5/26/03
NEW HAVEN - The peasants rejoiced (Yea) in New Haven this morning 
after the Traffic Cones 444 point performance in week 8 against 
Speedway, who put up an impressive second best weekly score of 431.  
The franchise high 444 breaks the old record, set in 2002, by 10 
points.  Cones GM, Jeff Stanley was overjoyed with the victory, "This 
was a great series we had with Speedway.  I knew it was going to come 
down to Sunday's scores and we were just fortunate to pull it off.  
Usually we're on the losing end of this type of situation, but our 
luck shifted this week."

Interestingly enough, and in a bit of a role reversal, in last 
season's AFL action, it was Speedway GM Ryan Friedman's team that 
defeated Stanley's New Haven Ghetto Thugs after the Thugs put up a 
franchise high 214 points only to lose by 6 points to Friedman's 
Virginia Colony Dogs.

The New Haven Traffic Cones also announced their week 9 lineup 
today.  Cones GM Jeff Stanley made several moves this week, causing 
some significant changes to the Cones' lineup.  Most notably is the 
nod given to starting pitcher Randy Wolf, who becomes the first 
starter to join the Cones rotation in several weeks.

The complete week 9 lineup is as follows:

C - Javy Lopez - This guy is on fire.  The Cones may have finally 
found a catcher
1B - Rafeal Palmeiro - Ranger keeps his spot
2B - Jeff Kent - Continues to hit well
3B - Vinny Castilla - 2 homeruns last week earns this Mexican a roster 
spot
SS - Derek Jeter - Still not producing like he should be
OF - Jim Edmonds - His name surfaced in trade rumors this week, but he 
ignored them and hit 3 out instead
OF - Raul Mondesi - Golpea bien
OF - Chipper Jones - Met killer gets another chance this week
OF - Eric Brynes - Who?
CI - Fred McGriff - Crime Dog gets another chance, as the Cones find 
themselves without a CI
MI - Rafael Furcal - Another good week from the former player of the 
week
Util - Alex Gonzalez - Works his way back into the lineup
Util - Hideki Matsui - Beneficiary of Hidalgo's questionable health
RP - John Smoltz - Needs to close some more games this week
RP - Tim Worrell - Walking home the winning run is not good
RP - Eric Gagne - Four saves last week
RP - Ugueth Urbina - He's been hot lately
RP - Keith Foulke - Added 2 wins last week too
SP - Randy Wolf - 2 starts this week for the 17th ranked starting 
pitcher