Former Vancouver Mounties outfielder and longtime major league coach Joe Nossek died on February 12 at the age of 85 after a brief illness.
Joe Nossek, former Vancouver Mounties outfielder and longtime MLB coach, dies at 85
But What Do I Know? . . . First Montreal Expos home game, Russell Martin, James Paxton, Paul Hodgson
My weekly observations and notes about some Canadian baseball stories: · Fifty years ago today, the first regular season Major League Baseball game was played on Canadian soil when the Montreal Expos took on the St. Louis Cardinals in front of 29,184 fans at Jarry Park. With his three-run home run in the... Continue Reading →
Joe Nossek recalls special night in Vancouver in 1968
As a rookie with the Minnesota Twins in 1965, he played alongside Harmon Killebrew and registered hits off of Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale in the World Series. Later as a coach, he helped restrain George Brett in the infamous pine tar game, was one of the first to shake Hank Aaron’s hand after the... Continue Reading →