73 LIBERTY LEAGUE REVIEW: #8 EAST SIDE GAS: I FEEL THE NEED FOR SPEED

  Tom Mink ( 44-50)
Metropolitan Stadium 
Franchise Record 71-91 
No Playoff Record 
73 Rankings:
5th Hitting 
9th Pitching 

LINEUP 

Simmons c 124
Hutton 1b 97
Johnson Da 143
Concepcion ss 114
Hebner 3b 128
Brock lf 112 
Bonds B cf 143 
Rettenmund rf 124 

BENCH 

Cardenal of 119
McMullen 3b 117
Hart JR ut 112 
King H c 110
Tepedino 1b 107
Boone c 86
Maxvill if 40 

ROTATION 

Stottlemyre 120 
Foster 117
Wise 109 
Sadecki 107
Siebert 92 

BULLPEN

Hrabosky 177
BD Johnson 98 
Carroll 93 
Pappas 92

NOTES 

This could be the most exciting team in the 73 season !!

Bonds... Bobby  Bonds.... what a combination of power and speed. Unlimited potential and a possible MVP candidate. 

Lou Brock will continue to put all kinds of pressure on the basepaths and could break the league record for most steals in a season. 

Al Hrabosky,,, the Mad Hungarian.... psyching himself up with his back to the mound then turning around, touching the rubber then looking so mad you wonder if he is going to make a pitch or start a brawl.  

Mel Stottlemyre... the right handed version of Whitey Ford. 

The lineup is the strength of this team.  Look for the starters to wear out opposing pitching with doubles and taking the extra base so often you could look up at the scoreboard and 5 runs are on the board before you know what is happening. 

The pitching is good but there is a lot of great pitchers in this league so ESG falls to 9th in the pitching rankings. 

Mink is doing a good job of turning the franchise around but it may be another year or two before ESG makes the playoffs.  The number predict a 5th place finish in the improving East.