Fox’s 3 Consecutive Walk-Offs May Be a First, But Albers’ Brilliant Debut Shares Top Billing

August 8, 2013 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

It does not happen this way often when two ultra-heroic events divide attention about deadline time. When it does, one deals. Jake Fox made the first bid for attention when the Somerset, NJ (Atlantic League) designated hitter collected walk-off hits in three consecutive games. We do not know if it has ever been done before, […]

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Pan American Gold for Team USA May Depend On Continued Work of Atlantic Leaguer Andy Van Hekken

October 20, 2011 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

Despite all of its world-wide baseball success, including the Olympic Games, the United States has not won a gold medal in the Pan American Games in 44 years (1967). Team USA set off its latest bid to capture the title as we were putting this column together Thursday, and if it is to be successful […]

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