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

 We have reached the Major Bracket of the tournament. 

The Bracket features 8 teams that will engage in a double elimination tournament to narrow the field to four teams that advance to SemiFinals. Here are the Major Bracket Day 1 Results:

Team Boog 1963 (2-1)	3 - 11 - 0
Charlie's Hustlers 1964 (0-0)	1 - 10 - 2
W: Al Jackson (2-0)	L: Gary Peters (0-1)
HR: Fred Whitfield 63 (1), Ed Charles 63 (1),

In the first game we have a HUGE Upset #8 Team Boog gets Home Runs from Fred Whitefield and Ed Charles in the 3-1 victory. The Bush Division Team Boog may be a threat to the Majors. 

Team Torre 1962 (2-0)	2 - 5 - 1
Little Joes 1966 (0-0)	3 - 12 - 3
W: Frank Linzy (1-0)	L; Don Schwall (1-1)
HR:Tony Perez 66 (1), Ron Swoboda 66 (1)

#2 Seed Little Joes earn their first W of the Tournament

Team Davey J 1967 (0-0)	4 - 9 - 3
Team Mad Hits Carew 1968 (0-0)	1 - 8 - 1
W Jim Nash (1-0)	L: Tom Seaver (0-1)
HR: George Scott 67 (1)

Jim Nash outduels Tom Seaver! the Davey J come up with a big Win over Mad Hits. 

1967 Topps Jim Nash

Bench No Drips 1969 (0-0)	0 - 5 - 2
Oliva's Army 1965 (0-0)	1 - 6 - 0
W: Wally Bunker (1-0)	L: Jerry Koosman (0-1)
HR: none

Wally Bunker tosses the tournaments first Shutout giving Tony's Cronies a narrow 1-0 Win. Tough day for for Jerry Koosman in hard luck loss. Turns out Al Jackson now 2-0 was the best Mets pitcher of the day. 

Thats it for our opening round Our next posting will feature the Winners and Elimination Brackets to determine who goes to the Semis

Round 2 Winners Bracket

The four Winners from the opening bracket now meet to determine the first 2 teams to advance to the 1960s Semis

Team Boog 1963 (3-1)	1 - 10 - 3
Oliva's Army 1965 (1-0)	4 - 12 - 3
W: Bill McCool (1-0)	L: Dean Chance (1-2)
HR: Tony Conigliaro 65 (1), Mike Brumley 65 (1)

Tony Oliva's Army becomes the first team to advance to the Semis with a Homer from another Tony (Conigliaro) and one from Mike Brumley. 

Team Davey J (1-0)	2 - 6 - 1
Little Joes 1966 (1-0)	6 - 7 - 0
W: Marcenio Lopez (1-0)	L: Woody Fryman (0-1)
HR: Tony Perez 66 (2), Curt Blefary 66 (1), Sonny Jackson 67 (1)

Tony Perez with his 2nd Home Run in as Many Games sends the Little Joes to the Semis as the #1 Seed. 

Team Boog and DaveJ are still in the mix, they will get a second shot in our next post after we resolve the elimination half of this round. 

On Deck

The Pitching matchups for the Elimination Bracket are as follows:

Bench No Drips 1969 (0-1)	Stan Bahnsen (0-0)
Charlie's Hustlers 1964 (0-1)	Ray Culp (0-0)
Team Mad Hits 1968 (0-1)	Dick Hughes (0-0)
Team Torre 1962 (2-1)	Jack Curtis (1-0)