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    Last Surviving "Boy of Summer" Praises Roger Kahn for Making Players Human

    Last Surviving "Boy of Summer" Praises Roger Kahn for Making Players Human

    One of the greatest baseball books ever written may have been tossed in a drawer and forgotten, had it not been for Dodgers pitcher, Carl...
    RIP George Yankowski, 97, Battle of the Bulge

    RIP George Yankowski, 97, Battle of the Bulge

    Just learned of the passing of George Yankowski, an Army sniper in the Battle of the Bulge who told me about the sound of bullets...
    Phillies Don Hasenmayer, 92, RIP

    Phillies Don Hasenmayer, 92, RIP

    This week America lost another Greatest Generation MLB player and U.S. Navy veteran. Don Hasenmayer made his major-league debut on May 2,...
    A Living Batboy With More Stories

    A Living Batboy With More Stories

    So, you'll be hearing more soon from another batboy, now 87, who has come forth with some wonderful accounts of Chapel Hill during WWII. ...
    Loyalty and Friendship

    Loyalty and Friendship

    Johnny Carson and Marine fighter pilot Ed McMahon were united by early military ties, long before they met and became late-night...
    Snapshot of Norfolk's Navy Team

    Snapshot of Norfolk's Navy Team

    This week archivists in Norfolk shared some amazing images I'd never seen. Eddie Robinson, (pictured in middle) turned 99 on Dec. 15. ...
    William Clay Ford, Sr., Navy Pre-Flight Sparkle

    William Clay Ford, Sr., Navy Pre-Flight Sparkle

    If you've seen the film, "Ford v. Ferrari" you understand how Ford Motor Company helped win WWII, cranking out bombers and trucks for the...
    RIP, Val Heim, 99, 1920 - 2019

    RIP, Val Heim, 99, 1920 - 2019

    Sadly Val Heim, MLB's oldest-surviving MLB player (Chicago White Sox 1942) passed away on Thursday Nov. 21. He had just celebrated his...
    Irv Noren, 94, RIP, Reflecting on the Final Stretch

    Irv Noren, 94, RIP, Reflecting on the Final Stretch

    Another Silverback has fallen. Irv Noren died two weeks shy of his 95th birthday on Nov. 15. When we spoke in March 2019, he said he did...
    Drivin' With Tommy, Happy 92nd Sept. 22

    Drivin' With Tommy, Happy 92nd Sept. 22

    Earlier this year I met Tommy Lasorda, thanks to his assistant Felipe Ruiz, who arranged a casual Sunday afternoon coffee at his local...
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