A wide range of baseball teams and players were represented at the November chapter meeting yesterday, from the suddenly suspect Astros to Rangers, Dodgers, Indians and San Antonio Missions.
We also saw Josh Gibson’s No. 20 jersey for the Washington Homestead Grays, sported by Jerry. Monte wore the jersey and cap for Cardenales de Lara of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. I wore a shirt featuring Ichiro Suzuki.
A dozen chapter members and guests enjoyed a Tex-Mex lunch in southwest Austin. It was the 156th consecutive month with a meeting for the chapter. We also welcomed Chuck, a Rangers fan, to the lunch. He’s a friend and a former coworker of Tom Wancho.
Topics during the lunch included the MLB awards announced earlier in the week. We also discussed the runner interference call in World Series Game 6 that loomed large at the time but probably did not change the outcome of the series. Some of us thought that the interference call was the correct call but wondered if MLB might review this rule in the off-season.
We also considered new rules for next season, including the 26-man roster through most of the season (expands to 28 in September). We also talked about the new rule requiring relief pitchers to face at least three batters or pitch to the end of an inning.
Mark your calendars for the December chapter meeting, which will be at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at County Line on the Lake (FM 2222 and Loop 360). Linda Cely plans to bring her annual holiday treats, so bring your appetites!
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