Baseball history is filled with examples of men who overcame huge obstacles to play the national pastime. One of them was most definitely a lefthanded pitcher named Lou Brissie.
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by David M. Jordan Born in 1913 in Penetanguishene, Ontario, a small town on an inlet off Georgian Bay, Phil Marchildon grew up to be the ace of the postwar Athletics pitching staff. It was not an easy climb for Phil, and his tenure at the top was to be all too brief, its […]
by Max Silberman When A’s fans mention great left-handed pitchers, the names of Lefty Grove, Eddie Plank and Bobby Shantz immediately spring to mind. When Phillie Curt Schilling struck out 300 batters for the second consecutive year in 1998, he joined an elite group of five pitchers including the A’s wacky Rube Waddell.
November 23, 1916 - November 2, 2000 Edward T. Collins, Jr., 83, of Kennett Square, former head of the history department at Episcopal Academy in Lower Merion, died of cardiac arrest Thursday at Southern Chester County Medical Center.
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