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Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks
One of the six founding members of the modern Northern League in 1993, the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks were league members from 1993 to 1998. They played their home games at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ontario. 1993 season The Whiskey Jacks went 36-35 in the first year of the league. Former Chicago Cubs first-round pick Ty Griffin hit .274 and tied for the league lead with 11 home runs. OF Rodney McCray (.242, .341 SLG) led the loop with 35 steals. ODennis Hoodwas eighth in average (.322), but also led the league in strikeouts (75). Yoshi Seo (4-4, 2.37) was third in the league in ERA. The team drew just over 4,000 fans per game, finishing second in league attendance behind St. Paul. 1994 season In 1994, Thunder Bay had a 22-18 first half under manager Dan Shwam but fell to 13-27 in the second half. C/3Pete Kuld(.279, .608 SLG) led the league in home runs (27) and strikeouts (81)Rod Steph(8-1, 2.45) was fourth in ERA and threw the first no-hitter in team history. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 In Baseball
Champions Major League Baseball *World Series: Toronto Blue Jays over Philadelphia Phillies (4–2); Paul Molitor, MVP *American League Championship Series MVP: Dave Stewart * National League Championship Series MVP: Curt Schilling *All-Star Game, July 13 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards: American League, 9–3; Kirby Puckett, MVP Other champions * Caribbean World Series: Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico) *College World Series: LSU *Cuban National Series: Villa Clara over Pinar del Río *Japan Series: Yakult Swallows over Seibu Lions (4–3) * Korean Series: Haitai Tigers over Samsung Lions * Big League World Series: Taipei, Taiwan * Junior League World Series: Cayey, Puerto Rico *Little League World Series: Long Beach, California * Senior League World Series: La Vega, Dominican Republic * Taiwan Series: Brother Elephants over Uni-President Lions Awards and honors * Baseball Hall of Fame ** Reggie Jackson *Most Valuable Player ** Frank Thomas, Chicago White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Cabrera (baseball)
Francisco Cabrera Hernandez (born October 10, 1966) is a Dominican former Major League Baseball catcher/first baseman who played five seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves, from to . He also played in Japan with the Orix BlueWave in and the now defunct China Times Eagles of the CPBL in 1997. Cabrera started his career with the Toronto Blue Jays, playing three games with them before being traded to the Braves for Jim Acker in the middle of the 1989 season. Cabrera was a reserve for most of his career and had his best season in in which he played sixty-three games and had 137 at-bats, getting 38 hits, with seven home runs. Career highlights August 21, 1991 Cabrera is credited with hitting the home run that marked the turning point in the history of the Atlanta Braves. On Wednesday, August 21, 1991, the Braves played the Reds and entered the ninth inning trailing, 9–6. Reds ace reliever Rob Dibble was on the mound with two outs. Cabrera had started the g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball Teams In Ontario
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called " runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners advancing around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate (the place where the player started as a batter). The initial objective of the batting team is to have a player rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Thunder Bay
Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in a particular sport can vary from hundreds of people to a single individual. Sport competitions may use a team or single person format, and may be open, allowing a broad range of participants, or closed, restricting participation to specific groups or those invited. Competitions may allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure there is only one winner. They also may be arranged in a tournament format, producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs. Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions admitt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once integrated WGN (AM), WGN radio and WGN-TV, WGN television received their call letters. It is the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region, and the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the then new Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century, under Medill's grandson 'Colonel' Robert R. McCormick, its reputation was that of a crusading newspaper with an outlook that promoted Conservatism in the United States, American conservatism and opposed the New Deal. Its reporting and commenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaumburg Flyers
The Schaumburg Flyers were a professional baseball team based in Schaumburg, Illinois, in the United States. The team played in the Northern League from 1999 to 2010, with their home games at Alexian Field, near the Elgin O'Hare Expressway. They formerly played in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where they were known as the Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks. The Flyers were also the first minor league baseball team to have several of their games aired on a major market radio station during their inaugural season of 1999, WMAQ AM 670 in Chicago. Three Sunday afternoon games were broadcast that first season. History In 1999, the Flyers hired their first manager, Ron Kittle, best known for his playing days with the Chicago White Sox. The former Chicago Cubs and White Sox player Greg Hibbard was the pitching coach. Kittle did a series of TV commercials to promote the team, using the gimmick "Ma Kittle," portraying both himself and his "Ma." The ads sparked interest as the Flyers hoped to ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg ( ) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. Per the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 78,723, making Schaumburg the most populous incorporated village in the United States. Schaumburg is around northwest of downtown Chicago, and northwest of O'Hare International Airport. It is part of the Golden Corridor. Schaumburg's transition from a rural community to a suburban city began with Alfred Campanelli's first large-scale suburban-style development in 1959 and Woodfield Mall's opening in 1971. Schaumburg is bordered by Hoffman Estates, Illinois, Hoffman Estates and Palatine, Illinois, Palatine to the north, Inverness, Illinois, Inverness in northwest, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Rolling Meadows to the northeast, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Elk Grove Village to the southeast, Roselle, Illinois, Roselle to the south, Hanover Park, Illinois, Hanover Park to the southwes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Boston
Daryl Lamont Boston (born January 4, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder, and the former first base coach for the Chicago White Sox. No. 7 overall pick Boston was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the first round (seventh overall) of the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft. He batted .265 with 36 home runs and 164 runs batted in over three seasons in the White Sox farm system when he was called up to the majors in early . Batting lead off, Boston went 3-for-5 with a triple, stolen base, two RBIs and two runs scored in his major league debut on May 13. He soon began to struggle, however, and was optioned back to the triple A Denver Zephyrs. He received a September call up, but had just eight hits in 58 at bats. Overall, he batted .169 with three RBIs and no home runs with the White Sox. In Denver, he batted .312 with fifteen home runs and 82 RBIs. Chicago White Sox Boston was given the opportunity to win the White Sox starting centerfield job for the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Baseball
Headline events of the year *Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr. and Greg Vaughn all hit 30 home runs before the All-Star break (the first time four players had done so in the same season) and engage in a 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, historic chase for Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs. While Griffey (56) and Vaughn (50) would fall short of the record, both Sosa (66) and McGwire (70) 1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase, shattered Maris's record in an exciting late-season chase that culminated in a final week that saw record-setting performances by McGwire, Sosa, Tom Gordon, Dennis Eckersley, Trevor Hoffman and Jason Kendall. The New York Yankees won a major league record 125 games (114 regular season games and 11 postseason games). Champions Major League Baseball *1998 World Series, World Series: New York Yankees over San Diego Padres (4-0); Scott Brosius, MVP *1998 American League Championship Series, American League Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodney McCray (baseball)
Rodney Duncan McCray (born September 13, 1963) is an American former professional baseball player who is best known for crashing through an outfield fence attempting to make a catch. He played mostly in the minors, but also made it to the majors with the Chicago White Sox and New York Mets from 1990 to 1992. He is currently the head coach for the New York Rise of the Association of Fastpitch Professionals (AFP). Early life and career Born in Detroit, McCray's family moved west while he was still a child. He enrolled at University High in Los Angeles, then attended West Los Angeles Junior College and Santa Monica Junior College. The speedy outfielder was drafted in the first round by the Chicago White Sox in 1982 and then by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1983, but opted to stay in school. Finally, he signed with the San Diego Padres in 1984. After four years in the Padres chain, the White Sox claimed him in the 1987 minor league draft. Never much of a hitter (his career minor leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ty Griffin
Tyrone Vontrace Griffin (born September 5, 1967) is an American former professional baseball second baseman. He played in minor league baseball and in international competition for the United States national team. Career Griffin attended C. Leon King High School and the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets baseball team in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). At Georgia Tech, Griffin was named an All-ACC second baseman and the Most Valuable Player of the 1988 ACC baseball tournament. Griffin was part of the United States national team competing in the 1987 Pan American Games and 1988 Summer Olympics. The Chicago Cubs drafted Griffin in the first round (ninth overall) of the 1988 Major League Baseball Draft. He made his professional debut with the Peoria Chiefs of the Class-A Midwest League in 1989, and was promoted to the Charlotte Knights of the Class-AA Southern League that year. ''Baseball America'' rated Griffin the 22n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
