The Youngstown Ohio Works baseball team was a minor league club that was known for winning the premier championship of the Ohio–Pennsylvania League in 1905, and for launching the professional career of pitcher Roy Castleton a year later (second row, second from left, in a 1906 team photograph). A training ground for several players and officials who later established careers in Major League Baseball, the team proved a formidable regional competitor and also won the 1906 league championship. During its brief span of activity, the Ohio Works team faced challenges that reflected common difficulties within the Ohio–Pennsylvania League, including weak financial support for teams. Following a dispute over funding, the team's owners sold the club to outside investors, just a few months before the opening of the 1907 season. The club's strong record and regional visibility spurred the growth of amateur and minor league baseball in the Youngstown area, and the community's minor league teams produced notable players throughout the first half of the 20th century.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngstown_Ohio_Works

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1190:

The Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor

1838:

More than 25 Australian Aborigines were massacred near Inverell, New South Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myall_Creek_massacre

1925:

The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant church, held its inaugural service in Toronto's Mutual Street Arena. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Canada

1935:

American physician Bob Smith had his last alcoholic drink, marking the traditional founding date of Alcoholics Anonymous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous

1991:

Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jaycee_Lee_Dugard

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

white whale: 1. A cetacean, Delphinapterus leucas. 2. (figuratively) An obsession; monomania. 3. (trading cards) A printing plate, for a sports card, that is then issued as a collectible itself. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/white_whale

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Love is a fire that burns unseen, A wound that aches yet isn't felt, An always discontent contentment, A pain that rages without hurting, A longing for nothing but to long, A loneliness in the midst of people, A never feeling pleased when pleased, A passion that gains when lost in thought.   --Luís de Camões https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_de_Cam%C3%B5es