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Vintage games bring back 1858 baseball: ‘I love the nostalgia and I love baseball’
It was poetic justice that out of the 50-plus cranks on hand for a recent vintage baseball contest, the longtime Cubs historian was there to enjoy the action. Cranks are what fans were known by back in 1858. Palos Heights native and Marist graduate Ed …