Crawdad Chronicles 16.05- Announcing the Wall of Fame!
Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:24 pm
New Orleans GM Jim Roberts has decided that that they will honor the league by creating a Wall of Fame that will be visible to all fans during future seasons. The intent is to add no more than one person per year.
For the first selection, New Orleans Jim Roberts felt it appropriate to select a Crawdad that was on that original team in 1973, the first season in the MBBA. New Orleans went 102-60 and made it to the Landis that year, but ultimately lost to the Honolulu Typhoons. New Orleans went on to compete in the first 3 Landis series, winning one in 1974.
The one key peice to the Crawdads was the leadership. And from 1973 to 1990 Manager Jerimy Kopra was at the helm, leading New Orleans to 4 Landis championships, 7 Frick League Championships, 3 Manager of the year awards, and an overall record of 1604-1312.
New Orleans thanks Jerimy Kopra for founding this franchise, and the remarkable success during his tenure. Although most members in the future will be players who played a significant role, we felt it was important to honor the founder of our franchise for this inaugural honor.
2016 - Jerimy Kopra
2018 - Sawyer Silk
2019 - Regolio Morales
2020 - Champ Kind
2023 - Tipper Kengos
2024 - Gunga Oogolagunga
2026 - Benjamin Caldwell
2028 - Bartolo Melendez
2036 - Manuel Ramirez
2038 - Jimmy McCabe
2041 - Mark Demspey
2052 - Albert "Donkey" Martinez
2058 - Yancy Cravat
For the first selection, New Orleans Jim Roberts felt it appropriate to select a Crawdad that was on that original team in 1973, the first season in the MBBA. New Orleans went 102-60 and made it to the Landis that year, but ultimately lost to the Honolulu Typhoons. New Orleans went on to compete in the first 3 Landis series, winning one in 1974.
The one key peice to the Crawdads was the leadership. And from 1973 to 1990 Manager Jerimy Kopra was at the helm, leading New Orleans to 4 Landis championships, 7 Frick League Championships, 3 Manager of the year awards, and an overall record of 1604-1312.
New Orleans thanks Jerimy Kopra for founding this franchise, and the remarkable success during his tenure. Although most members in the future will be players who played a significant role, we felt it was important to honor the founder of our franchise for this inaugural honor.
2016 - Jerimy Kopra
2018 - Sawyer Silk
2019 - Regolio Morales
2020 - Champ Kind
2023 - Tipper Kengos
2024 - Gunga Oogolagunga
2026 - Benjamin Caldwell
2028 - Bartolo Melendez
2036 - Manuel Ramirez
2038 - Jimmy McCabe
2041 - Mark Demspey
2052 - Albert "Donkey" Martinez
2058 - Yancy Cravat