New York Times: Ground as Hallowed as Cooperstown; Green-Wood Cemetery, Home to 200 Baseball Pioneers
April 1, 2004 By GLENN COLLINS Before A-Rod and Jeter, there were J-Creigh and Woodward. That would be James Creighton Jr., the world’s first true baseball star, and John B. Woodward, an outfielder who became a Union general in the Civil War. Both played for the Excelsior Club — sort of the Yankees of the … Read more