Dr. Bob wants Day to be more than a name on a street sign or a plaque in Cooperstown. He wants him to be as well-known in Baltimore, the city he played in and the city he died in, as anyone else who already has a statue there. They wheeled Leon Day into the hallway. The former… Continue reading “Working to Make Leon Day Reappear” by Justin Klugh
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May 3, 1946: Leon Day throws Opening Day no-hitter for Newark Eagles
I was a little nervous, like I always was at the beginning of a game, but after I got started, everything was all right Leon Day Though it was a shining moment for Day on the mound, a near-riot in the sixth inning — precipitated by a controversial call at home plate — and the… Continue reading May 3, 1946: Leon Day throws Opening Day no-hitter for Newark Eagles