Major League Baseball….in Altoona?

June 6, 2010 by James Forr · 2 Comments

Altoona, Pennsylvania is the kind of place Bruce Springsteen sings about â€“ a cold, gray blight, best experienced through the rear-view mirror at about 80 miles-an-hour.Â When the Pennsylvania Railroad crumbled after World War II, Altoona crashed down right along with it.Â Today, the garish lights of its endless chain restaurants and strip malls are […]

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Strasburg In Harrisburg: Altoona, April 11, 2010

April 18, 2010 by Gerry Von Hendy · Leave a Comment

Who is he? Heâ€™s a right-handed pitcher, picked first in the nation by the Washington Nationals in the 2009 draft. We know as much. He grew up in Santee, California, under his parents Jim and Kathleen Swett, and went to West Hills High School there. He then attended San Diego State University as a public […]

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