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Craig Costello · 12-22-2008, 04:52 PM

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March 31st 1996 - An insane period of free-agency has highlighted the past offseason. The current EBL leaders in wins and home runs have changed teams and the two-time reigning WL Hitter of the Year was rewarded with the largest contract in EBL history.

Code:

Player (age)                -- Old Team    -- New Team   -- Contract

CF Russell Gilmartin (30)   -- Paris       -- Paris      -- 5 years, $30.1M
LF Ewan Smith (34)          -- Copenhagen  -- London     -- 3 years, $8.4M
SP Klement Follerup (37)    -- Vienna      -- Milan      -- 2 years, $5.1M
RF Vilfred Krak (35)        -- Warsaw      -- Dublin     -- 3 years, $15.6M
SS Nicodemus Theothanou (27)-- Brussels    -- Barcelona  -- 5 years, $40M
1B Paulus Penning (31)      -- Lisbon      -- Sofia      -- 5 years, $30.4M
2B Sergio Lousa (30)        -- Prague      -- Oslo       -- 3 years, $14.1M
C Ludwig Herzog (29)        -- Sofia       -- Paris      -- 5 years, $14.5M
LF Jason Dyer (33)          -- Amsterdam   -- Hamburg    -- 2 years, $10.7M
SP Jalmari Makkonen (37)    -- London      -- Brussels   -- 2 years, $8.7M
SP Malcolm Kennedy (36)     -- Dublin      -- Madrid     -- 3 years, $14.6M
C Eldwin Richter (31)       -- Brussels    -- Dublin     -- 3 years, $15.6M
1B Tomislaw Eudzerski (32)  -- Warsaw      -- Warsaw     -- 3 years, $11.2M

The $8M per year that Nicodemus Theothanou will get is unprecedented in the EBL. The Barcelona Iguanas will hope that his addition can improve them from a 60-win team to a WL contender.

The Sofia Sting promise to be the scariest team for everyone in the EL with a line-up including Bernard Wulker, Marcal Assis, Tommy Woestenberg, Flip van den Bosch, Helmuth Rainmayr and now Paulus Penning.

Dublin lost homegrown boy and current career leader in wins Malcolm Kennedy to Madrid, but picked up the EBL's all time leader in home runs Vilfred Krak to make up for it. They also signed Eldwin Richter to take over the catching duties.

Ludwig Herzog escapes from Sofia, where he was stuck behind Woestenberg, to join the Paris Cyclones, whose main business of the off-season was re-signing Russell Gilmartin for $30.1M over 5 years.

The question is can anybody beat Sofia?

12-22-2008, 04:52 PM	#141 (permalink)
Craig Costello Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 295 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1x in 1 post	1996 Preview March 31st 1996 - An insane period of free-agency has highlighted the past offseason. The current EBL leaders in wins and home runs have changed teams and the two-time reigning WL Hitter of the Year was rewarded with the largest contract in EBL history. Code: Player (age) -- Old Team -- New Team -- Contract CF Russell Gilmartin (30) -- Paris -- Paris -- 5 years, $30.1M LF Ewan Smith (34) -- Copenhagen -- London -- 3 years, $8.4M SP Klement Follerup (37) -- Vienna -- Milan -- 2 years, $5.1M RF Vilfred Krak (35) -- Warsaw -- Dublin -- 3 years, $15.6M SS Nicodemus Theothanou (27)-- Brussels -- Barcelona -- 5 years, $40M 1B Paulus Penning (31) -- Lisbon -- Sofia -- 5 years, $30.4M 2B Sergio Lousa (30) -- Prague -- Oslo -- 3 years, $14.1M C Ludwig Herzog (29) -- Sofia -- Paris -- 5 years, $14.5M LF Jason Dyer (33) -- Amsterdam -- Hamburg -- 2 years, $10.7M SP Jalmari Makkonen (37) -- London -- Brussels -- 2 years, $8.7M SP Malcolm Kennedy (36) -- Dublin -- Madrid -- 3 years, $14.6M C Eldwin Richter (31) -- Brussels -- Dublin -- 3 years, $15.6M 1B Tomislaw Eudzerski (32) -- Warsaw -- Warsaw -- 3 years, $11.2M The $8M per year that Nicodemus Theothanou will get is unprecedented in the EBL. The Barcelona Iguanas will hope that his addition can improve them from a 60-win team to a WL contender. The Sofia Sting promise to be the scariest team for everyone in the EL with a line-up including Bernard Wulker, Marcal Assis, Tommy Woestenberg, Flip van den Bosch, Helmuth Rainmayr and now Paulus Penning. Dublin lost homegrown boy and current career leader in wins Malcolm Kennedy to Madrid, but picked up the EBL's all time leader in home runs Vilfred Krak to make up for it. They also signed Eldwin Richter to take over the catching duties. Ludwig Herzog escapes from Sofia, where he was stuck behind Woestenberg, to join the Paris Cyclones, whose main business of the off-season was re-signing Russell Gilmartin for $30.1M over 5 years. The question is can anybody beat Sofia?