Random Fact of the Day (6)

Joe Marshall of Grand Forks, arguably the best RRVL player in 1897 and a future major leaguer, died at Norwalk State Hospital, a mental institution in Santa Monica, California in 1931.

Random Fact of the Day (5)

Bill Zink and Fred Steele reunited as teammates in 1900, playing for the Terre Haute (IN) Hottentots of the Central League. In the 1900 Federal Census, both men were listed as boarders at the Bloomington, IL residence of Albert Kohler, who housed several players that season.

Random Fact of the Day (4)

Billy Sunday, the baseball evangelist who spoke in Fargo in the summer of 1897, returned to the Red River Valley in 1898. He was picked up by the Carrington, ND club to play a game against Fargo's team. Neither team was a part of an organized league that summer.

Random Fact of the Day (3) - Post #100!

The Red River Valley League's 1897 season was scheduled to end September 4. By the end of the first week of August, however, the league had folded. 

THIS IS POST #100! (Some of better quality than others!)

Random Fact of the Day (2)

According to the Bismarck Tribune, the baseball park in Fargo was completed in June 1896, with a seating capacity of 900.  

Random Fact of the Day (1st in a Series)

Men from various occupations gathered to play friendly baseball games near the turn of the century. Newspapers in the valley occasionally reported on match-ups featuring teams of doctors, lawyers, printers, plumbers, hotel workers, railroad men, and cigar-makers, among others.