Comments on: Making the World Safe for Baseball

By: My Baseball Blogging Community and Friends: A Shout-Out | The On Deck Circle

Thu, 10 May 2012 14:12:11 +0000

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By: The Baseball Idiot

The Baseball Idiot — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:12:13 +0000

I was just south of Augsburg, in a remote site. It was near where Johnny Cash spent his time in Germany while in the Air Force. And where Hitler was in prison, in Landsberg.

By: verdun2

verdun2 — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:18:00 +0000

Might I ask where you were stationed?
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By: The Baseball Idiot

The Baseball Idiot — Tue, 01 May 2012 22:23:42 +0000

We had a German Sergeant Major who absolutely loved softball. When we were up at the remote site, he used to make the German soldiers play every day. They hated it, we loved it, and he blew a gasket evey time they made a mistake.

The day before he retired we let them win a game.

By: William Miller

William Miller — Tue, 01 May 2012 18:04:39 +0000

I know football has made some inroads in Germany. I wonder why baseball has never made much of an attempt to try to gain a foothold in Europe?
That’s a cool story, man.