie             FLA   19  .312    77   24   8   0   0    5    7   13   1   17    5  .416  .353
Goodwin, Tom              FLA   17  .311    61   19   3   1   1    7    8   10   5   16   15  .443  .382
Eisenreich, Jim           FLA   18  .300    60   18   7   0   0    5    6    1   0    7   13  .417  .348
Guillen, Ozzie            FLA   19  .236    72   17   4   1   0    6    4    3   1    7    5  .319  .295
Gaetti, Gary              FLA   19  .215    79   17   5   0   2    2   17    0   0    4    9  .354  .244
Carreon, Mark             FLA   17  .317    41   13   4   0   0    4    6    0   0    7    8  .415  .391
LaValliere, Mike          FLA   16  .245    53   13   1   0   0    6    3    0   0    8    2  .264  .333
Lemke, Mark               FLA   19  .190    63   12   4   0   0    5    4    0   0    7    7  .254  .246
Devereaux, Mike           FLA   16  .400    30   12   2   0   2    8    5    4   0    7    8  .667  .526
Larkin, Gene              FLA   17  .240    50   12   3   0   0    2    4    0   1    5    3  .300  .283
Hollins, Dave             FLA   12  .364    33   12   3   0   1    3    8    0   1    4    5  .545  .417
Petralli, Geno            FLA    8  .238    21    5   1   0   0    0    2    0   0    1    2  .286  .227
Bushby, Pat               FLA    6  .429     7    3   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    1  .429  .429
Heaton, Neal              FLA    4  .300    10    3   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    1  .300  .300
Wegman, Bill              FLA    4  .250     8    2   1   0   0    1    1    0   0    1    1  .375  .333
Saunders, Tony            FLA    4  .286     7    2   0   0   0    1    4    0   0    1    0  .286  .375
Tanana, Frank             FLA    4  .125     8    1   1   0   0    0    2    0   0    1    1  .250  .125
Berg, Dave                FLA    1  .000     0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0   0    0    0  .000 1.000
Hufford, Jason            FLA    3  .000     4    0   0   0   0    1    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .200
Smith, Bryn               FLA    4  .000     9    0   0   0   0    1    3    0   0    0    0  .000  .100

As you can pretty much see, the top 3 in the order have been carrying us. Gaetti & Larkin have been so dissapointing from a run production standpoint. The plan right now is to try and work Mark Carreon in some more at First Base and when Hollins returns give him some at bats at 3rd, we need to get some quality production from the middle of the order and so far it just hasn't happend.

1993 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Smith, Bryn               FLA   30.0  3.30    4   4   2   2   0    9    7  9.90
Heaton, Neal              FLA   30.0  3.90    4   4   1   2   0   17    8 11.10
Tanana, Frank             FLA   27.2  4.23    4   4   1   2   0   15    4 12.04
Wegman, Bill              FLA   27.0  6.67    4   4   2   1   0   18    3 14.00
Saunders, Tony            FLA   23.1  4.63    4   4   1   1   0   17   11 14.27
Mason, Roger              FLA    7.1  1.23    8   0   0   1   0    5    3 12.27
Landrum, Bill             FLA    6.2  4.05    7   0   0   0   0    2    3 12.15
Cook, Dennis              FLA    6.1  2.84    7   0   0   0   0    3    2  5.68
Bedrosian, Steve          FLA    5.2  6.35    8   0   1   1   0    8    3 11.12
Gossage, Rich             FLA    5.1  5.06    7   0   0   1   1    8    4 16.88
Candelaria, John          FLA    4.0  2.25    8   0   0   0   0    2    1 20.25
Heredia, Gil              FLA    2.1  3.86    2   0   0   1   0    2    1 15.43

The thing that stands out most here is the amount of innings are starters are working, and they're doing it without high pitch counts. Wegmans ERA is a concern but he has averaged nearly 7 innings a start. Bedrosian and Gossage have both been rocked a couple of times leading to their high ERA's. Overall i'm pretty happy so far with how my staff has been.

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Around The League In 20 Games

1993 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Baerga, Carlos            CLE   22  .383    94   36   8   0   2    8    6    2   0   13   15  .532  .431
Strawberry, Darryl        LAD   22  .407    86   35   8   0   8   14   13    3   1   18   26  .779  .495
Yount, Robin              MIL   21  .372    94   35   8   0   0    8   16    2   1   16   15  .457  .422
Butler, Brett             LAD   20  .371    89   33   2   4   2   10    8    7   7   17   17  .551  .434
Valentin, John            BOS   19  .438    73   32  11   1   2   11    6    2   2   11    8  .699  .518
Lofton, Kenny             CLE   22  .344    93   32   7   0   4    7   11    7   1   21   10  .548  .396
Burks, Ellis              CHW   20  .360    86   31   4   1   6    6   18    0   0   19   29  .640  .394
Larkin, Barry             CIN   20  .388    80   31   9   3   6   13   12    4   1   20   22  .800  .468
McRae, Brian              KCR   22  .316    98   31   7   0   2    8   15    7   3   17   10  .449  .374
Sax, Steve                CHW   20  .385    78   30   6   0   0    3    7    2   1   10   11  .462  .415
Jose, Felix               KCR   22  .316    95   30   4   0   0    2   18    5   2   16    8  .358  .330
Munoz, Pedro              MIN   19  .361    83   30   4   0   2    3   15    0   2   11   12  .482  .384
Winfield, Dave            COL   20  .367    79   29   5   1   6    7   12    0   0   13   20  .684  .419
Bagwell, Jeff             HOU   19  .414    70   29   3   1   4   16   16    2   0   19   13  .657  .534
Conine, Jeff              KCR   22  .322    90   29   8   0   2    8   16    2   0   14   16  .478  .384
Piazza, Mike              LAD   22  .322    90   29   6   1   5   12   15    0   1   16   25  .578  .394
Cirillo, Jeff             MIL   21  .358    81   29   7   3   1    8   12    0   2   12   12  .556  .422
Vaughn, Greg              MIL   21  .330    88   29   6   2   4   12   17    1   0   19   16  .580  .412
Boggs, Wade               NYY   20  .354    82   29   3   1   3   11    5    0   0   14   12  .524  .436
Grace, Mark               CHC   21  .326    86   28  10   0   0   10    8    0   0    8    6  .442  .396
Jefferson, Reggie         CLE   21  .354    79   28   9   1   2    4   19    0   0   12   15  .570  .395
Gagne, Greg               KCR   21  .346    81   28   8   2   1    2   11    1   2   11   13  .531  .360
Hamilton, Darryl          MIL   21  .295    95   28   5   0   0    9   11    5   0   18    4  .347  .356
DeShields, Delino         MON   20  .318    88   28   5   1   1    6   15   13   4   17    7  .432  .362
Galarraga, Andres         STL   19  .359    78   28   8   0   5    2   10    2   0   16   13  .654  .390
Oliver, Joe               CIN   19  .346    78   27   5   0   3    3   13    0   0   11   13  .526  .378
Surhoff, B.J.             MIL   20  .310    87   27   6   0   1    9   10    1   1   12   11  .414  .364
Bichette, Dante           MIL   21  .293    92   27   3   1   5    6   17    1   2   17   24  .511  .365
Alou, Moises              MON   20  .333    81   27  11   0   3    5   10    1   1   12   14  .580  .372
Merced, Orlando           PIT   19  .351    77   27   6   0   1    4   13    1   0   13   13  .468  .383
Suzuki, Ichiro            SEA   20  .303    89   27   3   1   0    3   13    2   0   15    6  .360  .323
Palmeiro, Rafael          TEX   19  .380    71   27   6   0   5    5   10    1   0   15   12  .676  .421
Alomar, Roberto           TOR   20  .329    82   27   6   1   2    8    9    3   3   16    9  .500  .389


1993 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Johnson, Randy            SEA   34.0  3.44    5   5   3   0   0   48    8  9.00
Appier, Kevin             KCR   35.2  2.78    5   5   3   0   0   37    8  8.33
Key, Jimmy                NYY   30.2  3.82    4   4   2   1   0   37    5 10.57
Clemens, Roger            BOS   32.2  4.41    5   5   2   2   0   33    3 10.74
Gooden, Dwight            NYM   32.0  2.81    5   5   3   2   0   33   16 13.78
Schilling, Curt           PHI   29.2  3.03    4   4   3   1   0   33    6 10.31
Hurst, Bruce              SDP   29.2  3.03    4   4   2   1   0   33    9 11.22
Smoltz, John              ATL   25.2  4.56    4   4   1   3   0   31    7 10.52
Viola, Frank              BOS   37.2  3.11    5   5   1   1   0   28    8 11.47
Martinez, Pedro           LAD   24.2  4.38    4   3   2   0   1   27    6  9.12
Darling, Ron              OAK   37.1  3.86    5   5   3   1   0   27   10  9.64
Black, Bud                SFG   38.2  3.26    5   5   0   3   0   27    8 10.71
Harnisch, Pete            HOU   35.2  3.03    5   5   2   1   0   26   10  8.58
Clement, Matt             SDP   24.2  4.01    4   4   0   2   0   26   19 12.77
Benes, Andy               SDP   28.2  3.14    4   4   2   0   0   26    9  8.48
Person, Robert            COL   31.0  3.19    4   4   3   1   0   25   17 10.45
Gross, Kevin              LAD   30.0  3.00    4   4   2   1   0   25    3  9.60
Mulholland, Terry         NYM   31.0  2.03    4   4   2   1   0   25   10 11.32
Leiter, Al                TOR   32.2  2.76    6   4   3   1   0   25   10 11.02

The Mets and Dodgers lead their respective divisions by slight margins, things are still pretty tight with only the Giants being more than 5 games out of their division lead in either division in the NL.

In the AL it's the Yankees and Mariners leading with only a few clubs hanging with them in each division.

Strawberry and Carter lead the majors with 8 HR's. Maddux and Ryan each have 4 wins. 5 guys are still hitting over .400 so far. Ellis Burks has 29 RBI to lead the majors. Mike Witts 1.57 ERA leads all of baseball.

[Suicane]

APRIL 24TH: Marlins (8-12) Vs Cubs (11-10)
Tanana pitched a complete game gem and we cruised to a fairly easy getaway day win over the Cubs. Road trip coming up and it'd be nice to string some wins together.
Final Score: Marlins 4 Cubs 1



APRIL 25: OFF DAY



APRIL 25: LINEUP NEWS
Mark Carreon will be inserted at first base to try and give us a spark. Also, Ozzie Guillen will move into the 2 hole as we try and stretch our lineup out a little but.

Our new lineups will look like this.

RIGHT HANDED LINEUP		LEFT HANDED LINEUP
1. RF Willie McGee		1. RF Willie McGee
2. SS Ozzie Guillen		2. SS Ozzie Guillen
3. CF Tom Goodwinn		3. CF Mike Devereaux
4. 3B Gary Gaetti		4. LF Mark Carreon
5. LF Jim Eisenreich		5. 3B Gary Gaetti
6. 1B Mark Carreon		6. 1B Gene Larkin
7. C  Mike Lavalliere		7. 2B Mark Lemke
8. 2B Mark Lemke		8. C  Geno Petralli

[JesterBlaze]

As my favorite player of all time I was gonna ask you to trade for him for my interest but then I saw this:

Ellis Burks has 29 RBI to lead the majors.

I figured you'd be able to get him cheap.

I still have over 360 of his rookie cards just waiting for the day his play takes off.