“Article courtesy of the Baltimore Sun” By Frederick N. Rasmussen Irvin G. Hall (Age 88) Longtime Hillendale resident was an infielder with the Philadelphia Athletics.
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by Max Silberman Eddie Mayo was the 8th oldest living major leaguer when he passed away on November 28th, 2006 at the age of 96.
Barbara Lee James Jordan of Jenkintown died peacefully Tuesday, August 15, 2006.
by Max Silberman Walt Kellner died in Tucson, AZ on June 19, 2006 at the age of 77.
by Max Silberman To a real baseball fan, there is nothing quite like Opening Day! It is a time of rebirth and renewed hope. After all, this might be the year. Just before Opening Day, Barbara Heun visited the museum and shared stories about her grandfather, Davey Bishop, who might have been the best A’s […]
by Max Silberman Word has come from Auburn that Billy Hitchcock passed away April 9 at the age of 89. He had been ill for several years.
A New Beginning “This is not a sixth place ball club,” said Phillies’ new manager Pat Moran at the team’s 1915 spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. Referring to the club’s disappointing finish the previous year, Moran sensed that he had a pennant contender on his hands and knew it was his job […]
By Bob Warrington Background Baseball has always had an uneasy relationship with alcohol. In the last quarter of the 19th century when organized baseball was struggling to become established, sharply different views existed about alcohol’s place in the sport. William Hulbert, who championed the idea of forming the National League and served as its second […]
By Bob Warrington The photograph that accompanies this story was taken on 4 November 1933 and shows, from left to right, Eddie Gottleib, Connie Mack, Louis Schwartz, and Gerry Nugent. The photo’s significance derives from the reason these men were meeting. It was the eve of a momentous change in the conduct of professional […]
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