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Dave Engle was born on November 30, 1956, in San Diego. His father and Hall of Famer Ted Williams were best friends, so Engle has all kinds of memories around sports or fishing or more (article/Q&A). In 1978, he was the third-round pick of the California Angels out of USC (Southern California...

Eleanor Sims passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the The Daily Item on 2023-09-26.

Like many other sports fans of a certain age, I’ve become entirely too wrapped up in Immaculate Grid. The game, which gives you nine chances to fill nine boxes with players who share something in common on the horizontal and vertical axes, is a golden opportunity to Remember Some Guys. Rememberin...

A collection of "oh yeah," "really?" and "WTF???"

BUCYRUS - The city will seek bids for repaving projects in four city-owned parking lots at an estimated cost of almost $400,000. During Thursdays regular joint committee meeting, members of the Bucyrus City Council Public Lands and Buildings Committee voted to move forward with the proposal presented by Dave Engle of Makeever and Associates, the citys engineering firm. The plan includes City Lot 3, behind the Crazy Fox and Dillingers Entertainment Center, at an estimated cost of $120,500; Cit...

Result As in Game 2, the Game 6 rematch between aces Brad Havens and Ray Scarborough was decided by one bad inning. In this case, the bad inning came earlier. And it was much, much worse. ‘81 batted around in the first, sending 11 men to the plate and scoring seven runs to take a dominant lead they would not lose, claiming victory by an 8-1 tally and knotting the series at three. Scarborough’s struggles started one batter into the game, as Gary Ward sent a fly ball over the left field wall ...

Smalley’s ninth-inning two-run home run turned a 9-8 defeat into a 10-9 victory as ‘81 pushed the Selig Sectional to a fifth game. ‘56, trailing 8-6 in the bottom of the eighth, had taken the lead on Lou Berberet’s three-run double, unwittingly setting up Smalley’s heroics. Before the late-inning chaos, there was early- and middle-inning chaos as ‘81 saw a 6-1 lead turn into a 6-6 tie. Having taken the lead on a Dave Engle three-run homer and extended it through the third and four...