Remembering Babe Dahlgren: A Video Montage

March 16, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment

When I first met Matt Dahlgren, thanks to the power of Facebook, his grandfather Babe was merely the answer to a trivia question: Q: When Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games streak ended on May 2, 1939, who replaced Gehrig in the Yankees’ lineup? A: Babe Dahlgren That was the extent of my knowledge about Babe’s career […]

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Book Review: “Rumor in Town”

December 4, 2008 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment

The story of Ellsworth “Babe” Dahlgren is about more than just the life of a ballplayer. It’s about redemption, loyalty, promises made and kept, and love; love between a grandfather and grandson, between a player and his boyhood idol, and between a man and the game he fell for at age six while sitting in […]

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