Branch Rickey: Utmost Loyalty or Vehement Dislike

August 23, 2013 by Bob Hurte · 1 Comment

I have been enjoying the fine bio “Branch Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman by Lee Lowenfish. While doing so, an internal debate has erupted in my mind. The object of discussion is the polarized feelings of those from his baseball life. Certain members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, such as Rogers Hornsby, and Ralph […]

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I Miss My Friend Nellie King

July 4, 2013 by Bob Hurte · Leave a Comment

I can remember it as if it were yesterday. The family and I had returned from a “cook-out,” and my wife Barbara noticed a message on the answering machine. She informed me that it was from “one of those baseball people.” I should explain that I am a member of SABR (Society of American […]

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