When I were growing up all I used to hear mens talking about were the St. Louis Cardinals. We used to listen to them on the radio (KMOX, I think) and peoples was always talking about the Gas House Gang and players with names like: Dizzy, Dazzy, Pepper, Ripper and such. I never got to go to St. Louis to see a game, but my uncles was always finding a way to catch the Illinois Central up for a weekend of baseball.
Dizzy Dean were from Arkansas, but he settled down in Lucedale, Mississippi where he got invested in pickles and charcoal bricketts. He used to come to McComb to catch the train. I reckon he were afraid of flying.
Tomorrow: Atlanta Braves
Hollis' book of the day:
A Painted House by John Grisham - A boy growing up poor in Arkansas discovers he isn't poor at all.
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