[mikev]

Sim 1, 4-4 tied for 1st in the FLM.

Well, the first sim is in the books. The Crawdads seem to have been ravaged by the conversion, at least pitching-wise.

That said, we're sitting 4-4, third in the FLM. Fair enough.

The important stuff:

We finally moved Walters! Phoenix, desperate for pitching, came to us asking about him. Needless to say we pretty much jumped at the chance to move his 12M per and right the ship financially. We're now projected to actually make 6 million dollars this year. Coming back to us are a couple of surprisingly decent prospects in Kosuke Fukudome, a spectacular fielder in the infield who can hit a little bit as well. Another year in triple A and he's probably ready for the bigs. Leonel Oliphant, a hard throwing right hander, completed the deal, and projects to be a solid middle innings guy. He'll be the closer in AAA until he's ready for the big show.

Vic Wood is off to a hell of a start after missing time last season with injuries, hitting nearly .500 and OPSing 1.155!

Mike D was awarded player of the week honors. The team is going to desperately need him to produce after missing the majority of last season with an injury.

Shawn Boskie continues to be the staff ace. He's only given up 3 ER in his 15 innings pitched so far.

More to come later, once HTML gets finished up and I get used to the new game a little more.