There's something brewing - A Badenian going America

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October 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche


13th October 2011


Seattle at Los Angeles: 0-7

W: J. Lackey (2-1); L: C. Willems (0-1)
HR: - / S. Rodriguez (1)

Los Angeles leads series, 1 to 0.


New York at Florida: 3-5

W: P. Saunders (1-0); L: U. Jimenez (1-1)
S: G. Hernandez (1)
HR: D. Murphy (1) / T. Adams (1)

Florida leads series, 1 to 0.



14th October 2011


Seattle at Los Angeles: 3-1

W: R. Cortez (2-0); L: J. Shields (0-1)
SV: J. Putz (2)
HR: J. Reed (1) / -

Series is tied at 1.


New York at Florida: 7-5

W: P. Humber (1-0); L: C. Madden (0-1)
S: B. Wagner (2)
HR: C. Haerther (1) / -

Series is tied at 1.

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October 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche


16th October 2011


Los Angeles at Seattle: 9-5

W: J. Hirsh (1-0); L: L. Ayala (0-1)
HR: J. Peralta (1) / J. Clement (1)

Los Angeles leads series, 2 to 1.


Florida at New York: 2-3

W: K. Sleeth (2-0); L: G. Perkins (1-1)
S: B. Wagner (3))
HR: - / T. Adams (2)

New York leads series, 2 to 1.



17th October 2011


Los Angeles at Seattle: 7-4

W: J. Lackey (3-1); L: T. Chick (0-1)
SV: S. Shields (2)
HR: H. Matsui (1), J. Botts (2) / A. Beltre 2 (2), A. McCutchen (1)

Los Angeles leads series, 3 to 1.


Florida at New York: 7-4

W: S. West (1-0); L: J. Stinson (0-1)
S: G. Hernandez (2)
HR: M. LeCroy (1), J. Hermida (1), B. Barton 2 (2) / A. Hernandez (1), L. Milledge (2)

Series is tied at 2.



18th October 2011


Los Angeles at Seattle: 8-9

W: S. White (1-0); L: J. Shields (0-2)
SV: J. Putz (3)
HR: J. Peralta (2) / A. Beltre (3), J. Reed (2), J. Clement (2)

Los Angeles leads series, 3 to 2.


Florida at New York: 6-1

W: P. Saunders (2-0); L: U. Jimenez (1-2)
HR: B. Barton (3) / -

Florida leads series, 3 to 2.

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October 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche


20th October 2011


Seattle at Los Angeles: 7-6

W: R. Cortez (3-0); L: N. Lowry (0-1)
SV: J. Putz (4)
HR: A. Beltre (4), A. McCutchen (2) / J. Peralta (3), J. Botts (3), M. Collins (1)

Series is tied at 3.


New York at Florida: 2-5

W: A. Thompson (1-0); L: P. Humber (1-1)
S: G. Hernandez (3)
HR: J. Reyes (1) / -

Florida wins series, 4 to 2.



21st October 2011


Seattle at Los Angeles: 8-6

W: M. Prior (2-0); L: J. Lackey (3-2)
SV: J. Putz (5)
HR: J. Clement 2 (4) / J. Peralta (4)

Seattle wins series, 4 to 3.

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October 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

World Series

23rd October 2011


Seattle at Florida: 2-3

W: C. Madden (1-1); L: J. Putz (0-1)
HR: - / M. Jacobs (3)

Florida least series, 1 to 0.


Arizona closer Brandon Medders (4-9-40, 3.54 ERA) signed a new 2-year contract worth $4,880,000.


24th October 2011


Seattle at Florida: 3-1

W: T. Chick (1-1); L: G. Perkins (1-2)
SV: J. Putz (6)
HR: T. Hulett 2 (2) / -

Series is tied at 1.

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October 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

World Series

26th October 2011


Florida at Seattle: 5-3

W: A. Thompson (2-0); L: R. Cortez (3-1)
SV: G. Hernandez (4)
HR: H. Ramirez (1) / -

Florida least series, 2 to 1.


27th October 2011


Florida at Seattle: 5-6 (15)

W: S. Fujita (1-0); L: R. Vanden Hurk (0-1)
HR: K. McDonald (1) / -

Series is tied at 2.


28th October 2011


Florida at Seattle: 0-9

W: C. Willems (1-1); L: P. Saunders (2-1)
HR: - / W. Balentien (1)

Seattle leads series, 3 to 2.

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October 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

World Series

30th October 2011


Seattle at Florida: 7-6 (11)

W: J. Putz (1-1); L: G. Hernandez (0-1)
SV: S. Fujita (1)
HR: A. Beltre (5), J. Reed (3) / M. Jacobs (4), G. Sanchez (1), T. Adams (3)

Seattle wins series, 4 to 2.

2011 World Series goes to

S e a t t l e

* * * * * * *

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October 2011 - Milwaukee Brewers
Manager and GM Fritsche

31st October 2011

B r e a k i n g N e w s

The Brewers Badenian manager Andreas Fritsche announced today that he will resign from the team at once. Fritsche said that the shocking loss in the playoffs, the fans reaction and the inability of the owner to transfer cash into budget were the main reasons behind this decision. After guiding the Brewers to five consecutive NL Central titles and a combined 489-312 (.604) record Fritsche is looking for a new challenge. He said that the Brewers are so deep in talent that even Mike Ditka could lead them to success next season.

Just before Fritsche's press release, the league announced another expansion, which will take place in november. Rumour has it that Fritsche might be willing to manage one of the expansion teams if it's located "north enough".

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October 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


31st October 2011


Hall of Fame Inductions:

- Tom Glavine: 327-221, 3.61 ERA, 4745.0 IP, 4673 H, 1659 BB, 2682 K, 1.32 WHIP (last team New York)
- Ichiro Suzuki: .328, 1009 R, 85 HR, 581 RBI, 351 SB, 95 CS, 403 BB, 572 K (last team Seattle)


The following teams axed their GM's today:

- Houston (67-95) / John Palmer
- Arizona (81-81) / Josh Byrnes

Also some managers were sent packing:

- Tampa Bay (70-92) / Stephen Widgery
- Chicago (A) (75-87) / Rafael Deléon
- Minnesota (86-76) / Ron Gardenhire
- Philadelphia (65-97) / Jimy Williams
- Houston (67-95) / Teyo Villatoro
- Arizona (81-81) / Ricardo Ordenana
- San Diego (79-83) / Tsotomu Itoh

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


1st November 2011


I receive job offers from Toronto, Houston, Arizona, Hokkaido and the Hanshin Tiger. Toronto and Japan sounds interesting, but ... no thanks.


Trade:

Texas dealt minor league 3B Yaichiro Shimada (.308, 22 HR, 77 RBI - AA) to Buffalo for minor league RF Walt Clark (.294, 3 HR, 32 RBI, 43 SB - A).

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


5th November 2011

Trade:

Cincinnati sent CF Drew Stubbs (.255, 13 HR, 67 RBI) to Buffalo in exchange for reliever Derrick Turnbow (3-3-2, 4.09 ERA) and minor league 2B Roberto Pérez (.333, 3 HR, 19 RBI, 15 SB - R)

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


9th November 2011

Washington gave 3B Ryan Zimmerman (.301, 34 HR, 108 RBI) a new 2-year contract worth $18,500,000.

The Mariners gave starting pitcher Travis Chick (16-10, 4.05 ERA) a new 2-year contract worth $4,900,000.

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


11th November 2011

Minnesota gave SS Alberto Callaspo (.289, 15 HR, 80 RBI) a new 2-year contract worth $14,520,000.


Trade:

The Twins sent SS Alexi Casilla (.323, 2 HR, 37 RBI) to Toronto for reliever Kazuo Fukumori (3-0, 2.44 ERA).

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


11th November 2011


American League Golden Gloves

P - Sergio Mitre (Oakland - 1st)
C - Jesus Flores (Washington - 1st)
1B - Adrian Gonzalez (Texas - 1st)
2B - Jose Lopez (Detroit - 2nd)
3B - Alex Rodriguez (New York - 3rd)
SS - Miguel Tejada (Baltimore - 2nd)
LF - Brendan Anderson (Kansas City - 1st)
CF - Vernon Wells (Toronto - 1st)
RF - Vladimir Guerrero (Los Angeles - 2nd)


National League Golden Gloves

P - Naoyuki Shimizu(Boise - 1st)
C - Ramon Hernandez (Los Angeles - 1st)
1B - Matt Matulia (Charlotte - 1st)
2B - Jose Reyes (New York - 1st)
3B - David Wright (New York - 3rd)
SS - Rafael Furcal (New York - 1st)
LF - Josh Hamilton (Cincinnati - 1st)
CF - Drew Stubbs (Buffalo - 1st)
RF - Colby Rasmus (St. Louis - 1st)

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


12th November 2011


American League Rookie of the Year

LF Brendan Anderson (Kansas City)
.282, 157 G, 649 AB, 107 R, 183 H, 18 2B, 10 3B, 19 HR, 83 RBI, 46 BB, 132 K, 90 SB, 17 CS


National League Rookie of the Year

SS Alex Anderson (San Diego)
.315, 156 G, 578 AB, 98 R, 182 H, 36 2B, 13 3B, 16 HR, 71 RBI, 20 BB, 53 K, 49 SB, 20 CS

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


13th November 2011


American League Cy Young

SP Bud "Long Levi" Cowan (Kansas City)
16-7, 2.05 ERA, 35 G, 241.0 IP, 167 H, 79 BB, 236 K, 1.02 WHIP


National League Cy Young

SP Naoyuki Shimizu (Boise)
20-8, 2.57 ERA, 36 GS, 277.0 IP, 255 H, 69 BB, 159 K, 1.17 WHIP

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


14th November 2011


American League MVP

SS Sean Rodriguez (Los Angeles)
.294, 157 G, 571 AB, 112 R, 168 H, 34 2B, 3 3B, 42 HR, 112 RBI, 125 BB, 131 K, 8 SB, 5 CS


National League MVP

1B Travis "Pronk" Hafner (New York)
.301, 159 G, 532 AB, 97 R, 160 H, 22 2B, 0 3B, 48 HR, 119 RBI, 108 BB, 115 K, 2 SB, 0 CS

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


24th November 2011


Trades:

Kansas City sent RF Shane Costa (.333, 1 HR, 9 RBI) to Baltimore in exchange for 1B Brandon Sing (.230, 5 Hr, 10 RBI).

Vancouver traded 1B Brian Dopirak (.224, 4 HR, 21 RBI) and $715,920 in cash to Florida for 2B Pedro Lopez (.274, 5 HR, 39 RBI).

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November 2011 - Unemployed
Manager and GM Fritsche


24th November 2011


The
Winnipeg Bisons
and the
Indianapolis Hoosiers
are joining the league next season. More information to follow soon.

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November 2011 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


24th November 2011


The expansion team from Winnipeg announced today that they hired Canadian/Badenian Andreas Fritsche as manager and GM in a double function.


The new 6 team divisions are like this:


AL
East
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
New York
Charlotte
Tampa Bay

Central
Kansas City
Minnesota
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit

West
Los Angeles
Seattle
Oakland
Vancouver
Texas
Houston

NL
East
Florida
New York
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Philadelphia

Central
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Toronto
Winnipeg

West
Los Angeles
Arizona
San Diego
Colorado
San Francisco
Boise


By this the league achieved a fair regional distribution and one expansion in every division.

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November 2011 - Winnipeg Bisons
Manager and GM Fritsche


26th November 2011


The players that were left unprotected for the expansion draft were less than thrilling, but there were enough decent players left. Not surprisingly some veterans with big contracts like Barry Zito and Joe Crede were ignored by both teams. While we drafted to get the best ones with a fair wage/quality relation, Indianapolis went heavily for prospects. They took one of my Brewer prospects Charles Hill as the 1st overall pick.

An overview of our expansion draft results:

1st round SP Bryan Morris (from Los Angeles (N))
2nd round SP Josh Stinson (from New York (N))
3rd round SP Cory Van Allen (from Charlotte)
4th round SS/2B Joe Harrington (from Seattle)
5th round 1B Kendry Morales (from Los Angeles (A))
6th round 3B/SS Sharlon Schoop (from Buffalo)
7th round RF Jose Tabata (from New York (A))
8th round MR Héctor Martínez (from Boston)
9th round SP Randy Wells (from Chicago (N))
10th round CF Jason Place (from Buffalo)
11th round C Rey Gonzalez (from Colorado)
12th round CF Felipe Javier (from Cleveland)
13th round MR Christopher Armstrong (from Milwaukee)
14th round MR Michael Mehlich (from Atlanta)
15th round 2B Alberto Gonzalez (from Boise)
16th round LF Jin-ho Yi (from Tampa Bay)
17th round MR Zach Braddock (from Milwaukee)
18th round SP Jacob Marceaux (from Florida)
19th round 1B John Cromsie (from Chicago (N))
20th round C Russell Martin (from Los Angeles (N))
21st round CL Stephen Shelton (from Boston)
22nd round MR Sendy Rleal (from Baltimore)
23rd round CL Dillon Wilson (from Buffalo)
24th round SP Gil Phelps (from Chicago (N))
25th round MR Corey Madden (from Florida)
26th round LF Justin Maxwell (from Milwaukee)
27th round 3B Chris Davis (from Texas)
28th round RF Hiram Bocachica (from Vancouver)
29th round RF Will Jewell (from Charlotte)
30th round 2B Juan Jose Cisneros (from Seattle)
31st round 2B Billy Grant (from Vancouver)
32nd round C Michael Yates (from Washington)
33rd round 1B Eric Duncan (from New York (A))
34th round 3B Mike Cuddyer (from Chicago (A))
35th round RF Jonathan Baksh (from Toronto)

While our pitching should be quite solid - without having a real ace - our lineup has some holes, we lack a leadoff man and CF seems rather weak as well. So how about signing free agent Jose Reyes?

Our payroll is only $11,333,968 with Randy Wells ($888,720) the highest paid player.

The Hoosiers have an awful bullpen and a lineup that would have problems to compete at AAA.