As a huge baseball fan, I find myself watching Ken Burns Baseball series with keen interest on the Major League Baseball (MLB) Network. The MLB Network has been airing segments of the series in recent days and I just can t pull myself away from the TV when it is on.
Such was the case during the holiday when I heard John Chancellor, the narrator of the program, mention how baseball in the years of 1910 to 1920 was blossoming and he went on to mention towns and their team names that were popular including the Quincy Crybabies. Who?
Obviously, my ears perked up and my immediate thought was he was referring to Quincy, Massachusetts and not Quincy, Illinois. So I did a little research and found that he was actually referring to our little river town in Illinois.