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Carolina’s Baseball Connection
April 8th, 2010 | 
Author: Carolina Baseball
Baseball season in the Carolina’s has a unique meaning. Granted, every state in the US has its own feel for baseball, but the Carolina’s have somehow managed to carve out a sense of ownership and pride that baseball honors.
Jim Catfish Hunter, who became the highest paid pitcher in baseball when he signed with the New York Yankees in 1975, was from Hertford, North Carolina.
The Perry Brothers, Jim and Gaylord, the only brothers to each win a Cy Young award, grew up in Jamesville, NC a few miles from Hertford. Read the rest of this entry »
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