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July 13,2011

Pete Stone woke up in his home. Alone. The same way it had been for the last 30 years. Every day had been like this since his wife and son had left him. Three years after his historic Red Sox team had lost in the World Series, and he'd disappeared forever from baseball. They never communicated after that fateful day when they lost their home. Stone drifted into obscurity. A forever forgotten thought from the world of baseball. At least, until today. As he continued about his morning routine of grabbing a six pack from the fridge and continuously banging the antenna on his TV trying to get a signal, he got a phone call from an unknown number. He wasn't going to answer, since it was probably just some telemarketer, but his curiosity got the best of him. "Hello?" he answered while still banging on his TV.
"Hello, this is Jiroshima Tenecaca GM of the new NPB team the Tokyo Bulldogs. We're currently looking for a manager. We'd like you to be the manager. How about it?" the voice said. Stone annoyingly answered, "This is spam. I'm hanging up now." and with that, he hung up. Not more than 5 seconds later, the same guy called. Resisting the the temptation to destroy his phone, he answered again. "What?!" he screamed into the tiny cellular device.
"I assure you sure that this is not spam," Tenekaka said with a hint of an Asian accent, "we're an actual team looking for an actual manager. You can even look it up on the Internet if you want. I just want to know if you're interested."
Stone softened up. "Ok, I am interested. I'll look it up later and get back to you." he hung up.


In case you didn't know, I'm using Coach Stone from 2007 success mode. If anyone knows his first name, please tell me. Any feedback is appreciated.

Edit: Please no spamming on this one. *glares at PP27 and Prediction*

December 29, 2011

A day after arriving in Tokyo, Pete walked into Jiro's office. Jiro stood up when he walked in. There were two other people in his office. Both looked about American and like they were in their mid-thirties. Great, I'm the oldest person in the NPB, Pete thought.
"Pete, glad you could make it. Allow me to introduce your hitting coach, Clinton Brady," signaling to the man on his right, " and your pitching coach Matt Little," signaling to the guy on his left.

"Nice to meet you," he told both of them.

"Well, let's get down to business," Jiro started, "I need to give you the list of players." He told Pete while searching his desk for a piece of paper and finding it "I could only find the pitchers." he stated extending the paper to Pete. Pete took it and quickly read it.


Starting Pitchers
Name Age T/B TOP SPD CTRL STAM BB 1 BB 2 BB 3
Ichiro Ohno 21 R/R 170 A 99 A 96 2-Seam CHG-4 KN-2 (AgentP)
Bio: Has good stamina and control along with a fastball. Breaking balls need work

Evyn Timmons 23 R/R 147 B 70 A 93 FORK-4 SCB-4
Bio: Good pitcher with great breaking balls. Top speed needs work though

Steven Cabrera 22 R/R 148 C 67 A 87 2-Seam FORK-2 CB-7
Bio: Decent all-around pitcher with a wicked curve

Pileof Manure 22 R/R 146 C 60 A 80 CB-4 V-SLD-4
Bio: That name though!

Michael Fordsnot 18 R/R 150 B 71 A 88 Eephus FORK-3 DCB-4
Bio: Young and upcoming pitcher with a good curve

Johnny Hirao 22 L/R 153 B 70 A 91 CB-4 V-SLD-4
Bio: Only left-handed starter. Use him wisely!

Relief Pitcher
Name Age T/B TOP SPD CTRL STAM BB 1 BB 2 BB 3

Hanes Tanaka 22 L/S 136 A 89 D 54 KN-7 (Baseballteen)
Bio: A knuckleballer

James Takagi 22 R/R 155 D 56 B 71 V-SLD-4 CB-2
Bio: A decent reliever with an incredible fastball.

Chris Smoove 22 R/R 130 D 57 D 58 SHU-3 SNK-3 SLD-3 (AgentP)
Bio: Has decent breaking balls

Henry Yamashita 22 R/L 157 B 70 D 54 V-SLD-3 DCB-4
Bio: Great reliever. Great fastball and good breaking balls

Zac Davis 22 L/L 144 C 62 E 42 SLV-5
Bio: Counts on his SLV to get him out of trouble. Needs better TOP SPD

Closer
Name Age T/B TOP SPD CTRL STAM BB 1 BB 2 BB 3
Jonathan Ushiba 18 R/R 148 B 71 E 40 PALM-5 SLD-3 (Baseballteen)
Bio: Great closer. You can count on him to get you out of trouble.


"We have some good pitchers. Train them well." He told Matt as he walked out of the room.

For the record, Ohno's name is Ichiro Ohno, not Frederick.

Noted. I'll change it.

December 30, 2011

While scrolling through his email, Pete noticed one from Jiroshima.

Stone, I found the list of hitters. Scroll down to view.


Catchers
Name Age T/B TRJ CON PWR RUN ARM FLD E RES
Udonis QRAP 22 R/R 3 B 71 A 80 B 70 B 70 D 51 D 55
Bio: An offensive catcher with a great arm

Clinton Conners 22 R/R 3 D 50 A 80 D 50 D 50 D 50 D 50
Bio: Average catcher with power

First Basemen

Clate Chaney 23 R/L 4 B 70 S 100 E 43 D 51 E 45 D 53
Bio: Your normal first baseman with unbelievable power

Dustin Garrett 22 R/L 3 C 65 S 100 D 56 E 48 E 44 E 47 (AgentP)
Bio: Power is the story with this guy

Michaelon Phelps 22 R/R 3 B 72 A 80 B 70 C 62 C 60 C 60
Bio: Good player. Will develop nicely in AAA

Second Basemen

Seth Copeland 22 R/R 3 C 69 A 84 C 60 D 58 D 50 D 58
Bio: A decent power hitter. Average fielder

Brad Bradley 22 R/R 3 B 70 S 100 C 66 C 60 D 55 C 60 (RickJohnJames)
Bio: All-Around 2B with great power

Hyanni Yoshi 18 R/R 3 B 73 A 81 B 73 B 70 B 75 B 70
Bio: Great player. Will likely stay in AAA due to his age.

Third Basemen

Avery Camp 22 R/R 3 C 63 A 81 C 64 C 61 C 61 C 61
Bio: The first girl player in the NPB. Better than most other 3B

Jonathan Morifuku 22 R/R 3 C 63 A 97 D 58 C 62 D 56 D 53
Bio: Power

Lee Holt 22 R/R 4 A 80 A 80 A 80 B 70 B 70 B 70
Bio: Rumors are that he used steroids. Will toil in AAA until those die down

Shortstops

Agent Double07 22 R/R 3 B 72 B 76 B 73 B 72 B 70 B 73
Bio: All you get is gold glove plays with this guy.

Davey Roberts 22 R/R 3 B 70 A 80 B 71 B 70 C 60 C 60
Bio: good backup

Honus Wagner 22 R/R 2 B 70 C 63 B 72 B 70 A 80 B 70
Bio: Possibly the best fielder in the league. Needs to work on his power

Yoenis Krap 18 R/R 3 B 70 B 73 B 71 B 71 B 70 C 64
Bio: He can hit

Outfielders

Trevor Phillips 22 R/L 3 D 55 C 62 E 49 F 38 D 50 C 61
Bio: His arm is sub-par

Steve Haines 22 R/R 2 E 41 D 56 D 54 D 58 E 47 D 52
Bio: The 2nd worst guy on the team

Jack Masui 22 L/S 2 F 30 E 47 E 42 E 46 D 52 C 69
Bio: The worst guy on the team

Bill Bob 22 R/R 4 E 41 A 81 B 72 C 61 F 39 D 53
Bio: Only got power and speed

Devin Weston 22 R/R 3 C 65 A 80 C 66 C 63 C 61 C 62
Bio: Definately a starter.

Milton Kataoka 22 R/L 3 D 58 A 92 F 35 D 51 D 53 D 57
Bio: Needs to work on his speed

And finally...
Johnny Takayama 18 R/R 3 A 80 A 80 B 70 B 70 C 60 C 62
Bio: Another starter and by far the best outfielder. Toss-up for the third spot.

Ugh that took a while.

Starting rotation
1. Ohno
2. Timmons
3. Cabrera
4. Manure
5. Hirao
6. Fordsnot

Batting Order w/DH

1. Double07 SS
2. Copeland 2B
3. Camp 3B
4. Garrett 1B
5. Chaney DH
6. QRAP C
7. Weston CF
8. Takayama LF
9. Bob RF
PITCHER

Without DH is the same but without Chaney in it. I'm not starting some of the better players to not be too powerful. Also, in a trial run, after 5 games I was 3-2.
Let the games begin

"Our first game."

"Let's hope it goes well."



Tokyo Bulldogs (0-0-0)

Vs

Rakuten Eagles (3-0-0)


Bulldogs 5
Eagles 1

Tok 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 14 1
Rak 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0


Double07 1-4 BB
Copeland 1-5
Camp 1-5 HR RBI
Garrett 1-5
Chaney 1-5 HR RBI
QRAP 2-4 2B
Takayama 2-4 HR 2B 2 RBI
Weston 3-4
Bill 2-4 RBI


Ohno 8IP 6H 1R 1ER 3SOs 0BB
Ushiba 1IP 0H 0R 1SO 0BB

Notes
•Camp's homer came in her first AB
•Copeland and Double07 had a total of 4 gold glove plays
•The error should have been a hit since it was on a diving attempt by 07

"Ohno pitched great last night."

"Hopefully Timmons can do the same."



Tokyo Bulldogs (1-0-0)

Vs

Rakuten Eagles (3-1-0)

Lineup changes: Conners will start over QRAP due to poor motivation. Brad will start over Copeland due to injury.

Bulldogs 7
Eagles 4

Tok 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 7 11 1
Rak 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 0

Double07 2-4
Brad 2-4 2HR 3RBI
Camp 2-4 HR RBI
Garrett 2-4 2B
Chaney 2-4 HR 3RBI
Conners 0-4
Takayama 0-4
Weston 0-4
Bill 1-3

W: Timmons 6IP 4R 3ER 9H 4SOs 0BB
H: Tanaka 2IP 0R 2H 1SO 0BB
S: Davis 1IP 0R 2H 0SO 0BB

Notes
•The Bottom of the 7th, 8th, and 9th all ended on double plays
•Brad did great filling in for Copeland with two HRs
•Tanaka's knuckles was working today

"Garrett's injured. That makes two in as many games. Can we catch a break?"

"Phelps should do fine filling in."


Tokyo Bulldogs (2-0-0)

Vs

Rakuten Eagles (3-2-0)

Tokyo 11
Rakuten 5

Tok 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 2 11 16 1
Rak 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 5 14 0

Double07 1-5
Brad 2-4 HR 3 RBI BB
Camp 1-5
Chaney 1-5 HR RBI
Phelps 2-4 HR 2 RBI BB
QRAP 3-5 2 2B 2 RBI
Takayama 3-5 HR 2 RBI
Weston 0-5 1 RBI
Bill 3-4 2B

W:Cabrera 8IP 5R 5ER 13H 3SOs 0BB
Takagi 1IP 0R 1H 0SOs 0BB

Notes
•Brad's homer came on a 3-2 pitch while losing 5-4
•The game could have ended on a triple play but Brad was slow throwing the ball to first.
•Takayama's HR was a 154m no doubter. He crushed it!

Can I be the agent for all your players!?

I'll give you five. In a week if no one else has commeted, I'll let you be the agent for all of them.

"Copeland's back. And there wasn't an injury last game."

"Hoorah."

Tokyo Bulldogs (3-0-0)

Vs.

Nippon-Ham Fighters (4-2-0)

Tokyo 5
Nippon 3

Tok 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 9 1
Nip 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 12 0

Double07 2-4
Copeland 2-4 HR 3 RBIs 2B
Camp 2-4 2B RBI
Chaney 1-4 RBI
Phelps 0-4
QRAP 0-4
Takayama 1-4
Weston 1-4
Bill 0-4

W:Manure 6IP 0R 7H 4SOs 0BB
Tanaka 2IP 2R 0ER 2H 1SO 0BB
S: Ushiba 1IP 1R 1ER 3H 1SO 0BB

Notes
•The 2B/SS duo is back and better than ever
•Double07 made a tremendous diving play to end the 7th
•Copeland took over in his first game back

I'll take Ohno (since he's my player), Smoove, and Garrett.

I'll put you down.