12/26/2006

101 & 100

Forgot to do this yesterday so...

Yesterday there were 101 days until Opening Day, 2007.

101 = The number of wins (97 regular season, 4 post-season) for the 1978 Midwest League Champion Appleton Foxes.

MILB.com has rated the 1978 Appleton Foxes #93 in their ranking of the top 100 minor league teams of all-time a few years ago. The article has stats for all the players on that team and a brief history of minor leaguer baseball in Appleton. Here is the first paragraph from that story:
Some great teams win with offensive firepower, while others win with overpowering pitching. Some teams have the benefit of a superstar’s presence in the lineup, individually lifting his team to the top. The Appleton Foxes of 1978 had none of these factors on their side. What they did rely on was quickness and speed - running their way onto the list of the top 100 great minor league teams behind one of the smallest players to play the game.

That was yesterday. Today there are exactly 100 days until Opening Day 2007.

100 = The number of RBI that Boog Powell had in the 1960 season for the Fox Cities Foxes.

You can find the career stats of this member of the Appleton Baseball Hall of Fame HERE.

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