Ertl 9795 LOOKING BACK 25 YEARS: WHEN THE OLYMPICS CAME TO QUAKERTOWN, Pa.  1988 Olympic Baseball

By the way, the Olympic team defeated the ACBL all-star team that night in Quakertown in front of a sold out crowd, by a score of 19-1. Starting pitcher Joe Slusarski threw 5 no-hit innings and catcher Scott Servais had 6 RBI’s. Robin Ventura chipped in with a grand slam and Tino Martinez also homered for team USA.

In order for this game to be allowed, Quakertown was required to update the lighting of the field which cost $39,000. A fund raising campaign started right away starting with this beautiful 1905  Ford Model T delivery bank.

Now this is history.

Pat Combs, LHP 1st Rd. pick by the Phillies in 1988. In his first professional season (1989) he pitched at all 4 levels in the Phillies organization, Class A Clearwater, AA Reading, AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and for the Phillies where he went 4-0 2.09. He started 31 games for the Phillies in 1990 going 10-10 with a 4.07 ERA.

Mike Fiore, OF. 15th Rd. pick by the Cardinals in 1988 out of the University of Miami. After retiring from baseball he became a staff member for sports agent Scott Boras.

Tom Goodwin, OF. 1st Rd. pick by the Dodgers in 1989. Played parts of 14 big league seasons. 369 career SB. He is currently the first base coach for the New York Mets.

Ty Griffin, 2B. 1st Rd. pick (9th overall) by the Cubs in 1988. Played 9 minor league seasons. Never played in the majors.

Tino Martinez, 1B. 1st Rd. pick by Seattle in 1988. 339 major league HRs, 192 with Yankees. Finished 2nd to Ken Griffey Jr. for 1997 AL MVP. He resigned as the Miami Marlins hitting coach on July 28, 2013. In 2014 he will be inducted into the Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame.

Bill Masse, OF. 7th Rd pick by Yankees in 1988. Managed 9 years in the minors.

Ben McDonald, RHP. Drafted 1st overall by Orioles in 1989 draft. 78-70 big league record. He threw a complete game shutout in his first major league start. He retired prematurely after rotator cuff surgery in 1998.

Mike Milchin, LHP/1B. 2nd Rd. pick by Cardinals in 1989. 3-1 career big league record. He is currently managing partner of SFX Baseball Group, now Relativity Baseball, the agency that represents Tigers pitching ace Justin Verlander and AL MVP Miguel Cabrera, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt of the Diamondbacks and Red Sox DH David Ortiz.

Mickey Morandini, 2B. 5th Rd. pick by Phillies in 1988. Played 11 big league seasons with Phillies, Cubs & Blue Jays. After coaching the Lakewood BlueClaws in 2013 he was named as bench coach for the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs for the 2014 season although rumors continue to circulate that he may join the broadcast booth of the Phillies for the upcoming season..

Charley Nagy, RHP. 1st Rd. pick of Cleveland Indians in 1988. 129 big league wins in 14 big league seasons. He was pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks for past 3 seasons but was fired at the end of the 2013 season.

Jim Poole, LHP. 9th Rd. pick by Dodgers in 1988. Relief pitcher spent parts of 11 seasons in the majors from 1990-2000. He was the losing pitcher in Game 6 of the 1995 World Series when David Justice hit a 6th inning homerun and the Braves defeated the Indians by a 1-0 score and won the World Series 4 games to 2.

Doug Robbins, C. Orioles 10th Rd. pick in 1988.

Scott Servais, C. 3rd Rd. pick by Astros in 1988. Played 11 big league seasons mostly with the Astros and Cubs. He is currently the assistant general manager for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Dave Silvestri, SS. 2nd Rd. pick by Astros in 1988. 336 career at bats over 8 big league seasons. He managed 2 seasons of minor league baseball.

Joe Slusarski, RHP. 2nd Rd. pick of the Oakland A’s in 1988. 13-21 career record over 7 seasons.

Eddie Zosky, SS. 1st Rd. pick by Blue Jays in 1989. Played briefly in the majors during the 1990’s.

Ed Sprague, 3B. 1st Rd. pick of Blue Jays in 1988. 152 career HR, 36 in 1996 for Toronto. His father was a big league pitcher in the late 60’s and early 70’s. He has been the baseball coach at Pacific University since 2004.

Robin Ventura, 3B. 1st Rd. pick by White Sox in 1988. In 1987 he had an NCAA record 58 game hitting streak while playing at Oklahoma State. He had a 16 year big league career with 294 HR, 18 of them grand slams. He also won 6 Gold Gloves at third base. He is the current manager of the Chicago White Sox.

Ted Wood, OF. 1st Rd. pick of Giants in 1988. Played briefly in the majors from 1991-1993 and played professional baseball in China and Korea for several years.

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