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    “Jail Blazers: How the Portland Trail Blazers Became the Bad Boys of Basketball”

    ByTom Knuppel May 23, 2019February 22, 2026

    When I think of ‘bad boys” in the NBA, my mind goes to the old Detroit Pistons teams of the ’90s. I never felt the Portland Trail Blazers were of the same magnitude. The difference might be how we define bad boys. Attitude and cockiness sure factor in and that is my thought on Detroit…

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    Central Illinois Major League Debuts- Fred Beck (Havana)

    ByTom Knuppel May 20, 2019May 20, 2019

    Fred Beck Major League Debut April 14, 1909     He was born Frederick Thomas Beck on November 17, 1886, in Havana, Illinois. He spent all of his life in and around Havana when he wasn’t gone for baseball. His start came in the Illinois 3-I League which consisted of teams from Illinois-Iowa-Indiana. He was…

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  • Central Illinois Major League Debuts- Allan Simpson (Springfield)
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    Central Illinois Major League Debuts- Allan Simpson (Springfield)

    ByTom Knuppel May 17, 2019May 16, 2019

    PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE!   Central Illinois has had many major league baseball players in history. Let’s look at them from the 12 counties that we have selected to become Central Illinois. (Logan, McLean, DeWitt, Knox, Woodford, Fulton, Peoria, Mason, Tazewell, Cass, Morgan, Sangamon)   Larry Allan Simpson MLB Debut May 17. 2004 BOXSCORE…

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  • Central Illinois Major League Debuts- Allyn Stout (Peoria)
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    Central Illinois Major League Debuts- Allyn Stout (Peoria)

    ByTom Knuppel May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

    Central Illinois has had many major league baseball players in history. Let’s look at them from the 12 counties that we have selected to become Central Illinois. (Logan, McLean, DeWitt, Knox, Woodford, Fulton, Peoria, Mason, Tazewell, Cass, Morgan, Sangamon)   Allyn McClellan Stout born in Peoria, Illinois on October 31, 1904 MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT May…

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  • Commissioner of Baseball – Ford Frick – Part 3 of 6
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    Commissioner of Baseball – Ford Frick – Part 3 of 6

    ByTom Knuppel May 14, 2019May 14, 2019

    This is about the 3rd commissioner of baseball Ford C. Frick.

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  • Book review at Knup Sports
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    “No Place I Would Rather Be; Roger Angell and a Life on Baseball Writing”

    ByTom Knuppel May 12, 2019February 22, 2026

    The full title of this book by Joe Bonomo is “No Place I Would Rather Be; Roger Angell and a Life in Baseball Writing”. This 223-page book was published on May 1, 2019, by the University of Nebraska Press. Those that are baseball fans are fully aware of the writings by Roger Angell as he…

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  • Book review at Knup Sports
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    “Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native Americn Representatives in Sports”

    ByTom Knuppel April 29, 2019February 22, 2026

    This book delves into the social issue of how sports mascots are viewed and how they are insensitive to some groups including the Native Americans.

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  • Baseball Commissioners – A.B. “Happy” Chandler – Part 2 of 6
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    Baseball Commissioners – A.B. “Happy” Chandler – Part 2 of 6

    ByTom Knuppel April 22, 2019April 16, 2019

    Part One- – Judge Kenesaw Landis   A.B. “Happy” Chandler After the first commissioner of baseball, Judge Kenesaw Landis died on November 25, 1944, a new one was needed. Leslie O’Connor was named as the interim commissioner until a permanent replacement could be named. Many felt the job would easily go to O’Connor. After all,…

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  • George Edward “Rube” Waddell – Eccentric and Strange Pitcher
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    George Edward “Rube” Waddell – Eccentric and Strange Pitcher

    ByTom Knuppel April 18, 2019April 16, 2019

    There are many characters of the baseball world and Rube Waddell was certainly one of them. To add to his legacy, he was born on Friday the 13th and died on April Fools day It was all the stuff between there that made Waddell a character. At 6’1″ and almost 2oo lbs., he was a…

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  • Book review at Knup Sports
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    “Doc, Donnie, The Kid, and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought for New York’s Baseball Soul”

    ByTom Knuppel April 18, 2019February 22, 2026

    This is a book about the 1985 baseball season in the City of New York and how the fans of the Mets and Yankees fought for supremacy.

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