This is the grave of Pinky Higgins. Born in Red Oak, Texas in 1909, Michael Higgins, better known as Pinky although he evidently hated the nickname, was a very good baseball player. He dominated on on
This is the grave of Ed McKeever. Born in 1859 in Brooklyn, McKeever became a construction contractor. He did well and started really building his business in 1886. By 1899, he was a quite wealthy man
This is the grave of Ross Youngs. Born in 1897 in Shiner, Texas (yep, home of the famous bock), Youngs grew up fairly working class. His father had worked on the railroads, but got hurt. He wasn’
Need to take a moment to congratulate Fred McGriff on getting into the Hall of Fame. He’s kind of a marginal candidate really, but given that the Veterans Committee have let in ridiculous candid
This is the grave of Lefty O’Doul. Born in San Francisco in 1897, Francis O’Doul became a high school pitching star, known as Lefty for being, well, a lefty. He got picked up by the San Fr
This is just sad given the history of baseball among Black Americans. Looking around Memorial Stadium before Game 1 of the 1983 World Series, Philadelphia Phillies star Gary Matthews saw a lot of Blac
Need a shoutout today to the great Albert Pujols, whose last year has been a wonderful victory lap back in a St. Louis uniform. Even better, he’s returned to being a useful player in a part-time
This is the grave of Waite Hoyt. Born in 1899 in Brooklyn, Hoyt was such a great high school pitching prospect that Giants manager John McGraw signed him to a contract in 1914, when Hoyt was only 15 y