Winter Haven
January 25, 2011 by Judy Johnson · Leave a Comment
“To me, it’s like my family,” Elaine says. “Every spring, it’s like all my boys are coming home. Â All these wonderful people touch your life, and now I might never see them again.” courtesy CITYSIGHTS post cards “Earlier this spring, Sabathia had joked that he was going to ‘take a bat’ to the clubhouse […]
How Does It Feel?
September 15, 2010 by Judy Johnson · Leave a Comment
“Numbers merely describe the surface of baseball . . . No incisive statistical pocketknife, wielded however skillfully, can dissect and reveal the heart of baseball to the serious souls who study the game.” David Baldwin, Snake Jazz For the past few months I’ve been studying baseball and reading its literature almost exclusively, at the expense […]
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.
