IS THIS THE GREATEST SALTAIRE SOFTBALL TEAM EVER?

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PHOTO COURTESY DUNCAN DOBIE
rear from l: : Mike Keegan, Danny Weinlandt, Larry Lynch, Johnny Glasscock, Bill Ervin
front from l: Kevin McGuinn, Jim O'Hare, Mike Kuracheck, Allen Aherne Hans Hommels

THIS JUST MAY BE THE CORE OF THE BEST EVER SALTAIRE TEAM. NO, NOT AT THE TIME THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ( LABOR DAY 1959) BUT A FEW YEARS LATER THESE RAGAMUFFINS, TEMPERED BY THE TEACHING AND COACHING OF UNCLE PETE, WERE THE FOUNDATION OF THE BEST SALTAIRE TEAMS OF THE 1960'S.

OF THESE TEN KIDS, FIVE HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST SOME MENTION IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUND OF NOMINATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN THE GREATEST SALTAIRE SOFTBALL TEAMS.


THERE IS STILL TIME FOR YOU TO PLACE A NAME IN NOMINATION FOR THESE TEAMS:


PRE 1960'S
1960-1972
1972-1982
1982 TO PRESENT

JUST SEND THE NAMES OF ANYONE YOU THINK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BEST PLAYERS OF THOSE ERAS TO JOHARENY@AOL.COM.


NOTE ON THIS PICTURE: CHECK OUT THE BASKETBALL BACKBOARD SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF RIGHT CENTER FIELD.