Joe Gubernot Sr. heading to Baseball Hall of Fame

Joe Gubernot Sr. from 1943

On Monday, September 8th, Joe Gubernot Sr. accompanied by his son and family will make the trip to Coopertown, NY to tell his story of playing for the Plymouth Yankees and winning the European Theater of Operations World Series in 1943.

This is part of Gary Bedingfield's Baseball in Wartime.

Gubernot had a chance to go to spring training with the Williamsport Grays in 1946. In 1946, they were a AA franchise of the Detroit Tigers.

The coal region forgets that at one time the area was a baseball hotbed. NFL football and NBA basketball were still a decade away from the spotlight. Before television, most major league players would barnstorm the country in the early fall and down south in the winter.

Born in 1920, Gubernot would have 26 years old trying to make the Grays. In talking to others about the minor leagues in that era, sacrifice was the big key and the money wasn't there. One can sit for hours listening to Gubernot recall some of the greats that he played against in the throughout his playing days.

Gubernot Sr. has a story to tell and it may have taken a lifetime, but Cooperstown will be listening.