Clemente to Manage Carlisle
Apr 26, 2022 18:20:38 GMT -6
Post by RJL-Carlisle on Apr 26, 2022 18:20:38 GMT -6
The Carlisle Thundering Herd announced that Roberto Clemente is going to retire as a player and take the helm as Carlisle's new manager for the 1973 season.
In the So-Called Real World (SCReW), of course, Clemente died in a tragic plane crash at sea. In the VBG, however, Clemente will choose to retire as a player on his own terms. He will also fulfill his dream of becoming a major-league manager. Clemente spent his almost his whole VBG career with the franchise, moving with the team to Carlisle before the 1960 season. He spent a year and a half with Iowa City, where he copped a World Series ring in 1971, before returning to the Thundering Herd in a midseason trade.
Clemente named former Carlisle relief ace Moe Drabowsky as his pitching coach. Drabowsky, who retired in 1972 in both the SCReW and VBG, is one of owner R.J. Lesch's favorite players, despite Drabowsky's penchant for practical jokes at his expense. During the press conference announcing Clemente's hiring, Lesch leaped up from his chair with a yelp, the sole of his shoe on fire.
Expect a hot time in Carlisle as the Thundering Herd, who just missed the postseason in 1971 and 1972, look to regain the 100-win form of their 1970 squad.
In the So-Called Real World (SCReW), of course, Clemente died in a tragic plane crash at sea. In the VBG, however, Clemente will choose to retire as a player on his own terms. He will also fulfill his dream of becoming a major-league manager. Clemente spent his almost his whole VBG career with the franchise, moving with the team to Carlisle before the 1960 season. He spent a year and a half with Iowa City, where he copped a World Series ring in 1971, before returning to the Thundering Herd in a midseason trade.
Clemente named former Carlisle relief ace Moe Drabowsky as his pitching coach. Drabowsky, who retired in 1972 in both the SCReW and VBG, is one of owner R.J. Lesch's favorite players, despite Drabowsky's penchant for practical jokes at his expense. During the press conference announcing Clemente's hiring, Lesch leaped up from his chair with a yelp, the sole of his shoe on fire.
Expect a hot time in Carlisle as the Thundering Herd, who just missed the postseason in 1971 and 1972, look to regain the 100-win form of their 1970 squad.