6
Jan
2024
Nevertheless, she persisted
923 ViewsI’ve been inspired by the story of Helene Hathaway Robison Britton for years, since I first came across of this plucky... Read More
20
Sep
2022
About that crying in baseball …
1,053 ViewsAt some point this month, it’s a good bet that the bat of Albert Pujols will meet a baseball and send... Read More
6
Apr
2018
Of Mud Hens and Swamp Angels
428 ViewsA follow up, just as baseball starts up again all over the country, because there’s always more to the story: Last... Read More
7
Jul
2017
Mud Hens and Rainbows
Tracking down the story of "ball-player" Thomas E. Clifford, one of the original Toledo Mud Hens in 1896 and my great-grandfather. Members of four of the five generations that came after him recently gathered in St. Louis for a reunion, in the shadow of a baseball field.
9
Jan
2015
Reflections of a Baseball Hall of Fame voter
693 ViewsFifteen Baseball Hall of Fame ballots have come into my south St. Louis County home since the year 2000, and my... Read More
25
Oct
2013
All’s fair in love and the World Series
719 ViewsST. LOUIS – “Mom, why do you have a Red Sox cap on your desk?” The question, posed from my 16-year-old... Read More