Gene Decker Reflects on a Long and Fulfilling Career

This is part seven of an ongoing series about notable people who once called the Cove home.

Blair County native Gene Decker started playing baseball in the Blair Twilight League. A man from Altoona came out to see him play in Woodbury. He ended up signing him up for an Altoona team in the City League. That was followed by getting involved with a team from Six Mile Run.

"While I was playing for that league, a guy from Everett came out to see me play," Decker said. "That's how I got involved with The Pen-Mar League."

The Pen-Mar League was a semi-pro league that consisted of teams from Pennsylva...