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April 1, 2008

My name is Jeff Hall and I'm 36 years old. I used to be a player but my career ended before it even got started.
I injured my shoulder in triple a for the nationals throwing a fastball. Now after floundering around the league I
am back. I was hired because of my experience in the minors. (only 3 seasons) I look at this team
and see lots of potential all-stars yet we still need lots of work.

I was told we needed to win at least 80 games to be considered good. Even though we were projected to finish 63-99.
We have to do our best and listen to our owner motto "It's all sunshine and rainbows until someone blows out an elbow".
I always cringe at that last part. So here's our line-up for the season

Sunshines
Bill Schoening CF 3 E/E/E/E/D/E
Matt Whiteman SS 2 F/E/D/D/D/E
Brian Oliver 3B 3 E/C/E/D/E/E
Dan Grindell DH 3 G/B/F/E/E/F
Scott Estrella C 2 F/D/E/D/D/D
Ed Pote 1B 2 G/D/F/E/F/D
Jim Saipe 2B 2 E/F/F/G/E/E
Justin Pedroia LF 2 F/F/E/E/F/E/
Alex Inglett RF 2 F/E/E/E/E/F

Bench
Riley Menacha C 1 E/F/F/D/D/E
Tony Stark CF 2 E/F/E/E/E/F
Mike Melendez SS 2 F/F/E/E/E/F
Ben Vosberg 2B 2 F/F/F/F/D/E
Ryan Finegan 3B 3 F/D/F/E/F/E
George Knox RF 2 F/F/F/E/F/F

Our hitting looks weak but our pitching I am not really sure of.

Pitching Staff
LHP Mo Bailey 90 E/C
RHP Corey Dirosa 91 D/C
RHP Freddy Condrey 89 D/C
RHP Zac Crabtree 88 E/C
RHP James Moss 89 D/C

Bullpen
SM Vince Senreiso 89 E/C
LR Hal Szuminski 91 F/C
MR Phil Dransfeldt 89 E/C
SL Chad Brunet 88 F/C
MM William Sears 92 E/C
CL Dennis Larson 93 D/C

Agents are available for whoever wants them

I'll have the triple a players up tomorrow if anyone is actually interested

Triple A players
LHP Paul Wesson 89 D/C Strong Finisher
LHP Banron Villacis 85 D/C
LHP Omar Deardorff 91 D/C
RHP Steve Lomansey 86 F/C
LHP John Borkowski 94 F/C
RHP Mark Thrower 85 G/C
RHP Xavier Huisman 92 F/C

Position players
Jung Lu C 1 F/E/E/E/D/E
Pat Hodge C 1 F/F/F/E/F/E
Al Cannizaro 1B 3 F/D/F/E/F/E
Hawaii Kawai LF 2 E/E/F/D/D/E
Martin Lunar 3B 3 F/E/F/E/F/F
Vincenzo Pettyjohn 3B 3 E/D/G/E/F/D
Brad Halter RF 2 F/F/E/E/E/F

I could tell we needed help so I called in a favor to an old friend of mine. His name was Brian Davis he was my pitching coach when I pitched in the minors.

Brian: Hello?
Me: Hey Brian how you been?
Brian: I'm good Jeff still sticking to the bean pole you call an arm.
Me: nice one but listen I need you to be my pitching coach we need major help in that department.
Brian: I don't know you might have to convince me Jeff.
Me: Come on Brian what do I have to prove to you?
Brian: show me that you mean business unlike what happened when you blew out your shoulder.
Me: Alright fine Thank you for agreeing to become our pitching coach.
Brian: See on the field man.
(Click)

I put my hand on my left shoulder wincing in pain. It had been three years since the injury.
August 12, 2005

I had been brought up to the majors by the nationals. They were dire need of a lefty. The first guy I faced was Khalil Greene. I ran the count full then struck him out. Then after I finished the inning I got cocky. Thinking this isn't hard. The score was tied at 3 in the top of the eighth I was due up in the bottom half so I knew this would be it for me. I allowed a hit to Loretta to leaf off the inning and then Ryan Klesko stepped in I was ahead 1-2. Then I made the biggest mistake of my career. I over exerted my arm and the rotator cuff ripped open. I got the strike out with a fastball at 96 but it wasn't worth ending my career over. After that day I retired because I knew I needed Tommy John surgery and felt like I wouldn't pitch again.

Free Agent Acquisitions in Hawaii

April 2, 2008

The Hawaii Sunshines Signed 1B Dan Johnson and Reliever Enrique Gonzalez to one year deals
Jeff Hall issued this statement regarding the signings "I believe we need a veteran presence around the clubhouse early so that
we can establish a good team chemistry which will hopefully help us win ballgames". Dan Johnson, the 28 year-old infielder hit .236 and hit 18 homers and drove in 62 for the Oakland A's this past season. Enrique Gonzalez is a starter turned reliever in 2006 he went 3-7 with a 5.67 ERA. Yet we hope that these acquisitions can help us in the long run.

4/2: 3-2 @Minnesota (simmed) L

April 3, 2008

Sunshines 0-1 vs Minnesota 1-0

Today's game was the second of three against minnesota at the metrodome. It only took six pitches for the sunshines to start a rally for in the first against livan hernandez. With Bill Schoening on second and Matt Whiteman on first Brian Oliver stepped to the plate looking to drive in the games first run. Oliver got a two run triple to right center to give the sunshine a 2-0 lead. After a Dan Grindell fielder's choice Scott Estrella double Grindell in to make it 3-0 Hawaii. Jim Saipe singled home Estrella and moved johnson onto second and made it 4-0. Cory Dirosa mowed down minnesota in the first then experienced trouble as the twins got three hits in the bottom of the third and Carlos Gomez drove in Brenden Harris to make it 4-1 Hawaii. He then settled down striking out Mauer again and then getting Morneau to fly out with bases loaded to end the inning. Yet Dirosa ran into trouble again after retiring the first batter of the fourth he gave up back to back singles to Kubel and Lamb. Dirosa struck out Brenden Harris and then gave up another RBI single this time to Adam Everett scoring Kubel. 4-2 Hawaii. Top of the fifth Oliver and Grindell get singles and Estrella then comes up and drives in Oliver for his second RbI single of the game. 5-2 Hawaii. Jim Saipe drives in another to make it 6-2 Hawaii. Hawaii Kawai joins the hit parade driving in Johnson to make it 7-2. Dirosa still in hot water got Mauer to lineout then allowed singles to Cuddyer and Morneau. Kubel got an infield single to make it 7-3 Hawaii. He struck out Lamb to get out of the jam with minimal damage. Dan Johnson doubles in Oliver. 8-3 Hawaii. Saipe has 4 RBIs now as he doubles in Estrella and Johnson 10-3 Hawaii. DiRosa was relieved by William Sears. he got a quick 1-2-3 in the sixth. Then after a rough fifth and sixth inning the Twins brought in Juan Rincon to relieve Dennys Reyes. In the bottom of the eighth Kubel doubled off Sears and then Lamb singled then Harris struck out swinging. Adam Everett hit into fielders choice and Then Gomez hit into a fielders choice to end the inning. A single by Kawai then Inglett FC then singles by Schoening and Whiteman loaded the bases for Oliver needing a homer for the cycle. Instead Oliver hits a two RBI double to make it 12-3 Hawaii. Grindell hits a Three-run homer to make 15-3 Hawaii. Crain was brought into stop the bleeding and the game headed to the bottom of the ninth. Mauer triples off Sears and Cuddy singles him in 15-4 Hawaii. Sears then gets Kubel to ground into a double play and retire Delmon Young on a F-9 to end the game.

Sunshines 15
Twins 4

W: Corey Dirosa (1-0)
L: Livan Hernandez (0-1)
S: William Sears (1)
HR: Grindell (1)

Players of the Game
Brian Oliver 5-6 4 RBis 2B, 3B
Jim Saipe 4-5 4 RBIs 2 2B's