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September 8, 2010September 3, 2019

Sweet Auburn and the Kings

Sweet Auburn and the Kings Blog

Reading time:  4 minutes The neighborhood wasn’t alluring in a touristy sort of way.  Despite those including myself that flocked there in respect of one of the greatest Americans ever born, there were plenty of locals living a dream I would label a nightmare. “Buy me a cheese sandwich, just one cheese sandwich,” she uttered. I’m disappointed now that I […]

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August 17, 2010August 3, 2017

A Shot I Still Hear

My dad was barely eight years old when the ball cleared the fence, but Bobby Thomson’s ‘Shot Heard ‘Round The World’ in 1951 was a moment that stayed with him his entire life, one that ended earlier this year. For Thomson, he too died this past Monday, ironically in Savannah, Georgia where HE lived and I was married. That fact […]

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June 16, 2010August 3, 2017

Always a Champion

Looking at the photo, I wonder if it was the highlight moment of his challenging life, a moment filled with elation, devoid of worry. Barely 18 years old, he and his teammates are celebrating an undefeated Iowa state baseball championship, a 1-0 victory over West Waterloo on June 8, 1961. Sporting his #7 uniform number, he batted third and played […]

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June 7, 2010December 4, 2020

A Backstop of Memories

A Backstop of Memories Baseball

(Solon, Iowa)  –  A chain link fence sits just beyond second base.  There was a time years ago when that barrier was a temporary snow fence, erected in the fall to keep football fans from entering the stadium anywhere other than the main gate. Just beyond that fence is a set of bleachers for the visiting team’s fans, most eventually witnessing defeat as […]

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