The evolution of a ballpark
The DNA for Worcester’s Polar Park includes ideas from Camden Yards more than 3 decades after Larry Luchino, Janet Marie Smith built the iconic Baltimore ballpark
Updated on Jan 04, 2021;
Published on Jan 03, 2021
The diamond at Polar Park now looks like a baseball field with grass in the outfield, three bases, a pitchers mound and home plate.
Janet Marie Smith smiled when she heard the words “designated hitter.”
“I know what story you’re telling,” said Smith, the architect behind Polar Park, as she interrupted Charles Steinberg ,the president of the Worcester Red Sox.
Thirty-two years ago this December, Smith walked into the office of Larry Lucchino, then-president of the Baltimore Orioles, to discuss plans to build Camden Yards.
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Former Packers punter Ron Widby dies at 75 A Pro Bowler for Dallas, he ranked in the top 10 for two years in Green Bay Dec 24, 2020 at 08:00 AM Former Packers punter Ron Widby
Ron Widby, maybe the best of the Green Bay Packers ever-changing string of punters over a lean 22-year period, starting in 1972, died Wednesday.
Widby was 75.
After trading Donny Anderson to the St. Louis Cardinals for MacArthur Lane before the 1972 season, the Packers desperately needed a punter 12 days before the opener and shipped what turned out to be a second-round draft choice to the NFL champion Dallas Cowboys for Widby and defensive back-kick returner Ike Thomas. When the Cowboys won the title in 1971, Widby was the NFC s Pro Bowl punter
Former Dallas Cowboy punter Ron Widby dies at 75 (Source: KTRE Sports) By Caleb Beames | December 23, 2020 at 8:14 PM CST - Updated December 28 at 12:53 AM
(KLTV) - Ron Widby, the first Pro Bowl punter for the Dallas Cowboys died on Wednesday at the age of 75.
According to the NFL’s official website, Widby also played on the Cowboys’ 1971 championship team. Widby also played for the New Orleans franchise of the American Basketball Association and competed in the Senior PGA Tour in the 1990s.
In 1968, Widby kicked, what is still a franchise record, 84-yard punt.
The NFL website also points out that Widby changed his number from 12 to 10 following the arrival of Roger Staubach.
Former Cowboys, Packers punter Ron Widby dies at 75 Published: Dec 23, 2020 at 08:54 PM Grant Gordon Copied!
Former Dallas Cowboys punter Ron Widby, who was a Pro Bowler and member of the Cowboys 1971 championship season, died on Wednesday. He was 75.
Widby s NFL career spanned four seasons with the Cowboys from 1968-1971 and two thereafter with the Green Bay Packers.
Widby was hardly your average punter, as he was a three-sport professional athlete, having played in the American Basketball Association for a year with the New Orleans franchise and competing in the Senior PGA Tour in the 1990s, per the Cowboys.
During his run with the Cowboys, Widby played in back-to-back Super Bowls (1970-71) before aiding Dallas in its first title win in Super Bowl VI.
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