Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 285724, member: 289"]
We beat Omaha. Jack McKeon was their manager and Fran Healy their catcher. That was in 1970. There was no JWS in 1969.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior_World_Series[/url]
 
My memory of the Baker home run is that, after the fire that took out the stands behind home plate, the financial situation was that we were going to lose the team unless we made it to the Governor's Cup Finals - that plus sell-out crowds for the available seats would keep the team afloat. Baker's home run insured the franchise would remain alive. The stadium was finally rebuilt in 1976 with seats from the old Yankee Stadium, which had just been renovated.
 
Baker was already being called "Home Run Baker" before that as a joking reference to his lack of power and because he had the same name as Hall of Famer Frank Baker, who had that nickname:
[url]http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bakerfr01.shtml[/url]
When Frank hit the big one, over the scoreboard, he seemed to be channeling his namesake and the nickname was his forever, at least around here.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?