[Ben E Lou]

AUGUST 2004

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 20-8
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 73-60
CURRENT STANDING: First. Three games ahead of Florida. 3 ½ ahead of the Mets.

MAJOR INJURIES:
Baumer returns from the DL on the 18th, and Smith accepts assignment to AAA.

TEAM NEWS FROM THIS MONTH

Tuesday 8/3/2004 :

Jose Camacho hits a 457-foot homerun!!


Saturday 8/7/2004 :

John Swensen hits a 454-foot homerun!!


Monday 8/9/2004 :

Jose Camacho slams 2 homers against Philadelphia.
Jose Camacho has 6 RBI against Philadelphia.


Friday 8/13/2004 :

James Wuest hits a 457-foot homerun!!
James Wuest has 4 hits against New York (N).
James Wuest crushes 2 homers against New York (N).
James Wuest scores 4 runs against New York (N).


Wednesday 8/25/2004 :

John Swensen has 5 hits against Pittsburgh.
James Wuest slams 2 homers against Pittsburgh.
Matthew Erwin slams 2 homers against Pittsburgh.


Monday 8/30/2004 :

Earl Birnbaum has 4 hits against Atlanta.


Tuesday 9/1/2004 :

Dewey Baumer was named National League-Pitcher of the Month !
He had a record of 3-0 in 3 games started, with an ERA of 0.45.

MAJOR LEAGUE PERFORMANCES OF NOTE/LINEUP CHANGES/ROTATION CHANGES:
Well, as is obvious above, Baumer came back as good as ever! The rest of the staff was pretty solid as well. We’re at 3.88 ERA (13th).

The offense picked up this month as well. We’re up to .245 (22nd), still leading the league in homers, and are now 3rd in runs scored. John Swensen (.921 OPS), Handyman Wuest (.965) and Matthew Erwin (.883) led the way this month.

SEASON-TO-DATE TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: CF Wuest—283
HR: 1B Swensen—29
RBI: RF Feely—84
SB: 2B Sweeney—53
SP ERA: Baumer—2.71
RP ERA: Bach—3.02
SAVES: Marmolejo--29
SP K’s: Adams--172

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Monday 8/2/2004:
Gregory Alkire has lost some movement on his pitches...
Carlos Davila has lost some power...

Monday 8/16/2004:
Bernard Romain has learned reading pitchers better, his stealing ability raises to C ...

Monday 8/23/2004
Raphael Perez has lost some lower body strength, his duration drops to C ...
George Martinez's pitches have more bite now, the movement has improved!

Monday 8/30/2004:
Ben Henriques increased his bat control, resulting in more contact!

Alkire drops to 3 stars…

AAA NOTES
SP Hikoshirou Haruhiko—9-11,4.17,(7/6/5), 4.5 stars

AA NOTES:
MR Antonio Latta—1-3,2.91,(3/4/7), 4.5 stars
CL James Barta—5-5,3.08,27SV, (4/5/5), 4 stars—I call him up to AAA.
1B George Palafox--.642 OPS, (2/3/4), 3.5 stars

A NOTES:
SS Arthur Owens--.800OPS,(1/2/6),3.5 stars

NEW PERSONAL DIARY ENTRIES:
None.

MONTHLY AWARDS
American League-Pitcher of the Month:
Perry Edelstein (DET)!
He had a record of 5-0 in 5 games started, with an ERA of 0.72.
American League-Batter of the Month:
Rueben Thaler (OAK)!
He batted .388 in 98 AB, with 8 homers and 26 RBI.
National League-Pitcher of the Month:
Dewey Baumer (MON)!
He had a record of 3-0 in 3 games started, with an ERA of 0.45.
National League-Batter of the Month:
Gregory Franko (ARI)!
He batted .370 in 108 AB, with 11 homers and 32 RBI.