1993

Metro Division				Eastern Division
Scranton	114	48	...	Annandale	109	52	...
Beacon	107	55	7	Norfolk	80	82	29.5
Hoboken	99	63	15	Bethesda	71	90	38
Long Island	99	63	15	Silver Spring	66	95	43
Newark	69	93	45	Birdsnest	56	106	53.5

Central Division				Western Division
Horseshoe Bay	97	65	...	Bergen	89	73	...
Evanston	97	65	...	New York	76	86	13
Mimosa	88	74	9	Binghamton	73	89	16
Morgantown	72	90	25	Kennett	58	104	31
Bradenton	57	104	39.5	North Adams	41	121	48

Dan Warren - Division repeaters continued to be rare. Bergen managed to do it again, this time with a percentage over .500, joined by Scranton, Annandale, and Horseshoe Bay. Scranton won still another championship (baaaa...)

Norfolk’s Larry Walker won the batting crown with a .349 average, sharing honors with Fred McGriff (Mimosa, 50 HR) and Gary Sheffield (Scranton, 157 RBI).

Annandale’s Greg Maddux won 24, as did Frank Viola of the Agates. A third Annandale pitcher, Melido Perez, won 23, followed by Charles Nagy (21), John Tewksbury (21), Charlie Leibrandt (20), Mike Mussina (20), and Bill Wegman (20).

The second North Adams franchise supplanted Gettysburg (the first was Frank Lentine’s 1975-1989 powerhouse).

In the rookie auction, prices dropped a little, with six players going for six-figures; Listach to Annandale for $100,000, Cal Eldred to New York for $136,000, Tim Wakefield to Binghamton for $193,000 (ouch!), Kenny Lofton to Beacon for $117,000, Dave Fleming to Horseshoe Bay for $127,000, and Mike Mussina to Long Island for $196,000.

Bob Braun - The Winter Meeting in February of 1993 was marked by a huge blizzard that struck the East coast on Thursday night. By Friday morning enough snow had already fallen to waylay Mike Mancini and Mike Ameen somewhere along Interstate 84. This was to have been both Mike’s first meeting; for Ameen it was his last attempt. Before the next season had barely begun, Mike Ameen announced his resignation.

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