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April 1, 2011 by Judy Johnson · Leave a Comment

Today is Opening Day, and many are writing on the subject.Â Opening Day is what I should be celebrating too, but Iâ€™m dwelling in the realm of spring training for a few more hours.Â Â You might call it an afterglow. Itâ€™s funny how most of us dread the end of baseball in November.Â Â Melancholy sets […]

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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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