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ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:55 pm

May 23, 2008
OAKLAND -- The New York Yankees have made another trade, this time with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yankees have sent right fielder Shelley Duncan to the Rays in exchange for left-handed pitcher Kurt Birkins. Duncan was batting .240 in twenty-five at-bats over sixteen games, while Birkins had no playing time yet this season at the point of the trade.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:13 am

May 29, 2008
OAKLAND -- The Milwaukee Brewers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have made a trade in which right-handed pitcher Scot Shields and first baseman Kendry Morales are headed to Milwaukee in exchange for second baseman Hernan Iribarren. Iribarren is a rookie with only one at-bat so far this season, and Scot Shields was a major part of the Angels bullpen, which makes it unsure why the Angels would want to make this trade.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:27 am

May 1, 2008
May in Review
ARLINGTON -- The Athletics have had one of the worst months ever, going 8-19, and going on a ten game skid before winning the final game of the month. The bright point of the month was the acquisition of shortstop Yunel Escobar, who started out well, homering in his first game in an Athletics uniform, but really struggled during the losing streak. There's nothing really to say about the month of May for the Athletics except that it was a horrible month, and we just need to at least have hope of picking ourselves back up eventually.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:47 am

May 1, 2008
May in Review
ARLINGTON -- The Athletics have had one of the worst months ever, going 8-19, and going on a ten game skid before winning the final game of the month. The bright point of the month was the acquisition of shortstop Yunel Escobar, who started out well, homering in his first game in an Athletics uniform, but really struggled during the losing streak. There's nothing really to say about the month of May for the Athletics except that it was a horrible month, and we just need to at least have hope of picking ourselves back up eventually.

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  #        Date             Opponent                  Win                        Loss                      Save             Record
  30 |   May 1      | @ Angels (W 3-2)    | Alan Embree (2-2)        | Scot Shields (0-1)       | Dana Eveland (1)        |  10-20 |
  31 |   May 2      | Rangers (W 6-4)     | Keith Foulke (1-3)       | Sidney Ponson (2-3)      | Dana Eveland (2)        |  11-20 |
  32 |   May 3      | Rangers (L 2-0)     | Vicente Padilla (1-1)    | Hideo Nomo (0-2)         | Joaquin Benoit (7)      |  11-21 |
  33 |   May 4      | Rangers (L 2-0)     | Jason Jennings (4-2)     | Chad Gaudin (1-4)        | Joaquin Benoit (8)      |  11-22 |
  34 |   May 5      | Orioles (W 8-1)     | Keith Foulke (2-3)       | Troy Patton (1-1)        |           --            |  12-22 |
  35 |   May 6      | Orioles (L 3-0)     | Adam Loewen (4-1)        | Kiko Calero (0-3)        | Fernando Cabrera (7)    |  12-23 |
  36 |   May 7      | Orioles (L 2-0)     | Matt Albers (3-2)        | Joe Blanton (2-4)        | Fernando Cabrera (8)    |  12-24 |
  37 |   May 9      | @ Rangers (W 4-3)   | Joey Devine (2-1)        | Josh Rupe (1-3)          |           --            |  13-24 |
  38 |   May 10     | @ Rangers (W 5-0)   | Rich Harden (4-1)        | Jason Jennings (4-3)     |           --            |  14-24 |
  39 |   May 11     | @ Rangers (L 4-3)   | Eddie Guardado (1-0)     | Huston Street (0-2)      |           --            |  14-25 |
  40 |   May 13     | @ Indians (W 8-2)   | Alan Embree (3-2)        | Aaron Laffey (1-2)       |           --            |  15-25 |
  41 |   May 14     | @ Indians (L 8-0)   | CC Sabathia (4-3)        | Hideo Nomo (0-3)         |           --            |  15-26 |
  41 |   May 15     | @ Indians (L 9-1)   | Fausto Carmona (2-3)     | Joe Blanton (2-5)        |           --            |  15-27 |
  41 |   May 16     | @ Braves (L 2-1)    | Rafael Soriano (1-1)     | Alan Embree (3-3)        | Mike Hampton (6)        |  15-28 |
  42 |   May 17     | @ Braves (L 5-0)    | Tom Glavine (5-2)        | Chad Gaudin (1-5)        |           --            |  15-29 |
  43 |   May 18     | @ Braves (W 6-2)    | Joey Devine (3-1)        | Great Castro (0-1)       |           --            |  16-29 |
  44 |   May 19     | Rays (L 3-1)        | Matt Garza (2-4)         | Hideo Nomo (0-4)         | Dan Wheeler (5)         |  16-30 |
  45 |   May 20     | Rays (L 5-3)        | James Shields (4-2)      | Joe Blanton (2-6)        |           --            |  16-31 |
  46 |   May 21     | Rays (L 8-1)        | Chad Orvella (1-1)       | Rich Harden (4-2)        |           --            |  16-32 |
  47 |   May 23     | Red Sox (L 3-1)     | Josh Beckett (4-4)       | Chad Gaudin (1-6)        | Julian Tavarez (11)     |  16-33 |
  48 |   May 24     | Red Sox (L 6-2)     | Jon Lester (5-2)         | Kiko Calero (0-4)        |           --            |  16-34 |
  49 |   May 25     | Red Sox (L 5-0)     | Curt Schilling (2-1)     | Hideo Nomo (0-5)         |           --            |  16-35 |
  50 |   May 27     | Blue Jays (L 7-0)   | Roy Halladay (9-0)       | Joe Blanton (2-7)        |           --            |  16-36 |
  51 |   May 28     | Blue Jays (L 1-0)   | Jeremy Accardo (1-2)     | Kiko Calero (0-5)        | B.J. Ryan (7)           |  16-37 |
  52 |   May 29     | Blue Jays (L 4-1)   | Dustin McGowan (4-4)     | Chad Gaudin (1-7)        | B.J. Ryan (8)           |  16-38 |
  53 |   May 30     | @ Rangers (L 2-1)   | Dustin Nippert (2-0)     | Justin Duchscherer (0-2) | Joaquin Benoit (11)     |  16-39 |
  54 |   May 31     | @ Rangers (W 1-0)   | Hideo Nomo (1-5)         | Dustin Nippert (2-1)     | Alan Embree (1)         |  17-39 |

Player Stats:

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                   AVG   HR   RBI
SS Yunel Escobar |.256 |  6 |  23 |
2B Mark Ellis    |.221 |  3 |  17 |
DH Frank Thomas  |.192 | 11 |  29 |
3B Eric Chavez   |.207 |  5 |  21 |
LF Jack Cust     |.153 |  6 |  17 |
1B Mike Sweeney  |.138 |  1 |  13 |
RF Travis Buck   |.147 |  0 |   6 |
CF Ryan Sweeney  |.213 |  2 |   5 |
C  Kurt Suzuki   |.124 |  1 |   6 |

Rob Bowen        |.000 |  0 |   0 |
Daric Barton     |.064 |  0 |   2 |
Donnie Murphy    |.000 |  0 |   0 |
Emil Brown       |.043 |  0 |   1 |
Chris Denorfia   |.111 |  0 |   0 |

                      ERA   W-L    SO
Joe Blanton        | 4.52 | 2-7 |  49
Rich Harden        | 1.22 | 4-2 | 105
Chad Gaudin        | 4.07 | 1-7 |  47
Justin Duchscherer | 2.57 | 0-2 |  47
Hideo Nomo         | 3.83 | 1-5 |  52

Dana Eveland       | 4.74 | 1-1 |  30
Joey Devine        | 1.62 | 3-1 |  26
Kiko Calero        | 7.63 | 0-5 |  45
Keith Foulke       | 2.66 | 2-3 |  48
Alan Embree        | 2.09 | 3-3 |  79
Huston Street      | 3.16 | 0-2 |  42

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:54 am

May 1, 2008
June Preview
Coming off a horrible month, the Athletics are hoping for a good month in June. June is the month of the draft, so it will be interesting to see which player ends up where. There will also be more interleague play this month. The Athletics have already played a three-game series against the Braves in which they won only one of the games, and in June they will be playing the Giants, Diamondbacks, Marlins, and Phillies, so it will be interesting to see how they do against those teams.

ChiCubsFan4 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:13 am

You know what, I'm not really having fun doing this. There's no point in doing this if it's not fun. I LOVE playing my Rays season mode, that's why I play every single game. This isn't fun because I'm not playing any of the games at all. I'd rather be playing maybe one or two games a series. I'm going to start a poll as to which team I should play as. Let this die, and I'm going to start a poll thread, then a thread for a new franchise log.

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