Three future Harrisburg Senators managers during the 1990s – Jim Tracy, Pat Kelly and Rick Sofield – are among the former major league players dusted off 37 years ago today as the Senior Professional Baseball Association begins its first and only full season in Florida.
At the time, Tracy is 33 years old, Kelly 34 and Sofield 32.
Eleven years to the day later, Tracy in 2000 is named the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning his 11-season run of managing in the majors with Los Angeles, Colorado and Pittsburgh.
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