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NYY #23 · 03-03-2010, 10:15 PM

As I mentioned before we needed a manager, pitching coach, and a scouting director. Looking at the choices out there, I noticed a familiar name among the choices to manage the team, Tim Thompson, who was my manager in Boston. I guess I need to check my personnel contracts more frequently, because I would have resigned him in Boston. I'm not sure why they didn't.

We imported our pitching coach from San Salvador, Luis Miguel Zamora, who rates well in teaching pitching (20), and teaching hitting (20). He was looking for a manager's job, but he accepted my offer of pitching coach.

Last but not least we brought aboard Bennie Smith as our scouting director. His specialty is scouting amateurs (19) and minors (18), but was the best scout available.

With our coaching staff under contact we did receive a trade proposal from the Chicago Cubs that I accepted. We sent catcher Bill Ludwig to the Cubs for Carl Lundgren, who was 3-2 with a 2.23 ERA last season and is 28 years old. It was an impulse decision to agree to the trade, but I have a bunch of catchers on the reserve roster, and it looks like Lundgren can start. We'll see how it works out.

We completed a second deal, shipping LF Bunk Congalton to the Brooklyn Superbas for 2B John Hummel. I'm hoping we are buying low with Hummel, after he hit .219 last season, after hitting .273 the season before.

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NYY #23 All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,897 Blog Entries: 17 Thanks: 236 Thanked 106x in 91 posts	11/1/1908 - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss As I mentioned before we needed a manager, pitching coach, and a scouting director. Looking at the choices out there, I noticed a familiar name among the choices to manage the team, Tim Thompson, who was my manager in Boston. I guess I need to check my personnel contracts more frequently, because I would have resigned him in Boston. I'm not sure why they didn't. We imported our pitching coach from San Salvador, Luis Miguel Zamora, who rates well in teaching pitching (20), and teaching hitting (20). He was looking for a manager's job, but he accepted my offer of pitching coach. Last but not least we brought aboard Bennie Smith as our scouting director. His specialty is scouting amateurs (19) and minors (18), but was the best scout available. With our coaching staff under contact we did receive a trade proposal from the Chicago Cubs that I accepted. We sent catcher Bill Ludwig to the Cubs for Carl Lundgren, who was 3-2 with a 2.23 ERA last season and is 28 years old. It was an impulse decision to agree to the trade, but I have a bunch of catchers on the reserve roster, and it looks like Lundgren can start. We'll see how it works out. We completed a second deal, shipping LF Bunk Congalton to the Brooklyn Superbas for 2B John Hummel. I'm hoping we are buying low with Hummel, after he hit .219 last season, after hitting .273 the season before. __________________ My current dynasties: Worst to First - The Sequel - A journey from last place to World Series championship with each MLB team. The Milestones - Starting in 1871, focusing on baseball's milestones - 300 wins, 500 home runs, 3000 hits, etc.