A year’s worth of baseball history: the best of RIP Baseball’s Grave Stories

December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 ~ Sam Gazdziak ~ Leave a comment

Given the death count of 2020, writing stories about the gravesites that I've visited has had to take a back seat to keeping up with current obituaries. That's unfortunate, because it's a lot of fun to dig through newspaper archives to glean information about a forgotten outfielder or someone who pitched in a single game. … Continue reading A year’s worth of baseball history: the best of RIP Baseball’s Grave Stories

Grave Story: Hank Small (1953-2010)

January 29, 2020January 30, 2020 ~ Sam Gazdziak ~ 9 Comments

Here lies Hank Small, a record-setting slugger in college whose Major League Baseball career was limited to one game. Small played for the 1978 Atlanta Braves. George Henry Small was born in Atlanta on July 31, 1953. He grew up in an area of Atlanta called the Golden Ghetto – a rough neighborhood surrounded by … Continue reading Grave Story: Hank Small (1953-2010)