A modest base ball field bears his name at Steven’s Pond Park in Manchester, New Hampshire. Reportedly it is the “same field where he learned to play ball.” At Gill Stadium, a plaque near the entrance bears his name.
Thomas Francis Padden
On February 26, 1936, while he was catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, surrounded by a large crowd, tossed a silver dollar about 475 feet over the Merrimack River, and into a snow pile. He did this to emulate the feat of the great pitcher Walter Johnson, who did it to emulate the reported feat of George Washington (the President, not the baseball player). Continue reading
