The TBL Baseball Annual A publication of the Transcontinental Baseball League The Formula 2015 Edition Walter H. Hunt All 24 Teams Analyzed Robert Jordan Using the T.Q. System Mark H. Bloom The TBL Baseball Annual A publication of the Transcontinental Baseball League by Walter H. Hunt Robert Jordan Mark H. Bloom with contributions from TBL’s managers and extra help from: Eric Sheffler Paul Harrington Jim Dietz Copyright © 2015 Walter H. Hunt, except “The Faith of Job” and “Ernie Banks”, which are copyright © 2015, Jim Dietz. This book was produced using a Macintosh with Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop CS4. I can be reached by mail at 3306 Maplebrook Road, Bellingham, MA 02019 or by e-mail at
[email protected]. The 2015 TBL Annual 3 the TBL baseball annual Welcome to the 2015 TBL Baseball Annual. This is the twentieth year of the Annual in the book format. We’re happy to welcome the Vegas Line back to the book, along with an article from our returning manager Eric Sheffler. It’s hard to believe that the editorial team has been at this for this long, but it’s hard to argue with documentary evidence. This year Robert Jordan re-joins our merry band with his usual skill and humor. We’ve approached the ideas of team-building from all sorts of angles, but this year we’re taking a look at the “secret formula” that teams have used over the years to grab the brass ring. Our regular features are back as well, giving our insights into past, present and future.