Linda, what would you think if I bought a baseball team? Terry, I’d think you were out of your mind.
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BRIGHT STRIPES AND BROAD STARS BY JAY BERMAN 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 57
The Franklin City Plumbers weren’t plumbers at all, they were a baseball team owned by Terry Martin. They were about to play in their first year in the Wisconsin-Illinois-Michigan (WIM) League, one of those independent organizations that offers false hope to pitchers who can’t pi…