Part I: The Arrogant Teenagers When I was 16, I played on an all-girls baseball team, and at the end of the season, we were supposed to have an exhibition game with our parents. I can’t remember if Dads were invited, but it was just the Moms that came. They were running short to make… Continue reading Rule Breakers – Farm Girls in Baseball & The Saskatoon Pats
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Dirty Thirties – Hang Up Your Skates and Pull Out the Bat!
The Alsask Senior and Arcadia Valley Hockey Teams -Star Phoenix (Feb 6th, 1931) The stock market crash in 1929 and the extreme environmental hazards Saskatchewan faced during the 1930s, such as abnormally warm weather, drought, a grasshopper plague, and low wheat prices, forced many people off the farms. Through the disparity, small towns carried on… Continue reading Dirty Thirties – Hang Up Your Skates and Pull Out the Bat!
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