No history of the NSAA can be complete without a mention of perhaps our most memorable year, 1971. We were playing along on both the upper and lower fields at Glendale College until, on June 28, we got booted off both because of spring football practice. We then tried one night over at Eagle Rock park which turned into a disaster. It was time to abort.
But fear not, one of our regulars, the Creeper, who was an occansional customer at Niki’s bar down on Broadway in Glendale, stepped in and was able to schedule us some games where we'd represent Niki's vs. other bars and restaurants around town, all played on the weekends. Recently, a pile of the Niki's scoresheets appeared in my basement which contained 15 of the 18 contests. I suspect the missing 3 were the first 3 because it didn't occur to us to keep stats until game four. So here are the 18 game results and then individual stats for the 15 games we have. The record shows us going 16-2. |
DATE | NIKIS | OPPONENT | THEM |
06/20 | 24 | CHURCHILLS | 5 |
06/27 | 14 | LA FONDA | 2 |
07/03 | 19 | LA FONDA | 7 |
07/11 | 19 | GLENDALE YMCA | 14 |
dh | 12 | GLENDALE YMCA | 7 |
07/18 | 20 | CHURCHILLS | 16 |
dh | 3 | CHURCHILLS | 2 |
07/25 | 19 | THE DEN | 5 |
08/01 | 12 | TOP HAT | 3 |
08/08 | 13 | GLENDALE P.O. | 5 |
08/15 | 4 | TONYS BAR | 1 |
08/22 | 18 | E J's | 6 |
dh | 16 | E J'S | 1 |
08/29 | 7 | TONYS BAR | 5 |
09/05 | 11 | THE DEN | 15 |
09/12 | 12 | THE NEW DEN | 3 |
09/19 | 7 | VAGO HILLS BOWL | 14 |
PLAYER | GAMES | AT BAT | HITS | PCT | RBI | H/R |
TOM K | 15 | 60 | 32 | .533 | 24 | 5 |
BOBBY | 11 | 19 | 10 | .526 | 9 | 2 |
CREEPER | 15 | 60 | 30 | .500 | 14 | 2 |
BENNIE | 7 | 30 | 15 | .500 | 9 | 1 |
DAVE P | 15 | 63 | 28 | .444 | 21 | 5 |
NEIL B | 6 | 18 | 8 | .444 | 6 | 1 |
BILL F | 14 | 46 | 20 | .435 | 10 | 1 |
DICK JOY | 13 | 45 | 17 | .377 | 9 | 0 |
COMMISH | 15 | 54 | 20 | .370 | 6 | 0 |
RONNIE | 15 | 54 | 18 | .333 | 11 | 2 |
FRANK M | 10 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 1 | 0 |
JACK W | 15 | 46 | 15 | .326 | 11 | 2 |
BOOMER | 11 | 37 | 12 | .324 | 5 | 1 |
RICH G | 4 | 16 | 5 | .312 | 5 | 0 |
ROSS B | 5 | 16 | 5 | .312 | 5 | 0 |
PETE K | 7 | 10 | 3 | .300 | 2 | 0 |
TEAM | 15 | 589 | 243 | .413 | 148 | 22 |