Touring The Bases With…Gabe Kapler
August 3, 2013 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment
Gabe Kapler was a 57th round draft pick by the Detroit Tigers in the 1995 amateur draft, then began a very successful minor league career that resulted in a late-season call-up in September 1998. The righthanded slugger dominated the low minors at the ages of 20 and 21, hitting .300 with 45 doubles, 26 homers, […]
Wamby Pulls a Dandy
March 20, 2013 by Matt Nadel · 2 Comments
Hey baseball fans! I’m pretty sure you’ve all heard of a triple play before, but have you also heard of an unassisted triple play? If you haven’t, let me explain: an unassisted triple play is when one player on the field makes all three outs of a triple play without any help, for example no […]
Fair Or Not, Terry Francona’s Departure From Boston Is Imminent And Necessary
September 30, 2011 by Jeffrey Brown · Leave a Comment
According to published reports, the Red Sox and manager Terry Francona will agree to part company this morning after an eight-year marriage that brought the franchise a pair of World Series championships – its first titles since 1918. Tito won’t be fired… his contract expired on Wednesday night and it has been agreed by both […]
The Favorite Toy and…Grover Cleveland Alexander
December 9, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
Those of you who read my last Favorite Toy article about Babe Ruth probably noticed that the second installment was supposed to be about Ted Williams. Well, after giving it some thought I realized that I wanted to go deeper with Williams than most of the others I have in mind, mostly because of the […]
Remembering Babe Dahlgren: A Video Montage
March 16, 2010 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
When I first met Matt Dahlgren, thanks to the power of Facebook, his grandfather Babe was merely the answer to a trivia question: Q: When Lou Gehrig’s consecutive games streak ended on May 2, 1939, who replaced Gehrig in the Yankees’ lineup? A: Babe Dahlgren That was the extent of my knowledge about Babe’s career […]
Book Review: “Rumor in Town”
December 4, 2008 by Mike Lynch · 1 Comment
The story of Ellsworth “Babe” Dahlgren is about more than just the life of a ballplayer. It’s about redemption, loyalty, promises made and kept, and love; love between a grandfather and grandson, between a player and his boyhood idol, and between a man and the game he fell for at age six while sitting in […]
