Owners' League News

Published November 1, 1998
 
 

We're closing in even more...

It's been a great season indeed.
After the end of the season, any player traded must be saved for the following season, and all the teams seem to have settled their lineups within the deadline (dozens of players were traded in the last few days).
As of now, we are focussing on our championship, which will be held around mid-January when we finally get the season disk from Diamond Mind. The usual autumn exercise of prediction follows.

 
PREVIOUS BULLETINS 
12/20/96 
The Ghiotto meeting: Candies spend! 
(with trade rules) 
12/23/96 
Flowers: The Mob Visited My House! 
(in Italian) 
01/05/97 
The Loan Auction 
01/19/97 
The Trades Deadline 
02/01/97 
Brokers Are 1996 Champions 
02/23/97 
Freeze Time Coming 
03/10/97 
Keepers Submitted 
05/05/97 
Draft Time! 
12/20/97 
Realignment and the expansion draft 
plus predictions! 
01/10/98 
Mikes latest Championship Team 
03/01/98 
1998 Keepers and Draft 
04/14/98 
1998 Season starts 
09/16/98 
The new freezing rules 
 
East Division
It will pobably take a little more time to see an East Division team eventually reach the Finals.
The Burberries count on team balance and a good pitching staff to win the division for the third time in five years. They will be challenged by the Christians, who will try to put the first red star on their cap relying exclusively on a potent lineup. Defending division champions Topos and perpetually slumping Bidons have no hope for even a .500 season.

 Central Division
It looks quite a close race here. The Pachos appear to be the favorites, with a good lineup and great names on the mound (and Randy Johnson is still technically theirs, so if he returns to the American League...). The only challenge can come from the Candies, with probably some too many "soft spots" in their lineup. Anonymous campaign for the Flowers, and as for the Faccos (formerly the Fatties), well, new faces, but same old story.

 West Division
Look for the eventual champion to come from this division for the third straight year. The Brokers, who won the division last year, appear to be virtually unbeatable, and the Mikes, who won the Finals last January and refused to give up hopes in the last days of the trading season, will come second, likely with a wild card berth though. The Bucks will try to put up a challenge for second place. The best team ever put on the field by the Sniffers is still projected in last place. Will it ever change?

Other pages for our friends online:

You can see all the statistics of the 1997 DiamondMind Baseball Championship; they are provided, as usual, by courtesy of the Flowers Home Page.

Check the League's Coming Events . Stay in touch!

 For a complete recap of all the year's trades, see the Trades List Page, which appears (or does it?) on the Flowers' archive site.

 


Comments and suggestions are welcome.
Mail me at r.caramelli@bo.nettuno.it.
Thank you.


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