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Field of Dreams Game is NOT first MLB game played in Iowa

Next week Major League Baseball will put on a spectacle in Dyersville, Iowa, when the White Sox and Yankees roll into that small farming…

3 min readAug 6, 2021

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Field of Dreams Game is NOT first MLB game played in Iowa

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Dan Holmes

The Mad Dog Saga: Four-Time Batting Champ Bill Madlock

“It’s hard for a pitcher to go nine innings with a guy like him in our lineup.” — Chuck Tanner

7 min readApr 22, 2021

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The Mad Dog Saga: Four-Time Batting Champ Bill Madlock

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Dan Holmes

When I lived and worked in Cooperstown, I enjoyed visiting Willis Monie's book shop, located on…

1 min readMar 24, 2021

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Dan Holmes

Detroit’s Opening Day Hero, Charlie Bennett

Charlie Bennett probably threw out more ceremonial first pitches than any man in baseball history. Maybe a president did it more, but it’s…

5 min readMar 17, 2021

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Detroit’s Opening Day Hero, Charlie Bennett

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Dan Holmes

Buck Weaver should be reinstated by Major League Baseball

“Though they are hopeless and heartless, the White Sox have a hero. He is George Weaver, who plays and fights at third base. Day after day…

4 min readFeb 22, 2021

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Buck Weaver should be reinstated by Major League Baseball

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Dan Holmes

Remembering the Giants hard-drinking slugger Jim Ray Hart

“You could have your back turned and not see the hitter, and when that ball came off Jimmy Ray’s bat, it made a different sound.” —…

3 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Remembering the Giants hard-drinking slugger Jim Ray Hart

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Dan Holmes

Major League Baseball tried a yellow baseball in the late 1930s

Charlie Finley, the owner of the Kansas City A’s, urged Major League Baseball to adopt orange baseballs in the 1960s. Finley liked the…

2 min readJan 27, 2021

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Major League Baseball tried a yellow baseball in the late 1930s

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Dan Holmes

Lefty O’Doul: Batting Champion, Baseball Missionary, & San Francisco’s “Man in the Green Suit”

If not for the baseball missionary work of Lefty O’Doul there might have never been an Ichiro Suzuki.

5 min readJan 23, 2021

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Lefty O’Doul

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Dan Holmes

Tragedy in Oklahoma with Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson

Long before professional baseball players earned enough money to buy mansions and yachts, they eked out a living by selling their services…

4 min readMay 5, 2020

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Tragedy in Oklahoma with Walter Johnson and Christy Mathewson

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Dan Holmes

Where did Joanie Love Chachi?

Where were your favorite TV shows set? Which cities “hosted” the most shows and which were the best in each city? I answer those questions…

23 min readDec 21, 2016

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Where did Joanie Love Chachi?

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Dan Holmes

Dan Holmes

Sportswriter, author, and that fella behind Egg Sports. Former web producer for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Major League Baseball.

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