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December 20th 2007

A heart crushing day has happened to baseball fans all alike. Major League Baseball will be defunct as of today, After very violent fights for a change in the MLB's Drug Policy varying from the testing procedures and the lack of effort of enforcement of the rules by the league; which has lead a mass majority players on a strike and going the extra mile by demanding to be released from the teams in show of their disdain for the MLB. This has also lead to the MILB (Minor League Baseball) separating ties from Major League baseball in hopes to become the dominant force in the world of baseball. This new massive power shift warranted a name change with in the MILB to the All-American Baseball League or AAB. The newly Re-branded league will consist of a majority of teams from the AAA cities to insure a speedy start for the 2008 season. The AAB has already secured TV Rights with ESPN/ABC/FOX/etc for more then hundreds of millions of dollars, making the AAB the top earning sports league in the United States; with a bright future ahead for the AAB they are hoping to attract the former MLB players to gain even more popularity with in the American public which has seem to be working with many declaring to be the AAB inaugural draft starting January 1st 2008. "with this type of buzz and popularity we plan to make Baseball a more entertaining sport then ever", says AAB commissioner Skip Wilson and was very confident in saying so, we at ESPN just hope for the best in this newly found league.

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Around the Network (Social Media)

Buster Olney @BUSTER_espn (12/22/07)
Can't wait for the fresh start that the #AAB will bring to baseball

Parker Watson @NYYFan3 (12/25/07)
hoping there a NY team in the #AAB but the Yanks will always be in my heart #RIPMLB

Justin Verlander @JustinVerlander (12/27/07)
I won't be a #DetroitTiger anymore, will be a day of mixed emotions #RIPMLB #AAB

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Side Notes

I will take control of one team during the season and mainly focus on that teams games. I haven't officially decided what team to take yet so I wont do another update until much later. The teams have a mix of the Default MLB Rosters sprinkled with Success mode players and the auto generated rookies that come from season mode. This was just all the information i wanted fill everyone in on to help progress the story with out it being out of perspective of the article

Teams will be
Las Vegas Wolfpack
Nashville Sluggers
Honolulu Samurais
Denver Falcons
Portland Venom
Richmond Honeybees
Omaha Blazers
Pawtucket Red Claws
Vancouver Lions
Oklahoma City Fire
Minneapolis Knights
Montreal Explores
Syracuse Raptors
San Antonio Senators
Durham Cowboys
Toledo Cheetahs
Sacramento Dolphins
Colorado Springs Wildboys
Albuquerque Wildcats
Iowa City Dark Horses
Edmonton Canadians
Round Rock Eagles
Foxborough Stampede
Orlando Curve
Tacoma Reapers
Norfolk Hornets
Louisville Cobras
Guam Phoenix
Phoenix Titans
Utah Panthers

I've Decided to take control over the Louisville Cobras, I will post a weekly game for this team specifically and try to sprinkle in teams as well; but for now here is the current Cobras Roster (the AAB players only).

Louisville Cobras
# PITCHERS POS B/T AGE HT WT SALARY
28 Issac Myers SP L/R 20 6'3 224 N/A
16 Eric Paterson SP R/R 23 6'5 217 N/A
91 Chase Capuano SP L/R 20 6'0 196 N/A
39 Taysuke Kuramochi SP R/R 25 6'4 207 N/A
27 Jim Stover SP L/L 25 6'1 203 N/A
12 Tyler Barton RP R/R 24 6'0 197 N/A
6 Blake Christian RP R/L 25 6'2 204 N/A
34 Randy Flores RP L/L 32 6'0 190 N/A
52 George Sherrill RP L/L 30 6'0 225 N/A
56 Frenando Rodney RP R/R 30 5'11 220 N/A
6 Sunny Hills CL R/R 23 6'1 197 N/A
# CATCHERS POS B/T AGE HT WT SALARY
26 David Ross R/R 30 6'2 230 N/A
5 Jeff Mathis R/R 24 6'0 205 N/A
# INFIELDERS POS B/T AGE HT WT SALARY
8 Frank Reynolds 1B S/L 25 6'3 232 N/A
21 Scott Hatteberg 1B L/R 38 6'1 212 N/A
86 Colin Lewis SS S/R 25 6'0 207 N/A
38 James Carter 2B R/R 23 5'10 185 N/A
14 Peter Darula SS L/R 27 6'2 195 N/A
3 Freddie Bynum 2B/LF L/R 27 6'1 183 N/A
# OUTFIELDERS POS B/T AGE HT WT SALARY
29 Talon Bryan LF/3B R/R 23 6'3 224 N/A
47 Ryan Ludwick LF R/L 29 6'2 215 N/A
71 Samuel Tremie LF R/R 18 5'11 196 N/A
64 Luis Calderon CF R/R 20 6'0 204 N/A
44 Brandon Moss RF L/R 24 6'0 205 N/A
74 Antonhy Fields RF S/R 22 5'9 186 N/A

How did you decide rosters?

I did a fantasy draft for the rosters, but the whole composition of players with in the league was just off of what I felt like. As towards the the draft and my choice in selection it was just a focus to have a dominate as possible rotation and closer and I worked around that.
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Week 1


WHAS Louisville Local News

The Cobras play their second game vs the OKC to kick off this inaugural season of baseball.The Cobras Sparking a late game rally by Ryan Ludwick with a bases clearing double that knocked in 2 runs, as well as a considerably Ok performance from the Cobras starter Eric Paterson, who did gain the win but did only throw six innings giving up 3 runs, all while striking out 10 batters. "This performance can been seen as a step in the right direction" says Cobras Coach Greg Paveria, and has also been noted off the record for saying that he has the most championship ready team in the AAB; let's see how well this confidence carries over to the team down the road.
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Oklahoma City Fire at Louisville Cobras
Apr 2, 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Oklahoma City (2-0) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 0
Louisville (0-2) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 X 4 11 1
W: Eric Paterson 1-0 L: Cole Hamels 0-1 S: Randy Flores 0-0
Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS OKC LOU
Oklahoma City Fire
HITTERS AB R H RBI BB SO HR AVG
Brandon Hopper 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 .200
Clint Barmes 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 .000
Carlos Pena 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000
Bryan Stewart 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Marquis Warrick 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .250
Carlos Gomez 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 .750
Derrick Smitherma 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 .750
Kaleb Pettyjohn 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 .500
Walter Abraham 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .500
Louisville Cobras
HITTERS AB R H RBI BB SO HR AVG
James Carter 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Colin Lewis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Freddie Bynum 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 1.000
Frank Reynolds 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Scott Hatteberg 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .500
Luis Calderon 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .500
Ryan Ludwick 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .333
David Ross 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Anthony Fields 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Oklahoma City Fire
PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cole Hamels 6 9 4 4 0 1 0 6.00
Tyler Yates 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Louisville Cobras
PITCHERS IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Eric Paterson 6 11 3 3 0 10 0 4.50
Randy Flores 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
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Social Media

Luis Calderon @Calderon64
2 for 4 today vs #OKCFire great way to start the season off

Clint Barnes @Clintbarmes
Just got dusted at the plate today by @EricPatOfficial, he might be a rookie but he got some great stuff

Marshall Elkheart @ProStatusGaming
Just Watched OKC vs LOU #AAB game today, got to say loving this league more then the MLB #NewHope
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Planning on doing game recap every week, then right at the end of each week do a massive summary rundown of the whole month.