Growing up in the Houston area, young Bob Rose was ecstatic when the National League offered the city an expansion franchise to begin play in 1962. He’d followed big league baseball from afar. “I grew up as a huge Duke Snider fan and was elated when the Colt .45s came into being and were in the National League and I would be able to go out to the stadium and see Duke … [Read more...] about Duke Snider, a Texas Kid and the Illegal Bat That Spawned Lifetime of Memories
