It will be the third professional baseball organization the former Lancer and University of Virginia hurler has been with. Originally he was drafted out of college by the Chicago White Sox. With them he pitched in the major leagues for 15 innings. He hurled in four games and closed that short experience with an 0-0 record. There has been a rather intense drive to get baseball operating inside the nations bigger cities.
Basketball is the major sport on the play grounds of the major sized communities.
There is a smaller city example right here in the lap of Little League baseball. As a person drives west from Walnut Street on Little League Blvd in Williamsport they pass the home of the Maynard Little League. There is a proud sign placed on the back of the press box that reminds us the the league captured the very first Little League World Series title back in 1947. Driving past one can see there is no one playing ball on that field yet just down to the end of that block there is a very crowded hoops court where adults and young lads play that Baker League style of ball where the winner stays and the losers go back to the sidelines to wait their next turn on the court. For more years that I can add up quickly I have walked to the front fence, turned my head to the right and read the big scoreboard up on the centerfield terrace.