[elfdog428]

I grew up in the Ohio Valley in a little town called Cadiz. It is only about 30 miles east on St Rt 250 from New Philly/Dover area. From Dover, over St Rt 800, about an hour away, Cy Young was born and his family farm still stands. The Ohio Valley region has produced some exceptional ball players over the years. Cy Young, Phil and Joe Niekro, and who can forget Bill Mazeroski. There are plenty of stories of the early days of baseball that I was eager to hear as I grew up.

Where are you from? I will be following along as this is starting in my home area and it is cool to see what this universe will take off to be.

The Ohio Valley was big in two things in the early years, Coal and Sheep. At one time, the small County of Harrison County had the highest per capita people that were worth over a Million Dollars, all from said Coal mines and Sheep farm.

Today, it is a very poor area and over the last 40 years, I have seen a lot of things come and go and it is cool to sse my little area of the world being spotlighted by one of the best writers on these boards.

Rock on