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I also made a late call up of Bill Archer to back up Valdes in right field.

We closed out the month at a miserable 7-17 in part because James Baldwin got hurt twice forcing me to first ponder a 4 man rotation before throwing in Brian Walker into the #5 spot.

Final NL Central Standings
St. Louis: 90-72
New Evil Empire: 84-78
Milwaukee: 84-78
Cincinnati: 77-85
Chicago: 69-93
Pittsburgh: 68-94

As you can see, we have a lot of work cut out for us if we plan to improve as a team getting to 4th place even.

Final Hitting Statistics (Order of AB)
1B Carlos Pena: .287/.364/.541 with 111 runs, 40 HR and 114 RBI in 658 AB. Also had 73 BB vs. 149 K.
DH Tino Martinez: .248/.319/.476 with 94 runs, 37 HR, and 118 RBI in 645 AB. Also had 67 BB vs. 103 K.
3B Dave Hansen: .233/.346/.337 with 88 runs, 10 HR, and 61 RBI in 632 AB. Also had 111 BB vs. 162 K.
RF Pedro Valdes: .273/.366/.411 with 86 runs, 13 HR, and 74 RBI in 598 AB. Also had 74 BB vs. 100 K.
2B Craig Counsell: .235/.319/.339 with 65 runs, 6 HR, and 59 RBI in 595 AB. Also had 64 BB vs. 97 K.
CF Darren Lewis: .229/.296/.291 with 56 runs, 5 HR, and 46 RBI in 571 AB. Also had 53 BB vs. 128 K.
C Mel Rosario: .256/.329/.465 with 92 runs, 29 HR, and 80 RBI in 559 AB. Also had 59 BB vs. 130 K.
LF Trenidad Hubbard: .252/.337/.367 with 56 runs, 8 HR, and 53 RBI in 496 AB. Also had 60 BB vs. 107 K.
SS Colin Long: .260/.307/.300 with 27 runs, 1 HR, and 20 RBI in 200 AB. Also had 14 BB vs. 22 K.
LF Jay Gibbons: .243/.323/.383 with 12 runs, 2 HR, and 12 RBI in 115 AB. Also had 10 BB vs. 23 K.

Final Pitching Statistics (Order of ERA)
CL Jose Antonio Nunez: 4-4 with 23 S and 2.45 ERA in 69.2 IP with 50 HA, 4 HRA, and 72 K vs. 26 BB.
MR Mike Crudale: 1-3 with 2 S and 2.92 ERA in 49.1 IP with 50 HA, 4 HRA, and 52 K vs. 18 BB.
SP Roy Oswalt: 16-13 with 3.14 ERA in 243.2 IP with 231 HA, 17 HRA, and 223 K vs. 38 BB.
SP Scott Karl: 11-11 with 4.04 ERA in 240.2 IP with 274 HA, 24 HRA, and 145 K vs. 58 BB.
SP Gio Gonzalez: 13-13 with 4.06 ERA in 215.0 IP with 220 HA, 19 HRA, and 105 K vs. 81 BB.
MR Francisco Espinoza: 0-4 with 3 S and 4.44 ERA in 46.2 IP with 37 HA, 5 HRA, and 44 K vs. 18 BB.
MR Scott Stewart: 4-0 with 4.76 ERA in 51.0 IP with 51 HA, 10 HRA, and 41 K vs. 20 BB.
SP/MR Brian Walker: 0-1 with 4.91 ERA in 14.2 IP with 16 HA, 2 HRA, and 14 K vs. 9 BB.
MR Terry Adams: 1-1 with 1 S with 5.47 ERA in 49.1 IP with 57 HA, 1 HRA, and 28 K vs. 23 BB.
MR Gabe White: 2-0 with 1 S with 5.85 ERA in 47.2 IP with 48 HA, 11 HRA, and 45 K vs. 16 BB.
SP Josh Fogg: 9-19 with 5.94 ERA in 186.1 IP with 232 HA, 20 HRA, and 153 K vs. 64 BB.
MR Trey Hodges: 1-1 with 6.23 ERA in 8.2 IP with 14 HA, 0 HRA, and 12 K vs. 7 BB.
SP James Baldwin: 6-14 with 6.66 ERA in 148.2 IP with 189 HA, 35 HRA, and 115 K vs. 56 BB.
MR Sun-Woo Kim: 1 S with 6.85 ERA in 23.2 IP with 28 HA, 4 HRA, and 21 K vs. 5 BB.
MR Russ Springer: 0-2 with 8.36 ERA in 28.0 IP with 44 HA, 9 HRA, and 31 K vs. 13 BB.

Players to remember for next season...
MR Ruben Estrada (AAA): 3.40 ERA in 50.1 IP with 36 HA, 2 HRA, and 53 K vs. 22 BB.
MR Rafael Soriano (AAA): 4.22 ERA in 21.1 IP with 21 HA, 2 HRA, and 20 K vs. 8 BB.
MR Don Strawn (AAA): 3.23 ERA in 39.0 IP with 40 HA, 4 HRA, and 32 K vs. 10 BB.
3B Andrew Bater (AA): .349/.396/.473 with 10 HR and 74 RBI in 522 AB. Also had 41 BB vs. 91 K.
LF Jack Cust (AA): .346/.437/.519 with 14 HR and 78 RBI in 482 AB. Also had 74 BB vs. 75 K.
RF Cory Aldridge (AA): .345/.392/.470 with 5 HR and 23 RBI in 168 AB. Also had 15 BB vs. 22 K.

The playoff teams!
Texas Rangers (88-74) @ The Evil Empire (93-69)
Baltimore Orioles (88-74) @ Chicago White Sox (89-73)
Atlanta Braves (89-73) @ San Francisco Giants (93-69)
That World Series Team (89-73) @ St. Louis Cardinals (90-72)

Here's my GM History with your Chicago Cubs! Try not to lynch me so quickly, huh?
1997: 78-84
1998: 49-113
1999: 43-119
2000: 69-93
2001: 69-93

Well, um, at least we aren't losing 100+ games anymore, right? *crickets*

Next post: World Series Champ, Award Winners, and Free Agency!