Celebrating the 1968 World Series 40Th Anniversary Detroit Tigers Vs
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Dinner Committee Bob Gibson Jim Martin Dinner Committee Chairman Baseball Assistance Team Geoff Belinfante Marla Miller thth Phoenix Communications Major League Baseball ANNUAL Joe Cozza Jesse Neumyer 19 Cipriani Greenwich Associates Lance Gitlin Erik Nilsen GOING TO Major League Baseball Baseball Assistance Team Cheryl Goyda Yenifer Núñez BAT FOR Hunt Auctions Baseball Assistance Team Mike Kostel Caroline Suplizio Mo Greene Associates Heather Yarashas B.A.T. Major League Baseball DINNER Board of Directors ............. Ted Sizemore Lou Johnson Tuesday, President/CEO Joe Morgan Bobby Murcer January 29, 2008 Chairman Jim Pongracz Process Development Corporation NEW YORK MARRIOTT Frank Torre Vice President Robin Roberts MARQUIS HOTEL Greg Wilcox Cookie Rojas Vice President Ed Stack Steve Garvey Retired, The Clark Estates, Inc. Bob Gibson Randy Winn San Francisco Giants Lou Gorman Boston Red Sox Celebrating the 1968 World Series 40th Anniversary Detroit tigers vs. St. louis Cardinals 1968: Detroit Tigers and 2008 Honorees St. Louis Cardinals World Series Teams Dmitri Young David Wright There’s an old adage you hear every season come playoff time: Good pitching beats good Big B.A.T./Frank Slocum Award Bart Giamatti Award hitting. In 1968, that axiom applied from the first sun-drenched day of Spring Training, because more than in any other year, pitchers made hitters look downright helpless. 2008 Emcees This past season, there was just one pitcher to reach the 20-win plateau — Boston’s Joe Morgan and Gary Thorne Josh Beckett. In ’68, 20 wins would simply place a pitcher in a tie for seventh in the Majors. The 20-game winners that year included the Yankees’ Mel Stottlemyre (21-12) THE GOAL… and San Francisco’s Juan Marichal (26-9). And then, of course, there was Detroit’s The Baseball Assistance Team’s primary goal is to reach out to those members of the Denny McLain, who helped wrap up the AL Cy Young and MVP Awards with a 31-6 “baseball family” who need a helping hand. We feel this can be manifested with dignity in many record. To this day, he remains the last person to record 30 victories in a single year. ways – but especially by providing assistance to make life livable and to keep families together. McLain’s record and ERA (1.96) were certainly astounding — though he ranked just Join scores of former and current Major League Baseball players, including Hall of Famers as fourth in the AL in ERA (Cleveland’s Luis Tiant led the league at 1.60) — but St. they honor the 1968 Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals World Series Teams. Louis’s Bob Gibson may have performed even better. In addition to his 22-9 record, 19th A NNUAL GOING Gibson had a ridiculous 1.12 ERA (third-best in the modern era) and 268 strikeouts. TO BAT FOR B.A.T. DINNER He, too, won his league’s Cy Young and MVP Awards — just the second time in history .............thth that the MVP Award in both leagues was awarded to pitchers. Fittingly, McLain and Tuesday, January 29, 2008 Gibson led their teams to the World Series. New York Marriott19 Marquis Hotel These highly touted pitching staffs entered the 1968 World Series ready to battle. reception dinner Bob Gibson bested Denny McLain in games one and four while the work horse of the 5:45 PM 7:15 PM Westside Ballroom (5th Floor) Broadway Ballroom (6th Floor) Tiger staff Mickey Lolich was winning games two and five. Bob Gibson and Mickey Mingle with more than 125 Big Leaguers Lolich each started three games and faced each other in the crucial game seven. For additional information please call (212) 931-7821 Gibson had three days rest and Lolich two. Both pitchers hurled six shutout innings BUSINESS ATTIRE IS REQUESTED but four two out hits in the seventh by the Tigers opened the scoring and led the Tigers to victory and the 1968 World Championship. Souvenir baseballs will be provided to guests for autograph opportunities. Due to increased security, please be advised that no items other than baseballs and items made of paper (Such as cards, photographs, note pads and magazines) will be autographed during the cocktail reception at the B.A.T. Dinner. No one will be permitted into the reception with any other merchandise (Such as bats, boxes of baseballs and duffel bags.) Each individual is solely responsible for any merchandise or other articles brought that evening, even those items that are left with the individuals providing coat check services..