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A haul of ‘Hall’ books: Home Run Baker to Jesse Burkett

January 28, 2011

Intro: As previously stated, the recent election of Robert Alomar and Bert Blyleven got me to thinking: how many Hall of Famers have had books written about them or penned their own stories. Here are the results. Again, this is not an all-inclusive list; almost all juvenile titles have been omitted. Home Run Baker (Elected […]

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Happy Birthday, Home Run Baker

March 13, 2008

Almost didn’t get this one in today. John Franklin Baker was born on this date in Trappe, Maryland in 1886. I only mention his birthplace because it was also where he died 77 years later. I wonder how many people live and die in the town in which they were born? Baker spent his 13-year […]

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