Connie Mack Announces Lineups and Rotations

John McDonald
February 18, 2012

Early this morning Mr. Mack quietly entered the media room, a silence quickly spreading throughout the ranks of newspapermen, TV reporters, and radio crews.  The all time great was not expected to manage the Fanclub, and last weeks announcement of his intentions to do just that was a great boon for owner Jason B, coming off a lackluster 81-81 season.  As it turned out, Mack simply couldn't stay away from the opportunity see the Commerce Comet, Mickey Mantle himself, on a day in and day out basis for 6 months.

As expected, in typical form Mack immediately got caught up in the thrill of what might be, speculating what Mantle could sell for.  "If all goes well, Mantle, he's last years MVP as you know, will be in the hunt for the batting title come August, perhaps leading both leagues in RBI as well.  If that happens, well, I can make Jason a tidy profit, selling Mick for, oh, 40 million."

As an afterthought, Mack said Mantle would be batting third and announced the rest of his lineups and rotation:


1: Hall            rf
2: Cochrane        c
3: Mantle          cf
4: Belle           dh
5: Yastrzemski     lf
6: Leonard         1b
7: Carew           2b
8: Sewell          ss
9: Robinson        3b

It has since been confirmed that Jason shuddered visibly when Mack mentioned that George Hall would play the field.

With only two starters drafted, Mack wouldn't comment on his rotation, grumbling that, "Sanders was washed up", and "at 6 foot 2, why do they call him Tiny?"