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I decided to play the 17 games before the break and we went 12-5 and find ourselves 1/2 game ahead of the A's and in first place. Our pitching has improved such that we have now allowed the fewest runs in the AL, which is important, because although we are 2nd in the AL in HR's we are just 9th in runs.
We lost Bill Freehan for a month to a concussion after he was hit in the $#%@*@ head by Rick Rhoden. Lots of HPB's in that series, more than 1 intentional, but no dustups. The Rangers use Rhoden as a leadoff hitter (!!!!!) when he starts and he came up again after he beaned Freehan, but it was a 1-run game and I couldn't retaliate immediately. Next time.
Reggie Smith, Rick Wise and Blue Moon Odom are our 3 All-Stars.
In the system, our AAA Gulls are 3 games up, our AA Diablos are 7 games up, our A clubs are in 2nd, 11 games back and last, 20 games back and our rookie club is 2 games back. Our system rank has gone up from 20th to 10th thanks to our first round pick Mike Davis, who is hitting .307/.413/.398 with 4 HR and 35 steals in A ball and was the #31 prospect, and our 2nd round pick this year SP Richard Dotson is ranked #98 down in rookie ball.
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