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Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Western Swing
Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Western Swing
BACK IN THE SHADOWS I’m home again, but another road trip is on deck, another jaunt north to the Adirondacks, with a couple excursions from there a good possibility. So this is another “tweener” issue, squeezed in while I have access to my computer and the internet. I did just a bit more research lately, though, visiting the National Baseball Library — the place where ...
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