Given: Seven memories of Grandpa: tales of a 19th-century baseball pioneer
From Karen Given at WBUR on September 16, 2017, with mention of SABR member Peter Morris:
“Well, I’ve got — what I’ve got here to read is all the things I remember of Grandpa — and there’s one, two, three, four, five, six, seven … ” Betty Jackson begins.
Betty’s memory isn’t so good these days. She’s 96 — she’ll turn 97 in December. But she still has seven memories of her grandfather, James “Deacon” White. White was a catcher and a baseball pioneer. Back in 1871 — five decades before Betty was born — White got the first hit in professional baseball.
“He was a great grandfather. I loved him very much,” Betty says. “And as far as I know, I’m the only one alive who remembers him.”
Read the full article here: http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/09/15/deacon-white-baseball-hall-of-fame
Originally published: September 19, 2017. Last Updated: September 19, 2017.