Can So Cal catch a break, plus other notes....

Los Angeles, CA - If the Republic didn't have bad luck, they wouldn't have luck at all.

The team sits 2.5 games up on the BESERKERS, and 2.5 games back on the damn FOREST FOLK.

The team is in the middle of a break-out season and has now lost their best player SP Evan Warner for the remainder of the season as he joins the teams superstar twenty three year old all-star and the teams best offensive weapon Joe 'Color me Red, Crayon' Frost on the disabled list.

Rumors had the team engaged in discussions with the Jacks about aquiring a reliever, but GM Brouillette has been rumored to have said F*** IT and will wait until closer to the deadline. Many in Los Angeles expect the team to fall of with all the injuries, and with Warner going down it should be the death blow.

Warner was having an awesome year, and was leading the teams staff. More responsabilty had even been placed on Warner as Dave 'Loki' McNuir, the wunderkid was sent down to AAA to find out what the fuck happened to his pitching ability.

But alas, the season for the Republic continues to take a "COME ON, MAN" like approach with Warner hitting the sidelines for atleast 3-4 months with an inflammation in his shoulder. 

The Los Angeles native, Warner - was said to have been broken by the news nearly.

Warner signed a team friendly 7 year, 37 million dollar deal and is in the first year of his contract.

Speaking of contracts, Michael Lewis hasn't played a single game for the team but the two sides are in the final stages of a 4 year, 5.2 million dollar exstention. 

First overall pick in the 2012 first-year player draft Cohen 'Thor' Brouillette has been absolutely atrocious in the rotation (3.5/5* however) and will get a few more starts heading into the break, praying we can get something out of him.

Additionally, 7th pick in the innagural draft, Bob 'Bust' Osborn is slated to come up from AAA and his rehab assignment re-joining the Replublic. However, Osborn may not have a place to play as the outfield has been heating up, especially Player of the Week - FROYO Forryan (as well as Guzman, and Yanez)... and Hutchins has been the teams best bat all year.

Where he slides in, as of now - nobody knows. Expect him to play vs LHP only in a platoon role until the team cools off some... that being Osborn.

As for now, the team will scour the system and hope to find a starter they can streamline for the rest of the season.