[PilotMan]

I'm still playing, but Rimworld sucked all my time for a few months. We're about halfway through '92 right now. I came across something kind of funny.

John Elway, without the pressure of football is still slaving away in the minors. He's been with the Yankees, Angels, Indians, A's. He held on with the Cardinals in '86 and got a couple extensions, but became a free agent again in '90. Reupped with the Cards one more time, and ended up with LA this year.

His career has been less than stellar. He's now 32 and riding the pine in AA San Antonio. He made it as far as AAA a couple times, but the most games he's ever played in any year, all levels combined is 109 back in '86. Still he hangs on with not trips to The Show.

A career WAR of 2.2, 32 HR's, 110 SB's in 555 games. His average is .223 with a career OPS of .649.

LA has a number of former stars riding around in the minors right now. Too bad they didn't have them at their peaks, because they could have used them.

Jack Clark (36)(1B) is a glorified PH for the main club. Two years ago he hit 42. He's got 0 in 37 at bats this year.

Mike Marshall (32)(1B) starting first basemen in Albuquerque. One time slugger and right fielder, who hit 25 with a 5.2 WAR back in '83 left LA in '87. He's been with the Red Sox, Rangers, Cardinals, Blue Jays, A's, Orioles, and Tigers since coming back to LA last year. He's rocking an OPS of .787 with 11 HR's.

Jesse Barfield (32)(OF) The former 2-time Gold Glover, All Star, and Silver Slugger hit 5 HR's last year for the Royals and came to LA on a minor league deal. He's got 187 career bombs, with high of 30 back in '83. His recent .211 average and .649 OPS with the Royals over 3.5 years didn't impress. He's starting in right for Albuquerque. With 11 HR's and a .244 average.

Lloyd Moseby (32) (OF) The former 4-time All Star, Gold Glover, and Silver Slugger came to LA in the offseason from cross town loser California. Last year he batted .192 with 4 HR's and a -0.4 WAR in part time duty. His last good year was in '87 when he lead the AL in runs scored with 143. His 163 career dingers and 228 steals are nice, but he's really fallen off from where he was. He's played well in limited duty for the Dukes, but he's not starting right now.

Dale Murphy (36)(OF) Another 4-time All Star, 2-time Silver Slugger, and Gold Glove winner from the 80's. Murphy has 11 HR's and leads the Dukes with 52 RBI's batting cleanup and batting as the DH. He played in Baltimore last year where his -1.1 WAR didn't impress and neither did his .224 average or 16 HR's and 120 K's. He's at 317 HR's for his career with a .774 OPS. He had some good years with Houston, but nothing close to what he did in Atlanta.

Nick Esasky (32) (1B) Esasky was once a massive bomber and All Star back in '86. His career high in homers was 37 for the Reds in '87. He's been in the LA system for 3 years trying to make his way back, but while he was in AAA 2 years ago, this year, he's been mostly in AA. Where he's been rocking a -0.4 WAR and .645 OPS with 8 HR's in 254 AB's.


With all those bats, the AAA Dukes are still in last place with a 41-52 record, similar to the main club, who are sitting at 45-59 early in August. We are not the worst this year though, like we were last year. Still, pretty back for a fan to endure.