Colorizing Early St. Louis Baseball: Rube Waddell – Once a St. Louis Brown

Rube Waddell was born George Edward Waddell on October 13, 1876, in Bradford, Pennsylvania. From 1897 to 1910 he played Major League Baseball, with his final years in St.Louis. 1898 1899 Columbus 1…

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"Ben Caffey, an organizer with the group, said members plan to form a nonprofit that would lease the ballfields from the city and run the type of youth baseball and softball programs there that served thousands of Kirkwood kids since it first opened in the 1960s. The group is inviting potential volunteers and donors to a meeting Thursday at Kirkwood American Legion Hall at 7 p.m."
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Kirkwood group hoping to reopen old ball fields seek donors, volunteers, ideas

The group plans to install temporary restrooms and other facilities at the ball fields with a goal to resume sports programs there as early as summer of 2025.

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