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Saturday, June 30, 2012

123. Reggie Jackson: This One's For You Mom!

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This week's post ain't about Reggie Jackson, per se, or even about baseball for that matter. This post is about my Mom, Pattie. A...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

122. Curly Williams: A Good First Impression That Lasts and Lasts

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For the second week in a row I've been fortunate to have two guest authors take the writing reins from me and highlight a player that t...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

121. Tom Woodruff: Speed on the Field, Speed in the Air

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One of my favorite baseball websites I always check in on is www.baseballinwartime.com . Writer/researcher Gary Bedingfield has created th...
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Thursday, May 31, 2012

120. Mickey Mantle: The Miner's Son Becomes A Miner

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The Yankee organization was plenty pleased with Mickey Mantle's freshman performance with the Independence Yankees. In the spring of 1...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Memorial Day 2012

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By the morning of March 4th, 1945, the boys of G Company, 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division had become hardened ...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

119. Mickey Rutner: Man On Spikes

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When I first started this blog a little over two years ago, I started receiving many requests for players to be profiled on here and give...
Friday, May 11, 2012

118. Cannonball Dick Redding: Clean livin' and a fast fastball

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When I started to watch that HBO series "Boardwalk Empire", about prohibition and crime in 1920's Atlantic City, I kept wonde...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

116. Pee Wee Reese: The Name Ain't What You Think

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My brother called me yesterday to ask me about Jackie Robinson . See, Jay's a public middle school teacher in Jersey City and he was ha...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A Little Interior Decoration

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For the rest of the month of April, the company who prints my posters has offered me a little discount which I'm passing down to anyone ...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012

114. Joe Jackson: Shoeless Joe in North Jersey

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Well, no set of Black Sox would be complete without Ol' Shoeless Joe. Often portrayed as the hapless victim of the fix, I personally b...