First trade ever in CCWA

The Pirates have traded Andy Toll to the Colt .45's for Ed Bert. After the Pirates move to Portland they started trying to move players who would like to stay in the Northern league. After Ed Bert stepped down as captain of the Colt .45's and Joe Paul became captain, Ed wanted to play in the Southern League so the trade happened.
Rumor has it that Joe will be renaming the Colt .45's before next season. So far his roster is consisting of him, Boss Taylor and the newly acquired Andy Toll.
The Pirates are still looking for a couple of other players to fill their roster after they learned that Tony Liepa will be placed on the Disabled List for the entire season following a knee injury.

Brewers favored to win the North

As of right now, it looks like the Lexington Brewers are gonna be the team to beat in the Northern League. With their four regular players returning, they are poised to make a championship run this year. Jim Hewey is back to captain this team again this season. Brian Eyer and Tim Kramer return as their 1-2 pitchers and rumor has it that Phil Shero has been practicing his batting. Which is good because last year he couldn't hit his way out of a wet paper bag.
The only team I see contending with the Brew Crew is Jackmove. We'll have to wait and see how Jackmove's roster compares at the beginning of the season. Captain Matt Jones, Gerald Allen and Dusty Kirk are all returning for another run at the World Series. Justin Johnson and Colin Conway may also be joining this team. Zac Warren's future is up in the air at this point.
It'll be interesting to see how these two teams fare in the revamped Northern League.

Meeting this Saturday

We are having a pre-season meeting this Saturday (February 24th) @ Nate's place in Portland. If you need directions, shoot me an e-mail and I'll give you directions. Hope to see everybody that's interested in playing some wiffle there. We'll be talking about scheduling, rosters, rules, fields and whatever else we need to decide. We plan on starting at 2 PM so don't be late.
And if you're interested, afterwards we will most likely be visiting the McMenamin's Kennedy School.

New Look

Along with the new season, I am currently working on updating the website and the blog. As you can see, the blog already has a little bit of a new look. I'll be working on getting a banner for Quizno's on here too. I'm also gonna work a little harder to keep it updated.
If there is anybody out there (I'm looking at you Todd) that would like to help me update the website. Send me an e-mail. Thanks.