Sports in the Fort

Mike Maahs
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Voice of the TinCaps Mike Maahs brings you Fort Wayne's sports history

Episodes

  1. 10/22/2025

    Play Ball: Fort Wayne's Role in Early Pro Baseball

    Broadcaster Mike Maahs deep dives into Fort Wayne's baseball history, including the city's role in establishing baseball's first professional league. Works Cited “1871 Philadelphia Athletics Season.” Wikipedia, 29 March 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1871_Philadelphia_Athletics_season. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025. Gramling, Chad. Baseball in Fort Wayne. Arcadia, 2007. Healey, Paul. “Kekionga Base Ball Grounds.” Project Ballpark, www.projectballpark.org/history/na/kekionga.html. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025.  “Kekionga Ball Grounds.” Wikipedia,  27 July 2025, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekionga_Ball_Grounds. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025. McKenna, Brian. “Bobby Mathews.” Society for American Baseball Research, 6 May 2022,  sabr.org/bioproj/person/Bobby-Mathews/. Accessed 17 Aug. 2025. Robertson, John G., and Andy Saunders. The Games That Changed Baseball: Milestones in Major League History. McFarland, 2016. Sebring, Blake. Fort Wayne Sports History. Bauer Communications, 2013.

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Voice of the TinCaps Mike Maahs brings you Fort Wayne's sports history

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  • Creator
    Mike Maahs
  • Years Active
    2025
  • Episodes
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
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