Remembering Baseball’s Dead of World War II on Memorial Day

May 30, 2010 by Gary Bedingfield · 3 Comments

We donâ€™t celebrate Memorial Day in Scotland. We have a day for military veterans in November called Remembrance Day, just like you have Veterans Day, but nothing at this time of year. I think we should. So, until our government listen to my advice and make it happen, Iâ€™m going to share yours. Obviously, when […]

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Remembering Baseball’s Heroes on VE-Day

May 9, 2010 by Gary Bedingfield · Leave a Comment

As we celebrate the 65th anniversary of VE-Day, let’s take a moment to remember the 58 professional baseball players who lost their lives in the fight against Nazi Germany. As you look through the list of names you will notice Herman Bauer, brother of Hank Bauer; Lefty Brewer, a promising young left-hander who spent some […]

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