1984

Standings
Eastern Division				Central Division
Meadowlands	92	49	...	Winnebago	89	38	...
Bergen	97	65	5.5	Bradenton	84	78	23
Long Island	95	66	7	Harbor Beach	79	83	28
Scranton	79	76	20	Rockford	55	72	34
Hyde Park	56	106	47	Evanston	56	78	34

Western Division
Mimosa	95	67	...
Annandale	87	74	7.5
Morgantown	76	86	19
Norfolk	57	105	38

Dan Warren - Although the route they took to get there is still obscured, Rod Carew’s .375 led Larry Smith’s Mimosa Mirth Makers to the league title in 1984. Bill Brunton’s Red Hill Rollers were the eventual TCBA kings.

Don Mahley’s Annandale Agates emerged on the scene for the first time

Twenty-game winners were Jack Morris (22), John Denny (22), Alan Bannister (20), and Rich Dotson (20).

Fiehl Facts - February newsletter starts out: “Things are a little shaky in the American League, but the National League is as strong as ever.”

May newsletter has the AL using the excuse for our tardiness as “our forms being late.” Dave Brown chastises us, wondering why we just couldn’t mail him a postcard to report series results.

September newsletter lists 29 unreported AL series versus only 4 for the NL, the main culprits being Winnebago and Rockford. We’re in September and Rockford still hasn’t sent in Series 2 results yet. C’mon, shouldn’t Dave Brown guess by now that he’s going to have to kiss this one good-bye! Even Anthony is usually up to at least series 6 by this time!

Gilbert and Zarse spend the rest of the season playing in a Black Hole and are never seen or heard from again.

As you can tell, 1983 and 1984 were not good years for the AL We were certainly the weak sister of the league, and betting on our future existence would have been a little daring at the time.

Bob Braun - Lamaar Hoyt wins 19 games for Scranton.

- Dave McKay coaches in the minors for Hyde Park.

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