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Old 06-25-2011, 09:38 AM   #23
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1905 Preview - Resurgence in St Louis?

Four new rookies join the ranks for 1905 and there is more movement, though St Louis and New York carry over half of our players between them.

1905 Outlook

Cy Crooks – New York (A) debut 1901: Coming off his best season yet Crooks will once again anchor the Highlanders rotation as the #1 starter.

Finn O'Connell – New York (A) debut 1901: The reigning AL ERA champ moves back into the starting rotation full time and will hold down the #3 spot behind Barney Wolfe.

Stubs Corchoran – Cleveland debut 1901: Our resident mercenary will bat 3rd and anchor the Nap’s offense as the starting RF as he prepares to play for his third major league team since his debut.

Mathurin Hawkins - New York (A) debut 1901:One of the league’s top Catchers Hawkins will again hold down the fort behind the dish and bat 4th.

Path Twelve – St Louis (A) debut 1901: In a shocking move, Twelve jumps to the Browns after 4 seasons in New York and is being touted as the clubs savior. He will start in CF and bat between 4th and 6th.

Rob Neilsen - New York (A) debut 1902: Mr. consistency will round out the Highlander rotation at #4 and will look to add his usual 14-16 wins.

Al Mighty – Philadelphia (A) debut 1902: Mighty is as restless as Stubs Corchoran as he joins his third big league team and will team with Johnny Evers to form the A’s double play combo while batting 6th.

Deacon Palmer - New York (A) debut 1902:Palmer is again stuck behind Red Kleinow at 1B and seems to be a permanent figure on the bench under John McGraw’s style of play.

Jace Hunter – Philadelphia (A) debut 1902: Hunter continues to improve and the 26yr old will once again hold down the hot corner for Connie Mack and company, hitting in either the 2nd or 3rd spot.

Ulysses A Spear - St Louis (A) debut 1902: The speedster is relegated to a backup role as Bill Friel returns to St Louis after a 1 year stint with the Cubs as it appears management has lost faith in Spear.

O’olish Amaneh – St Louis (A) debut 1905: With the Browns rotation set, Amaneh will start the season in the minors where he will have a chance to develop and work on his velocity.

Kangee ‘Chief’ Twinfeather – St Louis (A) debut 1905: A powerfully built player, though still raw at just 19, Chief will be asked to start in LF for the Browns, batting 3rd vs LH pitching and 5th vs RH pitching.

J.G Rothschild – Cleveland (A) debut 1905: With no other pure SS on the roster, Rothschild will be handed the starting job for the Naps and asked to hit ahead of Corchoran in the 2 hole.

Buck Banzai – St Louis (A) debut 1905: Another fortunate landing for one of our rookies as he will start at SS for the Browns who are thin at the position, Banzai will bat either 2nd (LH) or 7th (RH) and brings a rocket arm to the Browns middle infield.

1906 Debuts

Lou Mazzilli – 23 yr old SP (Sweet)
Lou grew up in Sicily on his foster family's vineyard knowing nothing of Baseball, not even knowing the word existed. But he did know he wanted a better life far away from his slave driven foster parents. Thru the years growing up, just to make himself feel a bit better, he’d take a couple of bushel’s of grapes and one by one, throw them at the cackle’s that flew around the vineyard. He’d gotten pretty good hitting them from over 20 some odd feet away. Not too shabby considering the size of the little buggers. Over time he was hitting the wasps and bees off the vines at close to the same distance. His aim (I like to call it control) was something to be seen. Unfortunately his foster dad Luigi, didn’t appreciate the talent and shipped him off to his cousin in the land of opportunity
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