Specs
Posted on Friday, February 6, 2009 @ 8:44 pm
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The Umpire Cards--really they were repurposed Player Cards--were maintained by The Sporting News from around 1910 to about 1985. All the umpire cards are available on Retrosheet; the TSN player cards are not available anywhere.
Next Time, Go by Thumb (1968)
Posted on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 12:01 am
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Catcher Carl[ton] Fisk of the Waterloo (Midwest) Hawks missed the team bus for a trip to Appleton, Wis., so he decided to hitch-hike.
Ump Simon Has a Picnic and Sits Down on the Job (1966)
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 11:01 pm
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Tom Simon, veteran showman of the Midwest League's umpire staff, pulled some new tricks here, August 22.
Vincennes to Canton, June 1952
Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
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Although Vincennes was a contender for the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League pennant for the first time in three years, the attendance was so disappointing that General Manager Bob Rouse decided to transfer the franchise to Canton, Ill., June 6.
Gruenwald Bows Out (1965)
Posted on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 @ 7:21 pm
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[Midwest League president James] Gruenwald said he wanted to devote more time to private life and his vice-presidency of the Davenport Bank and Trust Company.
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