1960s Topps All-Star Rookie Cup Tournament - Major Bracket Elimination Round

Two teams have gotten into the Semi-Finals, The Little Joes (1966) and Oliva's Army (1968). Today we will feature four games that to establish their opponents, and eliminate four teams

Round 2 - Elimination Games. Winners get a chance to face losers of yesterdays Winners Round. Losers will be eliminated. 

Bench No Drips 1969 (0-1)	0 - 3 - 1
Charlie's Hustlers 1964 (0-1)	4 - 7 - 0
W: Ray Culp (1-0)	L Stan Bahnsen (0-1)
HR: None

In our first elimination matchup Ray Culp pitches a Shutout and Charlie's Hustlers remain alive. Bench No Drips are eliminated with a tournament record of (0-2)

Team Mad Hits 1968 (0-1)	6 - 10 - 1
Team Torre 1962 (2-1)	5 - 7 - 1
W: Dick Hughes (1-0)	L: Jack Curtis (1-1)
HR: Lee May, 68 (1) Rod Carew 68 2 (2)

Team Mad Hits get a pair of Home Runs from Rod Carew and pick up a 6-5 victory to eliminate Team Torre. 

WTA Round 

This sets up two Winner Take All games. The winners advance to the Semi-Final, while the Losers are eliminated. 

Charlie's Hustlers 1964 (1-1)	6 - 10 - 2
Team Davey J 1967 (1-1)	5 - 7 - 1
W: Gary Peters (1-1)	L: Jim Nash (1-1)
HR: Jimmie Hall 64 (1), Tommie Agee 67

Charlie's Hustler get a 6-5 Win and advance to the SemiFinals where they will face the Little Joes. 

Team Mad Hits 1968 (1-1)	2 - 6 - 1
Team Boog 1963 (3-2)	5 - 9 - 3
W - Al Jackson (3-0)	L - Tom Seaver (0 - 2)
HR: Tom Thresh 63 (2)

 In a battle of Mets pitchers we have the biggest upset of the tournament as the #8 Seed Team Boog (4-2) and Al Jackson defeat Team Mad Hits (1-2) and Tom Seaver! 5-2. 

1963 Topps #111 Al Jackson

SemiFinals

The Semi-Final Pairings are set:

Team Boog 1963 (4-2)

Oliva's Army 1965 (2-0)

Charlie's Huslers 1964 (2-1)

Little Joes 1966 (2-0)

In Our Next Posting we will find out which of these four teams will face each other in the Final