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March 19th, 2008

Random Wednesday: Bill Atkinson

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Today’s entrant had a successful, if brief, career in the late-’70s. Bill Atkinson, a diminutive (5′7″) right-hander out of Chatham, Ontario (hometown of Hall-of-Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins), worked in 98 games for the Montreal Expos from 1976 to 1979.
Atkinson made four appearances for Montreal toward the end of the ‘76 season […]

By Geoff Young -- 1 comment

February 10th, 2008

Doucet Speaks

Dave Rouleau at the Biz of Baseball interviews former Montreal Expos broadcaster Jacques Doucet. They cover a lot of ground here.
Doucet on preparing for a game:
My work always began when I woke up, with the newspapers. Before the laptops, everything was done by hands (notes and research), but the information was also hard to get […]

By Geoff Young -- 0 comments