©2003 (Rick Wilson) Thomaston Express A 5-foot-8, 170-pounder with Popeye forearms, he hammered baseballs with ferocity. First at Holy Cross, then at Mattatuck Community College, where he was a two-time All-New England pick and a junior college All-American. In 1993, …
"Any time (Pat Murphy) pitches you’ve got a legitimate chance to win," stated Bethlehem player/coach John Pettit. Murphy, a reliever and regional MVP for the Eastern Connecticut State University 1990 National Champions, was the "franchise" pitcher for the Bethlehem Plowboys during …
©2000 Joe Poillucci and John Quinn “In 1931, the Depression was getting worse but baseball kept getting more popular. Times were tough but the fans still loved the game and would usually scrape up enough money to go to a …
When it rains, it pours (Baseball that counts in the heart) © Register Citizen 08/22/99 (Peter Wallace) To play or not to play, that was the question Saturday morning, after it rained all night, the clouds were glaring and the …
