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Starkes of Enjambre Honored, LRB-LF's Best Manager Friday, September 10th , 1897 Tony Starkes celebrated a successful season with the Samalayuca Enjambre by hosting team officials and select media at a Samalayuca area first-class eatery. But when he first came to town, the 1897 Liga Fronteriza Manager of the Year was met with a good measure of skepticism. "Very few people believed in our ballclub when I got here. It just goes to show you that a bunch of talented ballplayers playing together can make any old manager a genius," a modest Starkes joked, not fully recognizing his own stature in the baseball community. However, baseball journalists duly noted his managerial skill as he skippered the Enjambre to a 77-43 record this year and a first place finish in the Liga Fronteriza División Chihuahua. |
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