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  Negro League Players Sports Addict                                             BH Hub   April 20, 2025           Article 7            Negro Leagues Players   You know you're a sports addict when you know that Hall of Fame pitcher Satchel Paige had names for his pitches including, “Midnight Creeper, Wobbly Ball, Trouble Ball and “Whipsy Dipsy Doo!” Negro League Players The Jim Crow era from the mid to late 1800s until the 1960s encompassed and in some cases embraced state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the United States. The laws were named after a black minstrel show character. Some examples of Jim Crow laws include: ...

The CFL May Have Stumbled on to Something!

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    Sports Addict                      B.H. Hub   October 27, 2024                         Article 6             The CFL May Have Stumbled On to Something You know you are a sports Addict when you are aware that for decades the Canadian Football League had 9 teams with 2 of those teams having the same name – Roughriders! The Canadian Football League allows the British Columbia Lions to play a home regular season game at an alternative venue in another city The Canadian Football League has existed in one form or another for well over 100 years, originating as the Canadian Rugby Football Union and evolving into the CFL we kn...

Sports Venue Food

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            Sports Addict             B.H. Hub September 23, 2024              Article 5           Sports Venue Food You know you are a Sports Addict when you are aware that when Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier by signing a professional baseball contract in 1946 with the Brooklyn Dodgers; his first full season was in the Triple A International League for the Montreal Royals   Eating and Drinking is part of the Sports Addiction Experience When you are a sports addict and you spend a lot of time at sports venues, as I do, you probably like to eat while you are there. Food is part of the Sports spectating experience. Even the greatest song ever written (Take Me Out to the Ballgame) tells us, “ …buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don’t care if I ever get back !” That’s right, if you go to a ga...
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  Sports   Addict BH Hub     August 30, 2024            Article 4    Willie Mays You know you are a Sports Addict when you know that the NBA franchise, Los Angeles Clippers used to be the San Diego Clippers and before that, the Buffalo Braves! My boyhood Idol, Willie Mays Passes Away A few weeks ago, my boyhood idol died! Willie Mays passed away in Palo Alto California on June 18, 2024. He didn’t get cheated – he lived to be 93 years of age! His nickname was the “Say Hey Kid,” and he was the best ball player I ever saw! Willie was known as a five tool player, which means as a position player, he excelled at all the tools or basic skills of the great game of baseball, including: hitting for average, hitting for power, base-running and speed, throwing and fielding. Mays was the best or one of the best at all 5 tools. Mays finished his career with...
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                                Sports Addict                B.H. Hub           August 9, 2024        Article 3 You know you’re a Sports Addict when you know that the NHL franchise New Jersey Devils used to be the Colorado Rockies and before that, the Kansas City Scouts! Still Addicted to This Day My Sports Addiction kicked into full swing in my youth, but am I still a “Sports Addict” after all these decades? Yes, I am!! ·       I’m addicted to the anticipation of seeing a game! ·       I’m addicted to having a pre-game hot dog (lots of onions) and a beer. ·         I’m addicted to standing and singing the national anthem (its one of the few songs that I know all the words to)! ·       I...

How Being Hooked Became an Addiction

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  Sports Addict                          B.H. Hub July 29, 2024    Article 2    You know you’re a Sports Addict when you can recall the team name for Texas Christian University as the “Horned Frogs!” How Being Hooked Became an Addiction My first sports viewing experience as an eight year-old got me hooked, but watching all of my local sports hero’s play at Victoria sports venues made me a Sports Addict. In the mid 60’s, I lobbied my father to take me to whatever sporting events were going on in this south-island city: -Victoria Senior Amateur Baseball League -James Bay and Crimson Tide Rugby -Stuffy McInnis Softball League at Haywood Park -Victoria Chinooks basketball – my old buddy Ken Jackson played Chinooks basketball -Victoria O’Keefe’s Soccer – the club played in the Pacific Coast League with home games at Royal Athletic Park, until the stands burned down in the mid 60’s, so ...

How It Began

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Sports Addict                     B.H. Hub   I’m an addict!! I am not addicted to street drugs such as opioids nor legal drugs such as marijuana edibles. I am not addicted to blanco tequila or singe malt scotch (although I do attend the Victoria Whiskey Festival every January). And I am not addicted to online gambling – although Wayne Gretzky tells me to bet online at “Bet MGM!” I am an old “Sports Addict” to be exact. I follow hockey, football, basketball, baseball, golf, soccer, tennis, rugby and most any other activity where athleticism is involved and where winners and losers are determined. (I don’t watch NASCAR or 10 Pin Bowling, those are not sports; like lawn darts and Texas Hold ‘Em, they’re just activities)! I know that I am a sport addict when I can name at least a dozen players who played on the 67 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Championship Team (they haven’t won since), but I have trouble remembering the names of ...