Lyman Bostock: What Might Have Been
March 18, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment
What coulda been–a man taken from us WAY too soon…. It’s been 35 years since the very memorable 1975 baseball season–one that saw future Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Tom Seaver win Cy Young Awards, Frank Robinson become MLB’s first black manager, and another “no-no” thrown by Nolan Ryan. It also featured the Tigers […]
Letters From Quebec: Remembering Willie Davis…
March 11, 2010 by Bill Young · Leave a Comment
“There was only one Jackie Robinson and he was fantastic,†Willie Davis said about the Dodger immortal who broke baseball’s colour barrier, first with the old Montreal Royals and then with Brooklyn Dodgers. Then he added, “There’s only one Willie Davis, and I’m fantastic too.†Willie Davis, to Montreal Gazette journalist Tim Burke, June 12, […]
Gagne Headed Back To Dodgers; Raul Valdes and Roger LaFrancois Also In the News
February 19, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Can you go back home? This is not a reference to Tiger Woods, but rather to onetime unbeatable Los Angeles Dodgers relief ace Eric Gagne. Gagne’s problem seems much simpler of the two. His is more a question of how much speed and movement remain on his bread and butter pitches. The Dodgers and Gagne […]
