Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦
@tomhawthorn.bsky.social
Mean and nasty Canadian. Author of "Play Ball!," a lavishly illustrated, coffee-table book about pro baseball in Vancouver, B.C., now available for sale at Nat Bailey Stadium and the BC Sports Hall of Fame.
I'd also include Fiorello La Guardia as a democratic socialist predecessor as New York City mayor, in practice if not party membership. Elected as a Republican, but also on the ballot line for the American Labor Party.
October 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I'd also include Fiorello La Guardia as a democratic socialist predecessor as New York City mayor, in practice if not party membership. Elected as a Republican, but also on the ballot line for the American Labor Party.
First wrote about this game for the Globe on the 150th anniversary back in 1988:
October 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
First wrote about this game for the Globe on the 150th anniversary back in 1988:
As predicted in a post from the other site back in 2016:
September 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
As predicted in a post from the other site back in 2016:
And what of Werner Finck?
He was imprisoned, released, served in the German Army on the Eastern Front, decorated, survived the war, and lived until age 76, dying in 1978.
He was imprisoned, released, served in the German Army on the Eastern Front, decorated, survived the war, and lived until age 76, dying in 1978.
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
And what of Werner Finck?
He was imprisoned, released, served in the German Army on the Eastern Front, decorated, survived the war, and lived until age 76, dying in 1978.
He was imprisoned, released, served in the German Army on the Eastern Front, decorated, survived the war, and lived until age 76, dying in 1978.
Hitler killed himself on April 30, 1945. Goebbels had his six children murdered before killing himself on May 1. Convicted and sentenced to death after the International Military Trial in Nuremberg, Goering (below) escaped the hangman's noose by committing suicide the night before on Oct. 16, 1945.
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Hitler killed himself on April 30, 1945. Goebbels had his six children murdered before killing himself on May 1. Convicted and sentenced to death after the International Military Trial in Nuremberg, Goering (below) escaped the hangman's noose by committing suicide the night before on Oct. 16, 1945.
Walter Winchell on Goebbels and Walter Finck:
September 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Walter Winchell on Goebbels and Walter Finck:
Finally made it to The Nat to see my baseball book on sale at the store. Go, C’s!
September 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Finally made it to The Nat to see my baseball book on sale at the store. Go, C’s!
Are the Epstein files in the barrel?!
August 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Are the Epstein files in the barrel?!
Happy birthday, Gary Larson.
August 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Happy birthday, Gary Larson.
People (to cat): Happy International Cat Day!
Cat: There are days when you don't celebrate cats?! WTF.
(RIP Hungry.)
Cat: There are days when you don't celebrate cats?! WTF.
(RIP Hungry.)
August 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
People (to cat): Happy International Cat Day!
Cat: There are days when you don't celebrate cats?! WTF.
(RIP Hungry.)
Cat: There are days when you don't celebrate cats?! WTF.
(RIP Hungry.)
Team Bailey here, too. Here is Jan Smithers on the cover of Newsweek in 1966.
August 4, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Team Bailey here, too. Here is Jan Smithers on the cover of Newsweek in 1966.
A bonus.
Game day advertisement for the game (Hamilton Spectator, Aug. 21, 1950, p. 26). $1 (Cdn) to see Satchel Paige.
Game day advertisement for the game (Hamilton Spectator, Aug. 21, 1950, p. 26). $1 (Cdn) to see Satchel Paige.
July 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A bonus.
Game day advertisement for the game (Hamilton Spectator, Aug. 21, 1950, p. 26). $1 (Cdn) to see Satchel Paige.
Game day advertisement for the game (Hamilton Spectator, Aug. 21, 1950, p. 26). $1 (Cdn) to see Satchel Paige.
I've got a clip of the Aug. 21, 1950, game in Hamilton, Ont., Canada. (Hamilton Spectator, Aug. 22, 1950, p. 24)
July 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I've got a clip of the Aug. 21, 1950, game in Hamilton, Ont., Canada. (Hamilton Spectator, Aug. 22, 1950, p. 24)
Happy Larry Doby Day to all who celebrate.
July 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy Larry Doby Day to all who celebrate.
Jimmy Swaggart (1935-2025).
Caught a revival meeting in Vancouver when he was on the comeback trail in 1991.
"I feel the presence of God in this building tonight," the preacher's daughter-in-law said.
If so, He had no trouble finding a seat.
Caught a revival meeting in Vancouver when he was on the comeback trail in 1991.
"I feel the presence of God in this building tonight," the preacher's daughter-in-law said.
If so, He had no trouble finding a seat.
July 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Jimmy Swaggart (1935-2025).
Caught a revival meeting in Vancouver when he was on the comeback trail in 1991.
"I feel the presence of God in this building tonight," the preacher's daughter-in-law said.
If so, He had no trouble finding a seat.
Caught a revival meeting in Vancouver when he was on the comeback trail in 1991.
"I feel the presence of God in this building tonight," the preacher's daughter-in-law said.
If so, He had no trouble finding a seat.
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
June 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
Hey, New York Times:
Re: Referring to D-Day as "one of the largest seaborne invasions in history." OK. Name a larger one.
Re: Referring to D-Day as "one of the largest seaborne invasions in history." OK. Name a larger one.
June 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hey, New York Times:
Re: Referring to D-Day as "one of the largest seaborne invasions in history." OK. Name a larger one.
Re: Referring to D-Day as "one of the largest seaborne invasions in history." OK. Name a larger one.
Thanks to Keith Baldrey at Global BC for adding "Play Ball!" to his bookcase. This gorgeous, coffee-table book with historic photos and images of artifacts can be bought at Nat Bailey Stadium and the BC Sports Hall of Fame in Vancouver. A limited supply is available through Munro's Books in Victoria
June 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Thanks to Keith Baldrey at Global BC for adding "Play Ball!" to his bookcase. This gorgeous, coffee-table book with historic photos and images of artifacts can be bought at Nat Bailey Stadium and the BC Sports Hall of Fame in Vancouver. A limited supply is available through Munro's Books in Victoria
An interview with Amy Bell of CBC Radio's "On the Coast" about my latest book, "Play Ball!," an anecdotal history of pro baseball in Vancouver.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
An interview with Amy Bell of CBC Radio's "On the Coast" about my latest book, "Play Ball!," an anecdotal history of pro baseball in Vancouver.
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Earlier this month, I marked the 38th anniversary of the publication of my Globe and Mail story on how the Maple Leafs had gone 20 years without winning a Stanley Cup.
May 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Earlier this month, I marked the 38th anniversary of the publication of my Globe and Mail story on how the Maple Leafs had gone 20 years without winning a Stanley Cup.