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MattStewNYY · 11-03-2004, 05:58 PM

November 17th, 2004

(Reuters), Washington D.C. - The Washington D.C. baseball scene, and its new organization, fresh from the crisis of Montreal and creating its own crisis now, operating out of makeshift trailors in front of their soon to be rennovated stadium, have made significant progress over the course of the last 24 hours in terms of its future and its beginning. In monumental fashion, the D.C. Baseball franchise announced two historic decisions in the early hours on November 17th, 2004, the first of which was announcing the hirnig of their, (and the youngest) general manager and on field manager of all time, 18-year-old Matthew Stewart, a baseball fan, writer, and sports management major in his freshman year at Lynchburg University, Virginia. His contract is slated as a 2 year deal worth $525,000 dollars and his goal is clear: Make the playoffs in two years time. Quite demanding, but many say the groundwork is already there.

"Our club is going to be all about making monumentous changes and we hope for the same results in a positive way." a club official said during an A.M. conference call with local and national media members.

Stewart, who's first task in his MLB general managerial career will be to resurrect a franchise that has, since its dream season in 1994 was cut tragically short due to labor issues, been stagnant and barely existant.

"Short of a run in 2001 and 2002 during the heat of the contraction talks..." Peter Gammons said on the special "WINTER EDITION'S" Baseball Tonight this afternoon "The Expos have barely been existant at all in the realm of baseball. 65 wins a year and out..."

But the new General Manager and Administration are determined to alter that course of history immeadiately.

Along with the announcement of the new general manager, Washington also announced that it's decided that it's name and appropriate logos will be what they were in the past for the Washington franchise, as they have tagged themselves the "Senators", a historically significant name for the franchise.

A third and last announcement, was the announcement of a self-imposed salary cap for the team from ownership and its related interest groups.

"We're going to be working with 60 Million to start the 2005 season." Team President Paul Strezynski, a former Pepsi and Welch's mathematician and business strategist said. "We have confidence that GM/Manager Stewart can put a competitive team on the field building up from that, and then we'll look at attendance, fan interest, ticket and food prices... really, right now, this is a feeling out year. But we in the least feel well about it." He joked with a relatively serious overtone, describing how he hopes to turn a definitively failed franchise around in a short amount of time.

File Photo

"Well our goal here is to win early, and win often." Matt Stewart said in his first interview as General Manager and Field Manager of the Washington Senators. "We feel we have a good groundwork to start up from, and our plan this offseason is to completely jumble the chemistry of this team. I mean, let's be honest. This team isn't going to change over the course of a season by letting our prospects get older. We want to make smart deals that aid our future and our present. We want to be contenders now."

I hope to take this dynasty a long way with the help of readers here and a realistic foundation to work from on this dynasty. Readership is important in this because I will be asking for YOUR HELP on a lot of key situations throughout the season and off season.

Here's the format for this dynasty:

First: First, I will put together the off-season in a journalistic fashion, not just for my team, but for all teams. I will do this over the course of a few days, completing various aspects of the off-season and bringing that to a close to ring in the 2005 year.

Second: Second, I will do a quick preview of the 2005 season. All this from 2004 are going to go off realistic data. Boston as the winner, the 2004 stats, etc, etc, etc.

Third: Third, I will update throughout the season after each series, giving a detailed description of each game from my point of view (blog style?) and "media" points of view. Occasionally, I will update on other league accomplishments, standings, and stats.

So! Let the fun begin. I first want to say I was mostly inspired by "The Pale Hose" to do this, his writing, his enthuisiasm, and his determination to put together and keep consistant a professional and realistic thread makes me want to do the same. It's a short and sweet off-season, but still, we all need something to carry us over. I hope as a community, we can make the Washington Senators add to that.

Here are some quick facts:

I'm playin this thing with Managerial Mode off for now.

To get out of that hellatiously ugly stadium in Montreal, not to mention it's kind of unrealistic to use those park factors for a team that just moved, I'm going to use Hiram Bithron Stadium from Ankit's Stadium set, as I will renamed JFK Jr. Stadium, for this dynasty. It's not completely realistic, but the best we can do right now. JFK Jr. stadium is a right handed hitter's park that just about favors as many triples as it will doubles. Anyways, let's have some fun with this.
Enjoy!

11-03-2004, 05:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
MattStewNYY Minors (Double A) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 143 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	The Resurrection: Return of an Incumbent November 17th, 2004 (Reuters), Washington D.C. - The Washington D.C. baseball scene, and its new organization, fresh from the crisis of Montreal and creating its own crisis now, operating out of makeshift trailors in front of their soon to be rennovated stadium, have made significant progress over the course of the last 24 hours in terms of its future and its beginning. In monumental fashion, the D.C. Baseball franchise announced two historic decisions in the early hours on November 17th, 2004, the first of which was announcing the hirnig of their, (and the youngest) general manager and on field manager of all time, 18-year-old Matthew Stewart, a baseball fan, writer, and sports management major in his freshman year at Lynchburg University, Virginia. His contract is slated as a 2 year deal worth $525,000 dollars and his goal is clear: Make the playoffs in two years time. Quite demanding, but many say the groundwork is already there. "Our club is going to be all about making monumentous changes and we hope for the same results in a positive way." a club official said during an A.M. conference call with local and national media members. Stewart, who's first task in his MLB general managerial career will be to resurrect a franchise that has, since its dream season in 1994 was cut tragically short due to labor issues, been stagnant and barely existant. "Short of a run in 2001 and 2002 during the heat of the contraction talks..." Peter Gammons said on the special "WINTER EDITION'S" Baseball Tonight this afternoon "The Expos have barely been existant at all in the realm of baseball. 65 wins a year and out..." But the new General Manager and Administration are determined to alter that course of history immeadiately. Along with the announcement of the new general manager, Washington also announced that it's decided that it's name and appropriate logos will be what they were in the past for the Washington franchise, as they have tagged themselves the "Senators", a historically significant name for the franchise. A third and last announcement, was the announcement of a self-imposed salary cap for the team from ownership and its related interest groups. "We're going to be working with 60 Million to start the 2005 season." Team President Paul Strezynski, a former Pepsi and Welch's mathematician and business strategist said. "We have confidence that GM/Manager Stewart can put a competitive team on the field building up from that, and then we'll look at attendance, fan interest, ticket and food prices... really, right now, this is a feeling out year. But we in the least feel well about it." He joked with a relatively serious overtone, describing how he hopes to turn a definitively failed franchise around in a short amount of time. File Photo "Well our goal here is to win early, and win often." Matt Stewart said in his first interview as General Manager and Field Manager of the Washington Senators. "We feel we have a good groundwork to start up from, and our plan this offseason is to completely jumble the chemistry of this team. I mean, let's be honest. This team isn't going to change over the course of a season by letting our prospects get older. We want to make smart deals that aid our future and our present. We want to be contenders now." I hope to take this dynasty a long way with the help of readers here and a realistic foundation to work from on this dynasty. Readership is important in this because I will be asking for YOUR HELP on a lot of key situations throughout the season and off season. Here's the format for this dynasty: First: First, I will put together the off-season in a journalistic fashion, not just for my team, but for all teams. I will do this over the course of a few days, completing various aspects of the off-season and bringing that to a close to ring in the 2005 year. Second: Second, I will do a quick preview of the 2005 season. All this from 2004 are going to go off realistic data. Boston as the winner, the 2004 stats, etc, etc, etc. Third: Third, I will update throughout the season after each series, giving a detailed description of each game from my point of view (blog style?) and "media" points of view. Occasionally, I will update on other league accomplishments, standings, and stats. So! Let the fun begin. I first want to say I was mostly inspired by "The Pale Hose" to do this, his writing, his enthuisiasm, and his determination to put together and keep consistant a professional and realistic thread makes me want to do the same. It's a short and sweet off-season, but still, we all need something to carry us over. I hope as a community, we can make the Washington Senators add to that. Here are some quick facts: I'm playin this thing with Managerial Mode off for now. To get out of that hellatiously ugly stadium in Montreal, not to mention it's kind of unrealistic to use those park factors for a team that just moved, I'm going to use Hiram Bithron Stadium from Ankit's Stadium set, as I will renamed JFK Jr. Stadium, for this dynasty. It's not completely realistic, but the best we can do right now. JFK Jr. stadium is a right handed hitter's park that just about favors as many triples as it will doubles. Anyways, let's have some fun with this. Enjoy! Last edited by MattStewNYY; 11-03-2004 at 11:06 PM.