My weekly Canadian baseball news and notes "But What Do I Know?" column discusses Nick Pivetta, Matt Brash, Cade Smith, Nolan Ryan and Willie Upshaw.
But What Do I Know? . . . Nick Pivetta, Cade Smith, Michael Soroka, Jacob Robson, Willie Upshaw
Graney star of prominent National Baseball Hall of Fame photo that features who’s who of Cooperstowners
In a historic photo displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame that features Ty Cobb and Cy Young, Canadian Jack Graney is the star.
Labatt Park tour a must do for baseball fans
June 7, 2022 By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada By the end of my tour at Labatt Park in London, Ont., I half expected the ghosts of Mooney Gibson, Frank Colman and Stan “Gabby” Anderson to waltz out of the backroom of the Roy McKay Clubhouse. That’s a credit to the vivid details and compelling... Continue Reading →
Cooperstowners in Canada: Rube Waddell
He was born on Friday the 13th and he died on April Fools’ Day. That somehow seems fitting for Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell, who was one of baseball’s most colourful and impulsive characters, not to mention the American League’s top left-handed pitcher during the first decade of the 20th century. In parts of... Continue Reading →