[Ben E Lou]

SEPTEMBER 2000

THIS MONTH’S RECORD: 11-18
OVERALL RECORD AT MONTH-END: 77-85
CURRENT STANDING: Fourth place, 27 games behind Division Champion Mets.

INJURIES DURING MONTH:
None of note.

SEASON-END TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS
AVG: 1B Emil Romero--.305
HR: 3B Anthony Schuster—27
RBI: 3B Anthony Schuster—96
SB: CF Joseph Dyke—47
SP ERA: Jimmy Cobbs—2.60
RP ERA: Tomas Nieves—3.12
SAVES: Dinger—23
SP K’s: James Shultis--226

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT:

Monday 9/18/2000:
Daniel Oxendine increased his bat control, resulting in more contact!

Monday 9/25/2000:
Alvin Garofalo has learned reading pitchers better, his stealing ability raises to C ...

Monday 10/2/2000:
Howard Boykins has worked out more, his duration raises to A ...
Bobby Day seems to have lost some of his feel for his stuff...

Oxendine is a 32-year-old 3B/SS hitting .279 at AAA. The increase in contact may help him earn a spot as a backup next year. Garofalo’s increase is likely insignificant. Boykins is a left-handed reliever in the bigs. Day is a middle-reliever with not a lot of hope to begin with.

KEY E-MAILS:
I received no e-mails of note.

PERSONAL DIARY ENTRIES:
None.

TRADES
None.

TEAM NEWS

Friday 9/15/2000:
Jimmy Cobbs strikes out 12 against Florida.

Wednesday 9/20/2000:
Ferdy Puente slams 2 homers against Colorado.

MONTHLY AWARDS
Pitchers Of The Month: Jonathan Kiesel, NYY (4-1, 0.83) and Clifford Pina, FLA (2-0, 0.55)
Batters Of The Month: CF David Galloway, SEA (.389, 3, 18) and 2B Thomas Rasmussen, PHI (.333, 10, 31)

IMPORTANT LEAGUE NEWS
None.

MY SEPTEMBER CALL-UPS OF NOTE
None. Just a few vets.