by David Krell | Jan 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Los Angeles suffered a divorce worthy of soap opera status when the controversy of Dodgers ownership became public—Frank and Jamie McCourt engaged in a matrimonial battle that brought disgrace upon the vaunted Dodgers brand and disgust among the team’s loyal fan...
by David Krell | Dec 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Steve Garvey, to the consternation of certain factions of Dodger Nation, is not a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. A stalwart first baseman with the Los Angeles Dodgers and, in the latter years of his career, the San Diego Padres, Garvey accumulated career...
by David Krell | Dec 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
When the Greenville Drive ball club of the South Atlantic League takes the field, they continue a baseball legacy kindled, in part, by Greenville’s most famous resident. Shoeless Joe Jackson. Sitting in South Carolina’s northwestern region, Greenville...
by David Krell | Jan 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The White Shadow revealed Ken Reeves’ back story in the two-part Season 3 premiere episode Reunion. Reeves’ Bayside High School Class of 1960 holds its 20-year reunion, furnishing the trigger for Reeves’ return to old friends, lost loves, and family...
by David Krell | May 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
What is your favorite baseball nickname? The Say Hey Kid for Willie Mays? The Yankee Clipper for Joe DiMaggio? Mr. Cub for Ernie Banks? Tom Terrific for Tom Seaver? ESPN sportscaster Chris Berman christened a tongue-in-cheek nickname for Bert Blyleven with a play...
