Cold Weather Makes Us Think About Baseball
With all the sub-freezing weather, the oncoming snow this weekend and the recent Red Sox aquisitions, many of us have been thinking about spring and baseball. Three recent additions to our Plymouth County Notable Land Records Collection reflect Plymouth County’s connection with some of baseball’s most significant players and events.
Billy “Gunner” McGunnigle, who is best known for his role in the development of the catcher’s mitt, was also the only professional league manager who led his team to back-to-back league championships in two different leagues.
Michael “King” Kelley, who lived for a time in Hingham, played for many different professional teams, including the Boston Beaneaters. King Kelley was later inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
Ted Williams, one of the greatest hitters of all time, was a part-owner of a baseball camp in Lakeville. Williams, another member of baseball’s Hall of Fame, spent many summers at various locations in Lakeville. The former camp is now owned by the Town of Lakeville.
To read more details about the connections these three famous atheletes have to Plymouth County, and many other notable people and places found in Plymouth County land records, click onto the Plymouth County Notable Land Records section of this website.
