circa 1890-1893. And the old baseball bat, which piqued her curiosity. Virginia recalls playing baseball in the house’s yard when visiting her aunt, and she owns a very old photo of her father ...

First settled in about 1890, the village of Lubbock boasted a weekly newspaper by 1891, but nothing was written about local baseball for another 18 years. Beginning in 1909, the Lubbock Avalanche ...