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The Hill Valley Lightning Bolts defeated the Peoria Chiefs in the World Series for the third straight year. For the second consecutive season, by a 4 games to 2 margin. The Bolts were led by World Series by Pedro Ramos who recorded two victories for the champs. Asked after the series ended if the Chiefs could ever get past the Bolts, Peoria owner Mike Tricarico just shook his head, and offered a terse "no comment."
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The two 1961 expansion teams now have identities. On December 16, 2005, new team owner Wayne Foulke announced that his team would be named the Atlantic City Diamond Aces and join the league's Western Division. On that same date, the other new team owner Earl Johnson announced that his team would be called the Pittsburgh Crawfords and join the league's Eastern Division. Stadium plans were not immediately available for either team, but the teams did reveal their new logos, which are pictured below:
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After completing the 1960 season with the league's worst record, on December 16, 2005, the Oneonta Tigers won the 7th annual draft lottery. The Kansas City A's then won the second pick jumping past the Carolina Grays. As a result, the draft order in the first round of the draft will be: Oneonta, Kansas City, Carolina, followed by the two expansion franchises, Potomac, Des Moines, Wilmington, Mt. Pleasant, North Bend, followed by the World Series loser, and then the World Series winner.
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Table to determine
1st pick in the 1961 draft.
Based on 1st 2 digits of the |
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1st Pick
Table – First 2 digits of 4 digit Lottery number |
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North Bend |
3% |
22 |
52 |
89 |
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4% |
09 |
28 |
43 |
88 |
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Mt. Pleasant |
6% |
20 |
32 |
42 |
50 |
76 |
77 |
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7% |
00 |
06 |
31 |
38 |
41 |
67 |
72 |
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9% |
14 |
21 |
36 |
48 |
59 |
68 |
73 |
74 |
94 |
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10% |
26 |
27 |
47 |
51 |
55 |
58 |
66 |
69 |
91 |
96 |
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13% |
02 |
03 |
25 |
53 |
61 |
62 |
63 |
71 |
83 |
84 |
97 |
98 |
99 |
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Earl |
13% |
04 |
08 |
10 |
13 |
23 |
45 |
60 |
64 |
78 |
80 |
81 |
85 |
86 |
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15% |
01 |
11 |
12 |
15 |
16 |
19 |
24 |
30 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
37 |
57 |
87 |
93 |
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Oneonta |
20% |
05 |
07 |
17 |
18 |
29 |
39 |
40 |
44 |
46 |
49 |
54 |
56 |
65 |
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