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BREAKING NEWS:
Florida now has THREE baseball teams. THREE. Unbelievable. The Rays and Marlins are doing poorly as it is. How is an expansion team going to succeed in this state? In this economic situation. We are on the verge of economic recession people! This team is going nowhere. So many other places deserve a team. Montreal. Omaha. Las Vegas. So many other places. This team is going to ruin the economy of Florida. Prepare for the collapse Florida.

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MLB adds Two Teams in Charlotte and Orlando
Two new teams prepare for their first ever seasons in Major League Baseball. The Orlando Raptors and Charlotte Batdogs are the two newest members to the MLB family, expanding the league to a 32-team league. Orlando has an owner that everyone and their mother will recognize, famous actor Charlie Sheen. Sheen says his goal is to build a "winning" team by temporarily giving up cocaine to invest more money into the team. Sheen will look to hire a General Manager in the upcoming weeks. Charlotte is owned by a man who declares himself "Emperor" Palpatine. Palpatine is a very influential man who can sway others to the "dark side". His goal is to build the Batdogs into an Empire. We will see what direction these two teams will go during the 2008 Expansion Draft. Stay tuned on Sports Center.

The Orlando Raptors have released their uniforms this afternoon, and fans are generally pleased.

One day before the expansion draft, the Raptors have hired inexperienced GM Kendrick Pederson. Pederson has a business degree from Cornell, but does not know much about baseball. This is a highly controversial move by Owner Charlie Sheen. Hopefully Kendrick will read up on his baseball facts. Also, the Raptors will be playing in the AL East, with the Charlotte Batdogs in the NL East, and the Houston Astros moving to the AL West. The Raptors will be forced to compete with the Yankees and Red Sox yearly.

The expansion draft has finished. Here is the roster:

Daiki Hirayama CF
Omi Hsia LF
John Inglett RF
Gary Chapman 1B
Adam Piersoll DH
Jason O'Day 3B
Garret Bannon SS
Kenny Sparks 2B
Jason Andrews C
Shane McConnell 2B
Yoshio Kamiya C
Lon Sain LF
Neal Bridges CF
Gareth Brownlie CF
James Barden CF
Joe Crozier SP
Jose Murillo SP
Kevin Wylie SP
Jesse Pickler SP
Abe Finegan SP
Jose Gregorio LR
Phil Neagle MR
James Bouknight SU
Conor McMillan CL

Abilities to be posted later.

Looks solid so far man, I'll follow.

Contact, Power, Run Spd, Arm STR, FLD, E RES
Daiki Hirayama- DECCCC
Omi Hsia- EEEEEE
John Inglett- EEDEFE
Gary Chapman- FBFEFE
Adam Piersoll- FCFEGF
Jason O'Day- EBFEDC
Garret Bannon- FEEDDD
Kenny Sparks- EFFEDE
Jason Andrews- FFGFDE
Shane McConnell- EFFEDF
Yoshio Kamiya- EDEDCE
Lon Sain- FFFEFE
Neal Bridges- FFFEDE
Gareth Brownlie- FDDECD
James Barden- DDDDDE

Top Spd, Ctrl, Stam
Joe Crozier- 90, D, C
Jose Murillo- 90, E, C
Kevin Wylie, 86, C, C
Jesse Pickler 86, E, C
Abe Finegan 91, D, C
Jose Gregorio 85, F, C
Phil Neagle 90, F, C
James Bouknight 90, D, C
Conor McMillan 87, D, C

Agents:
aar0nat0r- Daiki Hirayama
BrewersFuzz- Jason O'Day, Abe Finegan
AnthonyP- Joe Crozier, James Barden
DetroitTigers15- James Bouknight, Yoshio Kamiya
AgentP- Conor McMillan, Shane McConnell

Thanks! I expect this log to be the best I've done.

Well that's the spirit!

Ayyyyy my boy Daiki! I remember making him...if there's agents I call him

Daiki has been my adopted son since my White Sox log. And yes, there are agents.

I think you made him for me didn't you?

April 2, 2008

Orlando Raptors (0-0)
New York Yankees (0-0)

What a way to start your history. Against the 26-time World Champion New York Yankees. The Evil Empire of baseball. The Raptors were hyped for the game, with new manager David Johnston saying, "This is the best day of my 46 year life." Hopefully the Raptors share this optimism. Omi Hsia was responsible for the first hit in Raptors history, a single to center. The Raptors were given a rude awakening, making a few defensive errors, allowing New York to score four runs. However, The Raptors fought right back and tied it on an RBI single from Daiki Hirayama. However, The Yanks struck right back, putting up a three-spot, and taking a 7-4 lead. The Raptors were again calm, and tied it right back up! 7-7 in the 4th! Orlando added on yet another run in the fourth. The Raptora added yet another one on, and could have scored more without some base running mistakes. The Raptors weren't done, and added three more. They led the Yanks 12-7! No more runs were scored, and the Raptors won the first game in their history.

Final:
Orlando 12
New York 7

W- Gregorio 1-0
L- Wang 0-1
HR- Inglett (1)
O'Day (1)

Hirayama 2-6, 2 RBI
Hsia 2-5
Inglett 4-5, HR, RBI
Chapman 5-5, RBI
Piersoll 2-4, RBI
O'Day 3-5, HR, 2 RBI
Bannon 3-5, RBI
Sparks 3-5, 2 RBI
Andrews 2-5
Crozier 2 IP, 9 H, 3 K, 7 R, 6 ER
Gregorio 6 IP, 6 H, 9 K, 0 R, 0 ER
Bouknight 1 IP, 0 H, 0 K, 0 R, 0 ER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwQ62stMpxc

Dave Brown is the official radio announcer for the Raptors. Broadcasts/gameplay footage coming soon! Go Raptors!

Nice work so far, man! I fell apart when I saw the Sheen - cocaine reference.

For agents I'll take O'Day and Finegan please.

Crozier and Bardon, please.