Plaques Are Forever
A long awaited announcement was finally made from Las Vegas Doggs GM Howe Dogg, as he held a press conference earlier today to tell reporters and fans who would be leading the clubhouse into the 2017 season. Dogg announced the team had signed a three year contract with manager Hank Scorpio, who has been secretly running spring training in Reno under an alias for the past month, under the name Frank Scorpio. Very inconspicuous. By Max Powers / Reno Weekly Rag
"Frank, or Hank brings new life to this organization, along with a keen eye and calm demeanor. He doesn't crack under pressure and has proven he can handle anything thrown at him," Dogg told reporters this morning.
GM Howe Dogg also mentioned that as part of Scorpio's contract he will receive equal power to negotiate trades and make roster moves as needed.
"Hank is a great negotiator and we'd be fools not to utilize his talents in this area. I will have final say in all moves, but we trust his judgement already, based on multiple interviews. We're on the same page," Doggs said.
Scorpio takes over a squad coming off an EHCC championship run that remains mostly intact. There's no word yet as to how Scorpio plans on building the roster, or if he plans on breaking it down and putting his own stamp on it. The new manager was not available for comment and has not returned calls as of press time.
The shoes Scorpio is taking over are large to say the least. Retired manager Roger Lodge as lead the Doggs to a record 8 EHCC Championship series, winning half of them. Lodge will never buy a beer in Vegas again. Not to say many people actually pay for drinks in Vegas, but you get the idea. There aren't too many "going off into the sunset" stories in the EHCC, and the Las Vegas Doggs wrote two last season with their 4th championship run. Lodge announced his intention to retire in the final year of his current contract as manager of the Doggs, while David Ortiz, who started and ended his EHCC career in Vegas, left the sport a champion as well. Both will be honored in their Week 8 match up against the Quebec City Piglets.
Scorpio has been quite so far, not making any moves on draft day, something GM Howe Dogg has been known to do in the past. Rumors have been swirling that talks have been happening with a few teams to see what teams might be looking to do before opening day, but as of now nothing has materialized with any real substance.
For now, we'll wait and see to see what sort of style the new manager/acting GM will bring to Sin City's favorite franchise.
Max Powers writes for the Reno Weekly Rag and contributes for Baseball Tri-Weekly on occasion. Throughout the offseason he enjoyed flying in hot air balloons while spitting on old people. Ya, he's kind of a jerk.
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