Emil Michael Gross (March 4, 1858 – August 21, 1921), was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1877 to 1884. He played five years in #MajorLeagueBaseball as a #catcher for the #ProvidenceGrays (1879–1881), #PhiladelphiaQuakers (1883).

Gene Vadeboncoeur: A Canadian Pioneer in MLB — Called 3rd Strike Onésime Eugène "Gene" Vadeboncoeur, born on September 5, 1859, in Louiseville, Canada East (now Quebec), holds the distinction of being the first native of Quebec to play in Major League Baseball (MLB...

Gene Vadeboncoeur: A Canadian Pioneer in MLB

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Trump immigration order ‘invades our sacred space,’ Quaker groups say in lawsuit Five Quaker groups filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security over the end of an immigration policy restricting enforcement in houses of worship.

“Our faith requires us to do justice, oppose war and violence, love our neighbors” The #DHSpolicy impedes all of these things and invades our sacred space and ability to worship freely.”
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