Steve Swisher
Posted on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 @ 12:31 pm
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All of the available sources, including mine, believe Swisher managed New Orleans in 1997. That's not exactly true.
A Tree Behind Second
Posted on Monday, December 10, 2007 @ 8:05 pm
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The Charleston [WVA] Charlies were jolted a mite when they walked into Watt Powell Park in Charleston upon returning from spring training to find a huge pine tree growing directly behind second base.
Minor League Franchise Continuity
Posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 @ 9:41 pm
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I was a season ticket holder in Battle Creek. That's given me no emotional stake in the successor franchise, Great Lakes--and I rooted against the Springfield and Madison predecessor franchises when they actually existed. I've now transferred my loyalties mostly to the Lugnuts, and I root against the Loons.
Of Iron Men, and Dubuque Finances
Posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 @ 5:45 pm
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Matching iron man attempts, Bill Bauernfeind of Michigan City and Joe Schaffernoth of Paris opposed each other in both games of a Midwest League double-header, August 21.
Rick Patterson
Posted on Friday, October 12, 2007 @ 9:06 pm
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So, where are we? We still need to fill in the gap between his playing career and his managerial career (that one will be hard unless I find the information in a South Bend program), and there are a couple one-year gaps where he was likely on some team's coaching staff (I can usually solve those). The pitching coach stint looks like I miscopied something, which has happened before. Loose ends: Was he working in baseball this summer? Did Patterson really play in the minors for three years; if so, where and when? And I need a couple biographical details: What do those initials stand for? When and where was he born? (I'm betting on Mobile, probably in 1955 or thereabouts.) Finally, we still need won/lost records for the partial season at Greensboro, his collegiate teams, and the winter league stints; that will be some other year's project, methinks.
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