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Monday, November 11 Anthony Martin, Celebrating Veterans Day ‘high-energy’ Colt Roy Hobbs honors veterans on the dies on the field ball fields of Lee County on Veterans Houston Colts’ Anthony Martin, 63, Day each year, and today will be no ROY HOBBS collapsed and died at JetBlue Field No. 5 different. SALUTES ALL Sunday afternoon. Colts Manager Dan Coleman said Roy Hobbs asks that both teams VETERANS AND line up on the foul lines before their Martin had just doubled to left field and games – twice if they are playing THANKS YOU FOR was standing on second celebrating double headers. YOUR SERVICE when he collapsed. An official cause Umpires are asked to MC the action, of death has not been announced but Coleman said it was a “massive” heart and each does it differently. However, attack. Coleman didn’t see his friend fall the point is to honor veterans, veterans Please make it a Veterans Day to but glanced over a moment later. on the field and veterans whom we remember. “He’s lying on his back,” Coleman said. remember. -- Roy Hobbs Baseball The Colts 60s team and Colts 70s team went to be with Martin at Gulf Coast Medical Center, where Martin was taken. Coleman and Martin were Mike Murphey (L) and Keith Comstock, batterymates at Dave Henderson Mariners Fantasy Camp … why is that man laughing? more than baseball teammates. Anthony Martin Murphey to launch ‘Conman’ tonight Coleman, who knew Martin for about BY GLENN MILLER Patel Cigars, beer, wine and rum. The 15 years, said his friend’s character Roy Hobbs Baseball rum and cigars will follow the book was revealed after Hurricane Harvey A book launch party for a baseball presentation. All are welcome, and devastated their city in 2017. Martin novel by veteran Roy Hobbs player Mike Murphey will be glad to autograph helped Coleman clean up his house. Murphey is scheduled for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. purchased books. “Anthony was there every day,” today at PDC. Comstock, 63, will not be at the party Coleman said. Murphey’s novel, “The Conman,” is but will speak via Skype. Murphey said Coleman said Martin would wade based on the real baseball life of former he and Comstock have known each other through three feet of water to help clean big-league pitcher Keith Comstock, who for about 15 years and met through a soggy carpeting out of the house and contributed to the book. Seattle Mariners’ fantasy camp. other chores. The book Launch event is coupled Comstock plugged away in the minors The Colts have their stadium game with a managers’ and players reception, starting in 1976 until 1984, when he was 1:45 p.m. Tuesday at CenturyLink. In the including baseball eats, RH-logo Rocky see CONMAN on page 2 see MARTIN on page 2 2 CONMAN MARTIN continued from page 1 continued from page 1 called to the majors by the Twins. As immediate aftermath of their teammates’ death on Sunday Murphey got to know Comstock over Coleman said the team’s initial thoughts are to pay tribute to the years he realized he is a unique Martin then. figure with a compelling and amusing They have at 2 p.m. Monday game scheduled at Terry Park story. Field No. 2. Coleman said the team is leaning toward playing “If he hadn’t even a baseball player that game in honor of Martin. he could have been a success as a “I guess we’ll play,” Coleman said. stand-up comedian,” Murphey said. On Sunday, the team was still in shock. From 1984 through 1991 “The guys will have their cry tonight,” Coleman said. Comstock compiled a 10-7 record Coleman described Martin as a “high-energy guy” and a with a 4.06 ERA with 3 saves as “vocal leader” and “super friendly.” a reliever with the Giants, Twins, Coleman added that Martin had been a regular at the Roy Padres and Mariners. Hobbs World Series for at least six or seven years. His fictional counterpart in the Martin, who was also an avid motorcyclist, helped organized novel is a pitcher named Conor Nash. the team’s trip to Fort Myers every fall. Coleman said he found Hence, the title “The Conman.” a big house in a gated golf course community where eight or The character is not a conman as in a grifter out to fleece nine of the Colts are staying this week. people. The story, as Murphey explains, centers around Nash Martin is survived by his wife, Mary. Coleman isn’t sure and three friends and his wife but is also filled with stories about Martin’s children or grandchildren but believes he had based on Comstock’s long career. two or three children and two or three grandchildren. Comstock is now the rehabilitation pitching coordinator Martin worked as a collaboration advocate for the National for the Texas Rangers. Associate of College stores, according to his Linked-In profile. Murphey, who is the Locker Room coordinator for Roy He retired from Houston Baptist University Bookstore in 2017 Hobbs, is managing Cecil’s Margin Srvice team in 60s this week. as its director after working there from 1993. - Glenn Miller

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STANDINGS Classics 60+ Carolina Rockies 0 1 0.000 7 AAAA Team W L PCT RA Bahama Breeze Bandits 0 1 0.000 8 Border City Brewers 1 0 1.000 0 San Antonio Texans 0 1 0.000 8 Massachusetts Chiefs 1 0 1.000 2 Midwest Nine 0 1 0.000 8 Philadelphia Cutters 1 0 1.000 2 Tidewater Drillers 0 1 0.000 8 Washington Titans 1 0 1.000 3 0 1 0.000 9 Youngstown A2Z 0 1 0.000 4 Pensacola Salt Bandits 0 1 0.000 11 Minnesota Bees 0 1 0.000 6 Kent Mudhens 0 1 0.000 13 Puerto Rico Orioles 0 1 0.000 7 Blue Ridge Rangers 0 1 0.000 14 Michigan Stars 0 1 0.000 16 Long Island Braves 0 1 0.000 16 Cecil’s Margin Service 0 1 0.000 17 Team W L PCT RA Spiders 0 2 0.000 19 DuPage Lugnuts 1 0 1.000 1 Rhode Island Rockies 0 2 0.000 19 Bergen Yankees 1 0 1.000 2 Richmond Riverdogs 0 2 0.000 19 Midwest Pirates 1 0 1.000 3 St Louis Dodgers 0 2 0.000 26 Minnesota Goats 1 0 1.000 3 Tampa Bay Sharks 0 2 0.000 39 Oakville Golden A’s 1 0 1.000 4 Houston Colts 1 0 1.000 4 Timeless 70+ Nova Scotia Monarchs 2 0 1.000 4 Team W L PCT RA Toledo McGuire Insurance 1 0 1.000 4 Sacramento Solons 1 0 1.000 1 Wolfdogs 1 0 1.000 4 San Diego Padres 1 0 1.000 2 Atlanta Heat 1 0 1.000 5 Midwest Nine 1 0 1.000 5 Bronx Cardinals 1 0 1.000 5 Terre Haute Volkers Group 1 0 1.000 8 DC Mets 1 0 1.000 7 Team America 1 0 1.000 9 Long Island Express 1 0 1.000 7 Washington Titans 1 0 1.000 10 Philadelphia Athletics 2 0 1.000 7 New Jersey Wonderboys 2 0 1.000 18 JD’s Jaguars 1 0 1.000 8 New England Bo Sox 0.5 0.5 0.500 18 Livingston Dodgers 2 0 1.000 8 Philadelphia Mustangs 1 1 0.500 11 Atlanta Astros 1 0 1.000 12 San Antonio Texans 0.5 0.5 0.500 11 Kennebec Cubs 1 0 1.000 13 Kent Mudhens 0 1 0.000 6 Minnesota Bandits 2 0 1.000 19 Potomac Senators 0 1 0.000 9 Stay Thirsty My Friend 1 1 0.500 13 Detroit 70s 0 1 0.000 10 Orlando Wrinkles 1 1 0.500 14 New England Red Sox 0 1 0.000 12 Americans Baseball Club 1 1 0.500 15 Toledo McGuire Insurance 0 1 0.000 16 South Chicago Yaquis 1 1 0.500 21 Nova Scotia Monarchs 0 1 0.000 18 Windy City White Sox 1 1 0.500 30 Silver Foxes 0 1 0.000 18 St Louis Patriots 0 1 0.000 5 Maine Woods Baseball 0 1 0.000 19 Huntsville Stars 0 1 0.000 5 Minnesota Saints 0 1 0.000 20 4

RESULTS 60s Results Midwest Nine’s Joe Jura (19) was out by an Americans Baseball Club 11, Rhode Island Rockies 5 eyelash vs. the Atlanta Astros 13, Kent Mudhens 12 Kent Mudhens Atlanta Heat 11, Pensacola Salt Bandits 5 70’s Bergen Yankees 17, Cecil’s Margin Service 2 Border City Brewers 7, Puerto Rico Orioles 0 Bronx Cardinals 7, Carolina Rockies 5 DC Mets 8, Bahama Breeze Bandits 7 DuPage Lugnuts 5, Huntsville Stars 1 Houston Colts 8, Rhode Island Rockies 4 JD’s Jaguars 10, Americans Baseball Club 8 Kennebec Cubs 14, Blue Ridge Rangers 13 Livingston Dodgers 19, St. Louis Dodgers 3 Livingston Dodgers 24, Cleveland Spiders 5 Long Island Express 8, San Antonio Texans 7 Massachusetts Chiefs 16, Michigan Stars 2

Midwest Pirates 8, Tidewater Drillers 3 photo by Minnesota Bandits 10, Stay Thirsty My Friends 6 Greg Wagner Minnesota Bandits 19, Windy City White Sox 13 Minnesota Goats 16, Long Island Braves 3 70s Results Nova Scotia Monarchs 7, St. Louis Dodgers 1 Oakville Golden A’s 5, St Louis Patriots 4 Washington Titans 18, Silver Foxes 10 Orlando Wrinkles 11, Richmond Riverdogs 3 Team America Detroit 70s 9 Philadelphia Athletics 18, South Chicago Yaquis 4 San Diego Padres 16, Toledo McGuire Insurance 2 Philadelphia Athletics 8, Richmond Riverdogs 3 San Antonio Texans 11, New England Bo Sox 11 Philadelphia Cutters 4, Youngstown A2Z 2 Terre Haute Volkers Group 9, Potomac Senators 8 South Chicago Yaquis 1, Chicago Wrinkles 3 Philadelphia Mustangs 19, Maine Woods Baseball Stay Thirsty My Friends 13, Tampa Bay Sharks 3 New Jersey Wonderboys 18, Nova Scotia Monarchs 14 Toledo McGuire Insurance 9, Baltimore Orioles 4 Midwest Nine 6, Kent Mudhens 5 Washington Titans 6, Minnesota Bees 3 Sacramento Solons 12, New England Red Sox 1 Windy City White Sox 26, Tampa Bay Sharks 11 New England Bo Sox 20, Minnesota Saints 7 Wolfdogs 8, Midwest Nine 4 New Jersey Wonderboys 5, Philadelphia Mustangs 4 5

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Tiderwater Classics Division Drillers 3rd 9:30 AM baseman Tom Livingston Dodgers @ South Chicago Yaquis CP-S Lorkowitz tags a Midwest 10:00 AM Pirates base Richmond Riverdogs @ Nova Scotia Monarchs CL-S runner after a Americans Baseball Club @ Minnesota Bandits CL2 brief rundown St. Louis Patriots @ DuPage Lugnuts JB3 Atlanta Heat @ Bergen Yankees JB4 Midwest Pirates @ Bronx Cardinals JB5 Pensacola Salt Bandits @ Huntsville Stars JB6 Border City Brewers @ Minnesota Bees PDC1 Philadelphia Cutters @ Massachusetts Chiefs PDC2 Puerto Rico Orioles @ Youngstown A2Z PDC3 Washington Titans @ Michigan Stars PDC5 Baltimore Orioles @ Midwest Nine TP-S photo by Greg Wagner 12:30 PM Blue Ridge Rangers @ Kent Mudhens CP-S 5:30 PM Orlando Wrinkles @ Cleveland Spiders CL-S 1:45 PM St. Louis Dodgers @ Philadelphia Athletics TP-S Atlanta Astros @ Minnesota Goats CL-S Long Island Express @ Tidewater Drillers CL2 DC Mets @ San Antonio Texans CL3 Timeless Division Oakville Golden A’s @ Carolina Rockies CL4 Monday Wolfdogs @ Kennebec Cubs JB-S 10:00 AM Cecil’s Margin Service @ Bahama Breeze Bandits JB2 Detroit 70s @ Terre Haute Volkers Group CL3 Huntsville Stars @ Atlanta Heat JB3 Potomac Senators @ Silver Foxes CL4 DuPage Lugnuts @ Midwest Pirates JB4 Nova Scotia Monarchs @ Philadelphia Mustangs CL6 Bergen Yankees @ Pensacola Salt Bandits JB5 San Antonio Texans @ Maine Woods Baseball JB1 Bronx Cardinals @ St. Louis Patriots JB6 Midwest Nine @ Sacramento Solons JB2 Massachusetts Chiefs@ Washington Titans PDC1 San Diego Padres @ Kent Mudhens PDC4 Minnesota Bees @ Puerto Rico Orioles PDC2 New England Red Sox @ Toledo McGuire Insurance TP2 Michigan Stars @ Philadelphia Cutters PDC3 Team America @ Washington Titans TP3 Youngstown A2Z @ Border City Brewers PDC4 Minnesota Saints @ New Jersey Wonderboys TP4 JD’s Jaguars @ Windy City White Sox PDC5 Long Island Braves @ Toledo McGuire Insurance TP-S 1:45 p.m. Tampa Bay Sharks @ Houston Colts TP2 Nova Scotia Monarchs @ New England Bo Sox CL6 Stay Thirsty My Friends @ Rhode Island Rockies TP4 Maine Woods Baseball @ Minnesota Saints TP3 6

LEGENDS FINALS NOTEBOOK Legends AAAA Division Playoff pitching guidelines Roy Hobbs requirement is that all pitchers who will be SemiFinals starters or closers in save situations (3-run or less difference in the 8th and 9th innings) qualify for the playoffs by pitching at #1 Sacramento Royals - 6, #3 Puerto Rico Orioles - 5 least 2 innings – 6 outs or 10 hitters – during pool play. AAAA qualifier teams may not add pitchers to their lineup Championship after Pool Play concludes; however, Open Division teams may have pitchers arrive Wednesday – those pitchers much throw #2 DuPage Angels – 7, #1 Sacramento Royals - 5 5 innings or 25 hitters to qualify for the playoffs. Finally, in the playoffs, those “non-qualified” middle-inning pitchers will come to the mound from their normal defensive positions where they started the game. That is as important as the “spirit of the rule” that these non-qualified pitchers who Legends AAA Division are used as “inning-eaters” are players who ordinarily are playing other positions. SemiFinals And, please remember that any players leaving the RHWS today (Monday) to return on Thursday MUST turn in their #8 Chicago Giants – 8, #5 PSOF Rangers - 2 player ID Card and re-check in upon their return. They must return before the quarterfinals of the playoffs, regardless of #6 Huntsville Dirtbags – 6, #2 Salty Dogs - 3 division. Managers should email a list of their qualified pitchers to Championship [email protected] by 7 p.m. the night before their playoffs begin. v v v #6 Huntsville Dirtbags – 17, #8 Chicago Giants - 8 see NOTEBOOK on page 7

Legends AA Division SemiFinals #1 Omaha Indians – 14, #4 Minnesota Bandits - 2 #7 Orlando Blazers – 7, #11 Salem/Pitt Warlocks - 3 Championship #1 Omaha Indians – 6, #7 Orlando Blazers - 1 Legends A Division SemiFinals #4 Carolina Rockies – 10, #10 Kodak Reds - 2 #2 Midwest Pirates – 6, #6 Aurora Islanders - 3 Championship #2 Midwest Pirates – 14, #4 Carolina Rockies - 8 7 NOTEBOOK continued from page 6 Results corrections Please check the posted results and standings each day. Managers should contact Rob at the Tournament Headquarters ([email protected]) with corrections to scores. That’s the best way to make sure that playoff seedings and pairings are as accurate as we can make them. v v v Picking up T-Shirts … The tournament T-shirt is available through Friday only for all registered players outside the Roy Hobbs Store in the screened in patio at the Player Development Complex. No Shirts will be given out on Thursday or Saturday. Hours to pick up the Tournament T-shirt are from Noon to 6 p.m. With the shirt, each player will also get a tournament patch. Players will need their RHWS ID card to get their shirts in person, no exceptions. No driver’s licenses needed. v v v First Aid Two key First Aid items: Drink plenty of fluids while playing and before you get to the field; don’t just wait until the game photo by Greg Wagner is over. Water will be available at the fields. Windy City Right Fielder center fielder Filipe Martinez makes a great catch of a see NOTEBOOK on page 8 Tampa Bay Sharks fly ball 8 NOTEBOOK continued from page 7 Second, be sure to stretch and loosen up before playing, or even re-entering a game. In case of an emergency, contact the field manager at your site, or the concessions person if closer. We do have the First Aid supplies and will contact 911 services as needed. Ice is available for injuries … check with the field manager on duty or go to the nearest concession stand to have the appropriate personnel paged. Roy Hobbs requests that managers plan for pitchers needing ice for their arms and to supply it. v v v 50/50 raffle 50/50 raffle tickets, to benefit the Roy Hobbs Foundation, are available each day at the Player Development Complex. Tickets are $1 a piece or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held in the patio area at the Player Development Complex around 5 PM Friday. The Roy Hobbs Foundation was established to raise monies for research on finding a cure for Leukemia and to assist our Challenged Athlete friends. Revenues from the 2018 RHWS 50/50 led to nearly $5,000 in contributions to MD Anderson Cancer Center, St. Jude Hospital in Memphis and to Southern Florida Challenger Athletes. photo by Greg Wagner v v v Tiderwater Drillers starting pitcher Thurston Watkins vs. Midwest Pirates Please help with dugouts When your games are over and you are leaving the dugout, Roy Hobbs Baseball and the grounds crews need your help please police it for trash and cups, etc. Your assistance in in the dugouts. cleaning up the dugouts each day will be greatly appreciated.