Tom Barker 1991

"Oohhhh mannnnnn"! Tom Barker started out on the Northwest Knights in 1985 with Dave Levin. He co-managed the team with Dave from 1986 to 1988, then singly when Dave left to join our team. After the Knights folded after the 1989 season, he joined our team. He was not a good player, I can relate many, I repeat MANY stories attesting to that fact. On a scale of 1-100 (w/1 being dead and 100 being Roy Hobbs) he rated a 15. Tom quit after an especially miserable pitching (called pitching only because he threw the ball off a mound in the general direction of home plate) performance in Elgin in 1991. On the positive side he had a good sense of humor, often laughing at the stiffs who showed up for tryouts, never realizing that they were probably laughing at him as well. But I will say that he was a fun guy to have around.

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