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A photo of Eddie Plank holding a baseball on the wall of Gettysburg Eddies, an eatery in Adams County, Pa., tied to native son and baseball Hall of Famer Eddie Plank. Also of interest: Remembering York\/Adams major leaguers<\/a> and Vancouver, B.C., has beauty, but York, Pa., has a life-sized Brooks Robinson statue<\/a> and York County sports a miniature Cooperstown<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\nFellow blogger Pat Abdalla has profiled baseball players from York and Adams counties who performed in the Major League post-season.
\nThe most prominent is Vic Wertz<\/a> and his long fly ball out hauled in by Willie Mays.
\nIn his Southpaw blog, Pat also explores the post-season work of: … .<\/p>\n


\nEddie Plank<\/a>
\nHinkey Haines<\/a>
\nBill Sherdel<\/a>
\nGeorge Winter
\nJim Spencer<\/a>
\nGreg Gross<\/a>
\nTo read Pat’s blog post on these major leagues, click on: Glimpses of glory: The history of York and Adams county in the Major League Baseball postseason<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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