Eastport Athletics -
2013-present
Tom Meade, GM
Franchise #5
History
Brief: Franchise
#5 has been one of the most stable in TCBA history, The Bergen Barflies
began play in 1921, led by Stu McCorkindale. The team remained in Bergen
from ’21 until after the 1974 season. McCorkindale turned the team over to
cohort Tom Meade in 1934, although the Barflies continued to play in Bergen
for the next 22 seasons. In 1956, McCorkindale returned from his hiatus,
directing the Bergen franchise until 1975, when the TCBA’s only female team
owner, Teri Hackbart, attempted to purchase Frnachise 5 from Stu. That
experiment lasted one season, after which McCorkindale regained control continuously
through the 1995 season. In the winter of 1995-96, a diplomatic crisis,
known in TCBA legend as L’affaire Lafargue, led to the resignation of Stu
McCorkindale from TCBA play. The franchise was kept in Bergen and co-opted
by the league for a single season in 1996, until Casey Lyman was granted
permission to move the team to Portsmouth, where the franchise remained
until 2012. In 2013, Lyman sold his interest in Franchise #5 to none other
than McCorkindale’s old buddy, Tom Meade, who moved the team to Eastport
for the 2013 season.
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