2001

Metro Division				Capitol Division
Newark	112	50	...	Norfolk	104	58	...
Scranton	99	63	13	Woebegone	86	75	18
Long Island	95	67	17	Bethesda	77	82	26
Newmarket	68	92	43	Innisfree	78	84	26
Beacon	60	102	52	Silver Spring	70	91	34
Gunpowder	52	109	60	Rapidan	66	96	38

Central Division				Atlantic Division
Evanston	96	65	...	Farmington	100	61	...
Morgantown	92	70	4.5	Kensington	95	67	6
Horseshoe Bay	86	76	11	Portsmouth	89	72	11
Bradenton	82	80	15	Rhode Island	79	83	22
Mimosa	68	92	28	Allegheny	72	89	28
Spring City	61	97	34	Kennett	48	114	53

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Comments –

Bob Wood – I knew it broke Willie's heart to be traded from Hyde Park, but the effect seems ever more dramatic....

“…The Family has lost its patriarch. MLB Hall of Famer Willie Stargell, who led the Pirates to two World Series victories with his tape-measure homers, died of a stroke on Monday at age 61. He had been in failing health for several years with a kidney disorder, according to officials at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC where he died (April 2001).

The Pirates opened their new ballpark Saturday and unveiled a 12-foot bronze statue of the man known as "Pops". They postponed a formal ceremony dedicating the statue because Stargell could not attend.

'Now, every opening day at PNC Park, everybody will know this is Willie Stargell's day,' said Chuck Tanner, Stargell's manager from 1977-1982. 'He's up there, and he knows the Pirates are opening today.'

One of the greatest home run hitters ever, in volume and in distance, Stargell hit 475 homers - many of them soaring, majestic shots that rattled a pitcher's confidence. With Stargell batting cleanup for most of his 20-year career, the Pirates won World Series championships in 1971 and 1979 and six NL East titles from 1970-1979. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987. Stargell was a dynamic leader on the field and a fatherly yet forceful presence off it. The 1979 Pirates were nicknamed "the Family" from the Sister Sledge song, "We are Family", and Stargell said years later that it wasn't a misnomer.

‘We won, we lived and we enjoyed as one’, Stargell said. ‘We molded together dozens of different individuals into one working force. We were products of different races, were raised in different income brackets, but in the clubhouse and on the field, we were one.’”

They'll miss Willie in Bradenton, too.

Bob Braun – Hudson Valley – Hyde Park and Beacon, NY are draped in flags today in honor of their ancient hero, Willie Stargell. Just by coincidence, former Hyde Park owner Red Braun was in Wilmington, NC on Sunday, the day before Willie breathed his last. Although unable to visit with Willie, the message was clear.

"Willie represented everything that was good about the Hyde Park franchise. His presence, his optimism, his strength, will be missed. There has not been another leader like Willie to join the Hyde Park-Beacon franchise since he left us after the '75 season. And I don't think there was ever a franchise leader like Willie, going back to our origins. A lot of great players, for sure, but no one like Pops."

Future plans to honor Willie were being discussed throughout the night, including the possibility of changing the name of Beacon's Miller-Wells Stadium to Willie Stargell Park.

Stu McCorkindale - As an aside, some of us have shared concerns about the loss of newsletter-style communications and what it means to the "pulse" of TCBA. It seems to some all we do is play games and write reports on individual series that may or may not be read by anyone other than our opponents. There no longer seems to be any collective repository for these reports nor is there any attempt (outside of Ken's occasional contributions) made to offer regular summaries on how the season is progressing. I don't have any solutions to offer - I'm not even sure the majority of you even miss these features - but perhaps those who gather in Lancaster later this month can find the time to discuss this ever growing hole in our written record. Maybe there is a hero in our midst who is willing to once again make the league about more than just C and F files flying through cyberspace. (Editor’s note: We try~)

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