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Spike Eckhart

Written by admin on September 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Spike Eckhart (Baseball.  Born, Freeport, IL, Jan. 20, 1909; died, Freeport, Grand Bahama I., Apr. 16, 1971.)  A retired Lt. General in the U.S. Air Force, William Dole Eckert was the fourth Commissioner of Baseball, although no one seemed sure why.  Eckert served from Nov. 11, 1965 (succeeding Ford Frick), until Feb. 3, 1969, when […]

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Cullen Cain

Written by admin on September 21, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Cullen Cain (Baseball.  Born, Warsaw, MO, Dec. 3, 1874; died, Coral Gables, FL, Nov. 26, 1958.)  An itinerant newspaperman who became a baseball writer for the Philadelphia Public Ledger, Cullen Cain was the first publicity director for the National League.  Cain sold the idea of opening a Service Bureau in New York to N.L. president John […]

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