Harvey vs. Scherzer is Like Deja Vu All Over Again

August 23, 2013 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment

Tomorrow’s bout between the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers at Citi Field would most likely be ignored outside of New York and Michigan but for the anticipated match-up of two of the game’s best pitchers—24-year-old phenom Matt Harvey and 28-year-old all-but-guaranteed-to-win-the-AL Cy Young Award, Max Scherzer. Granted the Tigers don’t have anything clinched yet, […]

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Son Makes Good on Father’s Pledge

March 22, 2011 by Matt Dahlgren · 1 Comment

I recently read a story about my grandpa, Babe Dahlgren and his father Peter that Iâ€™d never heard before. After all the years spent talking with my grandpa, all the countless months researching his life and career, somehow this one slipped past me like the easiest of ground balls. The story appeared in the Minneapolis […]

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