Doug Loman--1985
With the sun traversing across the
Chattanooga sky on Sunday afternoon,
the shadows chased another scout and
myself all over AT&T Ballpark as we
watched the Birmingham Barons and
Chattanooga Lookouts. Shade was of a
premium and with a six-hour drive to
follow the game, I really didn't want the
sun to beat me down.
It was in the shadows behind home plate
where I met Doug Loman. He, along with
his wife, were there to see his son Seth
play for the Barons. A first baseman for
Birmingham, the younger Loman had a
day for his folks, belting two solo home
runs as Birmingham downed the
Lookouts, 14-7.
Doug Loman asked the other scout and
myself our affiliations and when I
mentioned that I scout with the Brewers,
he chimed in that he played for
Milwaukee in the 1980s. The other scout
and I pulled out trusty iPhones to look up
his stats.
Sure enough, records show that Loman
did as he said, grab a couple of cups of
coffee.
Having never played professional
baseball myself, I inquired about his
career highlight and Loman gladly
obliged.
A September call-up in 1984 after hitting
.324 for Triple-A, Vancouver of the
Pacific Coast League; Loman was
gathering significant playing time for
Brewer manager Rene Lacheman.
It was September 23, 1984 and Loman
related how after going 0-for-3 against
Blue Jay right-hander Luis Leal the wind
at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium suddenly
picked up when he led off the top of the
7th inning. Facing Toronto reliever Roy
Lee Jackson, Loman would connect on
his first big league home run. The
lefty-swinger would follow it up two
innings later with another home run, this
time off rookie southpaw Jimmy Key.
With tongue-in-cheek, Loman proceeded
to acknowledge that his career went
downhill from there, as the pair of home
runs on that September day would be
the only two long balls of his career.
All totalled, the former 2nd round pick of
the Brewers would hit .246 in 46 big
league games during the 1984-85
seasons.
I congratulated him on his highlight, as
his two homers were two more than I
ever hit.
Then we proceeded to watch his son
Seth play long ball versus the Lookouts,
hitting two home runs, in an eerie
coincidence.
Editor's Note: I enjoyed hearing of
Loman's career highlight. He's a nice
man, who is a pastor in Las Vegas.
(8/15/11)
Chattanooga sky on Sunday afternoon,
the shadows chased another scout and
myself all over AT&T Ballpark as we
watched the Birmingham Barons and
Chattanooga Lookouts. Shade was of a
premium and with a six-hour drive to
follow the game, I really didn't want the
sun to beat me down.
It was in the shadows behind home plate
where I met Doug Loman. He, along with
his wife, were there to see his son Seth
play for the Barons. A first baseman for
Birmingham, the younger Loman had a
day for his folks, belting two solo home
runs as Birmingham downed the
Lookouts, 14-7.
Doug Loman asked the other scout and
myself our affiliations and when I
mentioned that I scout with the Brewers,
he chimed in that he played for
Milwaukee in the 1980s. The other scout
and I pulled out trusty iPhones to look up
his stats.
Sure enough, records show that Loman
did as he said, grab a couple of cups of
coffee.
Having never played professional
baseball myself, I inquired about his
career highlight and Loman gladly
obliged.
A September call-up in 1984 after hitting
.324 for Triple-A, Vancouver of the
Pacific Coast League; Loman was
gathering significant playing time for
Brewer manager Rene Lacheman.
It was September 23, 1984 and Loman
related how after going 0-for-3 against
Blue Jay right-hander Luis Leal the wind
at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium suddenly
picked up when he led off the top of the
7th inning. Facing Toronto reliever Roy
Lee Jackson, Loman would connect on
his first big league home run. The
lefty-swinger would follow it up two
innings later with another home run, this
time off rookie southpaw Jimmy Key.
With tongue-in-cheek, Loman proceeded
to acknowledge that his career went
downhill from there, as the pair of home
runs on that September day would be
the only two long balls of his career.
All totalled, the former 2nd round pick of
the Brewers would hit .246 in 46 big
league games during the 1984-85
seasons.
I congratulated him on his highlight, as
his two homers were two more than I
ever hit.
Then we proceeded to watch his son
Seth play long ball versus the Lookouts,
hitting two home runs, in an eerie
coincidence.
Editor's Note: I enjoyed hearing of
Loman's career highlight. He's a nice
man, who is a pastor in Las Vegas.
(8/15/11)
