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N'Awlins News Volume 5 Issue 2

The conversion to 2006 decimated Crawdads pitching, which was looking to become a strength a few short seasons ago. Shawn Boskie, the staff ace, has regressed to 9/18/16 overall, but has a 1-1 record and a 3.41 ERA over 29 innings so far this year. Former ace Righty Grove suffered drops to 19/12/13, and has an ugly 5.08 ERA after the first three weeks of the season. Former prized prospect and star in waiting Lee Dedeaux, who was already lumped twice down to 10/5/7, saw his control further drop. In short, he sucks now and should be tossed on the scrap heap.

To add insult to injury, Second Baseman Vic "Creole" Wood suffered a dislocated shoulder and will miss approximately six weeks of play. Wood started the season on a tear, batting .467 with an OPS of 1.100. Leave it to Recte to injure him. In his place, the team called up infielder Kosuke Fukudome, who will start at second base while Wood rehabs his injured wing. Kosuke is a spectacular fielder, and a decent contact hitter, but tha'ts about it. Hopefully he may show some development with play in the bigs.

In other news, SS Mike D continues his quick start, sporting a line of .315/.367/.534

In the minors, the recently aquired Eric Lindros started making his case for a call up, hitting for the cycle against Hattiesberg. Just 2 days previously, Tommy Becker went 5-for-5 against the Eagles. Not to be outdone, double-A Shreveport second baseman Israel Pared also hit for the cycle against RRP.

So far, the Crawdads are the leader in the early race for the Crackhead, and are looking forward to the #1 pick in next years draft. At least this year we'll have the money to sign him!