The kind of crazy fun you expect at TCABT: Rollin’ at the last tourney
The Neil Ess Memorial Twin Cities APBA Baseball Tournament – IV is almost here. It takes place in just a few weeks on October 3rd in Organizer Jim Fraasch has got everything under control with a total of 26 teams participating.
Jim sends the final division lineup for the TCABT-IV.
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TCABT-IV |
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Saturday, October 3rd, 2015 |
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HARMON KILLEBREW DIVISION (D1) |
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1999 DIAMONDBACKS (BRUCE TYLER) |
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1961 YANKEES (GARY BORTHWICK) |
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1968 TIGERS (BILL LILLEY) |
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1937 YANKEES (LEROY ARNOLDI) |
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1911 ATHLETICS (CRAIG CHRISTIAN) |
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1971 ORIOLES (JOE PAVLICEK) |
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KENT HRBEK DIVISION (D2) |
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1974 ATHLETICS (KURT BERGLAND) |
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1989 CUBS (BEN LOFGREN) |
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1905 GIANTS (JEFF BOEDING) |
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1963 TWINS (JIM FRAASCH) |
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BOB ALLISON DIVISION (D3) |
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1982 BREWERS (RUSS CRUFF) |
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1989 GIANTS (ROB SKOGEN) |
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1906 CUBS (ERIC BERG) |
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1977 DODGERS (GEORGE ADAMS) |
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JUSTIN MORNEAU DIVISION (D4) |
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1989 ATHLETICS (BEAU LOFGREN) |
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2006 TWINS (SCOTT ELLINGWORTH) |
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1980 YANKEES (GREGG NELSON) |
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2013 RED SOX (CHRIS SHORES) |
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TONY OLIVA DIVISION (D5) |
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1986 METS (PHIL GERAFFO) |
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1969 ORIOLES (FRED JOHNSON) |
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1964 CARDINALS (ROGER PARSONS) |
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2011 YANKEES (CLEON PAVLICEK) |
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TORII HUNTER DIVISION (D6) |
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2004 CARDINALS (DARRELL SKOGEN) |
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1976 REDS (PAUL VAN BEEK) |
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2011 RANGERS (KEVIN CLUFF) |
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1922 BROWNS (DAN SKILLINGS) |
I’m loving the creative ways that tournaments these days are naming their divisions and making it relevant to their local venue.
There is plenty of variety of teams in TCABT-IV. Aside from the ‘40’s and ‘50s, every decade of baseball from 1900 to the present is represented.
It’s worth noting that Bill Lilley is using the 1968 Tigers for the third straight time in tournament play. He won the championship at the Chicagoland tourney in the summer but in Toledo in the Glass City Tournament, the Tigers rested on their laurels and went 0-6. It will be interesting to see how they fare up north.
Good luck to Jim (who of course, picked the 1963 Twins) and everyone participating!!
And we have our first tournament division honoring a Canadian.
The division names for TCABT-IV were based on the top 6 All-Time HR leaders for players wearing a Minnesota Twins uniform. Torii Hunter just recently passed up Kirby Puckett this season, otherwise, Puckett would have been one of the divisions *** 34 *** ;)
– Jim