When Twelve Weren’t Enough
February 10, 2011 by Sam Miller · 4 Comments
Where were you on the afternoon of April 17, 2010? That afternoon the Cardinals and Mets embarked on a 20-inning game that lasted close to seven hours. On the way to their 2-1 win, I wonder if anyone on the Mets had epiphanies of Harvey Haddix. Haddix pitched a perfect game for 12 innings in […]
No Tears for George
December 7, 2010 by Michael Hoban · 2 Comments
I am a native New Yorker who still lives in the NY/NJ area and I watch the 6 PM News on NBC each evening. On Monday, December 6, the sports newscaster announced that George Steinbrenner was not elected to the Hall of Fame – and that was it. No mention that Pat Gillick was elected […]
Looking Back at the 1990 Lockout
February 22, 2010 by Arne Christensen · Leave a Comment
The spring training lockout of 1990 is one of the most obscure disputes in the long stretch of sharp bitterness between MLB players and management from the early ’70s through 1995. As Thomas Boswell wrote just after the lockout ended, “Can anyone remember the details of the baseball strike of 1985, which lasted two days? […]
Remembering a Baseball Player So We Don’t Forget the Mistakes of Our Past
February 18, 2010 by Jon Pessah · Leave a Comment
A good friend of mine lost a good friend yesterday. My friend is Claire Smith, and her friend was Alfred “Slick†Surratt. Slick was a player for the Kansas City Monarchs, a teammate of Satchel Paige and Jackie Robinson in the Negro Baseball League. He died at 87. Claire was one of the first women […]
