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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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April 28, 2010August 3, 2017

Horenberger-Bass Still a Classic

Perhaps it wasn’t the greatest game this year, but what’s most important is that the game is played at all. The annual Horenberger-Bass Classic, a cross-town rivalry between Illinois Wesleyan University (NCAA D3) and Illinois State University (NCAA D1), saw a nice crowd and pleasant although slightly cool evening even if the final score showed the widest margin of victory […]

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March 29, 2010July 19, 2020

This Story Needs To Be Told

Forever a coach.  Despite being retired for over 10 years from his high school coaching position, Murl Bowen still finds time to demonstrate technique to a young player before a recent game.  Coach Bowen, incidentally, is the winningest high school baseball coach in history, posting 2,115 career victories before retiring from tiny Asher, Oklahoma high school in 1998. Never heard […]

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October 6, 2009August 3, 2017

A Childhood Memory

It’s interesting what can provoke a memory.  Today’s American League Central Division playoff game between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers will be the final regular season major league game played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.  The Twins will be moving to a new, outdoor stadium next season, although any playoff games this year would obviously still be at […]

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