CBA Towaco Wolfpack Page

Kevin Gibson is a retired rural letter carrier for the USPS in Towaco, NJ. He has served as Sr. Asst. State Steward in his union for 10 years and is serving as an Executive Committeeman on the NJ State Board for 6 years. He is a local steward in his office and has managed to juggle wearing all these hats along with raising a family. Anita and Kevin have been married 21 years and have a son in high school named Liam and a daughter in middle school named Dana. Kevin has been playing strat since 1982 first in a dice and card league along with Steve Adler from the N.J. Beatles and is presently in the TSL league based in Northern NJ being one of the leagues founding members. He is a member of the TSL Rules Committee, Trade Council and serves as the League Transaction Recorder. He has won one championship in the TSL out of two trips to the World Series.

Kevin is a Mets fan who started out as a Yankee fan. His favorite player growing up was Mickey Mantle and he still remembers his dad taking him to his first big league game Red Sox vs. Yankees. Dad was a life long Sox fan. Ted Williams was still playing and the field was the greenest and biggest field he had ever seen. Kevin rooted for the Yankees until Mantle retired but he was also following this team in Queens that was losing alot but was also fun to watch. By 1969 the Yankees were no longer his team as the Mets were the best. It should be of some interest to our Canadian brothers in the CBA that Kevin is also a big hockey fan. The NJ Devils have been his team since arriving here from Colorado. He is a member of the SUDS fantasy hockey league where you name your team after your favorite beer. His team the Sam Adams Snipers has won 3 Silver Cups in their ten team league and been to the finals 5 times. Kevin is a long suffering Jets fan as well and is hoping for a Super Bowl appearance sometime in the neart future. Kevin is an avid gamer and reader and loves hiking as well as X-country skiing.

Towaco needed to hit the reset button after losing to Joliet in the 2016 CBA playoffs. The starting staff dropped off precipitously after Syndergaard, Hill and Estrada with Hill having only half a season of starts. James Shield pitched way over his head to keep us in contention for a wild card spot until the final block, but the Wolfpack's prospects for the 2018 season were looking rather bleak with Syndergaard going down early, Estrada struggling, Friedrich a bust and Liriano looking finished. There were some bright spots looking ahead. A decent season for M. Clevinger and optimism with R. Lopez's upside but as the season reached July we felt we needed to deal away some of our aging players for picks in order to set us up for a better and brighter 2018 and beyond. We decided to move aging veterans J. Blanton , J. Reyes, M. Prado , and C. Torres as well as a younger P. Alvarez who was strictly a DH and didn't fit into our plans. In return we acquired B. Peacock who can start or relieve and higher picks that we used to draft B. McKay, N. Karns, M. Gonzales, R. Bleier, Y. Escobar and C. Joseph. We also added pitchers J. Faria, R. Tepera and N. Vincent as well as C. Asuaje-2B in the early rounds of the draft.

The 2018 CBA season will see a Towaco starting staff of Cobb, Hill, Peacock, Clevinger, Karns and Estrada while mixing in youngsters Faria, Lopez, and Gonzales. Additionally we'll have a veteran bullpen of Bleier, Cecil, Tepera, Fields, Baez, and Vincent with Kintzler and Rodney closing. "Thor" will be on the bench this season but Towaco fans are expecting him to rebound in a big way to be our ace in 2019.

Paul Goldschmidt-1B leads a talented group of regulars this season such as T. Shaw-3B, C. Seager-SS, C. Yelich-CF, N. Mazara-RF, R. Martin-C , C. Asuaje-2B, C. Gomez-OF and the outstanding surprise breakout player of 2017 Tommy Pham-OF. Towaco plans on shaking things up in Staub this year with a good mix of power and speed and with the aid of a veteran bench that includes L. Duda, Y. Escobar, C. Utley, and R. Rivera along with youngsters T. Hernandez and F. Barreto. This is a team that should contend for a playoff spot if they play to their potential. There are quite a few pitchers that have spots in big league rotations for this MLB season. If things play out the way I hope they will and the young guys start to develop, then there should be quite a lot of competition for starting pitcher jobs next year. If we're in contention come July we may be adding players to get us into the playoffs thru trades. I'm hoping that happens. I've done my part now it's up to them!

Kevin Gibson-Towaco Wolfpack's total record since 2011

wins losses win % runs runs vs diff team bat opp bat HR team HR Opp

Owner/Manager Kevin Gibson Fyrewolfg@msn.com	Location: Towaco, New Jersey, USA
From 1997-03-01 to 1997-10-30	Eric Bloss	Parma, Ohio, USA
From 1998-01-01 to 2004-07-20	Mike Johnson	Mexico, Missouri, USA
From 2004-07-20 to 2011-02-01	Rick Schneider	Allentown, PA, USA
*From 2011-02-20 to Present*	Kevin Gibson	Towaco, NJ, USA
Name and Location
Year	Location
1997-03-01	Hooterville Canonball
1999-03-01	Kansas City A's
2005-03-01	Allentown Senators
*2011-2-20*	Towaco Wolfpack

TWR 2011	91	71	0.562	745	624	121	0.257	0.242	146	146
TWR 2012	71	91	0.438	582	751	-169	0.228	0.277	122	136
TWR 2013	89	73	0.549	791	659	132	0.261	0.244	174	181
TWR 2014	103	59	0.636	797	589	208	0.273	0.236	220	161
TWR 2015	92	70	0.568	711	600	111	0.26	0.225	130	160
TWR 2016	102	60	0.63	788	563	225	0.26	0.221	191	162
TWR 2017	81	81	0.5	739	759	-20	0.243	0.246	174	198
TWR 2018	104	58	0.642	829	629	200	0.252	0.234	220	161
TWR 2019	100	62	0.617	703	588	115	0.241	0.238	198	149
1458 games	833	625	0.571

RECORD			RUNS			BAT AVG		HOME RUNS
Team	WON	LST	PCT	TEAM	OPP	DIFF	TEAM	OPP	TEAM	OPP
HCR 1997	77	85	.475	653	660	-7	.258	.255	126	154
KAC 1998	54	108	.333	593	874	-281	.240	.274	147	198
KAC 1999	61	101	.377	514	711	-197	.236	.252	87	162
KAC 2000	75	87	.463	766	777	-11	.270	.254	185	163
KAC 2001	88	74	.543	764	690	74	.267	.248	153	192
KAC 2002	79	83	.488	738	734	4	.250	.259	163	181
KAC 2003	88	74	.543	720	666	54	.254	.250	145	142
KAC 2004	87	75	.537	835	763	72	.268	.268	191	181
KAC 2005	76	86	.469	782	778	4	.272	.265	139	182
ANC 2006	67	95	.414	646	790	-144	.253	.270	138	195
ANC 2007	66	96	.407	670	810	-140	.266	.275	102	176
ANC 2008	80	82	.494	725	734	-9	.275	.275	123	170
ANR 2009	79	83	.488	686	760	-74	.258	.260	112	156
ANR 2010	77	85	.475	731	769	-38	.274	.266	113	162
TWR 2011	91	71	.562	745	624	121	.257	.242	146	146
TWR 2012	71	91	.438	582	751	-169	.228	.277	122	136
TWR 2013	89	73	.549	791	659	132	.261	.244	174	181
TWR 2014	103	59	.636	797	589	208	.273	.236	220	161
TWR 2015	92	70	.568	711	600	111	.260	.225	130	160
TWR 2016	102	60	.630	788	563	225	.260	.221	191	162
TWR 2017	81	81	.500	739	759	-20	.243	.246	174	198
TWR 2018	104	58	.642	829	629	200	.252	.234	220	161
TWR 2019	100	62	.617	703	588	115	.241	.238	198	149

Totals	1887	1839	.506	16508	16278	230	.257	.254	3499	3868