2008 Calendar of Events for Ninor Leagues

2008 Calendar of Events for Minor Leauges

The 2008 All-Star Futures game will take place on All-Star Sunday at Yankee Stadium. (Getty)
Opening Day: April 3 (all leauges)

Florida State All-Star Game: Brevard County, Fla., June 14

Midwest League All-Star Game: Midland, Mich., June 17

South Atlantic League All-Star Game: Greensboro, N.C., June 17

California/Carolina League All-Star Game: Myrtle Beach, S.C., June 24

Texas League All-Star Game: Springfield, Mo., June 25

All-Star Futures Game: Bronx, N.Y., July 13

Southern League All-Star Game: Zebulon, N.C., July 14

Triple-A All-Star Game: Louisville, Ky., July 16

Eastern League All-Star Game: Manchester, N.H., July 16

NY-Penn League All-Star Game: Troy, N.Y., Date TBD

Last day to bring player up for "full trial": Aug. 15

Minor League Playoffs: September TBD

Minor League Baseball Promotional Seminar: Round Rock, Texas, Sept. 30-Oct. 3

Arizona Fall League: October, Dates TBD

Baseball Winter Meetings: Las Vegas, Nev., December 8

Major League Rule 5 Draft: Las Vegas, Nev., December 11

HAPPY HOLLIDAYS

MERRY X-MASS AND HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!

FROM FROSTY KENNEDY'S FAMILY

NAMES ON MITCHELL REPORT

Rick Ankiel
Mark McGwire
Berry Bonds

SHOULD BONDS AND MCGWIRE BE ON 60 HOMERS LIST AFTER MITCHELL REPORT HAS BEEN RELEASED?

Early indications of Steroid Use in Baseball (1988 to August 1998) - Section IV, pages 60-76

Three of the four players named in Section IV admitted steroid use: Ken Caminiti, Jose Canseco and Wally Joyner.
Player Location in Mitchell Report
Ken Caminiti pages 71-73
Jose Canseco pages 61-66
Lenny Dykstra pages 66-67
Wally Joyner page 73




Androstenedione and Baseball's Broadening Awareness of the Use of Performance Enhancing Substances - Section V, pages 77-85
A bottle of androstenedione, a steroid hormone legally sold as a dietary supplement in the U.S. at the time and not prohibited by baseball, was discovered in Mark McGwire's locker in St. Louis. He was also accused of using steroids in Oakland by former teammate Jose Canseco. In 2004, it was announced Derrick Turnbow tested positive for steroids during training camp for the U.S. Olumpic team.

Player Location in Mitchell Report
Mark McGwire pages 77-85
Derrick Turnbow page 130




Incidents Providing Evidence to Baseball Officials of Players' Possession or Use of Performance Enhancing Substances, Section VI, pages 86-111
A number of incidents, beginning in 2000, were reported to the Commissioner's Office. According to the Mitchell Report, many incidents were not investigated thoroughly or at all.

Player Location in Mitchell Report
Manny Alexander pages 91-92
Ricky Bones pages 92-94
Alex Cabrera pages 94-95
Paxton Crawford pages 111
Juan Gonzalez pages 95-99
Jason Grimsley pages 106-108
Rafael Palmeiro pages 103-106
David Segui pages 110




Major League Baseball and the BALCO Investigation, Section VII, pages 112-137
Several players were implicated in testimony leaked in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) investigation and the subsequent book "Game of Shadows" written by two San Francisco Chronicle reporters studying the case.

Player Location in Mitchell Report
Marvin Bernard pages 127-128
Barry Bonds pages 128-130
Bobby Estalella page 130
Jason Giambi pages 131-133
Jeremy Giambi pages 133-134
Armando Rios pages 113
Benito Santiago pages 134-135
Gary Sheffield pages 135-137
Randy Velarde pages 137




Information Obtained Regarding Other Players' Possession or Use of Steroids and Human Growth Hormone, Section VIII, pages 138-233
Kirk Radomski, a bat boy, equipment manager and clubhouse attendant for the New York Mets from 1985-95, provided Mitchell's committee with players' names as part of his plea bargain with the federal government in the case against the BALCO. In addition, Radomski provided mailing receipts of shipments as well as checks and money orders from players, all included in the report. New York Yankees major league strength and conditioning coach Brian McNamee provided extensive context as well.

Player Location in Mitchell Report
Chad Allen pages 225-227
Mark Bell pages 219-220
Gary Bennett pages 222-223
Larry Bigbie pages 152-158
Kevin Brown pages 214-217
Mike Carreon pages 163-164
Jason Christiansen page 205
Howie Clark pages 228-229
Roger Clemens pages 167-175
Jack Cust page 159
Brendan Donnelly pages 224-225
Chris Donnells pages 190-194
Lenny Dykstra pages 149-150
Matt Franco page 165
Ryan Franklin page 190
Eric Gagne pages 217-219
Jason Grimsley pages 177-179
Jerry Hairston Jr. pages 207-208
Matt Herges pages 221-222
Phil Hiatt pages 194-195
Glenallen Hill pages 183-185
Todd Hundley pages 163-164
Mike Judd pages 230-232
David Justice pages 181-182
Chuck Knoblauch page 177
Tim Laker pages 159-161
Mike Lansing pages 196-197
Paul Lo Duca pages 208-211
Nook Logan page 229
Josias Manzanillo pages 161-163
Cody McKay pages 197-198
Kent Merker pages 198-199
Bart Miadich pages 212-213
Hal Morris pages 164-165
Daniel Naulty pages 232-233
Denny Neagle pages 187-188
Jim Parque pages 223-224
Andy Pettitte pages 175-176
Adam Piatt pages 199-201
Todd Pratt page 195
Stephen Randolph pages 206-207
Adam Riggs pages 211-212
Brian Roberts page 158
David Segui pages 150-152
F.P. Santangelo pages 182-183
Mike Stanton pages 205-206
Ricky Stone pages 230-232
Miguel Tejada pages 201-204
Mo Vaughn pages 186-187
Ron Villone pages 188-190
Fernando Vina pages 213-214
Rondell White pages 165-167
Jeff Williams pages 227-228
Todd Williams page 194
Kevin Young pages 195-196
Gregg Zaun pages 179-181




The Threat Posed by Internet Sales of Steroids and Human Growth Hormone - Section VIII, pages 234-257
Since the initial reports of a 2007 raid on Signature Compounding Pharmacy in Orlando, Fla., and several rejuvenation centers, news reports have linked the names of several current and former players to performance-enhancing drugs.
Player Location in Mitchell Report

Rick Ankiel pages 243-244
David Bell pages 244-245
Paul Byrd pages 245-246
Jose Canseco pages 246-247
Jay Gibbons pages 247-248
Troy Glaus pages 248-249
Jason Grimsley page 249
Jose Guillen pages 249-251
Jerry Hairston Jr. page 251
Darren Holmes pages 251-252
Gary Matthews Jr. pages 252-253
John Rocker page 254
Scott Schoeneweis pages 254-255
Ismael Valdez page 255
Matt Williams pages 255-256
Steve Woodward page 257

Mark McGwire - 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER

Mark David McGwire

Mark McGwire was born on Oct. 1ST 1963. His MLB debut was Aug. 22, 1986 for the Oakland Athletics. His final game was Oct. 7, 2001 with the St. Louis Cardinals

Career statistics
HR 583
RBI 1414
AVG .263

McGwire married Stephanie Slemer, a former pharmaceutical sales representative from the St. Louis area, in Las Vegas on April 20, 2002. They reside in a gated community in Shady Canyon Irvine, California and together created the Mark McGwire Foundation for Children to support agencies that work with children who have been sexually and physically abused to help come to terms with his difficult childhood.

McGwire currently avoids the media. He spends much of his free time playing golf. He is an exceptional golfer and it has been rumored that he will try to qualify for the Senior PGA Tour when he turns 50 in 2013.

His brother Dan McGwire was a quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks and Miami Dolphins of the NFL in the early 1990s, and was a first round draft choice out of San Diego State University and played with Marshall Faulk.

Mark appeared on an episode of the sitcom Mad About You, playing a ballplayer infatuated with Helen Hunt's character.

Mark attended Damien High School in La Verne, California where he started playing baseball, golf, and basketball.

In 1999, the The Sporting News released a list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players. The list had been compiled during the 1998 season and included statistics through the 1997 season. McGwire was ranked at Number 91. That year, he was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 2005, The Sporting News published an update of their list and McGwire had been moved up to Number 84.

However, in the 2007 balloting for the Baseball Hall of Fame, McGwire failed to attain election, receiving 128 of the 545 cast, 23.5% of the vote. It is widely conceded that this was related to the steroid scandal and McGwire's less than forthcoming testimony. Based on his career numbers, McGwire may eventually be voted into the Hall of Fame.


Steroids controversy

Although McGwire has never admitted to or been convicted of any steroid use, many of his accomplishments, particularly his historic home run surge late in his career, have come into question due to his connection to the steroid scandal in Major League Baseball.

In 1998, after an article written by Associated Press writer Steve Wilstein, McGwire admitted to taking androstenedione, an over-the-counter muscle enhancement product. While legal for use in MLB, it had been banned by the NFL and IOC.

In 2005, former "Bash Brothers" McGwire and Jose Canseco were subpoenaed to testify at a congressional hearing on steroids, along with five other baseball players and four baseball executives. Canseco had released Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big, a book in which he spoke positively about steroids, and made various claims-- among them, that McGwire had been using performance enhancing drugs since the 1980s. During his testimony on March 17, 2005, McGwire declined to answer questions under oath when he appeared before the House Government Reform Committee.

In a tearful opening statement McGwire said,

“ Asking me or any other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem. If a player answers 'No,' he simply will not be believed; if he answers 'Yes,' he risks public scorn and endless government investigations.... My lawyers have advised me that I cannot answer these questions without jeopardizing my friends, my family, and myself. I will say, however, that it remains a fact in this country that a man, any man, should be regarded as innocent unless proven guilty." ”

When asked if he was asserting his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, McGwire once again responded:

“ I'm not here to talk about the past. I'm here to be positive about this subject. ”

While no legal action has been taken against McGwire, in baseball or out of it, his testimony cost him public affection and support. In 1999, McGwire was voted to the All-Century Team, and upon his retirement in 2001, he was uniformly characterized as "a future Hall of Famer." However, when his Cooperstown eligibility began in 2006-07, McGwire received less than a quarter of the vote from the very same baseball writers who had treated him as an icon. Several of these sportswriters indicated that they were casting a protest non-vote in McGwire's first year of eligibility, or that they wanted more time to consider the developing steroid story in baseball; some noted that McGwire's relatively low career batting average (.263) and the fact that he did not attain 2,000 hits during his career as deciding factors to abstain. It is unclear where McGwire's true level of ballot support will end up leveling off.

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Hall of Fame solution for Bonds, Rose, and other rejects.

Solution for Hall of Fame and Baseball 756: The Cooperstown Basement
Sports analysts are jumping on the controversial bandwagon asking whether Barry Bond's baseball 756 should be in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame with or without an asterisk. I won't be surprised if ESPN or Fox creates an emotional montage complete with serene music and baseball poetry about all the players, including Pete Rose, who have been left out of the Hall of Fame for one controversial reason or another.

I have a solution to the problem, and I think it could earn Cooperstown a bunch of money: Create the Hall of Fame Cellar.

That's right. Build a Hall of Fame cellar. Make tourists walk down winding, darkened stairs with cobwebby sconces lighting their way. Play eerie music while the tourists view the stories and memorabilia of all the players left out of the Hall of Fame for their inappropriate behavior (Shoeless Joe, Pete Rose, Mark McGuire, and Rafael Palmiero), covered in cobwebs, of course. Include a special section for baseball curses, such as Sports Illustrated Covers, goats, and the Bambino, and don't forget to cover baseball strikes. A haunted cellar. Trust me--oodles of dollars worth of income. And in the center, display Barry Bonds's baseball and Sammy Sosa's bat.

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ROGER MARIS- 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER

Roger Maris was born in Hibbing, Minnesota on September 10, 1934
Died on December 14, 1985 of lymphoma cancer at the age of 51.

Roger spent four years in the minor leagues playing for Fargo-Moorhead, Keokuk, Tulsa, Reading, and Indianapolis before making it to the major leagues.

During his first year in the major leagues, Roger hit 14 home runs and drove in 51 RBI's for the Cleveland Indians. Midway through his second year, Roger was traded to the Kansas City Athletics and finished the season with 28 home runs and 81 RBI's. Roger received attention and in his third year, was elected to the 1959 All-Star team.

After the 1959 season, Roger Maris was traded to the New York Yankees. In 1960, his first season with the Yankees, Roger led the major leagues with 27 home runs and 69 RBI's by the halfway point and was again named to the All-Star team. An injury sliding into second to break up a double play caused him to miss 17 games. However, Roger still finished the season first in RBI's with 112, second in home runs with 39 (one behind Mickey Mantle who led the majors with 40), won the Gold Glove Award, and was named the American League's Most Valuable Player. He also hit 2 World Series home runs, but it would be for the following year that he would be most remembered.

In 1961, Roger and teammate Mickey Mantle received national attention as they chased the single season home run record of 60 set by Babe Ruth in 1927. Although Roger got off to a slow start hitting only 1 home run in April, he quickly made up ground hitting 11 home runs in May and 15 home runs in June. The two Yankee sluggers went back and forth leading the majors in home runs during the summer. Roger became the first player in history to hit 50 home runs by the end of August. Mantle had 46. The Yankees continued to win and were playing to sellout crowds both at home and on the road. An unfortunate illness to Mantle in September caused him to miss games at the end of the season, but he still finished with a career high 54 home runs.

Roger tied Ruth on September 26th, hitting his 60th home run of the year. Then, on October 1, 1961, the final day of the season, Roger hit his 61st home run, against the Boston Red Sox, to set the new home run record. The Yankees won the game 1 to 0 on Roger's home run, and went on to win the World Series that year. Roger was named the Most Valuable Player in the American League for the second straight year, as he led the league in home runs and RBI's. Roger and Mickey also set the home run record for teammates hitting 115 home runs between them.

In 1962, Roger hit 33 home runs. He also drove in 100 RBI's and was selected to the All Star team for the 4th straight year. Mickey hit 30 home runs, drove in 89 RBI's, and was named the league's Most Valuable Player that year. The Yankees repeated as World Series Champions.

In 1963, Roger missed almost half of the season with injuries playing in only 90 games, but still hit 23 home runs and drove in 53 RBI's and the Yankees returned to the World Series.

In 1964, Roger hit 26 home runs and 71 RBI's and the Yankees again won the pennant and a trip to the World Series.

Roger sustained a wrist injury in 1965 and was only able to play in 46 games for the Yankees. After the 1966 season, the Yankees traded Roger Maris to the St. Louis Cardinals, where he played his last two years.

In 1967, Roger helped lead the Cardinals to the World Series, where he then homered and drove in a Cardinal record 7 RBI's as St. Louis won the World Series.

In 1968, Roger helped the Cardinals return to the World Series and then announced his retirement. In all, Roger Maris played in seven World Series in the Sixties (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968), hitting six World Series home runs and driving in 18 World Series RBI's. He finished his career with 275 home runs.

On July 21, 1984, in a ceremony in Yankee Stadium, the Yankees retired Roger's number (#9) and erected a plaque in his honor paying tribute to his achievements.

what fans think of Barry Bonds.

Jason Dearen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS--
Fri Nov 16, 9:10 PM ET



SAN FRANCISCO - At his corner stand a few blocks from the Giants' waterfront ballpark, shoe shiner Monroe Greene, who counts a few major leaguers as clients, didn't mince words when expressing what he thinks of players who use steroids.

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"I want to see them indict them all: McGwire, Sosa, all of them. Bonds is just the guy they love to hate," said Greene, surrounded by shiny leather boots and shoes on the sidewalk.

Bonds, the former Giants slugger and newly crowned home run king, was charged Thursday with four counts of perjury and one of obstruction of justice following a four-year federal investigation into steroids.

Although his hometown may have been the one place where Bonds retained some support, Monroe and others milling about the ballpark Friday did not feel the slugger should escape punishment if he lied to the grand jury.

"I think if he lied then he has to pay the consequences," said Janie Butler, 44, who was standing on a plaque honouring Bonds' season home run record.

A Giants fan, Butler said she could tell Bonds was using steroids by the way his body bulked up and said it bothered her because she often took her 13-year-old son to games.

"The only good thing about this is it lets kids know that you have to do things the right way. How you approach things, it means something," she said.

Although few are ready to pardon Bonds for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury about using performance-enhancing drugs, Greene and others questioned the government's timing and the apparent focus on the slugger as enemy No. 1.

"Why didn't they do this three years ago?" asked 29-year-old David Schaeffer, who was plopped on a barstool across the street from the park.

"The timing looks bad. I mean, Bonds was looking for a contract for next year, and now he's obviously not going to play next year," he said.

Bonds is certainly not the only player to have been associated with performance-enhancing drugs, but his status as the home run king makes him the poster boy.

"I still enjoy the game. But any of the records that were broken during this time period don't look the same as Hank Aaron or Babe Ruth," said Ed McConnell, 34, who lives across the street from the ballpark.

Now a federal court likely will determine Bonds' future off the field. If his career is over, the next argument will be whether he should be in the Hall of Fame.

Even fans embittered by the steroids era believe Bonds should be enshrined.

"It's a tough question. But he was a Hall of Famer before he started using steroids, and a lot of players cheated, not just Bonds," Schaeffer said.

JOSEPH JOHN HAUSER- 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER

CALVARY CEMETERY, SHEBOYGAN, WI

JOSEPH JOHN HAUSER
BORN: January 21, 1899 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
DIED: July 11, 1997 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
"Unser Choe" was a former professional baseball player who played first baseman in the Magor Leagues from 1922-1929, with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians.

He made a name for himself in the minor leagues, where he became the first player ever to hit 60 or more home runs twice in a professional career: 63 in 1930, and 69 in 1933.

Hauser began with Providence of the Eastern League in 1918, and found himself back in his hometown two years later, with the Milwaukee Brewers of the American Association. There he acquired the nickname "Unser Choe". As he told it, the predominantly German-immigrant fans would support him. If he was having a bad day at the plate and some fans were booing, others would admonish them with, "Das ist unser Choe!" -- German and German-English for "That is our Joe!"

He had his best major league year statistically in 1924, but a broken leg and slow recovery hampered his career in 1925 and 1926. In 1928 he seemed to get back on track, but his ability to hit major league pitching somehow vanished, and after 1929 he was through in the majors. He later blamed A's player-coach Ty Cobb for over-analyzing and impairing his hitting style.

Back in the minors in 1930, Hauser played for the Baltimore Orioles of the International League and regained his hitting touch, slamming a then-professional record of 63 home runs in one season, in the cozy confines of Oriole Park. He also led the minors in homers in 1931. The Minneapolis Millers of the American Association thought Hauser would be a good addition to the even-cozier Nicollet Park, home of the Millers, and they were right. They bought his contract just before the 1932 season. After a slow start, Hauser hit 49 long ones to lead the Association in home runs. He might have hit more, and challenged the league record of 54 (set by Nick Cullop of the Millers in 1930), but he was rested to allow an injury to heal so that he would be healthy for the Junior World Series.

1933 was Hauser's career year. The league decided to cut its schedule from 168 to 154 games, and Hauser went homer-less in his first nine games, so his prospects for even reaching his previous year's total were in doubt. However, in the home opener, Hauser hit one out in his first at-bat, and then three more the next day, and the long balls began to accumulate. By the end of June, he had reached 32. He hit his 50th on July 27, in Milwaukee. He hit his 54th and 55th in Toledo a couple of weeks later, setting a new league mark. On August 20, he hit his 60th, the first player to hit 60 twice in a professional career. He tied and broke his own professional record by hitting his 63rd and 64th in St. Paul's Lexington Park on Labor Day. He pushed the total to 69, with his chance at 70 rained out. Hauser also collected 182 RBI's and a record-setting 439 total bases.

Hauser got off to a good start in 1934, but a fractured kneecap ended his season, and his career wound down after that. He played off and on for the Millers and then Sheboygan before hanging them up in 1943. Following his playing career, he ran a sporting goods shop in Sheboygan until retiring in 1984.

Hauser's 69 was eventually matched by Bob Crues in 1948 and surpassed by the 72 of Joe Bauman in 1954. He remained the only player to hit 60 or more twice until Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa accomplished the feat in 1998 and 1999.

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MADDI'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

THIS PARTY WAS ALL ABOUT ME!

daddy, mommy and me

grandpa, mommy and me
daddy and me

MADDI'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

MADDI'S FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY

BOB LENNON- 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER.

Bob Lennon

Robert Albert Lennon
Nickname: Archie
Born: Sept. 15, 1928 in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died: June 14, 2005 in Dix Hills, N.Y.
Debit: 1954 | Pos: OF

Notable Achievements
Won Triple crown in the Southern Association in 1954
Set Southern Association record for homeruns in a season, 1954 (64)
In 1954, he hit two home runs in a game nine times, three in a game twice and four in a doubleheader
[edit] Highlights
Before 1945 Season: Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

1947: On 20 November he was drafted by the Giants from the Dodgers in the 1947 minor league draft.

1954: Breakout year in Nashville (see above)

1957: On 16 April, he was traded by the Giants with Dick Littlefield to the Cubs for Ray Jablonski and Ray Katt. On 30 April, when he was playing for the Cubs, he hit his only major league home run against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The pitcher was Sal Maglie. At the end of the Pacific Coast League season, the Detroit Tigers claimed him on waivers but returned him to the Cubs.

Bob Lennon earned his first big league cup of coffee following a Triple Crown winning season in the minors in 1954. That year, he hit .354 with 64 home runs and 161 RBI for the Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association.

Bob Lennon was an outfielder for 16 years, four in the Major Leagues (1954-57) and 16 in the minors (1945-1950;1952-1961), losing one year to the military. He served as a corporal in the U. S. Army for one year during the Korean War (1951) (BP). He missed the 1951 season, but was released before his two-year hitch was up because of back trouble. He had four cups of coffee with the New York Giants (1954-1956) and Chicago Cubs (1957). He hit .281 with 278 homerons and 1,067 runs batted in his 16 years in the minors.

Writers described him as blond and powerfully built at six feet and 200 pounds, a speedy centerfielder with a strong arm. While he was hitting all those home runs, he occasionally filled in as a relief pitcher. His Nashville manager, Hugh Poland, praised his hard work and pleasing personality.

During that season, Lennon and his wife, Florence, who had no children, adopted a baby girl with the help of the Montreal team physician's connections. They named her Kathleen. Their son Bobby was born soon afterward, and Billy and Debby came along later.

He said his wife urged him to quit in 1961: "We had our third child that year...and I wasn't going anywhere...I wanted to keep playing, but I'd just bounce around Triple-A or maybe Double-A." When he wasn't playing winter ball, he had worked in the off-seasons as an ironworker. He had his union card (Local 580 in New York) and easily found a job. But he acknowledged that the break from baseball was painful: "I missed it every spring...the first three or four or five years...From, what, [age] 16 to 33, that was my life."

Lennon later did some "bird-dog" scouting for the Yankees. During the 1990s he underwent two open-heart surgeries. In 2001 he said he still got a couple of requests for autographs every week: "Sometimes they want to send you money. Hey, I'm just glad somebody remembers me." Lennon died at age 76 on 14 June 2005, at his home in Dix Hills, NY and was buried at Calverton National Cemetery in Calverton NY. His wife, four children and six grandchildren survived him. His only surviving sibling, his sister Mary Reynolds, described him as a gentle, loving man.

Today we celibrate my grand daughters first birthday (her B-day is Oct 25th).

My daughter is hosting the party at her home in Oceanside, Ca.

Maddi is the first great great grand daughter of Frosty Kennedy

Bob Crues - 60 Homers Club Member

Robert Fulton Crues was born the last day of 1918 at Celina, Texas. On the day after Christmas in 1986, just short of his 68th birthday, he died north of Dallas.

In 1948, Crues went on a rampage through the dusty and windswept ballparks of the Southwest, driving in 254 runs in just 140 games, dwarfing the major league record of 191 RBI set by Hack Wilson with the Cubs in 1930. Playing for the Amarillo Gold Sox of the class C West Texas-New Mexico League, Crues drove in almost two runs per game that summer. Two! The closest anyone ever came to his total was former teammate Joe Bauman who drove in 224 one season. Tony Lazzeri, who set the old record with 222, had to play in 197 games in 1925 to reach that mark at Salt Lake City in the Pacific Coast League. As the 21st century dawned, it seemed possible that Crues' RBI record will be one of the rare ones never to be broken.

But even when he was setting it, Bob's RBI record was being overshadowed by his home runs. Besides driving in runs at a record pace, scoring 185 runs and hitting .404 that summer, he also was hotly pursuing Joe Hauser's all-time home run record of 69 set with the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association in 1933. It was Crues' assault on that record that attracted fan and media interest and prompted fans to call him "Round Trip."

In fact, there is evidence that Crues was the first ever to hit 70 homers in a season. But one of them didn't count because an umpire may have ruled incorrectly at a game in Abilene, Texas.

On June 30, Amarillo played the Blue Sox in Abilene. Crues smashed a towering hit toward the scoreboard that bounced back on the field. Umpire Frank Secory, who three years earlier was in a World Series with the Cubs, ruled that the ball hit the fence and held Crues at third. After the game, the Abilene outfielders, scoreboard operator, and official scorer said the ball hit the scoreboard, not the fence, and should have been a home run.

In five full seasons and parts of five others, Crues hit 232 home runs and drove in 905 runs.

TOP 20 HITTING STREAKS- CONSECUTIVE GAMES

Players who have at least one hit in consecutive games.
Frosty Kennedy is only 60 Homers Club member on this list.

player------games---year---league
Joe Wilhoit--69-----1919---Western

Joe DiMaggio-61-----1933---Pacific Coast

Joe DiMaggio-56-----1941----MLB

Roman Majias-55-----1954----Big State

Otto Pahlman-50-----1922----Illinois-Indiana-Iowa

Jack Ness----49-----1915----Pacific Coast

Harry Chozen-49-----1945----Southern Association

Willie Keeler44-----1897----MLB

Pete Rose----44-----1978-----MLB

Brandon Watson43----2007-----MLB

Eddie Marshall-43---1935-----International

Orlando Moreno-43---1947------Longhorn

Howie Bedell-43-----1961------American Association

Jack Leliuelt-42----1912------International

Herbert Chapman42---1950------Southeastern

Bill Dablen--42-----1894------MLB

George Sisler41-----1922------MLB

Frosty Kennedy40----1953------W. Texas-New Mexico

Ty Cobb----40-------1911------MLB

Paul Molitor39------1987------MLB

60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS as of 2007

GOING BACK MORE THAN 100 YEARS, THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS HAVE PLAYED IN ORGANIZED
BASEBALL, BUT ONLY 14 PLAYERS HAVE HIT
60 OR MORE HOME RUNS IN A SINGLE SEASON.


THE 60 HOMERS CLUB
1 BARRY BONDS 73
2 JOE BAUMAN 72
3 MARK MCGWIRE 70
4 JOE HAUSER 69
5 BOB CRUES 69
6 SAMMY SOSA 66
7 DICK STUART 66
MARK MCGWIRE 65
SAMMY SOSA 64
8 BOB LENNON 64
SAMMY SOSA 63
JOE HAUSER 63
9 MOOSE CLABAUGH 62
10 KEN GUETTLER 62
11 ROGER MARIS 61
12 FROSTY KENNEDY 60
13 TONY LAZZERI 60
14 BABE RUTH 60

14 PLAYERS ON LIST

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ANY OF THE 60 HOMER CLUB MEMBERS GO BACK TO 2005 IN THE ARCHIVES LISTED TO THE RIGHT.

THIS BLOG WILL BE UPDATED AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 20 DAYS UNTIL START OF NEXT SEASON.

A Rodriguez NYY 3B HR: 54 GP: 158 PGA: .342

P FIELDER MIL 1B HR: 50 GP: 158 PGA: .316

R HOWARD PHI 1B HR: 47 GP: 144 PGA: .326

C PENA TB 1B HR: 46 GP: 148 PGA: .311

A DUNN CIN OF HR: 40 GP: 152 PGA: .263

AFTER HAVING ABOUT 8 PLAYERS WITH PHR'S OF 60 OR BETTER AT MID SEASON WE NOW HAVE ONLY TWO PLAYERS TO HIT 50 OR MORE. ALEX RODRIGUEZ JUST MISSED MAKING THE ALMOST LIST BY ONE HOMER. SO AT THE END OF THE 2007 SEASON THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THE RECORD BOOKS IN 'THE MOST HOME RUNS IN ONE SEASON CATEGORY'.

just missed list
PLAYERS WHO JUST MISSED MAKING THE CLUB.

YEAR---PLAYER-------------------HR
1962 ----RAMIRO CABALLERO----59
1932----JIMMIE FOXX-------------58
1938----HANK GREENBURG-------58
1939----TONY ROBELLO-----------58
1947----BUCK FRIERSON-----------58
2006----RYAN HOWARD-------------58--(JUST ADDED)
1947----D.C. "PUD' MILLER---------57
1947----BILL SERENA--------------57
1930----HACK WILSON------------56
1935----GENE LILLIARD-----------56
1954----FRANK GRAVINO---------56
1957----STEVE BILKO--------------56
11 other players hit 55 HRs

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

WITH ON GAME LEFT TO PLAY FOR EACH OF THE TOP FIVE HOME RUN HITTERS, HERES WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THE 60 HOMERS CLUB.

HR NEEDED PLAYER GP HR
-----5---RODRIQUEZ---157---55-will need 5 at bats

----10---FIELDER-----158---50-game will need to go 18 innings

----14---HOWARD------143---46-will need a hr each at bat in 24 inning game

----15---PENA--------147---45-will need a 27 inning game

----20---DUNN--------152---40-very posible if game goes 36 innings

60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS

This picture below shows the minor league players who hit 60 homers in one season.
It reads:

PLAYER------------TEAM--------LEAGUE-------CLASS--YEAR---G--AB--HR-RBI--AVG.
JOSEPH--BAUMAN----ROSWELL-----LONGHORN-------C----1952--138-498-72-224-.400
JOSEPH--HAUSER----MINNEAPOLIS-AM.-ASSOC.-----AA---1933--153-570-69-182-.332
ROBERT--CRUES-----AMARILLO----W.TEX-N.MEX.----C---1948--140-565-69-254-.404
RICHARD-STUART----LINCOLN-----WESTERN---------A---1956--141-523-66-158-.298
ROBERT--LENNON----NASHVILLE---SO.-ASSOC.------AA--1954--153-609-64-161-.345
JOSEPH--HAUSER----BALTIMORE---INTER.---------AA---1930--168-617-63-175-.313
JOHN--CALBOUGH----TYLER-------E.-TEXAS--------D---1926------444-62-----.376
KENNETH-GUETTIRE--SHREVEPORT--TEXAS----------AA---1956--140-481-62-143-.293
ANTHONY-LAZZERI---SALTLAKECITYP.-COAST-------AA---1925--197-710-60-222-.355
FORREST-KENNEDY---PLAINVIEW---SOUTHWESTERN---B----1956--144-562-60-184-.327

Frosty Kennedy was the last minor league player to hit 60 homers. He did it on the last at bat in the last game of a 144 game season. He was one of three players to hit 60 or more in 1956. Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961 in the major's, his record lasted 38 years until the steroids took over the game.
In 1956 Frosty was 1 of 9 minor league players and 1 of only 11 players to have ever hit 60 homers in Organized Baseball. The steroid use at the turn of the century has raised the total to 14 players who have hit 60 or more homers in one season.

60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBERS

 

PLAQUE IN THE EAST WING OF THE BABE RUTH ROOM AT THE HALL OF FAME IN COOPERSTOWN N.Y.

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

P. Fielder makes 50 homer marke. With only 5 or 6 games left to play no one will hit 60 homers, only 2 will hit 50 or more. A. Rod needs 3 homers in his last 5 games to make the almost list (56).

A. Rodriquez= GP/155 - HR/53 - GL/5 - PGA/.341 - PHR/54.70

P. FIELDER= GP/154 - HR/50 - GL/5 - PGA/.324 - PHR/51.62

R. HOWARD= GP/139 - HR/43 - GL/6 - PGA/.309 - PHR/44.85

C. PENA= GP/143 - HR/42 - GL/5 - PGA/.293 - PHR/43.40

A. DUNN= GP/153 - HR/40 - GL/5 - PGA/.263 - PHR/41.31

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

Angels win American Leauge West for the 4th time in the last five years. I am looking for great things in the playoffs from this team.

A. Rod needs 4 homers to make the almost list (56). With only 7 games to go it don't look good.

A. Rodriquez- GP/153 - HR/52 - GL/7 - PGA/.339 - PHR/54.37

P. Fielder- GP/152 - HR/47 - GL/7 - PGA/.309 - PHR/49.16

R. Howard- GP/138 - HR/42 - GL/7 - PGA/.304 - PHR/44.13

C. Pena- GP/142 - HR/42 - GL/6 - PGA/.295 - PHR/43.77

A. Dunn- GP/152 - HR/40 - GL/7 - PGA/.263 - PHR/41.84

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

Look for Bonds to retire at end of season


Alex Rodriquez leads with 52 homers

Rodriquez- GP/151 - HR/52 - GL/9 - PGA/.344 - PHR/55.09

Fielder- GP/150 - HR/47 - GL/9 - PGA/ .313 - PHR/49.82

Howard- GP/136 - HR/42 - GL/9 - PGA/.303 - PHR/44.03

Dunn- GP/150 - HR/40 - GL/9 - PGA/.266 - PHR/42.40

Pena- GP/140 - HR/40 - GL/8 - PGA/,285 - PHR. 42.28

Berry Bonds was told that his services will no longer be needed at the end of the season. Will he be back next year? Maybe, but I think this will be his last year. Look for him to retire in the off season.

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

A. Rodriquez- GP/150 - HR/52 - GL/10 - PGA/.346 - PHR/55.46

P. Fielder- GP/149 - HR/47 - GL/10 - PGA/.315 - PHR/50.15

R. Howard- GP/135 - HR/41 - GL/10 - PGA/.303 - PHR/44.03

A. Dunn- GP/150 - HR/40 - GL/10 - PGA/.266 - PHR/42.66

C. Pena- GP/139 - HR/40 - GL/9 - PGA/,287 - PHR/42.58

GP/games played - HR/home runs - GL/games left - PGA/per gamee avg.
PHR/projected home run season total.

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

A. Rodriquez- GP/150 - HR/52 - GL/10 - PGA/.346 - PHR/55.46

P. Fielder- GP/148 - HR/47 - GL/11 - PGA/.317 - PHR/50.59

A. Dunn- GP/149 - HR/40 - GL/11 - PGA/.268 - PHR/42.95

R. Howard- GP/134 - HR/40 - GL/11 - PGA/.298 - PHR/43.28

C. Pena- GP/139 - HR/40 - GL/11 - PGA/.287 - PHR/43.16

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

With 12 games to go in the reg. season Alex Rodriquez has made it a run away race.
He will not hit 60 this year but may make the almost list (needs 56 or more).
Here are the top five home run leaders, all from MLB and all will probably hit 40 or more home runs.

A. Rodriquez: GP/149 - HR/52 - GL/11 - PHR/55.8
P. Fielder: GP/147 - HR/46 - GL/12 - PHR/49.7
R. Howard: GP/133 - HR/40 - GL/12 - PHR/43.6
C. Pena: GP/138 - HR/40 - GL/12 - PHR/43.5
A. Dunn: GP/148 - HR/39 - GL/12 - PHR/42.1

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

Julian Yan- Rieleros de Aguascalientes (Mex. League) Born: 7/24/65 BP: La Romana, Dominican Republic- GP: 106 HR: 30 PGA: .283 162PHR: 44

Mike Hessman- Toledo Mud Hens (International League-AAA) Born: 3/5/78 BP: Fountain Valley, Ca. Mud Hens: GP: 117 HR: 31 PGA: .265 162PHR: 42***Detroit- GP: 13 HR: 3 PGA: .230 162PHR: 34
A. Dunn- GP: 144 HR: 39 PGA: .270 PHR: 43
C. Pena- GP: 133 HR: 39 PGA: .293 PHR: 44
R. HowardGP: 129 HR: 38 PGA: .294 PHR: 43
Kit Pellow- Saraperos de Saltillo (Mex. Lg.) Born 8/28/73 BP: Kansas City, Mo. College: Arkansas GP: 94 HR: 29 PGA: .305 162PHR: 45
Donny Leon- Pericos de Puebla (Mex. Lg.) Born: 5/7/77 BP: NYC, NY GP: 99 HR: 31 PGA: .313 162PHR: 47
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The above players had to have a Per Game(played) Avg. of .250 or higher to make the list.

The MLB season is 162 games, The Mexican League AAA is a 110 game season, All other leagues are 140 game season. 5 players from MLB and 6 players from the minors and Rick Ankiel who has played in 28 MLB games and 102 MiLB games.
Player must have 60 homers with one team during season to make 60 HOMERS CLUB.

SIX PLAYERS ARE STILL PLAYING WITH ABOUT 16 GAMES LEFT TO PLAY. All Minor Leagues have ended regluar season play. I Don't think A Rod will get to 60 this year. He would have to hit one homer every other game for the next 16 games.

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

Valentino Pascucci- Albuquerque Isotopes(PCL-AAA) Born: 11/17/78 BP: Belflower, Ca. College: Oklahoma- GP: 132 HR: 34 PGA: .258 162PHR: 39

Craig Brazell- Born: 5/10/80 BP: Montgomery, AL. Omaha Royals(PCL-AAA) GP: 105 HR: 32 PGA: .305 162PHR: 41***WIC (Tex. leauge) GP: 30 HR: 7 PGA: .233 162PHR: 37

Prince Fielder- GP:143 HR: 45 PGA: .314 PHR: 50

Rick Ankiel- Born: 7/19/79 BP: Fort Pierce, FL - Memphis Redbirds/PCL-AAA GP:102 HR: 32 PGA: .314 162PHR:42***St. Louis- GP:28 HR: 9 162PHR: 51

A. Rodriquez- GP/144 HR/52 GL/16 PGA/.409 PHR/58

60 HOMERS CLUB, 2007 SEASON

Is Alex Rodriquez for real. He now has 52 Homers in 141 games with 19 left to play, his PHR has skyrocketed to 59. He will have to Avg. .421 homers per game to get to 60 homers this year, he just hit four in his last three games. Has he been drug tested yet this year?

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I had a great time in Tahoe. Me and my oldest son Mike flew up and stayed at my brother and his wifes' house on the North shore. Hope to see you again soon Aly and Ericka.