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Spring Training!
BASEBALL IS BACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
After another long offseason where all I could think about is what new ways we'd find to not win a pennant, we at least get to watch some baseball games! And we'll win some of them! Most of the roster is set, so I'm not really going to break down any positional battles, but our roster for the Spring is below:
RHP Joe Brown
LHP Duke Bybee
RHP Charlie Everett
RHP Stan Flanders
LHP Floyd Frost
RHP Art Gilbert
LHP Bob Hobbs
RHP Donnie Jones
LHP Johnnie Jones
RHP Charlie Kelsey
RHP Angel Lopez
RHP Harry MacRae
RHP Ken Matson
RHP George Oddo
RHP Pete Papenfus
RHP Harry Parker
RHP Rusty Petrick
RHP Billy Riley
RHP Joe Swank
RHP Mike Thorpe
LHP Rusty Watts
RHP Chet Williams
C Homer Guthrie
C Eddie Howard
C Harry Mead
C Steve Mountain
1B Norm Anderson
1B Ray Ford
1B Jocko Pollard
1B Dick Walker
2B Clark Car
2B Billy Hunter
2B Jimmie James
2B Rabbit Mudd
2B Connie Wright
3B Hank Barnett
3B Jim Beard
3B Otto Christian
3B Danny Richardson
SS Freddie Bennett
SS Skipper Schneider
SS George Sutterfield
LF Red Blackburn
LF Rich Langton
LF Leo Mitchell
CF Don Lee
CF Carlos Montes
CF Ray Struble
RF Sammy Dillon
RF Dave Haight
RF Bill Rich
RF Hal Sharp
RF Fred Vargas
In other news, we actually got hit by a military callup, as Russ Cushing will spend 1946 in the Army. A former 10th Rounder, the now 21-year-old went 5-8 with a 4.79 ERA and 90 strikeouts in 18 starts for the Legislators. He made four more starts in San Jose, and threw 136 innings between the spots.
Now that we have money, the most exciting part of the spring will be waivers, as we could potentially upgrade the roster. As long as we stay healthy, the overall record doesn't matter, as we're expected to be one of the best teams in the league. The early, very inaccurate preseason predictions think we're going to win the CA, something I'd agree with, but a one game edge over the Cannons will make for a tough season. The craziest part is the runs against -- just 492 runs which is good for only 3.19 runs a game.
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