š± How a Queenstown senior became a legend of amateur baseball
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- How a Queenstown senior became a legend of amateur baseball
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ā¢ Amateur Baseball Tournament Honors Charlie Blackburn (savannahherald.com) ā A longtime Maryland baseball figure now living at Queenstown Landing is being honored from afar by organizers of the AAABA Tournament in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, who sent him a giant signed card. At 90, Charlie Blackburn still shares stories of meeting legends like Babe Ruth and Ted Williams with fellow residents and staff, highlighting Queenstownās connection to decades of amateur baseball history. 
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