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The date was November 15th, 2012, a couple weeks ago the San Francisco Giants had swept the Detroit Tigers to take the 2012 MLB World Series.

"Come on in Lance!" said Peter Angelos, the owner of the Baltimore Orioles.

"Alright, thanks for having me."

"What is your main goal to do with this organization if we hired you as GM. We liked what Dan [Duquette] did last year bringing us to the playoffs but we think our squad could have done better and possibly made it all the way."

"Well, sir, I would hope to at least take us to the playoffs in 2013, and make us into a very serious World Series contender by 2015. I like our starting 9, and I think we have a great farm system, and some great future arms with Gausman, Bundy, and McFarland."

"We do have a great future with our rotation, but I see our future as a powerhouse hitting team."

"If our prospects improve the way we want them to in the rotation, then I think the Orioles will be a serious World Series contender."

"I had a good time talking with you Lance, we will be in touch soon."

"Thanks, sir!"

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Hello all! I am Lance Sharp, a 26-year-old single man from northern California. I majored in mathematics out of Stanford, and am one of the biggest possible new GM's for 2013. I am currently being pursued by 6 MLB teams. The Orioles, the Twins, the Mariners, the Phillies, the Astros, and the Padres. I hope to make one of these 6 teams into an incredible dynasty.

"Hey Lance, come on in and have a seat."

"Thank you Mr. Pohlad."

"So, we're looking for a new GM obviously, after firing our interim, Terry Ryan. What can you do for us as GM?"

"I would think about getting rid of Mauer and Morneau and basically start this team over by acquiring prospects. We have Byron Buxton right now, and by 2014, we'll expect to have him starting in the MLB and then, we will build the team around him. But I think we need to get some good young pitching. We have some pitchers right now that seem to have a good future ahead of them, Hendriks, Worley, and De Vries, but we need an ace."

"I like where you're going Lance, but why should we trade away Mauer?"

"Well, Mauer is big on the Twins payroll. Even though he's the star of the team, he's taking up too much space on our salary."

"Well, we had a good talk Lance, we'll think about hiring you. Have a good day."

"You too sir!"

"Come on in now Lance. Mr. Yamauchi would like to talk with you." says the translator, Garrett Spikes.

"What would your main goal be for the Mariners?"

"My goal has always been to be in charge of a world series winning baseball team, and I think we can do that with the M's. We've got a bright future, with Zunino and Hultzen, and many other top prospects."

"The M's haven't had a great season in awhile, and having traded Ichiro away hurt me, but I think you, Lance, have the potential to take this team over the top. We'll definitely think about hiring you, but I need to speak with a couple other men."

"Well, good day to you sir!"

When I got back to my hotel in Seattle, I looked at my iPhone and saw that I had 1 new message.

I picked it up to see the message. It was from David Montgomery, the owner of the Philadelphia Phillies. The message read:

I was ecstatic that I had finally been hired as an MLB GM after 2 years.

Based on the interviews I'm terrified of what you might do with the aging roster of the Phillies...

You should be...

Phils win on opening day!

Philadelphia Phillies (0-0) @ Pittsburgh Pirates (0-0)

In the bottom of the fifth, Cole Hamels had a perfect game going, but Pirates 1B Gaby Sanchez hit a hard ground ball single to left field to break up the perfecto. In the top of the sixth, Carlos Ruiz smashed a 410-foot bomb to center to make it 1-0 Phillies. Later, in the seventh, Ryan Howard hit a solo homer to center to extend the lead the 2. In the bottom of the eighth, Cole Hamels threw a belt-high cutter to Gaby Sanchez that he hit out of the park to end the shutout and make it 2-1. Nothing else would happen as Hamels shut down the Bucs in the 9th to win it, 2-1.

W: Cole Hamels 1-0
L: Jeff Locke 0-1
S: N/A
HR: Ruiz (1), Howard (1), Sanchez (1)

Notables
Ryan Howard 3-4 HR RBI R
Gaby Sanchez 2-3 HR RBI R

Kendrick throws a gem as Phils get W #3

Miami Marlins (2-2) @ Philadelphia Phillies (2-1)

There was no score until the fifth, when Chase Utley hit a solo bomb to right off of Kevin Slowey to make it 1-0 Phils. Later in the fifth, Rollins and Kendrick got back-to-back singles, to make it runners on the corners with 2 outs for Ben Revere. Revere smashed an RBI double to left center to make it 2-0 Phillies. In the bottom half of the sixth, Michael Young led off the inning with a double. Howard then grounded out to first moving Young over to third. Carlos Ruiz would then belt a line drive single to center to score Young making it 3-0. Chase Utley walked as the next batter. Then, Jimmy Rollins hit an RBI 2B to score Ruiz making it 4-0. In the seventh, the scoring would not stop as Michael Young scored Ben Revere on an RBI single, the score now 5-0 Phillies. In the top of the eighth, the Phillies went to the bullpen for Antonio Bastardo. Pierre, led off the inning with a bunt single. Logan Morrison, with 2 outs, smashed a 2-R HR to left, hooking around the pole to make it 5-2 Phillies. Papelbon came in to finish the game in the ninth and retired the side to make the Phillies 3-1.

W: Kyle Kendrick 1-0
L: Kevin Slowey 0-1
S: Jonathan Papelbon (2)
HR: L.Morrison (2), C.Utley (2)

Notables
Logan Morrison 2-4 HR 2RBI R
Chase Utley 1-3 HR RBI R

Rumor Mill: Howard, Utley, and J-Roll to be dealt?

Yesterday, the newly acquired Phillies GM Lance Sharp, said that he does not like the way that Howard, Utley, and Rollins are aging, and he is looking to shop all three of them. He said that he is confident in his prospects to replace them, Ruf, Galvis, and Crawford.

Ethan Martin was also claimed off of waivers by the Redsox from the Phillies.

Lance has shown interest in left fielders, first basemen, and starting pitchers, with his aging rotation.

Ruiz knocks in 3 as Phils cruise to 5th win

(4-2) New York Mets @ (4-2) Philadelphia Phillies

Daniel Murphy decided to homer to start the game off for the Mets to take the lead 1-0. In the bottom of the first, Carlos Ruiz decided to homer as well but to score two runs to take the lead 2-1. In the third, Revere smashed a single to right, them stole second. Michael Young then flew out to center advancing Revere to third. The next batter, Carlos Ruiz bunted and scored Revere making it 3-1 Phillies. In the home half of the fourth, Chase Utley smashed a solo shot to left making it 4-1 Phils. In the eighth, John Buck homered for the Mets making it 4-2. In the top of the ninth, Papelbon came in with a save situation. With one out, Jose Lagares walked. With 2 outs, Daniel Murphy doubled but Lagares was held up at third. Omar Quintanilla then flew out to Domonic Brown in left to end the game, 4-2 Phillies.

W: Roy Halladay 1-0
L: Zack Wheeler 0-1
S: Jonathan Papelbon (4)
HR: J.Buck (1), D.Murphy (1), C.Ruiz (2), C.Utley (3)

Notables
Daniel Murphy 2-4 HR RBI 2B BB R
Chase Utley 2-3 HR RBI 2B R

Michael Young's homer propels Phillies to win

Philadelphia Phillies (7-2) @ San Francisco Giants (5-4)

Delmon Young smashed an RBI triple in the first. Then, John Mayberry Jr. crushed an RBI single to center to score Delmon making it 2-0 Phillies. In the second, Brandon Belt clobbered a solo HR to center to make it 2-1. In the fifth, Michael Young hit a 2-R jack to left making it 4-1 Phillies. In the top of the eighth, Delmon Young crushed a 2-R HR to score Michael Young, and himself, making it 6-1 Phillies. In the bottom half of the eighth, Michael Kickham, bungee to score Brandon Crawford after he hit a triple. 6-2. Then, Scutaro grounded to second scoring Angel Pagan from second to make it 6-3. Jonathan Papelbon came in in the ninth to record his sixth save of the year.

W: Jonathan Pettibone 1-0
L: Michael Kickham 0-2
S: Jonathan Papelbon (6)
HR: D.Young (1), M.Young (3), B.Belt (3)

Notables
Michael Young 2-4 HR 2RBI 3R
Brandon Belt 1-3 HR RBI R

Mayberry Jr. homers in Phillies win

Philadelphia Phillies (9-3) @ San Diego Padres (6-7)

In the first, Ben Revere led off the game with a bunt single. He then stole second, and advanced to third on a groundout. Carlos Ruiz then flew to deep center to score Revere, 1-0 Phillies. In the second, Domonic Brown smashed a single to right and then stole second. Utley then hit a single to center scoring Brown to make it 2-0 Phillies. In the fourth, John Mayberry Jr. clobbered a solo shot to left, making it 3-0 Phillies. In the top of the fifth, Jimmy Rollins stole home on a pitch in the dirt from Eric Stults, now 4-0 Phillies. In the sixth, Domonic Brown singled to right scoring John Mayberry Jr. from second making it 5-0. In the bottom of the seventh, Jesus Guzman ripped an RBI single to left to end Cliff Lee's shutout, 5-1 Phillies. In the top of the ninth, Brad Boxberger came in for the Padres. John Mayberry Jr. led off the 9th with an infield single. Michael Young then doubled to left but Mayberry was held at third base. Domonic Brown then flew to center to score two runs with a 2-run sacrifice fly. 7-1 Phillies. Cliff Lee finished off the complete game in the ninth, 7-1 Phillies.

W: Cliff Lee 3-0
L: Eric Stults 0-2
S: N/A
HR: J.Mayberry Jr. (1)

Notables
John Mayberry Jr. 3-4 HR RBI 3R
Jesus Guzman 2-3 RBI 2B

Reading Phillies (AA) Injury Report

Reading Phillies SP Austin Wright (D, C) has just pulled his hamstring and was placed on the 15-day DL. Seth Rosin (D, C) has been called up to take the 5th spot in the AA rotation.

April 30, 2013

I called up the new head scout that I had hired, Zachary Wells. Zachary is a 38-year old who scouted some of the great young players that are currently on the A's, back in 2009. Zach has been out of the MLB for a few years now and I have hired him.

"So what kind of talent are we looking for in the draft Zachary?"
"We definitely need a first baseman, with Ryan Howard aging and batting only .150 with 4 homers through April, but I don't feel that we will get a solid first baseman in the first round.
"I agree that we are looking for a first baseman, but I also think we need some future help in the bullpen."
"I think we need another outfielder as well. We have Mayberry, Brown, Young, and Revere, but it always seems that 1 or 2 of them are injured at the same time."
"It does seem like that, but Young and Revere are having great seasons through April, along with Brown."
"Unfortunately, Revere is injured right now thought, and by the time he gets back, 3 to 4 weeks, we'll probably have another guy injured. I guess what I am trying to say here, is that we need some depth. Our only outfield prospect right now is Tyson Gillies."
"You do make a point. I'll talk to you soon Zachary. See ya around"





So this means, you guys can send it player profiles for the draft class. Basically, you can create your own player (up to 3 people) in the draft class.

you might need a 3rd baseman in the draft, too.