TCBA Yearbook

TCBA Member Profile

INDEX

Seasons
1902  1903 
1904
1905  1906  1907 1908  1909  1910

1911  1912  1913
1914  1915  1916 1917  1918  1919

1920

1921  1922  1923
1924  1925  1926 1927  1928  1929

1930  1931  1932
1933  1934  1935 1936  1937  1938
1939

1940  1941  1942
1943  1944  1945 1946  1947  1948
1949

1950  1951  1952
1953  1954  1955 1956  1957  1958
1959

1960  1961  1962
1963  1964  1965 1966  1967  1968
1969

1970  1971  1972
1973  1974  1975 1976  1977  1978
1979

1980  1981  1982
1983  1984  1985 1986  1987  1988
 1989 

1990  1991  1992
1993  1994  1995 1996  1997  1998
1999

2000  2001  2002
2003  2004  2005 2006  2007  2008
 2009 

2010  2011  2012
2013  2014  2015 2016  2017  2018
  2019  

2020  2021  2022
2023  2024  2025 2026  2027  2028
   2029    

Miscellaneous
Foreword 1
Foreword II
Introduction
The Ad
The Letter
The Test
First Newsletter
Yesterday
Gold
Origins

TCBA Almanac

GARY SIBLEY

52 year old Auditor with the U.S. Naval Audit Service

Ashburn, Virginia

Birdsnest Bombers/Rapidan Rapids/Wilderness Wraiths

      The Harbor Beach franchise was acquired at the end of the 1990 season. In 1990, the team played without an owner pending my return to the United States and settling in before taking on the responsibility for the Bombers, my second TCBA franchise. Ironically, 1990 was the team’s best season, and it reached the final playoff series before being beaten by Scranton for the championship. Because I took over just after the regular season, I was able to manage the team in the face-to-face playoffs in Lancaster, 1991. To date this has been the only Birdsnest playoff experience in TCBA AL. The franchise name came from the street of my residence, Birdsnest Place, and “Bombers” just seemed to fit.

      I don’t think anyone could forget Lancaster 1992, when all 20 managers were together for an outstanding experience, accentuated by our first live rookie auction. What a success! The following year, my wife accompanied me to Lancaster and after meeting the gang, she gained an important appreciation for my hobby and an understanding of my enthusiasm. Our life together became even better than before. Thinking about it, the TCBA experience itself is hard to top.

      Trading to Oblivion:  Can anyone top this? Within four years, Birdsnest traded away Kirby Puckett, Tony Gwynn, Randy Johnson, Jeff Bagwell, and Matt Williams. One could write a book! Fortunately, the beauty of TCBA is that one doesn’t have to be particularly good, smart, or lucky to have a ton of fun.

 

 

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