More About Ted Kluszewski and Me
September 9, 2013 by Greg Howell · Leave a Comment
“Earl’s not gonna like that mustache.” Earl was Earl Smith, head baseball coach at East Carolina University. The mustache was mine. Tim Bayless was a starting pitcher for the ECU Pirates and he knew I soon was headed to the school with the intention of becoming a Pirate. On this particular day, however, Tim picked […]
A Picture Worth Almost Two Thousand Words: Ted Kluszewski and Me
September 2, 2013 by Greg Howell · 16 Comments
It was a moment that now seems almost as if I imagined it. It was the summer of 1972, I was seventeen years old, freshly graduated from high school, away from home, somewhere in Ohio, and Iron Mike was hurling baseballs at me in a batting cage. Having spent considerable time in this same situation […]
The Glory Days: Stocking the Angels and Senators
June 1, 2012 by Thad Mumau · Leave a Comment
On December 14, 1960, an expansion draft was held to stock the Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators. The eight American League teams were required to pull seven players apiece from active rosters (as of August 31, 1960) and eight additional players from their 40-man rosters and make them available for the draft. The Senators […]
