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The Texas Rangers have participated in the MLB "Dream Draft" and their roster is as follows:

SP
Felix Hernandez
Zach Duke
Tim Lincecum
Justin Verlander
Brandon McCarthy
Ian Kennedy
Anthony Lerew

RP
Jonathan Papelbon
Jason Frasor
C.J. Wilson
Royce Ring
Chad Orvella
Jesus Colome
Darren O'Day
Brandon Morrow
Rich Thompson
Randy Wells

Catchers
Carlos Ruiz
Jeff Mathis
Geovany Soto

Infielders
Dan Johnson - 1B
Robinson Cano - 2B
Ryan Zimmerman - 3B
Stephen Drew - SS
Joey Votto - 1B
Brendan Harris - 2B, SS, 3B
Elliot Johnson - 2B

Outfielders
Josh Willingham - LF
Josh Hamilton - CF
Hunter Pence - RF
Twitchy McPherson - CF, LF, RF
Adam Jones - CF
Justin Upton - RF
Ryan Sweeney - RF, CF, LF

The team also signed undrafted catcher Kevin Cash and first baseman Justin Huber.

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So, here's my latest log attempt. This is in 2008 season mode. All CPU settings are on Normal. I have semi-auto (Powerful) fielding and lock-on, level 2. This season mode is on my mom's Wii so I may have more or less access to it depending on A/C situations and the like. I will be using the DEFAULT roster with no edits.

I will post Twitchy McPherson's full abilities later with his password.

Agents are allowed, up to 2 players, and you may SUGGEST what they train. I will try to get some more exciting updates included, I didn't have the creative inspiration for this update.

I'll take Cano and King Felix.

Just for bragging right, you can train them.

I'll definitely follow!

I'll take Lincecum and Votto if we're doing agents.

And your team looks stacked!

This is a pretty good team to start. Lots of young stars. Looks like a team I would pick actually.

A lot of the later picks were based on building for the future- Votto, Elliot Johnson, Jones, etc.

-----here's another update-----

The following players have been optioned to the AAA Round Rock Express:

SP Ian Kennedy
SP Anthony Lerew
P Randy Wells
RP Brandon Morrow
RP Rich Thompson
C Geovany Soto
C Kevin Cash
1B Justin Huber
2B Elliot Johnson
OF Ryan Sweeney
RF Justin Upton

Lincecum will practice control and Votto will practice batting.

Damn... this has really got me into a Power Pros itching... I'm trying to fight it, but I think I'm gonna have to go hook up the Wii and do a Dream Draft.

Rangers 6
Mariners 4
11 innings

TEX...1-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-2
SEA...0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-0-0-0

W: O'Day (1-0) L: Kuo (0-1) S: Papelbon (1)

Drew ss 2-6, 2 r, 2 so
Cano 2b 3-6, rbi, r, so
Zimmerman 3b 4-6, 2b, 2 rbi
Hamilton cf 1-6, 2 so
Pence rf 3-6, 2b, 2 rbi, 2 so
D.Johnson 1b 1-5, so
-Votto ph-1b 1-1
Willingham lf 2-4, r
-McPherson pr-lf 0-2, so
Ruiz c 1-5, r, 3 so
Jones dh 0-3
-Harris dh 2-2, hr, rbi, r

E: F.Hernandez
SB: McPherson (1)

F.Hernandez (-) 7 ip, 70 pt, 5 h, 2 r, 8 k
Ring (H) 0.1 ip, 10 pt, 1 h, 1 r
Frasor (-) 0 ip, 6 pt, 3 h, 1 r
Wilson (-) 2.1 ip, 17 pt, 2 k
O'Day (W) 0.1 ip, 3 pt
Papelbon (S) 1 ip, 7 pt, 1 h

Zimmerman and Verlander please

After the Rangers' 11-inning Opening Day victory in Seattle, the staff of the Arlington Star sat down with Texas' general manager, Jon Daniels.

STAR: Mr. Daniels, thank you for taking the time to sit down with us. Anything you'd like to say before we start asking questions?

JD: I've said this before, and I'll say it again - I believe that this team can win several AL West titles, and at least make a run at a World Series.

STAR: Any particular reasons why you are so confident?

JD: We have a strong lineup and rotation, and a good core for the future.

STAR: Can you give some insight into your future plans?

JD: We hope to build Joey Votto and Adam Jones into starters, and to retain as much of our current lineup as possible, with top priorities being Ryan Zimmerman, Robinson Cano, and Hunter Pence. Pitching-wise we hope to grow our young pitchers, like Lincecum, Hernandez, and Wilson, into a strong pitching staff.

STAR: There have been talks of converting players to new positions in the off-season. Are these true?

JD: We would like to add some flexibility to our roster, yes, but there are no specific plans as the off-season is a long ways away from now.

STAR: What do you think of the two teams' use or disuse of their bullpens in the last game?

JD: Well, we use more of a specialized bullpen - Royce Ring is good at getting lefties out, and Darren O'Day is good against right-handed hitters. The Mariners had a more stretched-out bullpen, with Hong-Chih Kuo being able to pitch several innings in relief. In the future, we will look to figure out if we need to add a long reliever. For now, we just ask that our starters give us quality innings.

STAR: Thank you for your time.

Rangers 2
Mariners 3

TEX...0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2
SEA...0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-1

W: McGowan (1-0) L: O'Day (1-1)

Drew ss 1-3
-Harris ph-ss 1-2, 2b, 2 rbi
Cano 2b 1-5
Zimmerman 3b 2-4
Hamilton cf 1-4
Pence rf 1-4, so
D.Johnson 1b 0-3, 2 so
-Votto ph-1b 0-1
Willingham lf 2-4, so
-Mathis pr-c r
Ruiz c 1-4, so
-McPherson lf 0-0
Jones dh 2-4, r, so

E: Cano
SB: Zimmerman (1), Hamilton (1)

Lincecum (-) 5.2 ip, 65 pt, 4 h, 2 r, 8 k
Ring (-) 1 ip, 7 pt, 2 k
Orvella (-) 1.1 ip, 12 pt, 2 k
O'Day (L) 0 ip, 4 pt, 2 h, 1 r
Frasor (-) 0 ip, 1 pt, 1 h

WP: Lincecum

Rangers 1
Mariners 0

TEX...0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
SEA...0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

W: Duke (1-0) L: Lohse (0-1)

Drew ss 2-5, rbi, 2 so
Cano 2b 2-5, so
Zimmerman 3b 2-5, so
Willingham lf 1-5, 2 so
Pence rf 1-4, 2 so
D.Johnson dh 0-3, so
-Hamilton dh 0-1, so
Ruiz c 2-4, r
Votto 1b 2-4, 2 so
Jones cf 1-4, so
-Mathis pr 0-0

Duke (W) 9 ip, 76 pt, 1 h, 11 k

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Duke pitched the first 6 1/3 innings of the game perfectly, until Michael Young singled. Bobby Crosby pinch-ran for him (C speed for B speed?) and was caught stealing, allowing Duke to face the minimum 27 batters. There were a combined 24 strikeouts in this game, and yet no batter recorded more than 2 strikeouts.

When you say fielding is "semi-auto," does that mean the computer has your player get to the ball automatically and you choose where to throw it?

Yeah. I've never been good at fielding in any game (Power Pros, The Show, 2K, or anything else) so I usually have the cpu do it for me.