The Glory Days: Dramatic Homers Usher in the 1960s

May 13, 2012 by Thad Mumau · 1 Comment

A pair of monumental home runs ushered in the 1960s, and both blasts have been talked and written about ever since. Bill Mazeroski’s seventh-game homer was the first to end a World Series, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates victory over the New York Yankees. Various polls of fans and writers have ranked it the most dramatic […]

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Ralph Houk un manager que dejÃ³ huella. (Ralph Houk: A skipper in a mission)

July 29, 2010 by Alfonso L. Tusa C. · 1 Comment

El pasado miÃ©rcoles 21 de julio de 2010 falleciÃ³ en su casa de Winter Haven, Fla el manager de los Yanquis de Nueva York, Tigres de Detroit y Medias Rojas de Boston. De inmediato imÃ¡genes de mis lecturas sobre los Yanquis de comienzos de los aÃ±os sesenta tintinearon en la pantalla de mis recuerdos. El eco de sus declaraciones y de algunos de los peloteros de esos equipos resonÃ³ en algÃºn lugar de mi crÃ¡neo.

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