PLAYERS:
Jim Hendry,
Aramis Ramirez,
Tyler Colvin,
Ian Stewart,
Carlos Pena,
Albert Pujols,
Prince Fielder,
Carlos Silva,
Carlos Beltran,
David DeJesus,
Jeff Baker,
Blake DeWitt,
Ryan Flaherty,
Marwin Gonzalez,
Paul Maholm,
Sean Marshall,
Matt Garza,
Geovany Soto,
Starlin Castro,
Zack Greinke
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds
TEAMS: Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds
There is a Twilight Zone episode from 1963 called "The Parallel." The story goes something like this...
An astronaut (Steve Forrest) blasts-off from Cape Canaveral, and once he is in orbit, his ship disappears from radar. Next scene, the astronaut wakes up in a hospital, and he appears to be OK. Except he notices certain aspects of his life are slightly different. For instance, his best friend (who was a USAF major when he took off) is now a colonel. His house has a white picket fence that it did not have before. And nobody has ever heard of a "President Kennedy." He locates an encyclopedia and finds that certain facts are different from the history that he remembers. And Jim Hendry did not get fired.
In this alternate universe, the 2011 World Series ends with the Texas Rangers victorious (David Frese strikes out swinging in the bottom of the 9th of Game 6), and operating with a 2012 $130M payroll budget, JH goes into the 2011-12 off-season with a plan that i...
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