However the team kept a high profile in the league, staying in the top half of the table all season.

"I'm watched by the young guys who want to know what has kept me in the league for so long."

"We're still counting on our technology to keep us in the same league, competing for the same business," he said.

Since then, Ryu kept his place as a top pitcher in the league.

But he was the guy who kept me in the league when I could have been out.

Turner's imminent departure is the worst kept secret in the league.

Keeping the club in the league proved near impossible; the squad consisted of just five players upon his appointment.

"I used my hands for what kept me in the league," he said, smiling sheepishly.

"Getting hit by pitches kept me in the league a few more years than I mighta stayed," he said.

Hughes has a lot of work to do but i can't see him keeping them in the league.