
Tag: baseball

This is the grave of Burleigh Grimes. Born in 1893 in Emerald, Wisconsin, Grimes grew up in an athletic family. His father, a farmer and laborer, was a former baseball player at the local level and ta
This is the grave of Lou Gorman. Born in 1929 in Providence, Rhode Island, Gorman was a huge baseball fan. He played high school ball at La Salle Academy, the city’s most prominent Catholic scho

This is the grave of Lou Gehrig. Born in 1903 in Manhattan, Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig was the son of German immigrants. His father was a drunk sheet-metal worker who sometimes worked. His mother was a ma
Welp, that was fun while it lasted for…a weekend. Two MLB games Monday night are being postponed because of an outbreak of the coronavirus among the Miami Marlins. The Marlins’ home opener

This is the grave of Dom DiMaggio. Born in San Francisco in 1917, DiMaggio of course grew up in the one of the nation’s great baseball families. His brother Joe was simply one of the greatest hi
This is the grave of Eddie Waitkus. Born in 1919 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Waitkus was the son of Lithuanian immigrants. A very skilled baseball player, he started playing professionally in 1938, w

This is the grave of Bobby Doerr. Born in 1918 in Los Angeles, Doerr was given his middle name of Pershing after John J. Pershing, World War I general. Doerr generally did a better job of chasing down
This is the grave of John McSherry. Born in 1944 in New York City, McSherry became a Major League umpire in 1971, working the National League. He was very successful at the job. His first National Lea
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