Early Look at Possible NL Pennant Match Up in Cincy

April 5, 2013 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

The baseball season is the sum of a million small parts, “millions and millions of stars” as Carl Sagan used to say. As with the cosmos, the magic of baseball is both the enchanted aggregate and its many component parts. And that is why even at this early juncture there is no shortage of excitement […]

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Walter Johnson in Weiser, Idaho in 1907

March 13, 2010 by Arne Christensen · 2 Comments

A few weeks ago I came across a book from the mid-’90s called Boise Baseball: the First 125 Years, by Arthur A. Hart. In one of the early chapters, Hart talks about Walter Johnsonâ€™s time spent playing in the semi-pro Idaho State League in 1907. Johnson was on the Weiser Kids: he was 19 years […]

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