When John Kruk Was Quiet, Slender, and Attacked by a Grandma

July 21, 2011 by Austin Gisriel · Leave a Comment

John Kruk was a skinny kid out of Keyser, West Virginia in the summer of 1981, but he had already attracted the attention of several scouts. “A great guy . . . a natural athlete,” remembers Preston Douglas, the head coach that season of the New Market Rebels, the collegiate summer team with whom Kruk […]

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My Time With Ben Chapman

March 4, 2010 by Eddie Gilley · 6 Comments

Unlike my esteemed colleagues on this website, I am not a baseball historian. I am not a professional baseball writer. Nor have I ever played the game professionally. So as you read this article, please keep that in mind. What I am however, is a life-long fan of the game of baseball. I played it […]

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