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Major League Baseball has just announced in a press conference earlier today that there will be 2 new teams joining for the upcoming season. First off, there is the Sluggers of Louisville, a low budget expansion team that will play its games in the hitters park of Suburban Stadium. They are a fun weekend side hobby for the rich big wigs that run Louisville Slugger, and aren't very good.Then, there is the Orlando Osprey. This team is made up stud rookies that seem like locks to become perennial all-stars. They are owned by Disneyworld, and will play at the newly constructed Golden Apples Stadium, built right across the street from Disneyworld, a tribute to the team that everyone on the Osprey played AAA ball for. Both teams will join the AL East

The AL East will have 7 teams?

Yeah, I wanted to be in the same division as the Osprey without messing everyone else up.

What I would've done is move an AL East team to the NL East (Orioles, Rays, or Blue Jays, probably), move the Braves to the NL Central, and move the Astros to the AL West. Or maybe even just move the Blue Jays straight to the NL Central to leave the Braves where they are.

So the success guys are on the Osprey?

I wouldn't even do that. Just move the Blue Jays to the NL East, and the Astros to the AL West. Then they're both 6-5-5

I actually did put the Astros in the AL West, I also moved the Brewers back to the AL Central.
I also got one the best and luckiest expansion team draws I've ever gotten.

That means the AL has 18 teams...

18 in the AL, 14 in the NL? Legit!

The Sluggers have now announced their opening day lineup and starting rotation and they look like this:

1. Schrager CF L/L 3/8/88/8/9/10/7
2. Stark LF L/L 2/10/103/7/6/8/8
3. Heaverlo 2B R/R 2/11/107/8/8/11/9  Tough Runner
4. McNichol 3B S/R 3/7/137/6/8/6/7
5. Clapinski DH L/R 3/7/124/6/7/6/7
6. Crozier 1B L/R 3/6/101/5/4/5/5 Durability 4
7. West RF R/L 3/6/97/8/7/7/5
8. Maestri SS L/R 1/8/100/7/9/10/7  Gd Bunt-Bases Clearer
9. Sequea C S/R 2/8/7/6/9/5/9  Trash Talk


1. Tolar 93/114/115/1 2SFB/3 FORK/2 CB/2 CUT  Release 4
2. Brunet 92/119/103/1 SLD/2 CB/2 KNCB/1 FORK
3. Hietpas 92/123/101/2 CUT/3 FORK/1 PALM  Walk
4. Grimm 93/101/93/2 FORK/2 CB  Release 2
5. Wallace 88/110/105/3 SLD/3 CB
6. Freed 94/121/106/2 SLD/2CB

Stark, Heaverlo, and Maestri, are a bit overpowered for gray-bars.

I know, its freaking insane how lucky I was on this.

Better than what I got with the Ice Wolves.

The subs, bullpen and AAA roster for the sluggers:


Subs:

Villacis 1B L/R 3/4/112/6/4/4/5
Brazell SS L/R 2/7/79/6/7/9/6
Parker CF R/L 2/6/87/7/8/7/5


Bullpen:

Artega 91/107/102/2 CB/1 KNCB/3 FORK
Burton 93/111/98/3 CB/3 FORK
Trzesniak 94/120/101/1 SLD/1 CB
Wilken 90/128/92/3 SLD/1 CUT/3 PALM
Beck 89/116/109/2 SLD/2 CB
Cesar 92/115/106/3 CB/3 FORK
McCurdy 91/116/98/1 SLD/3 CB/3 FORK


AAA:

Meyers 88/106/98/2 SLD/2 CUT
Hudgins 93/115/109/1 SLD/1 CB  Fat Pitch
Castellan C L/R  2/7/88/7/7/7/8
Ugueto 1B L/R 3/6/95/5/5/3/8
Cosme 2B R/R 2/7/101/6/5/9/6
Eckert 3B R/R 3/6/137/6/7/6/8
Borland SS L/R 1/7/84/7/8/9/6
Calderon LF R/L 2/8/90/6/6/5/7

The Sluggers had their first game today and beat the Osprey in the battle of the expansion teams. Tolar pitched a gem and McNichol drove in the winning run. The Sluggers struck first with a four run fourth, then the Osprey scored three in the bottom half of the inning to pull within one. The Sluggers tacked on two useless insurance runs in the eighth, and cruised to a 6-3 victory. Many franchise firsts happened including;
First Hit: Schrager
First RBI: McNichol
First Win: Tolar
First CG: Tolar
First XBH: West


Box Score:

Sluggers 4-16-0
Osprey 3-12-0

Win: Tolar
Loss: Van Hekken
Save: none
HR: none

Schrager 2/5 2B, 2RBI 
Stark 2/5 R
Heaverlo 2/5 R
McNichol 2/5 RBI, R
Clapinski 2/5 2B, RBI, K
Crozier 1/4 RBI, R
West 2/4 2B
Maestri 1/4 R
Sequea 2/4 2B, RBI, R

Tolar W(1-0) CG, 12 H, 5 K