COSMIC BASEBALL ASSOCIATION Season 2001 Wonderland Warriors

Team Roster


	*Nana Yaa Asantewaa*	Ashanti Warrior Queen Mother of Ejisu who fought for the independence of Ghana.	Utility

	Vernon Baker	Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Congressional Medal of honor Winner and World War II hero.	Pitcher

	Esther Blake	Staff Sergeant. U.S. Air Force. First Enlisted Women in the USAF.	Centerfield

	Jeremy Boorda	Admiral, U.S. Navy. Chief of Naval Operations.	Pitcher

	Omar Bradley	General of the U.S. Army First Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff	Secondbase

	William Calley	Lieutenant, U.S. Army. Platoon commander during the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.	Pitcher

	Hernando Cortes	Spanish Conquistador. Conquered the Aztec Empire of Mexico.	Rightfield

	Crazy Horse	American Indian Warrior Played a key role in destroying William J. Fetterman's brigade at Fort Phil Kearny in 1867; also helped attack a surveying party sent into the Black Hills by Custer in 1873.	Infield

	Moshe Dayan	General, Israeli Defense Force Israel's Minister of Defense during the Six-Day War, 1967.	Thirdbase

	Vo Nguyen Giap	General, North Vietnamese Army Deputy prime minister, minister of defense, and commander in chief of the armed forces of North Vietnam.	Leftfield

	Che Guevara	Latin American Guerilla Warrior Aleader of the 1956-59 Cuban Revolution; in 1965 left Cuba to set up guerrilla force in Bolivia, where he was isolated and killed in October 1967.	Pitcher

	David Hackworth	Colonel, U.S. Army Considered one of the most decorated living soldiers: 2 Distinguished Service Crosses, 10 Silver Stars, 8 Bronze Stars, 8 Purple Hearts.	Centerfield

	Kara Hultgreen	Lieutenant, U.S. Navy First female fighter pilot killed after the U.S. Department of Defense Risk Rule was rescinded. She was killed while making a landing on an aircraft carrier off the coast of California.	Pitcher

	Darlene Iskra	Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy In 1990 Lt. Cmdr. Iskra becomes the first woman to assume command of a ship, the U.S.S. Opportune.	Pitcher

	*Claudia Kennedy*	Lt. General, U.S. Army In 1998 she was the first woman to become a 3-star General. In 1999 she filed a sexual misconduct complaint against Maj. Gen. Larry Smith, alleging he groped and tried to kiss her in 1996.	Outfield

	*Anatoly Kvashnin*	General, Russian Republic Army Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.	Pitcher

	Francis Marion	American Revolutionary Warrior During the U.S. war for independence, Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox" commanded guerrila warrior campaigns against Loyalists and the British.	Shortstop

	Francisco Pizarro	Spanish Conquistador Conquered the Incas of Peru.	Pitcher

	Africanus Scipio	General, Ancient Roman Army In 202 B.C. Scipio defeats Hannibal at the Battle of Zama (ending the 2nd Punic War.)	Firstbase

	SunTzu	Chinese Philosopher The King of Wu, Ho Lu, made Sun Tzu, a native of the Ch`i State, a general after having read Sun Tzu's treatise, The Art of War.	Pitcher

	Isoroku Yamamoto	Admiral, Japanese Navy Commander in Chief of the Japanese Imperial Navy and responsible for planning the attack on Pearl Harbor	Catcher

Team Staff & Management
	George Custer	General, U.S. Army Ill-fated commander of the 7th U.S. Cavalry which was defeated by the Lakota Sioux at the Battle of Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876.	Manager

	Shaka Zulu	African Warrior Chief A fierce Zulu clan ruler, historians estimate he contributed to the deaths of over one million people in southern Africa.	Coach

	*Darrell Samuel Cole*	Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps World War II hero. Congressional Medal of Honor Winner. The U.S.S. Cole, an Arleigh Burke class destroyer was named in his honor and memory.	General Manager

	Ares	Greek God of War "Most hateful to me are you of all gods on Olympus, for ever is strife dear to you and wars and fightings." [Zeus to Ares. Homer, Iliad 5.890]	Owner

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