Current Standings Midway Thru Block 1

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LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 2005 Millennium League
 
Brock                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2005 Cleveland CLA            6   3  .667 ----   152  
2005 Anaheim ANA              7   5  .583   .5        
2005 Florida FLN              9   9  .500  1.5        
2005 Seattle SEA              6   9  .400  3.0        
2005 San Francisco SFN        5  10  .333  4.0        
 
Killebrew                   WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2005 Kansas City KCA         12   3  .800 ----   149  
2005 Toronto TOA              3   3  .500  4.5        
2005 Atlanta ATN              5   7  .417  5.5        
2005 Houston HON              1   2  .333  5.0        
2005 Los Angeles LAN          0   3  .000  6.0        
 
Koufax                      WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2005 Boston BOA               2   1  .667 ----   159  
2005 Oakland OAA              6   6  .500   .5        
2005 Pittsburgh PIN           4   5  .444  1.0        
2005 Arizona ARN              4   5  .444  1.0        
2005 Washington WAN           1   2  .333  1.0        
 
Aaron                       WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC#
2005 Chicago CHA              9   6  .600 ----   148  
2005 Philadelphia PHN         8   7  .533  1.0        
2005 Minnesota MNA            6   6  .500  1.5        
2005 New York NYA            10  11  .476  2.0        
2005 St. Louis SLN            7   8  .467  2.0        
 
 

White Sox Young Guns

Chicago - The White Sox have been slowly rebuilding their team and now have a strong nucleus of players, including third baseman David Wright and shortstop Jose Reyes. A recap of the White Sox recent drafts:

2005
1 Hernandez,F 2 Jacobs,M 2 Maholm,P

2004
1 Wright,D 1 Rios,A 2 Gonzalez,M 3 Qualls,C 3

2003
1 Reyes,J 1 Bonderman,J 2 Phillips,B 2 Betancourt,R 2 Heilman,A

The White Sox are 5-1 in the early going.......

Monroe Hits Walk-Off Homer for Yankees

Craig Monroe hit a 2-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the 10th to give New York an exciting 2-1 win over St. Louis. Roger Clemens was brilliant for New York - he pitched 10 innings and gave up only one unearned run.

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BOXSCORE: 2005 St. Louis Cardinals At 2005 New York Yankees          4/7/2005

 

  Cardinals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG

  E.Renteria SS       4  0  2  1 .348     D.Dejesus CF        4  1  1  0 .217  

  P.Polanco 2B        5  0  0  0 .435     M.Teahen 3B         4  0  1  0 .091  

  J.Drew RF           3  0  0  0 .000     C.Monroe LF         5  1  2  2 .500  

  P.Konerko 1B        4  0  0  0 .316     J.Uribe SS          2  0  0  0 .170  

  J.Edmonds CF        4  0  0  0 .111     W.Pena RF           4  0  1  0 .209  

  J.Lane LF           4  1  2  0 .227     E.Alfonzo 2B        4  0  1  0 .227  

  M.Mora 3B           4  0  0  0 .158     D.Mientkiewicz 1B   4  0  1  0 .083  

  J.Estrada C         4  0  0  0 .091     C.Snyder C          4  0  0  0 .125  

  B.Chen P            3  0  1  0 .333     R.Clemens P         4  0  0  0 .000  

A-R.Branyan PH        1  0  0  0 .143                                          

  C.Cordero P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          

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         Totals      36  1  5  1                 Totals      35  2  7  2

 

A-Pinch Hit For Chen In 10th Inning

 

Cardinals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  1 -  1  5  0

Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  2 -  2  7  1

 

Cardinals (3-2)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

B.Chen                    9       6   0   0   3   7   0   0.00

C.Cordero L(0-1) BS(1st)  0 1/3   1   2   2   1   1   1  10.80

Totals                    9 1/3   7   2   2   4   8   1

 

Yankees                  IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

R.Clemens WIN(2-1)       10       5   1   0   2   8   0   2.18

Totals                   10       5   1   0   2   8   0

 

ATTENDANCE- 56,532 DATE- Sunday, April 7th 2005 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average

UMPIRES- Doug Eddings, Charlie Reliford, Mark Carlson, Dana Demuth

T- 2:49

LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7  Yankees: 9

DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0  Yankees: 0

ERRORS- E.Alfonzo

DOUBLES- J.Lane(2nd), M.Teahen(2nd)

HOME RUNS- C.Monroe(4th)

WALKS- E.Renteria, J.Drew, D.Dejesus, M.Teahen, J.Uribe-2

STRIKE OUTS- P.Polanco-2, J.Drew, P.Konerko, M.Mora-3, B.Chen, M.Teahen-2,

             C.Monroe-2, J.Uribe, W.Pena, D.Mientkiewicz, R.Clemens

 

Roger Clemens went 10 strong innings at Petco Park where the New York Yankees

beat the St. Louis Cardinals in 10 innings by the score of 2 to 1.

 

The score was a scoreless tie after nine.  New York ended up winning it in the

10th inning.  David Dejesus started the inning off right when he drew a walk.

Mark Teahen got his chance to keep things going, but he went down on

strikes.  Craig Monroe then cleared the fences for a two-run home run (his

4th of the season) giving New York the victory and sending the 56,532

home-town fans home happy.  New York managed 7 hits in their victory.

 

Clemens(2-1) was the winner allowing 1 run for the game. Chad Cordero(0-1) was

the losing pitcher in relief.  When questioned, Ron Tidrow remarked, 'It's

been a while since a win felt this good - heck, it's been a while since we

had a win period!'

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Royals Expecting Big Crowds at Kaufmann Stadium

Kansas City (AP) - The Royals are the hottest team in the league right now as they jumped fast out of the gate with a strong 12-3 mark. The Royals have never made the playoffs. Kansas City's past won-lost records:

2004: 65 - 97 (5th Place)
2003: 57 - 105 (5th Place)
2002: 75 - 87 (2nd Place)
2001: 82 - 80 (3rd Place)
2000: 71 - 91 (5th Place)

Time will tell to see if the Royals are for real this season, but expect some big crowds at Kaufmann Stadium in the early going.....

Twins & Tribe Deal

Minnesota (AP) - The Twins acquired veteran reliever Todd Jones from Cleveland in exchange for Adam LaRoche and a fourth round pick in the 2006 draft. Jones has a career 13-12 record, 47 saves and a 5.55 ERA while playing for the Indians and Phillies. The right handed reliever is expected to close for the Twins.

Adam LaRoche, drafted by Minnesota in the second round of the 2004 draft, hit .237 with 4 homers in limited playing time last season.

Opening Day Around the League

	Dontrelle Willis pitched strong into the 9th inning as the defending champions St. Louis Cardinals opened the 2005 season with a win over Minnesota. Cardinals....... 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 - 6 11 0 Twins........... 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 10 0 D.Willis WIN(1-0), C.Cordero SAVE(1st), J.Santana LOSS(0-1) HOME RUNS- J.Francoeur(1st), C.Lee(1st)
	Rookie Robinson Cano drove in two runs as the New York Yankees cruised to a 8 to 3 victory over Philadelphia Phillies at Petco Park in their home opener. Phillies........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 6 1 Yankees......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 X - 8 7 2 F.Garcia LOSS(0-1), D.Cabrera WIN(1-0) HOME RUNS- S.Stewart(1st)
	Chris Carpenter, who the Blue Jays are counting on for a big season, shut down Atlanta in Toronto’s home opener. Braves.......... 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 6 0 Blue-Jays....... 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 X - 5 9 1 J.Lackey LOSS(0-1), C.Carpenter WIN(1-0), D.Turnbow SAVE(1st) HOME RUNS- J.Crede(1st)
	Carlos Zambrano out-pitched Roy Oswalt in an exciting home opener for Oakland. Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 A's............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X - 1 5 0 R.Oswalt LOSS(0-1), C.Zambrano WIN(1-0), J.Isringhaus SAVE(1st HOME RUNS- M.Stairs(1st)
	Jeff Kent hit a homer and a pair of doubles as the Giants spoiled the Mariners home Opener with a 8-5 victory. Giants.......... 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 - 8 13 0 Mariners........ 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 5 8 1 L.Hernandez WIN(1-0), J.Baldwin SAVE(1st), E.Milton LOSS(0-1) HOME RUNS- J.Cantu(1st), J.Kent(1st), O.Saenz(1st), D.Mohr(1st), A.Rodriguez(1st)

Papelbon Ready To Energize Blue Jays

Toronto - Jonathan Papelbon was selected by the Blue Jays as the 7th player overall in the 2005 draft. The rookie right hander will certainly bring energy to the Jays bullpen and will team up with third round draft pick Derrick Turnbow to form a brand new look for Toronto's bullpen. Last season's closer, Ryan Madson, finished with a 2-6 record, 17 saves and a 4+ ERA and was released in the off season.

John Smoltz is ready to join Red Sox Rotation

This offseason Red Sox pitcher John Smoltz has been getting ready to go from closer to starting pitcher for the 2nd time in his Hall of Fame career. Since being selected 7th overall in the 2001 draft, all Smoltz has done is save 107 games and help anchor the bullpen as Boston went to it's only World Series in 2002. The most memorable game that postseason was when he and Pedro Martinez combined for a no-hitter in Game 7 of the Semi Final round against Pittsburgh.

This season Smoltz will join Pedro, Derek Lowe, Tim Wakefield and Jose Contreras in the rotation for the 2005 season. Unfortunately the move will leave a huge void in the bullpen but the Red Sox front office believes it will be more valuable to have Smoltz pitch 7 innings in a game rather then 1 or 2. Only time will tell but the Red Sox are looking forward to a good season in 2005.

Woody Williams Back With Cards

St. Louis - Left off the Cardinals protected roster, the Redbirds re-drafted the veteran right hander in the 7th round and immediately signed him to a two-year contract. "Woody has been a key ingredient of the Redbird success these past few years and we wanted him back in St. louis", said Cardinal skipper John Helmbrecht. Williams was initially drafted in the first round in the first Millennium League draft way back in 2000. Over five seasons with St. Louis, Williams has notched 53 career wins. Woody played a huge part in last season's World Series as he fired 7 2/3 innings of 2-hit ball vs. Atlanta in Game #3.

Seattle Acquires Closer Rodriguez

Seattle is quickly improving their team - the latest evidence is with the acquisition of closer Francisco Rodriguez. The Mariners sent Shea Hillenbrand (.266 12 HR's 70 RBI's in 2004) and a #4 round draft pick to Pittsburgh in exchange for the right-handed reliever. Rodriguez, who was the setup man for Brad Lidge last season, finished 9-1 with a 2.88 ERA last season for the Buccos.

Seattle also had four draft picks in the top thirty this season and selected Prince Fielder (#1), Ryan Zimmerman (#6), Kelly Johnson (#21) and Kelvim Escobar (#26). With all this new talent, the Mariners are definitely on the upswing.

Robinson Cano Selected #5 by Yankees

New York - The Yankees made second basemen Robinson Cano their first selection in the 2005 draft and immediately slotted the young infielder as a starter at second base. Splitting time last season between Trenton (AA) and Columbus (AAA), Cano batted a combined .283 with 13 HR and 74 RBI in 135 games.....Cano was born in San Pedro de Macoris, Dominican Republic.

Mariners Pick First - Select Prince Fielder

Seattle - The Mariners kicked off the 2005 Millennium League draft by selecting power hitting first baseman Prince Fielder. The 21 year old slugger hit .272 with 23 homers and had 78 runs batted in last season for the AA Huntsville Stars. The Mariners project Fielder as a 2006 starter and will play considerably in AAA for the 2005 season.

Prior first round draft picks for the Mariners: 2004- Scott Kazmir, 2003-Scott Posednik, 2002-Dave Roberts, 2001-Shea Hillenbrand, 2000-Corey Lidle.