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Remembering Yesterday's Heroes

Walt Whitman once said, "The game of ball is glorious." Baseball researcher and historian Jim Sargent pays tribute to our national pastime by Remembering Yesterday's Heroes and sharing it with fans in his own special words.

"It's a mere moment in a man's life between an All-Star game and an old-timer's game." - Vin Scully

Yesterday's Heroes by Jim Sargent
Article Title [Bold Denotes Most Recent Submission]
Remembering Lloyd Merriman Football Star, Stanford Graduate, War Hero, Big Leaguer	Edward "Red" Borom From Semipro Ball to the Big Leagues
Phil Cavarretta The Hustling Cub Starred in Three World Series	Bobby Thomson, Giant Hero A Famous Slugger from Baseball's Golden Era
Joe Brovia Remembered A Coast League Legend Who Loved Baseball Fans	Elden Auker Pitching in the Big Leagues the Underhand Way
Eddie Mayer A Cub Southpaw in the 1950s	Danny Litwhiler A First-Class Big Leaguer Remembers the 1940s
Doris "Sammye" Sams Knoxville's All-American, All-Star Outfielder and Pitcher	The Spartans of Springtime MSU's Big Ten Champs Remember the Glory
Yesterday's Heroes by Jim Sargent

Jim Sargent has been a regular contributor of historic sports articles in Oldtyme Baseball News and Sports Collector's Digest.

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Jim Sargent writes articles that prove what Sparky Anderson once said, "Baseball is not the player's game or the manager's game. It's not the owner's game. It's the fan's game."

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