Episode 9: Keeping town ball's past alive
First published
08/28/2017
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sports
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Summary
Dave Kelly played on the final Darwin town ball team in 1957, and since the team folded 60 years ago Kelly has made it his goal to dig up as much of Darwin's baseball history as he can. Kelly spoke about his town-ball career, Darwin's amateur baseball heyday, his efforts to commemorate the town's team and the tireless historical research that helped induct a forgotten star into a college baseball Hall of Fame.
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Town Ball Talk
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