[Westheim]

I eventually found Maud, who had been banished to some closet down the hallway by Nick Valdes, and quickly reversed room assignments there. The blonde bimbo might find Fuzzy Cola delightful (IF she can spell words that long), but screw her so-or-so good looks; I needed competence - I needed Maud!

Nothing *really* happened for the last six weeks of the offseason. We had all the personnel assembled that we could afford. Nobody was taking Yoo-chul Kim, dead or alive (I asked), and that was more or less it.

…except for one item: Mark Roberts DID recover in time for Opening Day… yay! Kyle Anderson however would (and was always going to) start the season on the disabled list.

Oh yeaah… and there was one more thing. Early in the offseason I plundered the scouting budget to have money available in other areas. When I was going to "refill" the budget for … our scout… who has a name, I guess… Nick Valdes told me to bugger off. $2,385,000 were enough of an investment to generate return, he declared, which will be down about 20% from last year.

Oh nice times ahead.

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February 20 – The Warriors sign ex-TIJ LF/RF Luis Leija (.265, 32 HR, 208 RBI) to a 2-yr, $2.58M contract.
March 10 – The Pacifics sign ex-SAC SP Mario Alva (98-98, 4.22 ERA) to a 1-year deal worth $1.98M.

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Other Coons' new burrows: Troy Charters signed with the damn Elks for $336k; Shane Walter joined the Buffaloes for $334k; Chris Munroe hitched a ride with the Titans for 2-yr, $1.02M; the Miners took pity on Josh Stevenson and gave him $290k; the Loggers picked up Steve Hollingsworth for $270k; Brett O'Dell got as much from the Capitals; the Titans could not resist and threw $476k at 41-year old rally killer Mike Bednarski; John Waker landed with the Cyclones for $376k; the Elks picked Justin Hess for $308k;