Barnstorming with Frank Barning

Primarily featuring stories and photos relating to Las Vegas, travel, memories and a big helping of baseball

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February 28, 2014

Frank is no longer posting in this blog . . .

March 25, 2013

Virgil Trucks dead at age 95. Hurled two no-hitters for Detroit in 1952. DETROIT -- Virgil Trucks, who pitched two no-hitters in 1952 fo...

September 20, 2012

Vintage photo of Connie Mack

Connie Mack with A's coach Ira Thomas in 1914. Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Leonard

August 30, 2012

Proof that Men Have Better Friends...

Friendship among Women: A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at...

August 19, 2012

What's in a name: Hunter Pence and Joaquin Andujar aka Underpants and Underwear

A few years ago, Mark Loretta and Hunter Pence were teammates on the Houston Astros. Loretta is now a San Diego Padres' vice president...

August 6, 2012

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A REAL BASEBALL FAN IF YOU REMEMBER COCO LABOY

I can still remember Coco being introduced by the P.A. announcer at Jarry Parc/aka Parc Jarry. That was back in the John Boccabella era, bef...

July 28, 2012

A BOOK THAT CELEBRATES "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME"

My old friend from San Diego, Andy Strasberg, recently visited the grave of Jack Norworth who is buried about two miles from the Los Angel...

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