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On Opening Day, Remembering Harry Caray, Whose Career Began in Kalamazoo
On Opening Day, Remembering Harry Caray, Whose Career Began in Kalamazoo
Harry Caray was an original. He was an unabashed fan of baseball. He rooted for the home team. But he was also one of the few baseball announcers who told you how it was, even with something as simple as a batter not getting a timely hit when one was really needed. "He...popped it up", Caray would bellow with disappointment. Caray called a lot of baseball game, and eventually was inducted into the broadcast wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. That Hall of Fame career had an early stop in Kalamazoo where Caray worked for broadcast pioneer and future Detroit Tigers owner John Fetzer
Battle Creek’s First African American Police Officer Was An Influence To Southwest Michigan
Battle Creek’s First African American Police Officer Was An Influence To Southwest Michigan
On this day in Michigan’s history: John W. Patterson was born in Omaha, Nebraska on March 2, 1872. Though he wasn’t born in Michigan, John would soon move to Michigan and become an influential part of Battle Creek’s history; and even potentially protect the future social culture of Michigan with a single letter.

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