A bonus in the middle of a story

It was 1962, and the baseball season was over.

During the off season, Larry Jackson, a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, joined our sports staff at the Idaho Statesman in Boise.

As a baseball player, Larry was not yet a household name, but he soon would be.

Larry was born in Nampa, and he still called the

Valley his home. In the offseason, Larry would write for the Statesman. Technically, he wo...