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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.
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 […]
I was born John Robert Savage on December 1, 1921 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Prior to 1939, life was quite normal and I played all sports living in a large neighborhood in Manchester. I would say there were at least 40 to 50 kids in a four square-block area. When I was about nine […]
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.
by Max Silberman The movement of baseball franchises, including those of the Boston Braves, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and Washington Senators, left millions of baseball fans without a rooting interest in a baseball team. With the exception of the Dodgers, whose fans continued to cheer for them in Los Angeles, […]
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.
Hank Wyse, the last Chicago Cubs pitcher to pitch in a World Series, died October 22nd in Salina, Oklahoma. He was 83.
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