Boots Poffenberger

My little home town of Williamsport, current population around 2,200 has produced three major league pitchers over the years:  Nick Adenhart, who died tragically in 2009 in a car accident, Dave Cole who pitched in the 1950s, and Boots Poffenberger, who pitched in the big leagues just a little over 2 years in the late 1930s, but is easily one of the game's most colorful characters ever.  Recently, his grandson, Jeremy Knode invited me to look at the family scrapbooks, a fascinating experience indeed.  Headline after headline in those clippings indicated that Boots was going to amend his wild ways.  He didn't.    Click here to read more about Boots' exploits!