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Time Travel: Wrobleski pitches Nashua High past Keene

JUNE 10, 1955 – “Pitcher Joe Wrobleski and his Nashua High School teammates shut out Keene at Holman Stadium to throw the Section III standings into a tie between Keene and the Purple. Having a great day the plate for the home team was Johnny Daniels.” JUNE 10, 1960 – From the classic ...

Greenwood: 16 playoff teams? MLB should kill that idea

Typically Major League Baseball needs to be roused from its chronic coma to make even the simplest change in its methods of operation. For instance, consider the designated hitter rule. When the American League adopted it in 1973, the National League scoffed at such an institutional ...

Time Travel: Gondek leads Nashua to baseball tourney win

JUNE 9, 1960 – “Nashua High moved a step closer to the state baseball championship by staging a brilliant clutch performance to nip Portsmouth, 2-1, in 10 innings yesterday afternoon at Athletic Field in Manchester. “The big man in the triumph over the Division II champions was the ...

Time Travel: 1955 schoolboy golf champ ineligible

JUNE 8, 1955 – “Charles Staples, secretary of the New Hampshire Golf Association, announced that Robert Johnson, winner of the state schoolboy golf championship, has been ruled ineligible and matches in the first division would be replayed to decide a new champion. The replay has been ...

We will all miss the golden voice of announcer Bob Bates

Ahhh, the Voice. It was arguably the best in Nashua, and when Bob Bates used those golden pipes and spoke into a microphone, people in the stands at Holman Stadium, Stellos Stadium, Conway Arena, and a few other spots always listened. Proof of that was when, as he recounted in an article he ...

King: There’ll never be another coach like Alvirne’s Lee

Mike Lee. Ahhh, just bring up the name of the longtime Alvirne High School baseball coach who retired this past week, and you won’t have any shortage of opinions. You might say no one was a more polarizing figure among New Hampshire head coaches. You either loved him, or, well, let’s just ...