A Baseball with Matt Year in Review
April 2, 2013 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment
Hey baseball fans! Happy blog-iversary! Yup, that’s right, folks; today is the one year anniversary of Baseball with Matt. I just want to thank all of my viewers, without whom I would have never gotten to this point. Anyway, in honor of this special day, I am going to give you all a year in […]
A Haunting in the Bronx
May 7, 2011 by Josh Deitch · 2 Comments
Call the Fantastic Four! Call the Ghostbusters! Hell, somebody at least get in touch with those meddlesome kids who travel around in a van with their dog. (Just tell them to leave Scrappy Doo at home.) Ghosts are haunting Yankee Stadium! The Curse of the Bambino—Babe Ruth’s posthumous revenge for Harry Frazee’s decision to sell […]
Only a Friend Would Know
March 10, 2011 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment
Learned. The dictionary defines the adjective “learned” as “having much knowledge”; “acquired by experience.” Yep, I’d say 95 years of life qualified Elden Auker. This week, read the righty’s take on baseball’s biggest stars along with proud and humbling moments from his years around the game. “Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms“ by Elden Auker with […]
Talk about a Gathering!
January 27, 2011 by Sam Miller · Leave a Comment
We’ve all seen the photo. It’s the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Opening Day in 1939. Naturally, “The Sultan of Swat” sits in the center. Nine men, who may or may not have been Ruth’s equals but were without question baseball immortality, surround “The Babe.” “A Great Day in Cooperstown“ begins with this photo. My, oh […]