SCABS History 1987

SCABS History 1987

1987 is pretty much lost to historians as our records are incomplete.  It is clear that Nate
Klingebeil left us and Kodak and gave up his team  - the second founding father to do so. The
void was ably filled by Leo Delvecchio who had assisted the Dallas Doinx during their 1986
championship season and submitted an impassioned plea for league membership.  Thus, the
Red Herrings became the Runnin' Rebels.

The league again dropped all previous players and drafted 25 new players.  Tom Ditucci of the
O's chose Don Mattingly and Leo D. inaugurated his rookie managerial season by selecting third
baseman Wade Boggs.  Cal Ripken was a first rounder for the 3rd consecutive season – this time
picked up by Roger Taber and Randy Grattan took catcher Gary Carter.  Doug Abbott then
grabbed Tony Fernandez and Mike Weinpress landed Mike Scott, pitcher. Mr. Irrelevant for 1987
was Lee Mazzilli as he was selected by Mike Weinpress in the 25th round.

There was some kind of controversy in 1987 as Doug Abbott submitted a wordy diatribe
concerning a transaction between his Blue Crew and the Dallas Doinx.

It appears that Mike W. of the Doinx traded Jim Rice for Jim Gantner.  It looks like Gantner was
injured, but Doug A. claims that he did not know it.  Leo Delvecchio apparently dove into the fray
with insinuations that Abbott knew perfectly well what he was doing and committed fraud.  Abbott
then composed the above letter offering proposals to rectify the situation. How it was eventually
resolved is not clear, but if this had happened in the 1800's it would have undoubtedly resulted in
a duel.

The last standings sheet we have is after week 12 of the 1987 season.  A copy of that document
is below.

Apparently, the Penguins, Sunsetters, Blue Crew and Doinx were in contention for playoff berths.  Beyond this point we have no information except for a scoresheet that had the Sunsetters beating the Blue Crew 166-152 in a playoff game.

If anyone has further information, please contact the Scribe and he will gladly post an
addendum to this newsletter.