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Kirk Gibson Memorial League 10-24-1977
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| Breaking News | | Monday, October 24th, 1977: Kirk Gibson Memorial League News: The Offseason Begins
The KGML champions have been crowned, the last of the celebratory champagne sipped and now begins another offseason in baseball's cycle of life. For fans, the days drag by, with only news of hirings and firings breaking up the monotony. But for general managers, there's plenty of work to do. The offseason is when a top-notch GM really earns his money. It is their time to analyze the past season, to understand the strengths and weaknesses of their clubs and to make plans for the next season. Future champions will lay much of the groundwork for their success during the next few months.
You may now manually select the league award winners, the option is available in the league menu. If you want the AI to select the awards, simply ignore the option.
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 | Monday, October 24th, 1977: Kaat Takes Place Among Greats
Today Jim Kaat attained the highest honor a player can get in the Kirk Gibson Memorial League -- he was admitted to its Hall of Fame.
His exploits on the mound are legendary. Year-after-year Kaat was one of the league's elite pitchers with 249 total wins. Baseball greats of the past and present were in attendance at this year's ceremony. Friend and foe alike had nothing but good things to say about this year's honoree.
A manager, who Kaat played for, described his pitching success this way: "Jim always had good stuff and good location. His ball would start out looking like a baseball and when it got to the plate -- it looked like a marble."
When he retired from baseball at age 38 with a career 249-203 won-lost mark, Kaat had pitched in 623 games, fanned 2242 batters, tossed 3884.1 innings and posted an impressive 3.32 ERA.
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 | Sunday, October 23rd, 1977: Tomlin Re-ups with Automakers for 2 years
Team officials were upbeat today as Dave Tomlin signed an extension with the Automakers. He'll be calling Detroit home for the next 2 years and will earn $1,434,000 in salary by the end of the contract.
Year-to-date Tomlin has 45 saves in 61 relief appearances with a 5-4 mark and 2.20 ERA. In 65.1 innings he has 39 strikeouts and 19 walks. Other clubs are hitting .233 against him.
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