The Little Steam Engine with a Huge Legacy

September 26, 2013 by Matt Nadel · 1 Comment

Hey baseball fans! I’m sure you all know about who Cy Young is, the winningest pitcher in baseball history in a time when Major League Baseball was in its infancy. But there was a pitcher who might have been just as good and pitched even earlier than Cy did. He is in the Hall of Fame with […]

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Strasburg in Harrisburg: Start Four – An Ear to the Ground

April 28, 2010 by Gerry Von Hendy · Leave a Comment

His fourth start is on the road, in Reading. Itâ€™s a few miles too far for a comfortable day trip. This is just as well since the day of the scheduled start, Monday, April 26, a steady, soaking rain weighs the apple blossoms in my back yard and sends them snowing to the ground. These […]

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