I've always loved the Pilots, they were like the biggest baseball enigma of my childhood... here and Boom! gone
New photos found
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/artic...#photo-3445917
I've always loved the Pilots, they were like the biggest baseball enigma of my childhood... here and Boom! gone
New photos found
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/artic...#photo-3445917
These pictures remind me of what a great season that was to replay in Strat. First year of divisional play and the start of the symmetrical 24 team league that I still miss.
The Pilots and Expos were bad, but were much more fun to play than other expansionists like the San Diego Padres, who had a historically bad offense and the Royals, who were just boring and lacking talent in that first year.
"Rounding 3rd and heading for home, good night everybody"
Great stuff!
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
1st photo appears to be the immortal Ray Oyler.
Weren't the '69 PIlots featured in Bouton's Ball Four?
That book doesn't get done either without Leonard Shecter who was one of the famous Chipmunks
Last edited by westofyou; 09-13-2012 at 06:38 PM.
"I never argue with people who say baseball is boring, because baseball is boring. And then, suddenly, it isn't. And that's what makes it great." - Joe Posnanski
Still love those horrendous hats.
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I'm thinking image #13 might be ex-Red Tommy Harper.
And the big pitcher with the glasses- could that maybe be Gene Brabender?
It would be fun to find a numerical roster and put some names with the images...like, who wore #1? Seems to have been a shortstop.
"In baseball, you don't know nothin'"...Yogi Berra
Here's a link to the roster with numbers...
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/team...p?y=1969&t=SE1
"In baseball, you don't know nothin'"...Yogi Berra
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