Wheelmen Win 3rd Consecutive Maranville Cup

On Fathers Day 2013 the Wheelmen brought home it's 3rd consecutive Rabbit Maranville Cup by defeating the Whately Pioneers. This is a great honor for the Wheelmen to be invited by the Springfield Bring It Home Committee. We really appreciate winning the Maranville Cup as I believe Rabbit was our kind of player...a tough, no non-sense S.O.B! He would fit right in with my boys.

Gunner accepting the Cup from a Maranville family member.

"There is much less drinking now than there was before 1927, because I quit drinking on May 24, 1927." Rabbit Maranville




Westfield Baseball Great Joe Mazieka Passes Away

Westfield baseball great of the late 1930s and 1940s Joe Mazieka passed away this past Monday. Joe was a great help to me while I was researching Westfield baseball during the late 30s and 40s and helping me identify key players from that time period beyond that of microfilm. For that I am grateful to have known him.

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