Eight Ball in the Hot Corner Pocket…and Other Research Nuggets

August 18, 2013 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment

August 30, 1915: George “Buck” Weaver is most known for being banned from baseball for life for having guilty knowledge of the 1919 World Series fix, which resulted in the banishment of eight White Sox players, including “Shoeless Joe” Jackson. But that wasn’t the first time Weaver had experienced problems due to gambling. According to […]

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All in the Cards

June 23, 2010 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment

Ozzie Smith, Lou Brock, Bob Gibson. Three names Cardinals fans and baseball enthusiasts know well. But those are just three of the Redbirds 42 Hall of Famers. What about Rabbit Maranville, Chick Hafey or Pud Galvin? Authors Greg Marecek and Myron Holtzman engage readers with story after story in “The Cardinals of Cooperstown.” Pick up […]

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Those Thrifty Milwaukeeans

February 14, 2010 by Dennis Pajot · 1 Comment

Being born and raised in Milwaukee I know we have a reputation for being thrifty, frugal, financially conservative (O.K., cheapskates!). But I found it goes back well over one hundred years. The Western League Brewers built a new park on the cityâ€™s north side at 17th and Lloyd Streets in 1895. By the next year […]

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