Baseball star of yesteryear found to have hailed from here

canadiancreed · 09-18-2009, 01:02 PM

Charlottetown, The Guardian: Sports | Baseball star from yesteryear to be inducted into P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame

Pretty near find I think, to have someone that was once in the majors be from the area that you live in. Especially in an area that is not known for it's baseball talent, or even known at all.

Russ · 09-18-2009, 01:08 PM

That is cool. I came across a guy from my hometown recently. The only major leaguer from Odenton. He even died there when I was 15. Sadly, I never met him.

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BrentBlades · 09-18-2009, 01:23 PM

I found out the same thing a couple years ago. I had never heard of him (although I'm sure a lot of you have) which is surprising to me, especially considering he's from here. I didn't know anything about him until a couple years ago when they opened a new ball park with his name on it.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ermabi01.shtml

RchW · 09-18-2009, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by canadiancreed

Charlottetown, The Guardian: Sports | Baseball star from yesteryear to be inducted into P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame

Pretty near find I think, to have someone that was once in the majors be from the area that you live in. Especially in an area that is not known for it's baseball talent, or even known at all.

Is there a mechanism to get BR to correct the listing?

Edit, BTW CC are you in PEI now? I thought you were in and around SW of Ottawa?

canadiancreed · 09-18-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by RchW

Is there a mechanism to get BR to correct the listing?

Edit, BTW CC are you in PEI now? I thought you were in and around SW of Ottawa?

None that I'm aware of. Already corrected the wiki article.

And yep been year since the second quarter of this year. Combo of easier to find work and I didnt' have to work in Toronto/Ottawa to get it. Win-win.

eriqjaffe · 09-18-2009, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by canadiancreed

None that I'm aware of. Already corrected the wiki article.

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Left-handed Badger · 09-19-2009, 08:07 PM

My dad played on the same high school baseball team as a future major leaguer. Not naming names though, as I dont want to give away my exact location that easily.

(I have privacy issues)

I went to the high school at the same time as a future NFL player (though he never made it past practice squad level

)

Hurkman · 09-19-2009, 08:37 PM

Goose Goslin is buried about ten mintues from where I grew up, and spent most of his life in South Jersey. I've always enjoyed bringing that up to people who know anything about the early years of baseball.

In recent times, I've actually been in high school and college with NBA players. I went to high school with Pops Mensa-Bonsu, and college with Jason Thompson. Pops was afraid of me, for some reason, and I interviewed Jason for the Rider News, which was really cool, looking back at things.

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canadiancreed Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 11,660	Baseball star of yesteryear found to have hailed from here Charlottetown, The Guardian: Sports \| Baseball star from yesteryear to be inducted into P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame Pretty near find I think, to have someone that was once in the majors be from the area that you live in. Especially in an area that is not known for it's baseball talent, or even known at all.

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Russ All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Essex HON! Posts: 1,923 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	That is cool. I came across a guy from my hometown recently. The only major leaguer from Odenton. He even died there when I was 15. Sadly, I never met him. Babe Phelps Statistics and History - Baseball-Reference.com __________________ If you don't love Russ, you don't love America. This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

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Left-handed Badger Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: at the altar of the baseball god praying for middle infield that can catch the ball Posts: 2,036	My dad played on the same high school baseball team as a future major leaguer. Not naming names though, as I dont want to give away my exact location that easily. (I have privacy issues) I went to the high school at the same time as a future NFL player (though he never made it past practice squad level ) __________________ -Left-handed groundball specialist -Strikeouts are for wimps

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BrentBlades Minors (Double A) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Louisville Posts: 134	I found out the same thing a couple years ago. I had never heard of him (although I'm sure a lot of you have) which is surprising to me, especially considering he's from here. I didn't know anything about him until a couple years ago when they opened a new ball park with his name on it. http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...ermabi01.shtml

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Hurkman All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 762	Goose Goslin is buried about ten mintues from where I grew up, and spent most of his life in South Jersey. I've always enjoyed bringing that up to people who know anything about the early years of baseball. In recent times, I've actually been in high school and college with NBA players. I went to high school with Pops Mensa-Bonsu, and college with Jason Thompson. Pops was afraid of me, for some reason, and I interviewed Jason for the Rider News, which was really cool, looking back at things.