Current Moscow Time: 20:48:2918 May 2013
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Japan's White Russian Hurler
Author: John Berry
Russian Life: May/June 2012
Department: Sports
Page: 36 ( 8) pages
Summary: There is not a single Russian-born player in the American Baseball Hall of Fame. Yet if the tide of history had flowed just a bit differently, Victor Starffin might well have ended up in Cooperstown alongside Ruth, Gehrig, Killebrew and Mays.
This article appeared in the May/June 2012 issue of Russian Life. The text of this article is not available online.
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Weblinks related to this story:
- Film of Starffin Pitching The film was shot during the 1949 tour of Japan by the San Francisco Seals.