What Baseball Means To Me
February 17, 2015 by Ron Juckett · 2 Comments
It is springtime again in America. Yeah, tens of millions are digging out from mountains of snow to go to work, but the trucks carrying our summer obsession have safely reached their destinations in Florida and Arizona. Once unpacked, another baseball season will be upon us and it can never come too soon. For me, […]
The Last Game in Town
October 25, 2010 by Justin Murphy · 3 Comments
Sept. 30, 1971. Seventy years and 10,851 games into the story of American League baseball in the nation’s capital, the Senators, 38 games out of first place on the last day of the season, faced the Yankees in the final game in franchise history. The teams had split the first two games of the series […]
The Best of the Best Hall of Fame Outsiders
September 17, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 6 Comments
Last month Bobby Aguilera posted an article in which he listed a roster of players who he feels are the best at each position who aren’t in the Hall of Fame, including two of the biggest snubs of all time, Dick Allen and Ron Santo. Then Graham Womack responded with a roster of his own, […]
“Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain”
September 5, 2010 by Chip Greene · 1 Comment
In January 1977, shortly before resigning as Director of Public Relations for the New York Yankees, Marty Appel approached team captain Thurman Munson about collaborating on the catcher’s autobiography. Initially, Munson, who had recently been named the American League’s Most Valuable Player, was reluctant. “I’m only twenty-nine,†Munson said. “No one does an autobiography at […]
Ralph Houk un manager que dejó huella. (Ralph Houk: A skipper in a mission)
July 29, 2010 by Alfonso L. Tusa C. · 1 Comment
El pasado miércoles 21 de julio de 2010 falleció 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 imágenes de mis lecturas sobre los Yanquis de comienzos de los años sesenta tintinearon en la pantalla de mis recuerdos. El eco de sus declaraciones y de algunos de los peloteros de esos equipos resonó en algún lugar de mi cráneo.
Touring the Bases With…Milt Wilcox
July 12, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment
Milt Wilcox, a righthanded hurler from Hawaii, was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1968 amateur draft, a draft that included Tim Foli, Thurman Munson, Bobby Valentine, Greg Luzinski, Gary Matthews, and Bill Buckner. Coming straight out of high school, Wilcox began his career in the Rookie League before moving […]
Cooperstown Rediscovered
February 21, 2010 by Chris Jensen · Leave a Comment
For a young boy who loves baseball, there is no cooler place to grow up than near Cooperstown, N.Y., the home of baseball. My family spent many summer weekends boating on Otsego Lake and taking in the Norman Rockwell-like atmosphere of a village that lives and breathes baseball—just like I did. If you have a […]
