Monthly Archives: July 2019

R.I.P. Mo Weber

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

Last Friday, I received news that my baseball mentor and good friend, Mo Weber had died. Mo lived a good long life, having just turned 96 on June 24th of this year. I wrote about him in three different books, … Continue reading →

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Huntingburg, Indiana Is a Championship Town

Posted on July 22, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

We Americans currently focus on our divisions so much that we are blind to the good that people do for one another. By way of illustration, I give you the Dubois County Bombers of Huntingburg, Indiana. The Bombers are one … Continue reading →

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Vulgar Dancing at the Virginia Military Institute

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Austin Gisriel

One’s imagination is stirred considerably by a fascinating clip from the “Out of the Past” section of the July 1, 2019 Winchester Star, which relates the story of the Virginia Military Institute’s final ball in 1919. It seems that on … Continue reading →

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