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In 1987, I met
Carl Flowers when we both volunteered to help get a men's baseball league off
the ground here in Woodland California. Carl joined our Board of Directors in
1988 and served as league president in 1992. Carl was very helpful to our
community relations as he was very active in that area. He was also very active
in Church and volunteer organizations.
Carl was an "average" player so had to endure his share of time on the
bench. I on the other hand hated to be on the bench but when it was
my turn to sit, I was always glad if Carl was there too. He had a
fantastic sense of humor and actually made the time on the bench
fun. He always kept us entertained.
I will tell Just one funny story. Carl had an uncanny ability to hit the
catchers glove when hitting. We soon learned that when the game was
on the line and we absolutely had to have a guy get on base, we
would send Carl up to get "catchers interference," which he would do
every time. He would get 8-10 of these calls per 20 game season. One
day just such a situation presented itself and league veteran
catcher Hank Gilliam was behind the plate and he was "on to" Carl.
He turned to the ump and said "watch this guy he is going to try to
hit my glove, he does it on purpose, don't let him get away with
it." First pitch Carl swings and hits Hanks glove, Hank goes nuts,
"see, see, he did it just like I said" and jumping up and down in a
rage. The ump calmly points Carl to first base and says to Hank, "If
he is in the box, you have to stay away from his swing. If anyone
looked in our dugout, we were all falling off the dugout bench with
laughter, Carl had struck again!
Carl became ill at a tournament game in Reno in 1993 and went straight to
the doctor when he got home. The word was not good and we lost Carl
to cancer a short time later. He left his wife Patty and three kids.
He was 45 years old. He was a great team mate and friend, and a fine
man. He was the first loss of this kind to our league, the next year
at our fifth annual Labor Day Tournament, we named it after him.
Lanny Ropke
Board Member
Past President
Woodland/Davis MSBL
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Labor Day Tournament 2009
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Woodland Davis Men's Senior baseball league plays host to
a Labor Day Tournament. This years tournament will be
September 5th
- September 7th.
To download the format, rules, field maps, sign-up forms, and general
information you can download each page individually by
RIGHT CLICKING on the appropriate link and choosing "save
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Notice!
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Woodland/Davis MSBL "Best in the West"
Labor Day Tournament is a Men's Senior Baseball League Sanctioned Tournament.
Every player on your roster must be a paid MSBL member or pay a $25 MSBL fee
prior to participating.
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This requires a change in roster
procedure. The roster NOW MUST be mailed or emailed to the
Tournament Director by Saturday morning August 22nd. This will allow MSBL National to check
players names with their MSBL membership roster.
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Managers: If you know one of
your players is not a MSBL Member you can save time by indicating it on the
roster and adding the $25 fee.
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New for 2009, Two
father son teams have expressed an interest in a father son division. If I get
two get two more father / son teams I will have a father / son division. Rules
will be determined later but will be similar to MSBL National father / son
rules.
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Email Lanny Ropke at Skye77chad@aol.com
for Tournament Questions.
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