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Uniform &
Team History: The Rockets played in the Class C
Longhorn League. Bauman won the triple crown in 1954
with an eye-popping 72 home runs, a .400
average and 228 runs driven in. His home run record
stood as the most ever hit by a professional player
until Barry Bonds swatted 73 in 2001.
Oldtime Game
History: Nick Tempesta of Eastern Connecticut State College, was the first to wear this uniform when oldtime uniforms were added to The Game. Tempesta made a number of dazzling plays at shortstop in the '98 Game, and was eventually drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays . . . who made him a catcher.
Also worn by: Jeff Lemberg, School Sports Magazine (1999); Jeff Russell, Suffolk University (2000); Tim Dunphy, Brandeis University (2001); George Alexander, coach (2002); Chad Konecky, School Sports Magazine (2003); Rony Mercado, Suffolk University (2004); Billy Watkins, Franklin Pierce College (2006). |