Category: baseball
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Ateliers to Empereur
Les Sports Illustrés (Brussels, Belgium) moved from 3, rue des Ateliers to 12, rue de l’Empereur sometime between 1924 and 1926. Business must have been good. Added bonus, the one from Workshop Street, no. 188, has a story about some 1924 New York Giants barnstorming outside of Paris.
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Say Hey
Dennis McNally recalls, April 12, 1993 at Candlestick Park, before Garcia, Bob Weir and Vince Welnick sing the National Anthem for the Giants’ home opener: I turn to Willie Mays, who is legendary for being cranky, and I said, “Mr. Mays, can I introduce you to Jerry Garcia? He’s going to be singing the National…