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KR3W:The Mark Starter Snap Back Hat in Royal, Hats for Men

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A little history - The 1980 Denver Bears

In 1980, Tim Raines won the batting title .3543. He also set the league record stealing 77 bases and tied for the league lead in triples (11).

Another terrific player, Designated Hitter Randy Bass (.333) completed the Triple Crown for the Bears, leading the league in home runs (37) and RBI (143), as well as in runs scored (106) and slugging percentage (.644).

Shortstop Jerry Manuel's (.277) big league numbers were not gigantic but he turned out to be a very successful manager.

Tim Wallach played third base for the Bears. Tim hit .281-36-124, led the American Association in total bases (295) and was second to Bass in homers, RBI and slugging percentage (.576).

Right-hander Bill Gullickson was the Denver pitcher who went on to the most successful major league career. Bill was 6'3" and 225 pounds and compiled a major league record of 162-136, 3.93.
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1993 Opening Day Lineup

Eric Young, 2b
Alex Cole, cf
Dante Bichette, rf
Andres Galarraga, 1b
Jerald Clark, lf
Charlie Hayes, 3b

Joe Girardi, c
Freddie Benavides, ss
David Nied, p
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Hanes Men's Cotton Plaid Shorts

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Does anyone wear stirrups anymore?

It was an exciting time for Don Baylor. He was named manager of the brand new National League expansion team, the Colorado Rockies.

Don Baylor played for 17 years and was in three successive World Series for three different teams. But this was different and he wanted to get everything right down to the smallest detail. He wanted these brand new Rockies to not only play good but to look good doing it. So he had passed out rules on how the uniform should look. 


One of the small details pertained to the stirrups. Players still wore stirrups back in 1993. I am not sure how many actually wear stirrups now. But the Colorado Rockies had a fine pair of stirrups to wear with a silver and purple CR on each stirrup. And one of Don's rules was that the CR had to show on the stirrups.

Don Zimmer, the Rockies new bench coach even made it a point to check Don Baylor's CR every once in a while. The Rockie's stirrups were very attractive, but the CR disappeared after that first season. Now, even the stirrups disappear on most players.