Under the Baseball Big Top

December 16, 2010 by Sam Miller · 1 Comment

Quick, look over there. You better not blink because you just might miss the best play you will ever see. For better than 40 years, that’s what folks came to expect when teams like the Indianapolis Clowns came to town. Think of the Harlem Globetrotters in their heyday. The Clowns might pull off some hijinks […]

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The Owner Was a Spy

March 8, 2010 by Jon Daly · Leave a Comment

One of the bigger Renaissance men in baseball was Mike Burke.Â And when I say Renaissance man, I donâ€™t mean that he went to fairs, got stoned and LARPed on weekends.Â He didnâ€™t need to do that.Â He was a veteran of the OSS and the CIA.Â Before that, he was a football star at […]

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