FOOLX 2088 Offseason Thread

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Season's Best Fielders Selected by CL
Wednesday, November 5th, 2087: The Slick Fielder Award winners don't get the recognition of the home run hitters, but they are very much appreciated by managers, their teammates and by the fans, who know the value of defensive excellence. Great defense makes a difference in baseball. This year's top glovemen in the Continental League are:

Pitcher: Robert Kuhn (Washington Freedom)
Catcher: Bob Pinch (Oshawa Mullets)
First Baseman: Maxime Grégoire (Washington Freedom)
Second Baseman: Víctor Salas (St Cloud Raindrops)
Third Baseman: Mario Tapia (Washington Freedom)
Shortstop: Leo O'Halloran (Oshawa Mullets)
Left Fielder: Emerson Hubbard (Oshawa Mullets)
Center Fielder: Casey Hornback (St Louis Hops)
Right Fielder: Ernie Couch (St Louis Hops)


RL Slick Fielder Award Winners Named
Wednesday, November 5th, 2087: Who are the Slick Fielder Award winners? They are the guys that steal outs. They make spectacular plays, but they also consistently make the routine plays. This year in the Republic League these defensive stalwarts made a name for themselves with their gloves:

Pitcher: Blair Blandford (Waikiki Beach Boys)
Catcher: Luke Blaquiere (New York Legends)
First Baseman: Jean-Marc Pageau (Portland Axemen)
Second Baseman: Mac Gaston (Ann Arbor Wolverines)
Third Baseman: Sergio Rojas (Spring Lions)
Shortstop: Pedro Hernández (Las Vegas Wildcats)
Left Fielder: Andy Bright (Ann Arbor Wolverines)
Center Fielder: José Martínez (New York Legends)
Right Fielder: Héctor Salazar (Maricopa Rattlers)

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Continental League Selects Best Rookie
Thursday, November 6th, 2087: Derril Knight's age didn't show very often in his first year. He performed more like a veteran on the hill for the Havana Banana Sluggers and today he walked away with the 2087 Continental League Kien-lung Teng Award.

The 22-year-old starter registered a 14-9 record this season in 33 starts. Over 215 innings he gave up 219 hits, struck out 181 and issued 62 walks as he held the opposition to a .260 batting average and fashioned a 3.60 ERA.


Guilléin Crowned Best RL Rookie
Thursday, November 6th, 2087: The outstanding Republic League newcomer for 2087 has been selected and the trophy goes to Cleveland catcher José Guilléin. He received the Kien-lung Teng Award on the strength of his fine performance this season.

It was a season to remember for the 23-year-old Naps rookie. He wrapped up his first year with a .296 batting average, 26 doubles, 1 triple and 17 home runs. Guilléin also had 77 RBIs and scored 76 times.

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Big Year For Pantoja, Wins CL Mauro Morales Award
Saturday, November 8th, 2087: António Pantoja of the Havana Banana Sluggers might be an old man, but he can still pitch with the best of them. Today the 35-year-old hurler snagged the Continental League Mauro Morales Award honors for his outstanding 2087 performance.

He posted a 3.36 ERA with 20 wins, 7 losses, 127 strikeouts and 60 walks in 195.2 innings.


Zein Top Choice, Wins Mauro Morales Award
Saturday, November 8th, 2087: The Mauro Morales Award for 2087 has been presented and the Republic League winner is Amlak Zein of Maricopa.

"It's always nice to receive an award like this," said Zein. "I just hope I can improve on my performance next year and be in the running again," the Rattlers star told reporters.

Zein excelled with an impressive 20-6 record in 33 starts. In 222.1 innings he yielded 234 hits and 61 walks, while striking out 147 and compiling a fine 3.04 ERA.

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Great Year Gets Bungay CL Bartolo Liriano Award
Sunday, November 9th, 2087: It's been a year of triumph for veteran Vincent Bungay of the Plantana Pirates as he hit his way to the 2087 Continental League Bartolo Liriano Award.

The 27-year-old veteran compiled a .291 average and .415 on-base percentage by putting together 180 hits, 44 doubles, 6 triples, 18 home runs and 123 walks. He also scored 108 times and drove in 73 runs.


António Mercado Captures RL Bartolo Liriano Award
Sunday, November 9th, 2087: Cleveland's António Mercado put the wraps on a fine campaign today by winning the 2087 Republic League Bartolo Liriano Award.

The 34-year-old veteran scorched the opposition with a .319 average, picking up 213 hits, 38 doubles, 8 triples, 37 home runs and 106 RBIs, while scoring 119 runs.

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Tuesday, November 4th, 2087 Portland Axemen: Signed MR António Carbajal to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $9,900,000. Sunday, November 2nd, 2087 Portland Axemen: Signed SP Gabriel Santos to a minor league contract extension. Portland Axemen: Signed LF Greg Harrington to a minor league contract extension. Saturday, November 1st, 2087 Portland Axemen: Signed SS Miguel Angel Beltrán to a minor league contract extension. Portland Axemen: Signed RF Jack Williams to a minor league contract extension. Friday, October 31st, 2087

Washington Freedom: Signed SS Juan Longoria to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $6,000,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed SP Pedro Álvarez to a minor league contract extension.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed C Manuel López to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $5,000,000.

Thursday, October 30th, 2087

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed SS Tommy Yelland to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $2,550,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed MR P.J. Corbin to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $8,800,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed CL Kazuyuki Kanda to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed CF Luo-han Yo to a minor league contract extension.

Washington Freedom: Signed SP Alastair Snow to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $9,660,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed C Vicente Rosário to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $374,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed MR Miguel Angel Luna to a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $2,270,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed MR José Espinoza to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $6,408,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed 1B Xander Leah to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed SP Craig Tate to a minor league contract extension.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed SP Amlak Zein to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $23,750,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed 2B Jean-Marc Pageau to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $720,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed 3B Tim James to a minor league contract extension.

New York Legends: Signed SP Fernando García to a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $341,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed MR Chris Adamson to a minor league contract extension.

Portland Axemen: Signed 3B Ty Hurt to a minor league contract extension.

Washington Freedom: Signed SP Raúl Peña to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $5,100,000.

Cleveland Naps: Signed MR Bob Thomson to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $4,700,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed 2B Francisco Salas to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,320,000.

Maricopa Rattlers: Signed CF Greg Sisson to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $15,399,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed MR Lorenzo Franco to a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $5,600,000.

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File is up. We will have FA sim 1 tomorrow morning.

[Afino]

Nothing like starting the offseason getting nailed in arbitration and being over the cap before FA even starts....

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Saturday, December 20th, 2087 Portland Axemen: Signed free agent MR Rusty Pruitt to a 1-year contract worth a total of $490,000. Washington Freedom: Signed free agent RF Harry Latour to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,000,000. Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed free agent MR Carlos Torres to a 5-year contract worth a total of $17,000,000. Spring Lions: Signed free agent CL Philip Clark to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,400,000. Spring Lions: Signed free agent SP Bartolo Valdéz to a 4-year contract worth a total of $14,100,000. Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed free agent MR Javier Torres to a 4-year contract worth a total of $16,000,000. St Louis Hops: Signed free agent 1B Ángel Estrada to a 3-year contract worth a total of $12,000,000. New York Legends: Signed free agent 2B Víctor Salas to a 4-year contract worth a total of $29,000,000. Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed free agent MR Mark Burks to a 2-year contract worth a total of $4,920,000. Thursday, December 4th, 2087 Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent 2B Denny Robinson to a 1-year contract worth a total of $560,000. Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent 1B Miguel Díaz to a 1-year contract worth a total of $700,000. Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent C Hidekazu Kogawa to a 1-year contract worth a total of $1,000,000. Spring Lions: Signed free agent 2B Greg Murphy to a 2-year contract worth a total of $7,200,000. Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent SP Francisco Luna to a minor league contract. Portland Axemen: Signed free agent MR Steffen Brooks to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,800,000. Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent SP Lloyd Clark to a 1-year contract worth a total of $750,000. Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Dillon Jones to a minor league contract. New York Legends: Signed free agent RF Kinnosuke Fujihara to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,900,000. Washington Freedom: Signed free agent LF Santiago Borges to a 3-year contract worth a total of $3,600,000. Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent SS John Cook to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,700,000. Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent 3B Odoardo Cortes to a 2-year contract worth a total of $3,300,000. Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent MR Juan Martínez to a minor league contract. Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent MR Aurelio Bautista to a minor league contract. Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent C Ken Dale to a 1-year contract worth a total of $900,000. Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent MR Juan Díaz to a minor league contract. Ann Arbor Wolverines: Signed free agent SP Kazu Hayagawa to a minor league contract. Sunday, November 30th, 2087

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed SS Jack Rex to a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $1,889,000.

Thursday, November 27th, 2087

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent MR Dae-hyun Yu to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,920,000.

Plantana Pirates: Signed free agent RF Don Hanson to a 2-year contract worth a total of $7,520,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Seika Kobayashi to a 1-year contract worth a total of $370,000.

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Wow, quiet free agency.

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Lets welcome back ShoelessJ03. He will be taking over St. Cloud. We are now full in FOOLX guys. Only 1 team in FOOL to fill and we are full in both leagues for the 1st time. If anyone is in FOOLX and isn't in FOOL feel free to take claim to LA.

[Chief Rum]

Welcome back, Shoeless Joe!

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Manchester Terriers: Signed free agent SS Claudio Salamanca to a 2-year contract worth a total of $11,010,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent RF Esteban Sánchez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,500,000.

Manchester Terriers: Signed free agent SP Carlos Castro to a 3-year contract worth a total of $10,190,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent SS Roy Owens to a 1-year contract worth a total of $2,500,000.

Sunday, March 14th, 2088

Manchester Terriers: Signed free agent SP Ray Hubbard to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,200,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Juan Núñes to a 1-year contract worth a total of $330,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Héctor Arizola to a 1-year contract worth a total of $590,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent SP Júlio Pérez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,800,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent MR Colin Graves to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,150,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Ryunosuke Shimizu to a 1-year contract worth a total of $290,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent CF Roberto Aguilar to a 3-year contract worth a total of $11,100,000.

Manchester Terriers: Signed free agent CL Miguel Castro to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,380,000.

Manchester Terriers: Signed free agent C Ed Connor to a 2-year contract worth a total of $1,800,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent LF Ángel Souza to a 2-year contract worth a total of $14,000,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent SP Eric Pederson to a 2-year contract worth a total of $5,000,000.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent 1B Maxime Grégoire to a 1-year contract worth a total of $750,000.

Portland Axemen: Signed free agent 1B Min Gui to a 3-year contract worth a total of $15,000,000.

Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed free agent SP Jesús Rodríguez to a 1-year contract worth a total of $100,000.

St Cloud Raindrops: Signed free agent SP Jeffrey Kennedy to a 1-year contract worth a total of $500,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent C Roberto Trevino to a 5-year contract worth a total of $35,000,000.

Tuesday, March 9th, 2088

Cleveland Naps: Signed free agent MR Víctor Delgado to a 1-year contract worth a total of $640,000.

Havana Banana Sluggers: Signed free agent 2B Alejandro Fuentes to a 2-year contract worth a total of $2,000,000.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent LF Vincent Higdon to a minor league contract.

Washington Freedom: Signed free agent MR Arturo Rodríguez to a minor league contract.

Manchester Terriers: Signed free agent SP James Pearson to a minor league contract.

St Louis Hops: Signed free agent LF Logan Blakeney to a minor league contract.

Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed free agent C James Sykes to a minor league contract.

Waikiki Beach Boys: Signed free agent MR Iván Reyes to a minor league contract.

Las Vegas Wildcats: Signed free agent C Edgar Juárez to a minor league contract.

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Round 1

Round 1, Pick 1 - London Bishops: SP Eric Stone

Round 1, Pick 2 - New York Legends: LF Mauro Sandoval

Round 1, Pick 3 - Plantana Pirates: 3B Matt Coleman

Round 1, Pick 4 - Manchester Terriers: SS Ron Lodge

Round 1, Pick 5 - Spring Lions: 3B Dan Iverson

Round 1, Pick 6 - Waikiki Beach Boys: 2B Alberto Cruz

Round 1, Pick 7 - Oshawa Mullets: CF Jesús Pérez

Round 1, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: CF Juan Jose Hurtado

Round 1, Pick 9 - Washington Freedom: SP Tom Brewer

Round 1, Pick 10 - Cleveland Naps: RF Gary Brodeur

Round 1, Pick 11 - Havana Banana Sluggers: CF José Romero

Round 1, Pick 12 - Las Vegas Wildcats: 2B Ramón Caro

Round 1, Pick 13 - St Louis Hops: CF Ed King

Round 1, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: MR José Gómez

Round 1, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: MR Carlos Hinojosa

Round 1, Pick 16 - St Cloud Raindrops: LF J.J. Campbell

Supplemental Round 1

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 1 - Spring Lions: MR Carlos Pérez

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 2 - Manchester Terriers: SP Roberto Sánchez

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 3 - Waikiki Beach Boys: C Ramón Toledo

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 4 - Oshawa Mullets: LF Joaquín Hernández

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 5 - Washington Freedom: CL Walt Brown

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 6 - Las Vegas Wildcats: LF Bob Graves

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 7 - St Louis Hops: CF Miguel Medina

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 8 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: SP Rafael Montaño

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 9 - Maricopa Rattlers: MR Júlio Valdéz

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 10 - St Cloud Raindrops: 3B Romeo Herrera

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 11 - St Louis Hops: SP António Vélez

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 12 - Maricopa Rattlers: 3B Gene Cook

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 13 - St Cloud Raindrops: RF Devin Barrett

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 14 - St Louis Hops: 1B Jesús Rodríguez

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: C António Espinoza

Round 1 (Suppl.), Pick 16 - St Cloud Raindrops: SP Kelly Richter

Round 2

Round 2, Pick 1 - London Bishops: LF Jack Ashley

Round 2, Pick 2 - New York Legends: MR Barrett Walker

Round 2, Pick 3 - Plantana Pirates: SP Ismael Valdés

Round 2, Pick 4 - St Louis Hops: CF Todd Boone

Round 2, Pick 5 - Maricopa Rattlers: 1B Pedro Álvarez

Round 2, Pick 6 - Waikiki Beach Boys: SS Lorne Cox

Round 2, Pick 7 - Oshawa Mullets: SP Ted Hinton

Round 2, Pick 8 - Maricopa Rattlers: 2B Marcos Cordero

Round 2, Pick 9 - Washington Freedom: MR Mike Brooks

Round 2, Pick 10 - Cleveland Naps: CF Alberto Madrigal

Round 2, Pick 11 - Havana Banana Sluggers: LF Carlos Bojórquez

Round 2, Pick 12 - Las Vegas Wildcats: LF Patrick Nadeau

Round 2, Pick 13 - St Louis Hops: 1B Manuel Alicea

Round 2, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: 2B Oliver Silva

Round 2, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: SS Diego Valle

Round 2, Pick 16 - St Cloud Raindrops: CF Ronald Jackson

Round 3

Round 3, Pick 1 - London Bishops: 3B Alfonso Beltrán

Round 3, Pick 2 - New York Legends: 3B Raymond Leblond

Round 3, Pick 3 - Plantana Pirates: RF Jorge Martínez

Round 3, Pick 4 - St Louis Hops: 3B Ramiro Vargas

Round 3, Pick 5 - Oshawa Mullets: SP Ángel Hernández

Round 3, Pick 6 - Waikiki Beach Boys: MR Derek Williams

Round 3, Pick 7 - Oshawa Mullets: 2B Adam Goff

Round 3, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: MR Ramiro Sánchez

Round 3, Pick 9 - Washington Freedom: MR Eric Campbell

Round 3, Pick 10 - Cleveland Naps: 2B Enrique Serna

Round 3, Pick 11 - Havana Banana Sluggers: CL Héctor Gabriel

Round 3, Pick 12 - Las Vegas Wildcats: SP Nelson Chávez

Round 3, Pick 13 - St Louis Hops: CF Pedro Santos

Round 3, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C Jesse Briggs

Round 3, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: CF Jean-Marc St-Laurent

Round 3, Pick 16 - St Cloud Raindrops: CF Wilbert Shoemaker

Round 4

Round 4, Pick 1 - London Bishops: SP Jesús Muñóz

Round 4, Pick 2 - New York Legends: CF Sergio Guillén

Round 4, Pick 3 - Plantana Pirates: 2B Terrence Bell

Round 4, Pick 4 - Manchester Terriers: LF Joe Dugles

Round 4, Pick 5 - Spring Lions: RF Carlos Medrano

Round 4, Pick 6 - Waikiki Beach Boys: SP Ángel Guerrero

Round 4, Pick 7 - Oshawa Mullets: MR James Martin

Round 4, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: 3B Carlos Aguilera

Round 4, Pick 9 - Washington Freedom: CF Michael Richard

Round 4, Pick 10 - Cleveland Naps: 1B Bob Chambers

Round 4, Pick 11 - Havana Banana Sluggers: 2B Jaime Gonzáles

Round 4, Pick 12 - Las Vegas Wildcats: 2B Fred Nelson

Round 4, Pick 13 - St Louis Hops: SP Brandon Gordon

Round 4, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: MR Bud Parker

Round 4, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: MR Ángel Ávila

Round 4, Pick 16 - St Cloud Raindrops: 3B Héctor Martínez

Round 5

Round 5, Pick 1 - London Bishops: C George Miller

Round 5, Pick 2 - New York Legends: 2B Ralph Carroll

Round 5, Pick 3 - Plantana Pirates: MR Jaime Valentín

Round 5, Pick 4 - Manchester Terriers: MR Mike Miller

Round 5, Pick 5 - Spring Lions: MR Santiago Granados

Round 5, Pick 6 - Waikiki Beach Boys: C Javier Martínez

Round 5, Pick 7 - Oshawa Mullets: C César Acosta

Round 5, Pick 8 - Portland Axemen: LF Tom Gary

Round 5, Pick 9 - Washington Freedom: MR Armando Ramírez

Round 5, Pick 10 - Cleveland Naps: MR Cisco Gutiérrez

Round 5, Pick 11 - Havana Banana Sluggers: LF Jesús Huerta

Round 5, Pick 12 - Las Vegas Wildcats: C Manuel Pérez

Round 5, Pick 13 - St Louis Hops: 2B Jesús Torres

Round 5, Pick 14 - Ann Arbor Wolverines: C Bartolo Campos

Round 5, Pick 15 - Maricopa Rattlers: C John Davenport

Round 5, Pick 16 - St Cloud Raindrops: MR Pearce Berard

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File is up. We will sim the season on Monday.

Best turnout in my commish tenure for FOOLX. FOOLX was hurting a great deal for a while, so I'm pretty excited and proud that we are back on track. Thanks to everyone that helped along the way with a special shout out to Spleen for the contribution he made in finding people to take teams.

THANK YOU ALL!!!!

[Afino]

Thank YOU, Hyde for sticking with it. We all appreciate it.

[spleen1015]

Man, I was strapped for FA money this year and couldn't sign enough guys to fill out my team. We're going to be turrible this year.

[Chief Rum]

I don't recall all the offers I made, and I know I didn't hit on them all. But adding Pedersen to the rotation and Graves to the pen will really help my pitching staff. And bringing back Aguilar gives me another power bat, and one with an excellent glove. And adding Fuentes helps me with my depth issues on the left side of the infield and gives me a solid platoon bat at 3B.

So I got the pieces I needed. Hopefully that will be enough to contend for a playoff spot.

[ShoelessJ03]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Welcome back, Shoeless Joe!

Thanks buddy.

I almost didn't want to take the team over when I found out I would have to try and fill the ownership shoes that Teach left... then I figured, if anyone was gonna derail the franchise, I'm pretty good at that so why the hell not?!

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Originally Posted by ShoelessJ03

Thanks buddy.

I almost didn't want to take the team over when I found out I would have to try and fill the ownership shoes that Teach left... then I figured, if anyone was gonna derail the franchise, I'm pretty good at that so why the hell not?!

Haha...Yeah you definitely have some big shoes to fill. Thats the beauty of taking over Waikiki, they haven't wont anything in 50+ years, so they wont mind when I finish in the middle of the pack year after year

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Been seeing a lot of weird stuff this week with my team. I thought I was losing my mind. Just realized that somehow I got put on vacation and the AI was the reason for all of the weirdness.

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CF I tried sending you a PM but you have to many PM. Are you around?