"HOMEGROWN: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars" is a retrospective of that remarkable season as well as a history of the school's basketball program, which was responsible for drawing the local talent that propelled that team to succ
This book tells the story of the 1999 Providence College Friars baseball team, the last season that the sport was played at the institution. Baseball was set to be eliminated after that season in order for the school to comply with Title IX regulatio
Max Blue the author, born in 1982, in a former life was a baseball player, a sailor, and a scientist
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Born 5 months before the 1929 crash. Grew up during the Great Depression, 16 years-old when the first A-bomb exploded over Hiroshima, almost run over by the battleship Iowa in the Sea of Japan in 1953, found and married the luminous Liddy in Hong Kong in 1956. Four children, 5 grandchildren.
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Belleville, IL USA
Accomplishments
Once drove in a pair of runs with a double to left, was certified underway OOD on a U.S. Navy Destroyer, secured a $1.5 million endowment from the Chocolate Manufacturers Association. Has written 8 novels & a book of baseball stories entitled "God Is Alive And Playing Third Base For The Appleton Papermakers
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