1/08/2007

87 Days until Opening Day

Opening Night for the Timber Rattlers at Fox Cities Stadium is April 5, 2007. That is in just 87 days.

The number 87 is represented by the 1983 Appleton Foxes. That team won 87 games in the regular season on their way to a Midwest League Championship.

Appleton Baseball Hall of Famer John Boles was the manager of that team. The Foxes beat Waterloo in a decisive third game of the first round. In the Championship Series, the Foxes beat
beat Springfield in four games.

Team Leaders
Ron Karkovice and Pat Adams hit 13 homers
Adams drove in 71 runs
John Cangelosi stole 87 bases
Dave McLaughlin hit .319
Mike Trujillo pitched 11 complete games
Rich DeVincenzo had 193 strikeouts, won 18 games, and had an ERA of 2.40

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