User:Woodhurst/Key West Sun Caps baseball team FSL 1971

Italic text The Key West Sun Caps baseball team, 1971, Florida State League. The games were played at Wicker Stadium in Key West, Florida. It was always hot there and the locker room was in shambles compared to Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa and the rest of the big league training camps. I had a option to play there or in a weaker A ball team in the New York Penn. league. I made my choice and headed out of Miami on a prop plane to Key West. Game time temps. were always hot for a boy that lived in Northern, Michigan. It was fun playing in all the big league parks but, as a pitcher it was very tough winning any games with this ball club. When they throw a team together that has never played one game together its tough to jell. I had some bright moments but, most were a learning experience for me and the other caps. I have a photo of the club but, not a very good one. The buses we rode on broke down on a regular basis and can remember sitting on one in the middle of know where with the everglades burning in the distance. On my right side in the bus was Nino Espinosa sleeping like a baby right through it. I should write a book about this season. D.Horton